Yasuo Yamada
Also Known As: 山田 康雄
Biography: Yasuo Yamada was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator, born in Tokyo, Japan. Yamada left the faculty of literature of Waseda University, and performed in many stage, radio, and television productions. His most famous role was the voice of Arsène Lupin III from the Lupin the Third series, starting in 1971 and ending in 1995. He also provided the Japanese dubbed voice for Clint Eastwood and Jean-Paul Belmondo. At the age of 62, Yasuo Yamada died of a brain hemorrhage. Since Yasuo's death, Kanichi Kurita has taken over the role of Lupin the Third.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: September 10, 1932
Age: 92 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 19, 1995
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Panda! Go Panda!

Overview: Cheerful Mimiko has a wonderfully strange family—a Panda for her Papa; and his son Panny, calls her Mom! When Panny follows Mimiko to school, he must pretend to be a teddy bear so Mimiko won't get into trouble. Despite his efforts to behave, Panny causes trouble in school and now the school is after Panny! Then, Panny makes a new friend, Tiny, a baby tiger who's wandered off from the circus.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-17
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Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo

Overview: While attempting to win the affections of a beautiful rival, a master thief risks death to learn the secret intentions of a wealthy and seemingly immortal, but certainly ruthless, recluse.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-12-16
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I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life

Overview: Mr. Matsuzawa is a novelist who lives in Chiba Prefecture. Only his daughter Kazuko knows that the family dog, Don Matsugorou, can talk. Don is wounded in a fight with the neighbors' dog, King, a nouveau-riche mongrel with ideas above his station. At the vet, however, he falls in love with a little patchwork puppy called Chotaro.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-02-09
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Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers

Overview: A compilation of two episodes from the second Lupin III television series that was released on video from Streamline Pictures.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon

Overview: Lupin squares off with two criminal families and Inspector Zenigata's new female patrol to track down a hoard of biblical-era treasure.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-07-13
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Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro

Overview: After a successful robbery leaves famed thief Lupin the Third and his partner Jigen with nothing but a large amount of expertly crafted counterfeit bills, he decides to track down the forgers responsible—and steal any other treasures he may find in the Castle of Cagliostro, including the 'damsel in distress' he finds imprisoned there.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-07-06
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Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers

Overview: A bloody civil war is the setting for Lupin's latest caper; the leader for one of the factions holds documents written by Earnest Hemingway and contain the location of a remarkable treasure. With Goemon and Jigen fighting on opposite sides of the war, Lupin must tackle this challenge alone. As the war rages on, can Lupin secure the treasure and keep Goemon and Jigen from killing each other?!
Genres: Action Animation Comedy TV Movie Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-03-01
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Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love

Overview: Notorious thief Lupin the Third aims to steal the lost treasure of the Romanov royal family with his criminal associates along for the ride. The treasure is an immense quantity of gold hidden underground in the vaults of a mysterious Texas bank. But to obtain the gold, Lupin and his friends will have to face down both the Mafia and Rasputon, the telepathic descendant of the mad monk Rasputin. Lupin again eludes inspector Zenigata with the help of a mysterious blonde named Judy Scott, as Rasputon manipulates the world's leaders to put every obstacle in Lupin's path.
Genres: Action Animation Comedy TV Movie Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-09-01
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Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary

Overview: The secret of the Lupin family treasure is out: its location is written inside a dictionary once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte himself! When the dictionary turns up as the prize for a historic motor car race, the notorious Lupin the Third and his criminal cadre race the world's superpowers to win - or steal - the Dictionary and unearth his grandfather's legacy of riches!
Genres: Animation Action Comedy TV Movie Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-08-09
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Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty

Overview: Foiled repeatedly by the predictions of Interpol's supercomputer, Lupin has settled down. His partner Jigen asks him to pull one last heist: recover the Super Egg, a massive diamond hidden somewhere inside the Statue of Liberty.
Genres: Action Animation Comedy TV Movie Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-01
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Panda! Go Panda!

Overview: The plot follows Mimiko, a bright little girl left alone when her grandmother leaves on a trip. Making a few stops at some local stores, Mimiko comes home to her house in a bamboo grove and finds a baby panda named Panny sleeping on the back doorstep. She quickly makes friends with the little panda, and invites him in for a drink. His father, PapaPanda, soon comes to visit, and they decide to become a family after PapaPanda offers to.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-17
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Huckleberry Finn

Overview: Huck Finn is a homeless boy because he was abandoned by his father, who left the village for over a year. Although he lives in a barrel and the mother of his little friend Tom Sawyer does not want children to play with him, he is always surrounded by many friends. And it is during one of these games, while he is exploring a cave in search of "pirate treasure" that Huck discovers two robbers who had just looted the village.
Genres: Adventure Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-01-02
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Dr. Slump: Hoyoyo! Space Adventure

Overview: When local teacher Midori Yamabuki receives an emergency summons to her home planet it turns out to be a trap devised by galactic warlord Dr. Mashirito, and it's up to Dr. Senbei Norimaki and a group of students (including his robot daughter Arale) to venture into space to save her.
Genres: Animation Comedy Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-07-10
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Lupin the Third: Voyage to Danger

Overview: After Inspector Zenigata is reassigned from the Lupin case and grows despondent, master thief Lupin the Third decides to help him get his old job back, teaming up with the old man to destroy the international weapon smugglers Shot Shell. Together with Lupin's long-time partners in crime, they steal a nuclear Russian submarine and enlist the help of a nuclear physicist named Karen, who keeps suspiciously eyeing Lupin's partner Jigen. If that weren't enough, Zenigata's Interpol successor is an assassin who aims to pick off the Lupin gang one by one.
Genres: Animation TV Movie Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-06-13
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Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom

Overview: The Lupin gang is once again dragged onto a wild treasure hunt! This time, the objective is a mysterious, small dragon statue that even Goemon's steel-rendering blade Zantetsuken cannot cut. The artifact, which once eluded even Lupin the Third's esteemed grandfather, rests deep undersea inside the infamous Titanic, and is the key to unlocking the mystery of Zantetsuken's almighty strength. A wealthy gangster, Lupin, and Goemon all want the statue for themselves!
Genres: Animation TV Movie Comedy Adventure Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-07-29
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Botchan

Overview: Botchan, a recent graduate, sets out for his first teaching assignment - never anticipating what awaits him. He must contend with students who spy on him and pull nasty stunts and with a landlord who constantly tries to sell him worthless antiques. While on a fishing trip to boost his spirits, Botchan suspects Hotta, his one friend in the village, as the cause of all of his misery. But this is just beginning of his problems - During a meeting to discuss the students' disrespectful behavior towards Botchan, the proposed punishment is surprisingly mild despite the severity of the acts. Yet, Botchan's suspected adversary defends him. Were the other faculty members lying about Hotta? Botchan may soon discover the truth, for when evidence of the dean's activities surface, Botchan and Hotta must team up to corner the dean in his own scandalous game. Based on Natsume Soseki's 1906 novel, which was one of Japan's best-selling books.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-06-13
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It's the Sea! Let's Set Sail! Niko Niko, Pun

Overview: A feature-length animation of the popular work "Niko Niko, Pun", which began broadcasting in the 1980s as a corner of NHK's educational program "Okaasan to Issho". The original "Niko Niko, Pun" was a live-action puppet show in costume, but in this anime version, the three main characters are voiced by the same voice actors, including Kaneta Kimotsuki. One day, Porori hears from her mother that she has a new baby brother. With the help of Jajamaru and Pikkoro, they set off on a boat to find their brother, but for some reason, the three of them end up on an island inhabited by pirates.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-01-04
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