Lupin III Anime Voice Actor Makio Inoue Has Died kotaku.com

Makio Inoue is most famous for voicing Lupin III’s Goemon Ishikawa XIII.
Inoue got his start with minor characters in Astro Boy and other roles at Tezuka Productions in the early 1960s.
But in the 1970s, he had breakout roles as the aforementioned Goemon Ishikawa XIII in 1977 and the following year as Captain Harlock in Space Pirate Captain Harlock.
Inoue continued voicing Ishikawa until 2011 when Daisuke Namikawa has succeeded him in the role .
AdvertisementInoue’s last performance as the iconic samurai was in the 2010 anime TV special Lupin III: The Last Job.