Streamline). Marc Matney (1995, AnimEigo). Seán Barrett (1996, Manga UK). Kevin Seymour (2000, Animaze/Manga). Phillip Wilburn voiced the character for Funimation Entertainment's dubs of several TV specials and theatrical films between 2002 and 2005. Dan Lorge voiced Zenigata in the Phuuz dub for Pioneer/Geneon's release of the second anime between 2003 and 2006. Richard Epcar was given the role for Funimation's 2013 dub of The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, and reprises the role in the Bang Zoom! Entertainment dub for Discotek Media's 2015 release of the Jigen's Gravestone film. In 2017, Doug Erholtz took over the role for Discotek's dubs of the fifth and sixth anime. Tadanobu Asano starred as Zenigata in the 2014 live action film Lupin the 3rd. Japan's NTV broadcast network featured a live action Inspector Zenigata TV special and subsequent series with Ryohei Suzuki, (Hentai Karmen, Gatchaman both 2013) starring as the Inspector. The show follows the character as a brilliant, doggedly capable IPCO officer successfully chasing down an assortment of criminals. Joining Suzuki are Atsuko Maeda and Takahiro Miura as the Inspector's neophyte detective aides. The series and special both were presented on Hulu Japan in February 2017. It revealed the first poster visual on January 16, 2017. Reception Zenigata was voted the eighth best supporting character in anime by Mania.com. Mania.com also put Zenigata as the 9th greatest anime detective. Mike Crandoll of Anime News Network compared Zenigata's pursuit of Lupin to Wile E. Coyote. References Lupin the Third characters Martial artist characters in anime and manga Comics characters introduced in 1967 Fictional Interpol officials Fictional Japanese people in anime and manga Fictional judoka Fictional karateka Fictional Japanese police detectives Male characters in anime and manga