''Night Hood'' is an animated series inspired by

Maurice Leblanc Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (; ; 11 December 1864 – 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French c ...

Arsène Lupin Arsène Lupin (French pronunciation: ʁsɛn lypɛ̃ is a fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc. The character was first introduced in a series of short stories serialized in the magazi ...

novels, produced by

Cinar Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. (also known as Cookie Jar Group and originally known as CINAR; renamed as DHX Cookie Jar Inc. from 2012 until 2014, or simply just Cookie Jar) was a Canadian media production and distribution company owned by DHX M ...

and France Animation S.A. for television audiences in both English and French-speaking nations. It was set in the 1930s. The series aired in Canada in 1996 on YTV and in 1998 on

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https://web.archive.org/web/19980204020449/http://teletoon.com/adultShw.htm#NIGHT HOOD under the English-language title ''Night Hood'', and in francophone markets as ''Les Exploits d'Arsène Lupin''.

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Lupin's allies (whom he sometimes has to rescue) are his aide Grognard, veteran reporter of the

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Kelly Kincaid, and cub reporter Max Leblanc. The police, usually represented by Inspector Ganimard and Sergeant Folenfant, try to capture Lupin at every chance. Billionaire industrialist and arms manufacturer H. R. Karst is Lupin's archenemy. Karst's assistants are a tough man named Steel, a crafty woman called Countess May Hem, a pair of slightly incompetent but cunning thugs called Joe Gila and Diesel.

Cast

Daniel Brochu Daniel Brochu (born February 28, 1970) is a Canadian actor. Early life Brochu came from a single parent family, like his character Buster Baxter on ''Arthur''. Career Brochu is best known for voicing Buster Baxter in the PBS TV series ''Arthur ...

as Max Leblanc *Luis de Cespedes as Arsène Lupin *

Richard Dumont Richard M. Dumont (born 1959 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian voice actor, writer and director who has worked in both Canada and the United States. Dumont is known for playing Sardo, who owned a magic shop called Sardo's Magic Mansion, in ma ...

as Grognard * Dean Hagopian as Howard Randolph Karst *

Jane Woods Jane Haycock Woods (October 10, 1946 – July 18, 2022) was an American educator and Republican politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1992 to 2000, and Virginia House of Delegates from 1988 to 1992. Biography She was fo ...

as Kelly Kincaid * Rick Jones as Steel * AJ Henderson as Sgt Folenfant * Walter Massey as Insp Ganimard * Michael Caloz as Young Arsène Lupin *

Susan Glover Susan Irene Glover (born January 14, 1957) is a Canadian actress, best known for playing Sarah in ''Naked Josh''. She is also known for voicing Mrs. Wood in ''Arthur (TV series), Arthur'', Izabella Dehavalot in ''Amazon Jack'', Mrs. Schuman in '' ...

as Countess May Hem

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* {{Arsène Lupin Canadian children's animated adventure television series French children's animated adventure television series 1996 Canadian television series debuts 1996 French television series debuts 1997 Canadian television series endings 1997 French television series endings Television series by Cookie Jar Entertainment Television series by DHX Media Television series set in the 1930s Television shows based on Arsène Lupin YTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming 1990s Canadian animated television series 1990s French animated television series

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