If you have never seen Castle of Cogliostro, you are missing out on a great piece of animation, and an awesome story involving Lupin III. While Cogliostro isn’t being adapted for the Lupin III live action movie, fans of the characters don’t have to wait long to see the character on the big screen.
Lupin III (ルパン三世 Rupan Sansei?), also written as Lupin the Third or Lupin the 3rd, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It follows the escapades of master thief Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc’s series of novels.
The Lupin III manga, which first appeared in Weekly Manga Action on August 10, 1967, spawned a media franchise that includes numerous manga, four anime television series, five animated feature films, two live-action films, three OVAs, yearly television specials since 1989, music CDs, video games, and a musical. Many different companies have owned the English-language distribution rights to various Lupin III properties at various times, with just the first two movies having been released by over 10 companies alone. Tokyopop acquired the license to the original manga in 2002, and later the second series in 2004. Funimation Entertainment purchased the rights to several of the television specials and films in 2002, and the fourth television series in 2012. Geneon licensed and dubbed 79 episodes of the second television series, 26 of which were broadcast on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim during 2003. Discotek Media licensed the entire first television series and the live-action film, they also own the rights to several other Lupin titles, including some previously released by other companies.
映画『ルパン三世』予告編
ストーリーアニメ版も絶大な人気を博している、モンキー・パンチのコミックを実写化したクライムアクション。天才怪盗のルパン三世と仲間たちが、世界最高峰の警備を誇る要塞型金庫から秘宝を盗み出そうとする。メガホンを取るのは、『スカイハイ』シリーズなどの北村龍平。ルパン三世に小栗旬、次元大介に玉山鉄二、石川五ェ門に綾野剛、…
International crime action flick that uses a lot of recognizable imagery from the animated series? I’m in! And it comes out on August 30, 2014, which just so happens to be on the end of the month that Guardians of the Galaxy lands. This is shaping up to be one of the best summers for movies of all time – but still doesn’t best the summer of 1984.