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Lupin The IIIrd Returns With New 2D Anime Film In 2025 After 30 Years
The official X account of Lupin anime announced on Nov 29, 2024, that the franchise is set to return to the big screen in 2025 with a brand-new theatrical release titled LUPIN THE IIIRD THE MOVIE (working title).
This marks the first 2D feature-length animated film in the series in nearly 30 years, following the release of Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive in 1996.
Lupin III: The First movie, which released in 2019, was a completely computer animated film produced by TMS Entertainment.
A teaser trailer was revealed to commemorate the announcement.
Takeshi Koike will return to direct the new film, with Yuya Takahashi in charge of the script. James Shimoji will compose the music, and Katsuhito Ishii will serve as the creative advisor. Koike had previously directed three movies from the franchise between 2014 and 2019.
Telecom Animation Film will handle the animation production.
Lupin the IIIrd is a Japanese media franchise created by Monkey Punch. It was serialized by Futabasha in Weekly Manga Action in 94 chapters from August 10, 1967. Additional chapters known as Lupin III New Adventures were released from August 12, 1971.
Monkey Punch began publishing the second Lupin manga, Shin Lupin III in Weekly Manga Action on June 23, 1977, until 1981.
Since 1997 a number of manga series have been created by several artists and released in several Futabasha magazines.
It has also spawned two versions of an animated pilot film, six animated television series, one spin-off animated television series, eleven theatrically released animated films, two live-action films, five OVA works, twenty-seven animated television specials, two musicals, many music CDs, and several video games.
Source: X
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