The official website of the Lupin III anime series announced a new anime movie for the franchise on Friday, revealing a teaser trailer. The movie, tentatively titled Lupin the IIIrd the Movie, will premiere in theaters in Japan in 2025.
This marks the first 2D movie in the franchise in 30 years since Lupin III: Dead or Alive premiered in 1996. A longer version of the teaser trailer (approximately two minutes) will be shown after the revival screening of the 1979 movie Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro (Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro), which will be in theaters beginning Friday, November 29.
Voice actors Kanichi Kurita, Akio Ootsuka, Miyuki Sawashiro, Daisuke Namikawa, and Kouichi Yamadera are reprising their roles from the previous installments.
Staff
Director: Takeshi Koike (Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen Daisuke no Bohyou)
Script: Yuuya Takahashi (Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai)
Music: James Shimoji (Hinomaruzumou)
Creative Advisor: Katsuhito Ishii (Redline)
Studio: Telecom Animation Films
Production, Copyright: TMS Entertainment
Distribution: TOHO NEXT
Lupin III: Part 6 (Lupin the 3rd Part 6), the latest installment in the franchise, aired in 24 episodes in Fall 2021. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime in North America and simulcast it on HIDIVE with subtitles. A six-episode prequel anime titled Lupin Zero streamed exclusively on DMM TV from December 2022 to January 2023.
Teaser Trailer
Source: Oricon News
Lupin the IIIrd the Movie on MAL
