Fans of longstanding Monkey Punch manga franchise success are getting a warm welcome on Thursday with the first trailer for Lupin The IIIrd: Immortal Bloodline. The project was announced late last year with a teaser marking a return to the big screen for the hit character since 1997’s Lupin the 3rd: Dead or Alive.
You still don’t know the real Lupin III.
The legendary globetrotting thief Lupin III makes his glorious return to the big screen!
A completely new Lupin III 2D animated film!
Takeshi Koike directs from a script by Yuya Takahashi, with Redline steward Katsuhito Ishii stepping up as creative advisor for the film’s summer rollout on June 27 from TOHO NEXT… And that’s the wind-up and the pitch along with the trailer you can view below the break.
