Chances are, if you are a casual anime fan, you still probably know Lupin III. The character initially appeared in the late 1960s in a series of comic books by Kazuhiko Katō, who created Lupin under ...

It’s been over 50 years since the character of Arsène Lupin III was first brought to life in animated form in Masaaki Osumi’s Lupin the Third: Pilot Film. Despite the iconic gentleman thief’s penchant ...

Takashi Yamazaki patterned "Lupin III: The First" on Miyazaki, but also riffed on Indiana Jones to show his appreciation of '80s Hollywood. When Japanese VFX-wizard-turned-director Takashi Yamazaki ...

Lupin's first computer-generated adventures loses some of his franchise's romantic aura, but it would take more than that to steal his mojo. First conceived by the manga artist Monkey Punch (aka Katō ...

If there’s one thing we need at the end of the horrible and interminable year that is 2020, it’s a rip-snorting, globetrotting adventure. Obviously we can’t really do that at the moment, so it’s up to ...

During an early scene in “Lupin III: The First,” the titular master thief declares thieving isn’t something you do half-heartedly. That Lupin relishes being who he is and doing what he does is part of ...

For writer/director Takashi Yamazaki, Lupin III: The First was an extraordinary opportunity, allowing him to craft his own adventures for a classic manga character. Based on a series created by Monkey ...

Of all the iterations of the Japanese character Lupin III — the manga and the live-action films, the multiple TV runs, the animated specials, and the video games — the one that’s spread the furthest ...