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Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro

Also known as Lupin The 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Discotek , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

In the twilight of his career, master thief Lupin the Third's latest and greatest caper has hit a snag. What should've been bags of cash from a national casino turns out to be expert counterfeits! Together with his partner-in-crime Jigen, Lupin heads to the remote European nation of Cagliostro to exact revenge. Not everything goes as planned; the two encounter Clarisse, a royal damsel in distress being forced to marry the sinister Count Cagliostro against her will. Saving her won't be easy, however, as Lupin and Jigen -- together with Lupin's unpredictable ex-girlfriend Fujiko and the swordsman Goemon -- must fight their way through a trap-filled castle, a deadly dungeon, and an army of professional assassins! Can Lupin rescue the girl, evade the cuffs of his long-time nemesis Inspector Zenigata, and uncover the secret treasures of The Castle of Cagliostro?



Tags: Crime , Conspiracy , Fugitive , Anti-Hero , Class Struggle , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Police , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Samurai

Lupin III: PART 5

Also known as Lupin the 3rd Part V.

Studio: Telecom Animation Film , Nippon Television Network , TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

A legendary thief deserves a legendary heist, and Lupin has set his sights on his biggest bounty yet: Marco Polo, a dark-web marketplace where criminals lurk and there’s money for the taking. But just as Lupin swipes his latest fortune and tries to make off with the goods, his hideout is inexplicably surrounded by Zenigata and his forces thanks to a new game that’s gone viral on social media. It has a very specific, very unfortunate objective, and the name of the game is “Arrest Lupin III”!



Tags: Fugitive , Guns , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Police , Foreign , Detective , Politics , Samurai , Travel

Lupin III: PART IV

Also known as Lupin the 3rd Part IV.

Studio: Telecom Animation Film , TMS Entertainment , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

Infamous master thief Lupin Sansei is back once again to do some grand thievery, now in San Marino, Italy. Only this time he's stealing... Love? Rebecca Rossellini, a famous heiress and businesswoman, is now married to Lupin, much to the surprise of Lupin's gang who were invited to the wedding, and Interpol Inspector Zenigata Kouichi, whom has not yet given up on catching Lupin, and even went as far as to crash the wedding in order to give his objection. But did Lupin really fall in love with a woman other than Mine Fujiko? Surely he must have something up his sleeve, right? That's what his right-hand man Jigen Daisuke believes, and the swordsman Ishikawa Goemon wants to believe this as well.

One thing is for certain; He is not the only scheming thief in San Marino. And not only that, but it seems that a cunning MI6 agent, Nyx, is stationed here as well. Just what exactly is in store for Lupin in his Italian adventure?



Tags: Crime , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Episodic , Detective , Male Protagonist , Guns , Police , Foreign , Travel , Drugs , Samurai , Clone

Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock

Also known as Harlock: Space Pirate.

Studio: Toei Animation , Marza Animation Planet
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

Many years into the future, battle has been raging across the galaxies as 500 billion humans, whose forebears were exiled from Earth, plan to return to what is still called home. Forced to flee a ravaged Earth, humans have now depleted the corners of the galaxy to which they fled. Earth has now become the most valued and precious resource of all, controlled by the corrupt Gaia Coalition which governs the human race across the different galaxies. Captain Harlock and his trusted crew are the only hope mankind has of discovering the secrets that the Gaia have kept hidden.

Tags: Full CGI , Space , Pirates , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Ships , Military , Shounen

Lupin III

Also known as Lupin the 3rd.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy

Hard-boiled, cocky, classy and silly. These words only begin to describe the amazing master thief Lupin the Third. With the help of some quick gunplay by his partner Jigen, Lupin takes on the world in elaborate heists, classic car chases, and nasty explosions. Fujiko, a buxom redhead with a penchant for betrayal, always gets tangled up in Lupin's capers. The stoic but swift swordsman Goemon is just as inclined to kill Lupin as he is to help him. And Lupin can never seem to lose the relentless Tokyo Police Inspector Zenigata. What sort of trouble will this band of misfits get into next?



Tags: Seinen , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Episodic , Crime , Male Protagonist , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Mafia , Detective , Cars , Police , Samurai , Travel , Crossdressing , Football , Yakuza , Prison

Lupin III 3DCG

Studio: Marza Animation Planet , TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Thriller

Pilot for a hypothetical Lupin 3DCG project included with the 40th anniversary Master File BD/DVD.

Tags: Full CGI , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Samurai , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast

SPY×FAMILY

Also known as SPY x FAMILY.

Studio: CloverWorks , WIT STUDIO , Toho , Shueisha , TV Tokyo , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Everyone has a part of themselves they cannot show to anyone else.

At a time when all nations of the world were involved in a fierce war of information happening behind closed doors, Ostania and Westalis had been in a state of cold war against one another for decades. The Westalis Intelligence Services' Eastern-Focused Division (WISE) sends their most talented spy, "Twilight," on a top-secret mission to investigate the movements of Donovan Desmond, the chairman of Ostania's National Unity Party, who is threatening peace efforts between the two nations.

This mission is known as "Operation Strix." It consists of "putting together a family in one week in order to infiltrate social gatherings organized by the elite school that Desmond's son attends."

"Twilight" takes on the identity of psychiatrist Loid Forger and starts looking for family members. But Anya, the daughter he adopts, turns out to have the ability to read people's minds, while his wife, Yor, is an assassin! With it being in each of their own interests to keep these facts hidden, they start living together while concealing their true identities from one another.
World peace is now in the hands of this brand-new family as they embark on an adventure full of surprises.



Tags: Espionage , Family Life , Found Family , Fake Relationship , Assassins , Conspiracy , Shounen , Adoption , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Crime , Foreign , Urban , Slapstick , Super Power , Parenthood , School , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Episodic , Politics , Cohabitation , Guns , Urban Fantasy , Bullying , Orphan , Martial Arts , Tsundere , Unrequited Love

Lupin III VS Cat's Eye

Also known as LUPIN THE 3rd vs. CAT’S EYE.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

Hitomi, Rui, and Ai are sisters and cat burglars. They steal a painting from a museum around the same time Lupin the 3rd appears to steal another painting himself. Both paintings are part of Michael Heinz’s series titled the Girl and the Flowers. To the girls, the paintings are clues for their missing father's whereabouts. When they learn Lupin is after the same target, a fire lights inside them.



Note: A collab animation to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Lupin III anime and the 40th anniversary of Cat's Eye.

Tags: Crossover , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Crime , Full CGI , Police , Foreign , Samurai , Swordplay

LUPIN ZERO

Also known as Lupin ZERO.

Studio: Telecom Animation Film , TMS Entertainment , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

Lupin III, a bored junior high schooler in Tokyo, takes an interest in a young Daisuke Jigen, a mysterious and impressive marksman. Lupin III strikes up a conversation with Jigen at a nightclub, however during their talk, Jigen concludes that Lupin III is simply a privileged and naïve boy from a well-to-do family and doesn’t want anything to do with him. However, while helping the nightclub singer Yoko, who is being pursued by the yakuza, Jigen learns that Lupin III is a descendant of the legendary thief…



Tags: Guns , Crime , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Travel , Shounen , Historical , Coming of Age , Anti-Hero , Delinquents , Bisexual , Maids , School , Crossdressing

Lupin III: Ikiteita Majutsushi

Also known as Lupin III: Return of Pycal.

Studio: VAP , TMS Entertainment , Nippon Television Network , NTV Music , Tokyo Movie , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Music

Lupin steals an extraordinary gem from a Mediterranean party, only to be interrupted by Pycal, the trickster "magician" who had apparently died fighting Lupin early in his career. Pycal, now armed with real magical abilities, is determined to take revenge.



Tags: CGI , Meta , Samurai , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Nudity , Guns , Mixed Media , Shounen