TMS Animation has released a new character introduction trailer for the upcoming Lupin the IIIrd The Movie: Fujimi no Ketsuzoku anime film. The film is scheduled for a theatrical release in Japan on June 27, 2025.
The character trailer introduces the film’s main cast of characters, including Lupin, Daisuke, Goemon, Fujiko, and Inspector Zenigata.
Takeshi Koike is directing the Fujimi no Ketsuzoku anime film, having previously worked on titles such as Redline, Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen’s Gravestone, Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon’s Blood Spray, and Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko’s Lie.
Other staff involved include Yuya Takahashi (Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen’s Gravestone, Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon’s Blood Spray) as screenwriter, James Shimoji (Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen’s Gravestone, Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon’s Blood Spray, and Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko’s Lie) as music composer, and Katsuhito Ishii (Redline character and machine designer et al., Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen’s Gravestone, Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon’s Blood Spray, and Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko’s Lie) as creative advisor. Telecom Animation Film is in charge of the film’s animation production.
Meanwhile, the film’s main voice cast stars:
- • Kanichi Kurita as Lupin the IIIrd
- • Akio Otsuka as Daisuke Jigen
- • Daisuke Namikawa as Goemon Ishikawa
- • Miyuki Sawashiro as Fujiko Mine
- • Koichi Yamadera as Zenigata
- • Ainosuke Kataoka as Muomu
- • Aoi Morikawa as Sarifa
A prequel, Lupin the IIIrd: Zenigata to Futari no Lupin, will begin streaming in Japan before the theatrical premiere of Fujimi no Ketsuzoku on June 20, 2025. A TV broadcast premiere on WOWOW will follow on June 22, 2025.
The new film is the franchise’s first main 2D animated feature film since Lupin the 3rd Dead Or Alive in 1996. The Lupin films Koike previously directed were not feature length and were all spinoffs of Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine.
The Lupin III franchise, which features the exploits of the master thief Lupin III, began with the manga series by the late Monkey Punch, which ran in Futabasha’s Weekly Manga Action magazine from August 10, 1967 to May 22, 1969. A total of 14 tankobon volumes were originally released in Japan. Tokyopop licensed the manga for release in English. Seven Seas Entertainment would later release select chapters in omnibus book format in 2021 and 2023, respectively.
The manga spawned a franchise that includes numerous manga entries, TV anime adaptations, films, crossovers, OVAs, and a 3DCG anime film. One of the earliest Lupin III anime films was Hayao Miyazaki‘s The Castle of Cagliostro.
Fujimi no Ketsuzoku follows Lupin and his friends searching for an elusive treasure on a mysterious unmarked island.
Sources: TMS Anime’s Official YouTube Channel, Crunchyroll News
