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Lupin III THE FIRST CG Anime Film Opens in the Philippines on January 29
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Philippine film distributor Pioneer Films revealed on Saturday that its franchise, will open on January 29.
The film is the franchise's first 3D CG feature-length film, and it debuted at #2 at the Japanese box office, and it sold 177,000 tickets for 244,827,850 yen ($2.26 million) in its opening weekend.
Stand By Me Doraemon, Dragon Quest: Your Story) directed and wrote the film. The film's story centers on Lupin teaming up with a woman named Leticia to steal the Bresson Diary, a treasure that even the first generation Arsène Lupin could not steal.
Guest cast include (Note: Character name romanizations are not official.):
- Suzu Hirose as Leticia
- Kōtarō Yoshida as Lambert
- Tatsuya Fujiwara as Geralt
Lupin III creator Monkey Punch ed away on April 11, but the film's website posted an October 2018 message in which he had expressed his excitement over imagining how this fresh take on his character would turn out.
Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie (Yūya Takahashi wrote the scripts.
NTV's AnichU programming block in Japan in April 2018.
