Lupin III Gets Live-Action Film in Summer 2014

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First images of the new Takeshi Koike Lupin animated film surface:

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No more abuse of sketch shading?
 
Actors in costume looks pretty good.

There is a very well done Italian short-movie called BASETTE("sideburns" in italian), which is basically Lupin III with an italian spinn at the setting/language, that i'd love to see developed as a movie or a tv series.
I suggest everyone to check it out, even if you don't know italian it's still pretty understandable.

I thought you meant THIS.
 
First thing I notice. Thank god they're not using that effect.

Same here, although it is present in the promotional artwork of Jigen.

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I can understand why people may not be too keen on the costume reveal of the live action cast. I think they look pretty close though, especially for established Japanese actors. There will always be people on the other side of the fence, but I'm still all for it. Looks fantastic.

The Fiat 500 will be returning in the live action film too. It's currently on show in Osaka.

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the continuation of the TV series as movie spin-off is so OMG good news. I'm all over it. litterally.

Live action actors are meh. I reserve judgement over the finished product but, tho I watch a lot of japanese movies/dramas, I'm not excited by the casting one bit.
 
Super bump.

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Here are images of the five main cast members in costume. There was also a website update with some new wallpapers. The film has been confirmed to hit cinemas on August the 30th.

Social media sites for the film have launched, ran by a pretend Inspector Zenigata [Facebook / Twitter.] The cast will be attending a festival in Osaka on the 12th of April. It's rumoured footage of the film will be shown there, but nothing is 100% confirmed yet.

A new animated feature film directed by Takeshi Koike will also release around this same time. It will be a direct sequel to the 2012 series, A Woman Named Fujiko Mine. Koike will be directing this time around and the story will revolve around Lupin's partner, Daisuke Jigen. The film is named The Tomb of Daisuke Jigen / Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone.
Live action cast costumes looks a lot better than I expected. Another anime in the animation style of the Fujiko one will be gorgeous looking atleast.
 
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