Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro


Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Rupan Sansei
Japanese: ルパン三世 カリオストロの城
English: Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
German: Lupin III: Das Schloss des Cagliostro
Spanish: Lupin III: El Castillo de Cagliostro
French: Lupin III: Le château de Cagliostro
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Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Dec 15, 1979
Producers: None found, add some
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, Award WinningAward Winning, ComedyComedy, MysteryMystery
Theme: Adult CastAdult Cast
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 1 hr. 39 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 8.151 (scored by 7591875,918 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #4592
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1914
Members: 120,329
Favorites: 1,408

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Synopsis

Arsene Lupin III discovers that the spoils from his latest casino robbery are actually "Gothic Bills," legendary counterfeits that are nigh impossible to distinguish from genuine bills. Together with colleague Daisuke Jigen, he heads to the small nation of Cagliostro to investigate the origin of these counterfeits. Upon arrival, they save a girl from a high-speed chase who turns out to be Clarisse d' Cagliostro, the daughter of the late Duke d' Cagliostro. She is running from a sinister plot by Count Cagliostro to steal her family's treasure through a forced marriage.

Natural flirt Lupin dislikes seeing a girl in distress and seeks to remedy the situation. Goemon Ishikawa XIII, Fujiko Mine, and Kouichi Zenigata also join the fray, each with their own motivations. As everyone converges at Cagliostro Castle, Lupin reminisces about his visit there 10 years ago, and the castle's secrets emerge from the depths.

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Background

Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro was the winner of the 1979 Oofuji Noburou Award.

The main character of this film claims to be the grandson of the infamous gentleman thief Arsène Lupin. Arsène Lupin is a fictional character created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc. Lupin was featured in 17 novels and 39 novellas written by Leblanc; countless other creators have featured Lupin in various media adaptations.

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Maseba, Yutaka
Producer
Miyazaki, Hayao
Director, Script, Storyboard, Character Design
Monkey Punch
Original Creator
Kobayashi, Shichirou
Art Director


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Reviews

Oct 7, 2024
It is to this day my favorite animated movie ever. For me it has everything that an Action/Adventure movie should have and done to perfection — from its choreography, like the clock tower scene, to the introduction of characters that for me, when I first saw the movie made me fall in love with the franchise.

I first saw this when I was 14, and even 6 years later this movie gets a smile off me. It’s a good introduction to the modern Lupin series (Excluding some more adult versions like “Chikemuri no Ishikawa Goemon”) and I would recommend this one for everybody likes animation/cartoon or ...
Jan 27, 2020
Mixed Feelings
STORY:

It's a fairly simple story, but it's done well. The moments when this movie went full-on cartoon were the moments it definitely shined.

ART:

I like the old hand-drawn art, even thought it's pretty rudimentary. It gives it a certain charm, and sometimes makes you wonder 'It's from 1979... How did they do that?'

SOUND:

The English voice actors are alright. The only ones that really stood out were Fujiko and Lupin himself. Some of the other ones sounded kind of like they were bored. Plus, they literally translated his name to 'Wolf', which would be confusing if you didn't know what the name Lupin is ...
Sep 11, 2020
This was the first Lupin III thing I ever watched, like 8 years ago. I remember enjoying it a lot more then. I gave it an 8/10. Now? It put me to sleep. Yes, the animation is sporadically excellent, but I felt a lot more distance between this version of the characters and how they appear in my head. The character designs, for a start, aren't BAD, but I don't care for them. They look too cutesy and small. Goemon looks like he shrank two sizes. I also feel like Miyazaki filed off too much of Lupin's edge, which alienated him from me.

The plot of ...

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