'Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye' Reveals Main Cast, Second Promo for January 2023

by DatRandomDude
Dec 5, 2022 9:02 PM | 8 Comments

The official website of the Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye original net anime revealed on Tuesday the cast members, a key visual (pictured), theme songs, and a second promotional video. The crossover anime is scheduled to premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on January 27.

Cast
Lupin III: Kanichi Kurita (Lupin III)
Daisuke Jigen: Akio Ootsuka (Mob Psycho 100)
Goemon Ishikawa XIII: Daisuke Namikawa (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 6: Stone Ocean)
Fujiko Mine: Miyuki Sawashiro (Kakegurui)
Kouichi Zenigata: Kouichi Yamadera (Cowboy Bebop)
Hitomi Kisugi: Keiko Toda (Cat's Eye)
Rui Kisugi: Rica Fukami (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon) NEW
Ai Kisugi: Chika Sakamoto (Digimon Adventure)
Toshio Utsumi: Yoshito Yasuhara (Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan)
Nagaishi: Mugihito (Dr. Stone) NEW
???: Banjou Ginga (Hunter x Hunter (2011)) NEW
???: Hiroki Touchi (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners) NEW
???: Takayuki Sugou (Bleach) NEW

Note: The cast list includes members that have previously worked on previous entries of both series. The new and replacing members are denoted with legend NEW.

Jazz group fox capture plan (Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai) is performing the opening theme "THEME FROM LUPIN vs CAT'S EYE" and Anri (Cat's Eye) is performing the theme song "CAT'S EYE 2023."

Koubun Shizuno (Sidonia no Kishi) and Hiroyuki Seshita (Blame! Movie) are directing the anime at TMS Entertainment. Shuuji Kuzuhara (Puzzle & Dragon) is penning the script. Haruhisa Nakata (Fairy Gone original character design) and Junko Yamanaka (Kono Oto Tomare!) are designing the characters. Yuuji Oono (Lupin III: Part II) and Kazuo Ootani (Cat's Eye) are composing the music.

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anime-prime said:

RobertBobert said:

So, most likely it's just a combination of things, the rights to which have one copyright holder?

That's what I would imagine. While shared universes can be tricky to define sometimes, Monkey Punch never made a Lupin comic with Conan and Gosho Aoyama never made a Conan chapter that talks about Lupin and his gang (as far as I am aware). If that happened, then there would be a better case to say that there is a shared universe, but when it's just the anime right's holders making a couple of crossover movies, then it's a different story. I guess you can say they share a universe in those specific movies, but those movies don't relate to the universes of the actual Lupin series and actual Conan series.

I see, thanks for the clarification. I like the universes of these anime other than Lupin (not because I don't like it, but because I only watched one Lupin show to make an opinion) and I wouldn't mind if they had a common universe.

Dec 7, 2022 5:48 AM by RobertBobert

RobertBobert said:

anime-prime said:

I would say that the Scooby Doo analogy is a good one. I would even describe the more famous Lupin vs Conan movies that way. TMS Entertainment produced both, so they decided to have a collaboration movie to bring more fans to both. It's like how Warner Brothers made crossovers with Scooby Doo and Batman. Are they actually set in the same universe, probably not, but that doesn't mean you can't put them in a movie together if you own the rights to both.

So, most likely it's just a combination of things, the rights to which have one copyright holder?

Dec 7, 2022 5:41 AM by anime-prime

anime-prime said:

RobertBobert said:

But can't we then say that a certain version of Lupin is canon in this universe? Or is it just a Scooby Doo and John Cena collaboration level?

So, most likely it's just a combination of things, the rights to which have one copyright holder?

Dec 7, 2022 5:32 AM by RobertBobert

RobertBobert said:

anime-prime said:

Considering that different Lupin entries are arguably set in different universes, it doesn't necessarily mean anything.

But can't we then say that a certain version of Lupin is canon in this universe? Or is it just a Scooby Doo and John Cena collaboration level?

Dec 7, 2022 5:27 AM by anime-prime

anime-prime said:

RobertBobert said:
So now Lupin is in the same universe as cats and Ryu Saeba? Or does this collaboration imply nothing?

Considering that different Lupin entries are arguably set in different universes, it doesn't necessarily mean anything.

But can't we then say that a certain version of Lupin is canon in this universe? Or is it just a Scooby Doo and John Cena collaboration level?

Dec 7, 2022 5:19 AM by RobertBobert

RobertBobert said:
So now Lupin is in the same universe as cats and Ryu Saeba? Or does this collaboration imply nothing?

Considering that different Lupin entries are arguably set in different universes, it doesn't necessarily mean anything.

Dec 7, 2022 5:17 AM by anime-prime

So now Lupin is in the same universe as cats and Ryu Saeba? Or does this collaboration imply nothing?

Dec 7, 2022 5:13 AM by RobertBobert

Weirdly, its the Cat's Eye characters who look more unusual in this artstyle, despite having more rigid designs that'd presumably suit the environment more. Still, no issues going into it.

Dec 7, 2022 1:47 AM by O_T_T