A new teaser visual, trailer, and main theme song have been unveiled for the upcoming Lupin the IIIrd The Movie: Fujimi no Ketsuzoku anime film, which will screen theatrically in Japan on June 27, 2025. The film’s main theme song featured in the trailer is “The IIIRD Eye” by Japanese rock band B’z.
Lupin the IIIrd The Movie: Fujimi no Ketsuzoku will be directed by Takeshi Koike, the director of titles like Redline, Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen’s Gravestone, Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon’s Blood Spray, and Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko’s Lie.
Other staff involved in the film 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 animation production.
Fujimi no Ketsuzoku will be the franchise’s first main 2D animated feature film since Lupin the 3rd Dead Or Alive in 1996. The films Koike previously directed, Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen’s Gravestone, Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon’s Blood Spray, and Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko Mine’s Lie, were not feature length and were spinoffs of Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine.
Other films include the CG Lupin III THE FIRST in 2019, and the crossover films Lupin III vs. Detective Conan The Movie in 2013 and Lupin III vs. Cat’s Eye in 2023.
