TMS Entertainment and Sentai announced that there will be a special theatrical event in US theaters to commemorate LUPIN THE 3rd’s 50th anniversary. This event will feature the world premiere for the English dub of LUPIN THE 3rd Part 1’s first episode, which first aired on October 24, 1971, along with the first two episodes of LUPIN THE 3rd: Part 6. This event will be the first look of the next installment of the LUPIN THE 3rd series and will run from October 22 to 28.
More information about this event and available theaters and showtimes can be found on the Sentai Filmworks website.
LUPIN THE 3rd: Part 6 will be streamed on HIDIVE for the Fall 2021 anime season. Sentai Filmworks describes Part 6 as described:
Gentleman thief Lupin III is back and ready for his next caper— unless legendary sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, has anything to say about it! When Holmes’ longtime partner, Dr. Watson, is murdered, none other than Lupin tops the suspects list. With Holmes fast closing in, Lupin must prove his innocence and bring a shadowy organization called The Raven to heel if he wants to live to steal another day.
The staff includes Eiji Suganuma (Lupin III: Prison of the Past co-unit director) as director, mystery author Takahiro Ōkura (Lupin the Third: Part V Ep 17 script writer) as series composer, Hiroki Marufuji (Lupin III: Prison of the Past, Lupin III: Goodbye Partner) as character designer, Hiromi Miyawaki (Lupin Sansei: Lupin Ikka Seizoroi) as color designer, Akemi Sasaki (Meiji Tokyo Renka) as photography director, and long-time Lupin III collaborator Yuji Ohno as music composer.
Additionally, Yumi Matsumiya (Teasing Master Takagi-san Season 2), Kōichirō Bizen (Food Wars! The Fifth Plate), Hiromasa Ogura (FASTENING DAYS 4), Wataru Nishizawa (Boruto: Naruto the Movie background artist), Beom-seon Lee (Lupin III: Prison of the Past, Lupin III: Goodbye Partner), and Yūsuke Takeda (Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-) are the art directors. TMS Entertainment is the animation production studio.
The show also features Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell director), Masaki Tsuji (Astro Boy and Case Closed scriptwriter), mystery writer Taku Ashibe (Murder in the Red Chamber), novelist Akio Higuchi (Me No Mae Ni Shika No Hanaiki), and author Kanae Minato (Confessions) as guest writers.
