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Lupin the Third: Pilot Film
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Lupin the Third: Pilot Film 1969 Directed by Masaaki Osumi ルパン三世 パイロットフィルム

The first animated adaptation of the popular manga series, this pilot introduces the main characters of "Lupin the Third" with montages, presented through a short frame narrative illustrating a typical gang escape.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Production Company Tokyo Movie
Release Date 1 January 1969
12 mins
Cast
Taichiro Hirokawa
Taichiro Hirokawa Arsène Lupin III (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Kiyoshi Kobayashi Daisuke Jigen (voice)
Eiko Masuyama
Eiko Masuyama Fujiko Mine (voice)
Gorō Naya
Gorō Naya Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)
Shinsuke Chikaishi
Shinsuke Chikaishi Inspector Zenigata / Narrator (voice)
Koichi Kitamura
Koichi Kitamura Kogoro Akechi (voice)
Nobuo Tanaka
Nobuo Tanaka Narrator (voice)
Nachi Nozawa
Nachi Nozawa Arsène Lupin III (voice)
Osamu Kobayashi
Osamu Kobayashi Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)
Chikao Ohtsuka
Chikao Ohtsuka Inspector Zenigata (voice)
Hitoshi Takagi
Hitoshi Takagi Kogoro Akechi (voice)
Crew
Director
Masaaki Osumi
Masaaki Osumi
Writers
Tsutomu Shibayama
Tsutomu Shibayama
Gisaburō Sugii
Gisaburō Sugii
Yasuo Otsuka
Yasuo Otsuka
Toshiaki Imaizumi
Toshiaki Imaizumi
Jirô Saitô
Jirô Saitô
Osamu Kobayashi
Osamu Kobayashi
Producer
Yutaka Fujioka
Yutaka Fujioka
Animation
Tsutomu Shibayama
Tsutomu Shibayama
Yasuo Otsuka
Yasuo Otsuka
Gisaburō Sugii
Gisaburō Sugii
Osama Kobayashi
Osama Kobayashi
Original Writer
Kazuhiko Kato
Kazuhiko Kato
Music
Norio Maeda
Norio Maeda