Lupin III: Pilot Film
ルパン三世 パイロットフィルム
Action
Adventure
Synopsis
Two years after Monkey Punch's manga debuted, director Masaaki Osumi built a 12-minute proof-of-concept to test whether Lupin III could work as a TV series, opening with Lupin taunting Inspector Zenigata over a public payphone. Backers balked at the adult tone and the film never reached theaters, but its cast of Jigen, Fujiko, and Goemon carried over once the concept was reworked into the 1971 television pilot that became Lupin III: Part I.
Format
Anime
Episodes
1
Duration
12 min
Status
Finished
Season
Winter 1969
Studio
Format
Anime
Episodes
1
Duration
12 min
Status
Finished
Season
Winter 1969
Studio
Lupin III: Pilot Film
ルパン三世 パイロットフィルム
Action
Adventure
Two years after Monkey Punch's manga debuted, director Masaaki Osumi built a 12-minute proof-of-concept to test whether Lupin III could work as a TV series, opening with Lupin taunting Inspector Zenigata over a public payphone. Backers balked at the adult tone and the film never reached theaters, but its cast of Jigen, Fujiko, and Goemon carried over once the concept was reworked into the 1971 television pilot that became Lupin III: Part I.