LUPIN THE IIIRD THE MOVIE: Immortal Bloodline

TMS just dropped the release date, title, and preview for the first 2D animated Lupin III movie since 1996’s Dead or Alive:

The movie will be released in theaters in Japan on Friday, June 27th. No information is available (as of this moment) on an international release. It features a new rock song by the band B’z called "The IIIRD Eye."

LUPIN THE IIIRD THE MOVIE — for the parts of it we see in this preview, anyway — seems to take place on an island somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle. Now, in Mystery of Mamo, they went to an unmarked island in the Caribbean (where Mamo seemed to be headquartered with his cloning technology), which certainly could be the same island. Oddly, outside of Mystery of Mamo, the Bermuda Triangle has only been home to a single Lupin adventure: Part 2, Episode 95, “From the Ghost Ship With Love.”

What are the creatures on this mysterious island?

Is Zenigata actually working with the gang? (He does this more than he’ll admit to, but hey…)

What’s with Lupin’s yacht club dad look?

And, most importantly, what the heck is up with Jigen’s hair?

These questions and more are set to be answered on June 27th for friends in Japan, and hopefully soon for everywhere else in the world.

I can’t wait!