Lupin the 3rd vs. Cat's Eye

{{Short description|2023 Japanese original net animation by Kōbun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita}}

{{Infobox film

| image = LupinThe3rdVSCAT'SEYE.jpg

| caption = Release poster

| name = Lupin the 3rd vs. Cat's Eye

| native_name = {{Infobox Japanese

| kana = ルパン三世 VS キャッツ・アイ

| revhep = Rupan Sansei vs. Kyattsu Ai

}}

| based_on = Lupin the 3rd
by Monkey Punch
and Cat's Eye
by Tsukasa Hojo

| director = Kōbun Shizuno
{{ill|Hiroyuki Seshita|ja|瀬下寛之}}

| screenplay = Shuji Kuzuhara

| producer = Takuya Yasue
Takahiro Koda

| starring = Kanichi Kurita
Akio Otsuka
Daisuke Namikawa
Miyuki Sawashiro
Koichi Yamadera
Keiko Toda
Rika Fukami
Chika Sakamoto
Mugihito
Banjō Ginga
Hiroki Tōchi
Takayuki Sugō

| music = Yuji Ohno
Kazuo Otani
fox capture plan

| studio = TMS Entertainment

| distributor = Amazon Prime Video

| country = Japan

| runtime = 92 minutes

| language = Japanese

| released = {{film date|2023|1|27|df=y}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Lupin the 3rd vs. Cat's Eye|ルパン三世 VS キャッツ・アイ|Rupan Sansei vs. Kyattsu Ai}} is a 2023 Japanese original net animation (ONA) film directed by Kōbun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita from a screenplay by Shuji Kuzuhara which serves as a crossover between the Lupin the Third franchise, itself based on the manga of the same name by Monkey Punch and the Cat's Eye manga by Tsukasa Hojo respectively. Produced by TMS Entertainment, the film serves as the twelfth Lupin the 3rd film and the second to be a crossover, after 2013's Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie and stars the franchise's regular voice cast as well as the remaining cast members of TMS' 1983-1985 Cat's Eye anime reprising their roles. The film was released on Amazon Prime Video on January 27, 2023.

Cast

class="wikitable"

!Character

!Japanese voice actor

!English dub actor

|Akio Otsuka{{efn|Lupin the 3rd vs. Cat's Eye marks the first Lupin the 3rd film to not feature Kiyoshi Kobayashi as the voice of Daisuke Jigen following his departure from the role in 2021 and his death the following year.}}

Hitomi Kisugi

Rui Kisugi

|Rika Fukami{{efn|Fukami replaces Toshiko Fujita as Rui due to her death in 2018.}}

|Cristina Valenzuela

Ai Kisugi

|Chika Sakamoto

|Deneen Melody

Toshi Utsumi

|Yoshito Yasuhara

|Ryan Colt Levy

Sadatsugu Nagaishi

|Mugihito{{efn|Mugihito replaces Tamio Ohki as Sadatsugu due to his death in 2017.}}

Heinrich Berger

|Banjō Ginga (fake voice)
Takayuki Sugō (real voice)

|Tom Choi

Dennis Kirchmann

|Hiroki Tōchi

|Keith Silverstein

Michael Heinz

|Banjo Ginga

|Sean Burgos

Production

The film was announced on September 21, 2022 with its initial crew as well as the confirmation of Kanichi Kurita and Keiko Toda reprising as Lupin and Hitomi respectively being revealed that same day. The film marks the 50th anniversary of the animated adaptations of Lupin the 3rd and the 40th anniversary of the Cat's Eye manga. The film is set in the 1980s period that Cat's Eye is set in with Lupin wearing his pink jacket from Lupin the 3rd Part III.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-21/lupin-iii-cat-eye-get-cg-crossover-anime-in-2023/.190015|title= Lupin III, Cat's Eye Get CG Crossover Anime in 2023|first=Rafael|last=Antonio Pineda|work=Anime News Network|date=21 September 2022|access-date=6 November 2024}} On December 6th of that year, the rest of the cast was revealed, including Akio Otsuka's first performance as Daisuke Jigen in a Lupin the 3rd film as well as Rika Fukami (replacing Toshiko Fujita) as Rui Kisugi and Mugihito (replacing Tamio Ohki) as Sadagatsu Nagaishi.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-06/lupin-iii-vs-cat-eye-anime-video-reveals-more-cast-theme-songs-january-27-amazon-debut/.192626|title=Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye Anime's Video Reveals More Cast, Theme Songs, January 27 Amazon Debut|first=Rafael|last=Antonio Pineda|date=6 December 2022|access-date=6 November 2024|work=Anime News Network}}

Music

Instrumental band fox capture plan performed the opening theme as well as renditions of Kazuo Otani's score for the Cat's Eye anime. Most of Yuji Ohno's score is taken from past Lupin the 3rd media such as The First, Part 6, Part 5 and Part IV. Anri returned to perform a new rendition of the Cat's Eye anime's first theme song for the film's end credits.

Release

The film was released on Prime Video on January 27, 2023 marking the first anime film to receive a global simultaneous release for the platform. A screening for the film was held on January 25th of that year with co-director Seshita as well as voice actors Kurita and Toda being in attendance.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinema-factory.jp/2023/01/25/12759/|title=Amazon Original『ルパン三世VSキャッツ・アイ』ジャパンプレミア|work=Cinema Today|date=25 January 2023|access-date=7 November 2024|lang=ja}}

=Home media release=

The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on March 13, 2024 by VAP.{{cite web|url=https://www.vap.co.jp/lupin-vs-catseye/|title=ルパン三世VSキャッツ・アイ|work=VAP|access-date=7 November 2024}}