The official website for the Lupin the Third: Jigen’s Gravestone anime film had teased last month that the Friday screening of the film in Tokyo would feature an announcement.
Monkey Punch’s Lupin III franchise is getting a new theatrical anime project titled Lupin the IIIrd Chikemuri no Ishikawa Goemon (Lupin the Third: Goemon Ishikawa’s Spray of Blood) that will open in Japan on February 4.
Originally released in June 2014, Lupin the Third: Jigen’s Gravestone is a spinoff of the 2012 television anime Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, and features much of the television anime’s creative staff, including director, character designer, and art director Takeshi Koike.
The current cast for Lupin III, Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa, Fujiko Mine, and Koichi Zenigata are also reprising their roles.