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Redline, one of the most raucous, eye-smashing films of the last, well, ever, has been made available for streaming on YouTube at no charge. In celebration, we’re posting this feature on the film, first featured in the magazine back in 2010: Once upon a time, …Read more »
The last few years, running on a parallel track to the “regular” Lupin series and specials has been Lupin the IIIrd, a series of movie/OVA thingers helmed by Takeshi Koike, one of the coolest animators in Japan. Now we’ve got some details on the latest …Read more »
A few weeks ago, we buzzed excitedly about the new Takeshi Koike-directed Lupin III film. Man, is this going to be cool or what? Well, a few shots of the film dropped along with an interview with the man playing Jigen one last time, and …Read more »
Hey man, let’s face it, as good as we want those yearly Lupin TV specials to be, they’re usually pretty mediocre affairs. So we were planning to go ahead the latest Lupin film – that is, until it was revealed the director would be none …Read more »
My, my, my... this is awesome. Directed by Takeshi Koike ( Ninja Scroll ), with Katsuhito Ishii ( The Taste of Tea ) among the writers, Redline is looking every bit as hot as one would imagine in this new full English trailer. The story …Read more »
Lupin has a new feature film on the way, with Lupin the Third: Goemon Ishikawa's Spray of Blood set to open in Japan on February 4, 2017. Redline director Takeshi Koike helms the latest movie at TMS Entertainment, and a new 30-second preview was posted …Read more »
Discotek Media announced a handful of new licenses for 2015, with two of the company's more recent acquisitions leading the charge. Up top we have the sports series Discotek has been teasing, with a release of Yowamushi Pedal ( Yowapeda ) series 1 and series …Read more »
With a live-action film , Takeshi Koike-directed special , and a Castle of Cagliostro rerelease , we had dubbed 2014 the “Year of Lupin .” Turns out we might’ve been off by a year. 2015 will see the debut of a new Lupin III television …Read more »
Daisuke Jigen is dead. If you believe that, Takeshi Koike has a Fiat 500 to sell you. He’s the director of Daisuke Jigen’s Gravestone , the new Lupin special out in Tokyo this week. This isn’t the first run-in Koike, the director of Redline , …Read more »
Even more deets out this week about the new Lupin the Third film, Jigen’s Gravestone , helmed by the one and only Takeshi Koike. First and foremost, the first teaser for the film has been released, with some tantalizing glimpses at the film to come. …Read more »
Recently Daryl Surat wrote about Hayao Miyazaki's take on Monkey Punch's Lupin the 3rd, Castle of Cagliostro , and now we finally have a quick look at Lupin's latest anime exploits via a new promotional video. Lupin the 3rd - The Woman Named Fujiko Mine …Read more »
Looks like tickets are finally available for US theatrical showings of the highly anticipated Redline —from MADHOUSE and director Takeshi Koike—and those of you in or around Los Angeles can go ahead and pre-order some of your own! Showings at LA's Downtown Independent start on …Read more »
Still waiting to watch the Madhouse-animated and Takeshi Koike-directed film Redline ? So are a lot of people, and Manga UK aims to titillate us in advance of its home video release via a fresh English-dubbed racing clip. Hit the gas below: Redline can finally …Read more »
Theatrical anime movies don’t come out in America very often anymore, and perhaps that’s part of why they don’t really get made as much anymore compared to how things were “back in the day.” Movies require more time and money to create than television shows …Read more »
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