Fujiko Mine Spin-off Movie Announced

Takeshi Koike, who served as animation director and character designer for the 2012 Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine television series, will direct a “continuation spinoff” off the series feature film titled “Lupin the IIIRD: Jigen Daisuke no Bohyo (Lupin the IIIRD: Daisuke Jigen’s Gravestone). While the “Fujiko Mine” television series depicted a new, slightly re-imagined origin story illustrating how Lupin III, Jigen Daisuke, and Fujiko Mine first met each other, the new film will depict how Lupin and Jigen came to become partners in crime. The movie will premiere early this summer.

Source: Anime News Network