THE KING OF THIEVES IS BACK (AND HE’S BRINGING A CHAINSAW): Lupin the IIIRD: The Movie – The Immortal Bloodline Is Hitting Theaters!

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Clear your calendars, call your local crime boss, and make sure your safety deposit box is locked, because the smoothest, most stylish bandit in anime history is breaking into theaters! GKIDS just dropped the news that they are bringing Lupin the IIIRD: The Movie – The Immortal Bloodline to the big screen this January 4-6 with an English dubbed adaptation having been confirmed.

This isn’t your grandma’s cozy, red-jacket Lupin from those nostalgic TV specials. This is the Lupin the IIIRD flavor—the gritty, hyper-stylized spin-off that swaps goofy capers for hard-boiled, bloody crime thrillers. If the title The Immortal Bloodline is any indication, we are about to get a whole lot of supernatural danger mixed with high-caliber gunfights.

Why The IIIRD Series Is The Best Adult Anime Fix

Look, we love classic Lupin—but the Lupin the IIIRD films (like the masterpieces focusing on Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko) are a different beast entirely.

These movies are stripped down, focusing on the core criminal intensity of the characters. They are beautifully rendered throwbacks to ’70s crime cinema, complete with heavy shadows, brutal action, and a tone that is decidedly adult. The animation is slick, kinetic, and designed to make every single shot—from the gleam of Jigen’s revolver to the slice of Goemon’s blade—feel devastatingly cool.

In The Immortal Bloodline, we expect the stakes to be absurdly high, the women to be impossibly dangerous, and the bloodshed to be plentiful. It’s the kind of feature that requires a cinema screen to truly appreciate the sheer commitment to style and the masterful direction.

After fending off a series of skilled assassins, gentleman thief Lupin III and his band of allies follow a strange invitation to an uncharted island. When their plane is shot down, the gang is stranded and soon hunted by the island’s inhabitants, past enemies, and a monstrous immortal being known as Muom, who threatens to destroy Lupin’s legacy. As a deadly toxic fog settles over them, Lupin must confront his greatest enemy in his most daring escapade yet.
Legendary director Takeshi Koike returns to the Lupin the IIIRD franchise after six years with his latest devilish spin on Monkey Punch’s original manga. Lupin the IIIRD: The Movie – The Immortal Bloodline infuses Koike’s signature stylish action with the classic pulpy tones of Monkey Punch’s work for an exhilarating sci-fi tour de force.
From Takeshi Koike and TMS Entertainment and is in theatres January 4-6