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Amazon Prime Video Adds Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye Anime with Hindi Dub
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Kanichi Kurita and Keiko Toda both reprise their roles as Lupin III and Hitomi Kisugi, respectively. Other cast members include Akio Ohtsuka as Jigen Daisuke, Daisuke Namikawa as Goemon Ishikawa, Miyuki Sawashiro as Fujiko Mine, Kōichi Yamadera as Inspector Zenigata, Rica Fukami as Rui Kisugi, Chika Sakamoto as Ai Kisugi, Yoshito Yasuhara as Toshio Utsumi, and Mugihito as Sadatsugu Nagaishi. All cast members reprised their roles from previous entries in the franchise, except for Rica Fukami and Mugihito, who replaced the late Toshiko Fujita and Tamio Ohki in their respective roles. Other cast members include Banjō Ginga, Hiroki Touchi, and Takayuki Sugō.
Anri returned to perform a new version of the "Cat's Eye" theme song she performed for the 1983 anime, with the new version titled "Cat's Eye 2023." The new version is serving as the anime's theme song. fox capture plan performs the anime's opening theme song "THEME FROM LUPIN vs CAT'S EYE."
The new project celebrates both the 50th anniversary of the Lupin III anime, and the 40th anniversary of Tsukasa Hōjō's Cat's Eye manga. The anime is set in Cat's Eye's original 1980s time period. The Cat's Eye sisters are again aiming to steal three paintings that once belonged to their father, but this time, Lupin is after the same catch. But the paintings will also reveal a long-buried mystery.
Kobun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita, who co-directed the Knights of Sidonia anime and Godzilla anime movie trilogy, directed the new anime at TMS Entertainment, with Keisuke Ide (Levius) as assistant director. Shūji Kuzuhara (Pazudora) penned the script. Lupin III series composer Yuji Ohno and Cat's Eye anime composer Kazuo Ōtani both composed the music. Haruhisa Nakata (Levius original creator) and Junko Yamanaka (Kamisama Kiss, Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life) designed the characters. Naoya Tanaka and Ferdinando Patulli are credited for production design. Mitsunori Kataama was the art director. Aya Hida was the editor. Youji Shimizu was the sound director.
The latest numbered installment in the Lupin III franchise, the Lupin the 3rd Part 6 television anime series, premiered on the NTV channel in Japan in October 2021. Sentai Filmworks licensed the new series for home video and streaming in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavian countries, and all Nordic Countries.
Tsukasa Hōjō's Cat's Eye manga centers on three sisters who run a cafe by day, and are notorious art thieves by night. The manga ran from 1981 to 1985, and inspired two television anime seasons by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. The first 36-episode season aired between 1983-1984, and the second 37-episode season aired from 1984-1985.
Source: Prime Video
