Lupin III to hit SM Cinemas on September 17!

It seems to be the year of Anime Movie Adaptations as Monkey Punch's Lupin III is set to hit cinemas starting September 17 exclusively at SM Cinemas! The movie will be released in Japan on August 30, so that's just a few weeks behind. Not bad eh? :) 

I was never really a fan of the Anime series, growing up - I didn't like the animation, so to get ready for the live action movie, I'll make sure to watch the Detective Conan and Lupin III cross over, (I am a fan of Detective Conan and I really hope SM pushes with screening of the Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper Movie)! ^_^

So going back to the live action Lupin III - if the trailer is any indication it seems that this is another well made Anime adaptation. 

The actors cast into the role really look like their Anime counterparts without looking too silly.

Sorry guys that means not casting an actress with double D's as Fujiko. 

Here are the actors who will be in the movie though: 

Shun Oguri - Arsen'e Lupin III 

Tetsuji Tamayama - Daisuke Jigen 

Go Ayano - Goemon Ishikawa XIII

Meisa Kuroki - Fujiko Mine 

Tadanobu Asano - Koichi Zenigata 

Jerry Yan - Michael Lee

Yup.....Jerry Yan of F4 fame will be in the movie (more below) 

For Asianovela fans out there particularly that Taiwanese Asianovela that started it all Meteor Garden's Jerry Yan AKA Dao Ming Tsu will be making an appearance in the movie, now whether he will be on the side of good and evil, still remains to be seen. He is slated to play Michael Lee.

Illustrated and written by Monkey Punch Lupin III first made it's appearance on Action Weekly Manga on August 10, 1967 that's 47 years ago! 

The manga is based on the "Gentleman" (yes, I put those quotation marks there) thief from Maurice Leblanc's novels (might check those out too!) 

Since then a franchise has spawned from manga, the animated series, OVAs and movies and now the live action movie is about to hit Cinemas and will be exclusively shown by SM Cinema - so make sure to like and follow them on Facebook and Twitter @sm_cinema for exciting news, updates and fun giveaways! 

Even if I wasn't a fan when of the series when it was first aired on local TV years ago, it's nice to think that I'd get another chance to get to know Lupin and the gang, even if it's through another medium. 

So mark your calendars on September 17-Lupin III is set to steal your hearts-exclusively on SM Cinemas!