After several years of bringing out a lot of classics and license rescues that have dubs, Discotek Media is producing their first dub with a new license. That new license is the recent Lupin the 3rd: Jigen’s Gravestone feature that landed this year in Japan. No cast has been announced yet but it has fans excited and could potentially get them to look at some past Lupin the 3rd licenses if it does well, and to look at other works as time goes on as well.
The film, animated by TMS Entertainment, is an interesting one because it’s set to be a spinoff of the 2012 TV series Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine. Could that work with FUNimation to have them produce the dub? The feature is directed by Takeshi Koike, who served as the animation director on the Fujiko Mine series, based on the script by Yuuya Takahashi.
Plot concept: Lupin and Jigen infiltrate East Doroa to capture the secret treasure Little Comet. Queen Malta, a singer from East Doroa, was just assassinated in neighboring West Doroa, resulting in a tense situation at the border. The duo successfully steal the Little Comet, but a sniper tries to take out Jigen during their getaway. Jigen faces a powerful foe named Yael Okuzaki, an assassin who prepares graves for his targets before executing his kills. It is said that no one has survived after Yael Okuzaki makes a grave for that target.
