Lupin the 3rd; The Castle of Cagliostro is the first film of Mr. Hayao Miyazaki as a film director. But this is shared with the other person as directors, also the basic idea, LUPIN the 3rd, was the other people’s original. In general, this is not regarded as a 100% pure Hayao Miyazaki Movie. Many people in Japan say the first one is Nausicaa of the valley of the wind. However, the animation production and plot works are real Miyazaki’s world.
He was still working as a company staff at this time, so maybe he did not totally have the direction right. But this movie has a lot of Miyazaki animation essence.
Story is funny and characters are all very unique. Words are interesting and they have tricky fun with a lot of Japanese comedy sense. Miyazaki fans often say this movie is the origin of his world, and it’s certainly true. A lot of applause came over on this movie after the release from animation workers and movie critics. But for the first time, it was not a big hit at the theaters. Maybe the marketing was not good. Also LUPIN was long seller in Japan so LUPIN solely had core fans, therefore, some of the fans did not like Miyazaki’s comprehension about LUPIN.
But gradually this movie created more and more good reputation, and Japanese major TV station liked to rerun this many times. No sooner than these things happened, Lupin the 3rd; The Castle of Cagliostro became the common textbook for the future animators because this animation movie has a lot of hints, imagination, and techniques for making good animation. Also the fans recognized this is the LUPIN the 3rd.
It’s said that, in the editing works, some voice talent said NO to Miyazaki because they have worked long for this series. But after they saw the result of finished movie, everybody began to obey with Miyazaki with saying ” Sir “.
I don’t have to say many things about this movie because this is a real fun movie, and this is a touching movie at the end. Ending word of detective, Zenigata, is still a memorable word for many fans. He says ” Lupin stolen nothing but your heart ! ”
Fantastic word ! ( You will understand what I want to say after seeing this movie )
If you like Miyazaki works, I’m sure you will love this one too.
