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Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie
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Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie

Lupin III vs. Meitantei Conan: The Movie · 2013

A thief and a detective share one case.

StatusFinished Airing SeasonFall 2013 StudioTMS Entertainment SourceManga
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A crossover bringing Lupin III into Conan's world, this film follows the assassination of a European monarch and a princess whose resemblance to Ran creates immediate complications for everyone involved. Lupin pursues a jewel, Conan pursues a killer, and the two operate at cross-purposes while gradually recognizing that they need each other. Zenigata, Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko appear alongside the Conan cast, and the film keeps both franchises' tonal registers intact rather than favoring either. Every plan either man makes interferes directly with what the other is attempting.

⚠ Background — may contain spoilers
A theatrical crossover between two of Japan's most enduring anime properties, this film followed an earlier television special and was a substantial commercial success. Combining Monkey Punch's Lupin III with Gosho Aoyama's Detective Conan required reconciling a comedic heist franchise with a fair-play mystery series, and the result was widely regarded as handling both properties respectfully. Crossovers of this scale between separately owned long-running franchises remain relatively rare in Japanese animation. Its success reflected how rare and commercially valuable crossovers between separately owned franchises of this scale actually are in Japanese animation.
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