Return of Pycal (2002)

Original title

ルパン三世 生きていた魔術師

Directed by

Mamoru Hamatsu

Genre

animation, action, comedy, crime

Country

Japan

Runtime

49 min

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 68 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Lupin III faces off against a magician who has returned from the dead. The master thief and his crew try to outwit the sorcerer in a heist with a supernatural twist.

lightheartedfast-pacedplayfulquirkywhimsicalretrostylishaction-packed

What happens

Lupin III: Return of Pycal (Japanese: ルパン三世 生きていた魔術師, Hepburn: Rupan Sansei Ikiteita Majutsushi; lit. "Lupin III: The Magician Lived") is a 2002 Japanese original video animation based on Monkey Punch's Lupin III manga. Directed by Mamoru Hamatsu and released on April 3, 2002, it is the second OVA in the Lupin III franchise. The story features the return of the magician Pycal, in recognition of the 30th anniversary of the manga's first television anime adaptation. Return of Pycal won an Excellent Work Award at the 2003 Tokyo International Anime Fair. It was released in North America on July 27, 2021, by Discotek Media. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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