50th anniversary "celebrity" art and comments!

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Written By Lee Sparkes

A special message page has been set up on the official Japanese Lupin Network website to showcase comments and drawings from artists, animators, actors and more.

The page includes work and comments from the likes of Kazuhide Tomonaga (Lupin III: Part 4), Gosho Aoyama (Case Closed / Detective Conan), Tsukasa Hojo (Cat’s Eye, City Hunter), Kenichi Aono (Writer, Songwriter, DJ), Tadanobu Asano (Actor), Ryôta Kosawa (Always: Sunset on Third Street, The Detective Is in the Bar and Parasyte: Part 1) and more.

Additional comments will be added over the weekend, on account of the first episode of Lupin III: Part 1 celebrating its 50th anniversary this Sunday, on October 24th 2021.

Keep an eye on the website for more, and check out this YouTube video of Kazuhide Tomonaga illustrating his anniversary piece below!

Lee Sparkes

Lee got into the Lupin III franchise while studying at university during 2009. After watching a few episodes from Lupin III: Part 2, The Mystery of Mamo, and The Fuma Conspiracy, he soon became hooked!

When not watching or writing about Lupin, Lee helps make video games for a living and enjoys logging gaming progress over on GGapp.io.

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