HAYAO MIYAZAKI - THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO (1979)
A Miyazaki Movie Review PRE-STUDIO GHIBLI The Castle of Cagliostro (5 DEC 1979) Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no Shiro Imagine if James Bond met anime ...well this basically the result. The "Lupin III" franchise started out as comics for a magazine called Weekly Manga Action in 1967. The huge success of the series immediately prompted Monkey Punch, the author, to continue, although confused of its success. Later, it also made him give the rights to make a standalone series to a company called TMS Entertainment. After all that the franchise was born, it spawned seven televised animated series and films. As you can see the movie poster above, this is the 3rd movie of the Lupin III film series --- AND debut movie of the legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki. Known for massive hits like SPIRITED AWAY (2001), MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1988) and CASTLE IN THE SKY (1986). If it weren't for this movie STUDIO GHIBLI wouldn't exist at all. I can't imagine a...