Spoilers Koike Movies 2025 Thread

[Tsushi]

So we now know we'll be having two movies, one online, Zenigata and the 2 Lupins, on June 20th and one in theaters, Immortal Bloodline, on June 26th! I'll get around to sharing some info, and we can all share our thoughts after watching them. Won't be too long of a wait.

Here's our posters. Let's yap about it!

 

[The Gentleman Thief]

THERE IS TWO AND ZENIGATA GETS HIS OWN FILM?!! I'm guessing the first trailer we got is from the Zenigata one and the most recent trailer with the new song is from an immortal bloodline. I had lost hope for a Zenigata film but this is getting exciting.

 

[VampireNaomi]

I'm actually more excited about the Zenigata film than the theatrical one because it's been so long since Zenigata was in the spotlight. Part 6 treated him terribly. Maybe the second Lupin in that film will be a clone created by Mamo. If so, I'd love if the clone honestly believed himself to be the real Lupin. That could get emotional really fast.

 

[Kat]

The Lupin fandom right now:



Seriously, I'm over the moon that we're getting this feast after a year of famine - especially personally as a Mamo enjoyer The Immortal Bloodlines pulling the reverse of the original's "it was the real you all along" reveal would be so damn good and make for interesting good existential/emotional stuff - good thinking, Naomi!!!

 

[Seroster]

The idea of two Lupins DOES make me think of Mystery of Mamo.

I just wanna know when we'll get to see them! By hook or by crook ...

 

[Tsushi]

It is the clone, I feel confident. Vegetablesaute on Bluesky shared an automated translation for the given synopsis of Immortal Bloodline, let me get that:

"Lupin Ill and his friends head to the Bermuda Sea in search of a mysterious island that does not exist on the world map.

Their goal is to uncover the identity of the mastermind who has been sending assassins to them and the enormous treasure hidden there. However, the moment they approach the island, their plane is shot down by a sniper, and the group makes an emergency landing on the island of death. There, they find a landscape that resembles the end of the world, with mountains of decaying weapons and nuclear missiles piled up, and "garbage people" who were once used as weapons and then discarded wandering around. The island is covered in fog and filled with poison that will bring death within 24 hours, and there is no escape. The ruler of the island, Muom, has proclaimed immortality and is trying to rule the world by selection and elimination. Facing an "immortal enemy" that is invulnerable to guns and swords, Lupin challenges his past, his pride, and his pride as a thief in a battle of wits. Will Lupin be able to steal everything within 24 hours and escape the island alive?"

She also noted the double use of the word pride was a translating two different phrases as the same word. She said "誇り and 矜持 are both translated as pride.
The latter means "pride in one's abilities"." I'm also guessing Muom = Mamo.

And for The 2 Lupin's, here's a news article, my source for the summary from auto translation: "This work is a hard action with Inspector Zenigata as the main character. The story unfolds from the explosion of an airport in the Lovieto Federation, a cold place. Since Lupin III emerged as a suspect, and the "other Lupin" chased by Zenigata claimed innocence, Zenigata will confront the mysterious "fake Lupin"."

So it seems like maybe Zenigata and one of the two Lupins are gonna team up this one has so much idea meat haha I wish I wrote my Zenigata and the clone fic ages ago haha but hopefully this will inspire many more...

 

[tackyoptic]

wasn't expecting a double-whammy, but here we are!! guess we get all 5 koikes as originally assumed-- zenigata's then lupin's, with the former most likely teeing up the latter. very sick.

I'm actually more excited about the Zenigata film than the theatrical one because it's been so long since Zenigata was in the spotlight

seconding this!! I feel like I've ranted about this before (which i have on tumblr, lol) but I genuinely feel like koike zeni has so much interesting potential.

and the clone lupin stuff, gosh. I feel like clone lupin's only ever been teased or hinted at as like, a hypothetical (og mamo and at the end of tokyo crisis iirc (might be wrong here, its been a hot min)) or handled wayyyy to conceptually to be broadly palpable (gvr). i wanna see how they handle this soso bad.