I’m a guy who always loved seeing behind the scenes content, especially interviews surrounding the creators of franchises i love. So this has been a little “project” of mine of archiving/compiling interviews that feature Monkey Punch, they always feature plenty of interesting information, so i recommend reading them! Note that most of these may not be available in english, so you may need to translate them yourself.
HUGE shoutout to the waltherp38709 blog for hosting a large part of these interviews.
Here's a link to the interview album, it's mostly here as a backup for the various images, have a nice read!
“One Accommodation, One Meal” Interview (1976) (Also included in the japanese Elussiveness of the Fog DVD)
Monkey Punch interview in "Action Pax" (1976)
Shin Lupin III Volume 2 Afterword (1978)
A Short Interview With Monkey Punch (1978)
Animage “TV Animation World” interview (1978)
"This is how the graphic novel 'Lupin the Third' is made" (1978)
"Me and Superman" afterword (1978)
Mystery of Mamo pamphlet (1978)
Monkey Punch's Production Note from The Mystery of Mamo (1978)
Monkey Punch's thoughts on Lupin VIII (1982)
"PC-Hiroba" interview (1986)
"Treasured Edition Lupin III" interview (1989)
Monkey Punch & Goro Naya Interview
Shin Lupin III Volume 4 interview (1990)
"The Death of Superman" Afterword (1993)
Monkey Punch at Anime America '93 (1993)
Comic Artist Interview: Monkey Punch (1994)
A Few Stolen Moments With Monkey Punch (1995)
Tad Hoshiya visits Monkey Punch's house (1995)
Message From Monkey Punch (1995)
Monkey King - The Many Lives of Lupin III (1986) (Part 1) (Part 2)
Monkey Punch Q&A by Amos Wong (1996)
Afterword on "One Stay, One Meal" (Vol. 2) (1996)
Dead or Alive newspaper interview.
Monkey Punch & Haruo Mizuno discuss Dead Or Alive (1996)
"Where I Was at The End of 1997 [Los Angeles - Hawaii]" (1997)
French Interview from issue #11 of the "Yoko" magazine (1997) (I know it exists but i can't find any pictures of it, if anyone has it, i would highly appreciate it!)
The Difference Between "The Third" and "The Brat."(1998)
Interview from the "Lupin III Files - Expanded and Revised Edition" (1998) (Although the book was released in 1998, this interview was made shortly before the release of DOA)
Monkey Punch at Princom '99 (1999)
Interview from "峰不二子の謎―ルパンも知らなかった! (The Mystery of Fujiko Mine - even Lupin didn't know!)" (1999) (Interview starts at page 225)
Talk show guest: Monkey Punch Sensei (Lupin the 3rd Movie Festival) (1999)
"Japanese Anime Best 100" interview (2000)
Report on "Monkey Punch World" at Masudamachi Manga Museum in Akita Prefecture (2000)
Interview from the "The Siamese: First Mission" DVD (2001)
"The Interview with Monkey Punch (2001)" (Text is way too blury and the interview is incomplete, if anybody has this in higher quality, let me know.)
Interview between Monkey Punch and Reiko Chiba (2001)
Monkey Punch Retsuden Movie Part.1 (2001) (Second half)
Monkey Punch Retsuden Movie Part.2 (2001) (Second half)
Monkey Punch's panel at San Diego Comic Con (2001) (Pt.2, Pt.3, Pt.4,)
Special Talk Session with Monkey Punch and Junichi Lioka (2001) (The picture is quite blurry and doesn't show everything, if anybody has this interview in higher quality, let me know.)
TV documentary about the Pilot Film(?) (I have no ideia what this is)
Interview between Monkey Punch and Katsuya Terada (2002)
Short advert featuring Natsuki Katō and Monkey Punch (2002)
AnimeFest Interview (2003)
Interview between Go Nagai and Monkey Punch (2003) (This is half of the interview in english, the rest (in japanese) can be found here)
Monkey Punch lists his top 20 Animations (2003)
Video interview from the "Gold of Babylon + Fuma Conspiracy" french DVD (2004) (This drive includes interviews with Tomonaga and the french VA's)
Video interview from the "Gold of Babylon + Fuma conspiracy" french DVD (2004) (Same interview from the above link, but now with english subtitles)
Lupin III Official Magazine interview (2004)
"Lupin the 3rd The Best" interview (2004)
Video interview for the "Lupin III Premium DVD" (2004)
"Special Interview" from Tac Tic..S (Manga Collection Version) (2004)
"Special Interview" from Bakumatsu Yankee (Manga Collection version) (2004) (Interview starts at page 199)
"Special Interview" from Dracula-Kun (Manga Collection version) (2004) (Interview starts at page 258)
"Special Interview" from Vol.1 of I Am Casanova (Manga Collection version) (2004) (Interview starts at page 307)
"Special Interview" from Vol.2 of I Am Casanova (Manga Collection version) (2004) (Interview starts at page 296)
"Special Interview" from Isshuku Ippan (Manga Collection version) (2004) (Interview starts at page 228)
Monkey Punch interview for the R25 Magazine (2004) (I don't know if there's more to the interview than this one page.)
Dead or Alive DVD interview (2005)
CPRA Plaza Interview (2005)
Video interview from the french "The Castle of Cagliostro" DVD (2006) (Later included in the Discotek Blu-Ray with english subs)
Interview between Masaaki Osumi and Monkey Punch (2007)
Interview At MP's Studio (2007)
Interview from a "Draw Your Own Manga" book (2007) (Definetly one of my favorites, really goes into detail about his career)
Daily Yomiuri interview (2007) (This is only part of the interview, the page for the full interview doesn't exist anymore on Daily Yomiuri's website, even using the wayback machine doesn't work, probably lost media at this point.)
Monkey Punch's thoughts on Green Vs Red (2008)
Video interview between Monkey Punch and Gosho Aoyama (2009)
Interview between Monkey Punch and Gosho Aoyama (2009) (English version)
Shuhei Kato ("Monkey Punch X") interview in the Lupin III Official Magazine (2009) (The only interview with MP's second son, Shuhei Kato, at least to my knowledge.)
"Adobe x mixi presents: Monkey Punch talks about the appeal of 'Digital' x 'Manga'."(2009)
Sight3D Interview (2010)
"CPRA Plaza Web" interview (2010)
"My Good Movie" interview (2012) (MP's thoughts on Avatar.)
Interview for the PEN magazine (2012)
Monkey Punch and Gosho Aoyama Special Talk (2013)
Monkey Punch VS Gosho Aoyama (2013)
Cinematoday "Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan" interview (2013)
Monkey Punch X Gosho Aoyama Conversation (2013) (Written version)
Shonen Sunday Lupin III Vs Conan Secret Report (2013)
A Fantastic Talk with Tetsuya Chiba and Monkey Punch (2013)
Monkey Punch's thoughts on Jigen's Gravestone (2014)
Monkey Punch Special Interview (2014)
Lupin the Third DVD Collection interview (2015)
Speciale Lupin III - L'avventura italiana (2015) (There's a 1 hour version of this documentary that seems to be lost, more details here)
Interview with Monkey Punch celebrating the lauch of Web Action (2015)
Interview between Monkey Punch and Rumiko Tezuka (2016)
"A true story! Monkey Punch's introduction of the Torino ALTITUDE 32" (2016)
Tokion interview (201?)
Interview with Monkey Punch and Kazuhide Tomonaga (2017) (Was shown when Cagliosto was screened in theaters, has this interview ever been released anywhere else?)
Interview from Volume 7 of Lupin III (Italian version) (2017)
Interview from Lupin III Mook (2017)
Webaction interview celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Manga (Vol. 1) (2017)
Webaction interview celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Manga (Vol. 2) (2017)
Interview for the Jisin Magazine (2017) (Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Interview between Monkey Punch and his brother Teruhiko Kato (2018)
"Weekly Taishu" interview (2018) (This is the last interview with Monkey Punch before his death, at least from what i can find)
"A Meeting to Remember Mr. Monkey Punch." (June 14, 2019) (Monkey Punch's memorial, featuring his final words.)
NHK's tribute to Monkey Punch (2019)
Interview from a reprint of the Lupin III Novel (モンキー・パンチ×おおすみ正秋×辻 真先) (2022)
HUGE shoutout to the waltherp38709 blog for hosting a large part of these interviews.
Here's a link to the interview album, it's mostly here as a backup for the various images, have a nice read!
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"New Kansai" interview (1971) (The oldest (and first?) interview with Monkey Punch, this was published when the first episode of Part 1 premiered.)“One Accommodation, One Meal” Interview (1976) (Also included in the japanese Elussiveness of the Fog DVD)
Monkey Punch interview in "Action Pax" (1976)
Shin Lupin III Volume 2 Afterword (1978)
A Short Interview With Monkey Punch (1978)
Animage “TV Animation World” interview (1978)
"This is how the graphic novel 'Lupin the Third' is made" (1978)
"Me and Superman" afterword (1978)
Mystery of Mamo pamphlet (1978)
Monkey Punch's Production Note from The Mystery of Mamo (1978)
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"Interview with Mr. Monkey Punch" (1982)Monkey Punch's thoughts on Lupin VIII (1982)
"PC-Hiroba" interview (1986)
"Treasured Edition Lupin III" interview (1989)
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Yasuo Yamada & Monkey Punch Friday Road Show interview (1990)Monkey Punch & Goro Naya Interview
Shin Lupin III Volume 4 interview (1990)
"The Death of Superman" Afterword (1993)
Monkey Punch at Anime America '93 (1993)
Comic Artist Interview: Monkey Punch (1994)
A Few Stolen Moments With Monkey Punch (1995)
Tad Hoshiya visits Monkey Punch's house (1995)
Message From Monkey Punch (1995)
Monkey King - The Many Lives of Lupin III (1986) (Part 1) (Part 2)
Monkey Punch Q&A by Amos Wong (1996)
Afterword on "One Stay, One Meal" (Vol. 2) (1996)
Dead or Alive newspaper interview.
Monkey Punch & Haruo Mizuno discuss Dead Or Alive (1996)
"Where I Was at The End of 1997 [Los Angeles - Hawaii]" (1997)
French Interview from issue #11 of the "Yoko" magazine (1997) (I know it exists but i can't find any pictures of it, if anyone has it, i would highly appreciate it!)
The Difference Between "The Third" and "The Brat."(1998)
Interview from the "Lupin III Files - Expanded and Revised Edition" (1998) (Although the book was released in 1998, this interview was made shortly before the release of DOA)
Monkey Punch at Princom '99 (1999)
Interview from "峰不二子の謎―ルパンも知らなかった! (The Mystery of Fujiko Mine - even Lupin didn't know!)" (1999) (Interview starts at page 225)
Talk show guest: Monkey Punch Sensei (Lupin the 3rd Movie Festival) (1999)
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MangaJapan Interview (2000) (Second half)"Japanese Anime Best 100" interview (2000)
Report on "Monkey Punch World" at Masudamachi Manga Museum in Akita Prefecture (2000)
Interview from the "The Siamese: First Mission" DVD (2001)
"The Interview with Monkey Punch (2001)" (Text is way too blury and the interview is incomplete, if anybody has this in higher quality, let me know.)
Interview between Monkey Punch and Reiko Chiba (2001)
Monkey Punch Retsuden Movie Part.1 (2001) (Second half)
Monkey Punch Retsuden Movie Part.2 (2001) (Second half)
Monkey Punch's panel at San Diego Comic Con (2001) (Pt.2, Pt.3, Pt.4,)
Special Talk Session with Monkey Punch and Junichi Lioka (2001) (The picture is quite blurry and doesn't show everything, if anybody has this interview in higher quality, let me know.)
TV documentary about the Pilot Film(?) (I have no ideia what this is)
Interview between Monkey Punch and Katsuya Terada (2002)
Short advert featuring Natsuki Katō and Monkey Punch (2002)
AnimeFest Interview (2003)
Interview between Go Nagai and Monkey Punch (2003) (This is half of the interview in english, the rest (in japanese) can be found here)
Monkey Punch lists his top 20 Animations (2003)
Video interview from the "Gold of Babylon + Fuma Conspiracy" french DVD (2004) (This drive includes interviews with Tomonaga and the french VA's)
Video interview from the "Gold of Babylon + Fuma conspiracy" french DVD (2004) (Same interview from the above link, but now with english subtitles)
Lupin III Official Magazine interview (2004)
"Lupin the 3rd The Best" interview (2004)
Video interview for the "Lupin III Premium DVD" (2004)
"Special Interview" from Tac Tic..S (Manga Collection Version) (2004)
"Special Interview" from Bakumatsu Yankee (Manga Collection version) (2004) (Interview starts at page 199)
"Special Interview" from Dracula-Kun (Manga Collection version) (2004) (Interview starts at page 258)
"Special Interview" from Vol.1 of I Am Casanova (Manga Collection version) (2004) (Interview starts at page 307)
"Special Interview" from Vol.2 of I Am Casanova (Manga Collection version) (2004) (Interview starts at page 296)
"Special Interview" from Isshuku Ippan (Manga Collection version) (2004) (Interview starts at page 228)
Monkey Punch interview for the R25 Magazine (2004) (I don't know if there's more to the interview than this one page.)
Dead or Alive DVD interview (2005)
CPRA Plaza Interview (2005)
Video interview from the french "The Castle of Cagliostro" DVD (2006) (Later included in the Discotek Blu-Ray with english subs)
Interview between Masaaki Osumi and Monkey Punch (2007)
Interview At MP's Studio (2007)
Interview from a "Draw Your Own Manga" book (2007) (Definetly one of my favorites, really goes into detail about his career)
Daily Yomiuri interview (2007) (This is only part of the interview, the page for the full interview doesn't exist anymore on Daily Yomiuri's website, even using the wayback machine doesn't work, probably lost media at this point.)
Monkey Punch's thoughts on Green Vs Red (2008)
Video interview between Monkey Punch and Gosho Aoyama (2009)
Interview between Monkey Punch and Gosho Aoyama (2009) (English version)
Shuhei Kato ("Monkey Punch X") interview in the Lupin III Official Magazine (2009) (The only interview with MP's second son, Shuhei Kato, at least to my knowledge.)
"Adobe x mixi presents: Monkey Punch talks about the appeal of 'Digital' x 'Manga'."(2009)
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Interview with Monkey Punch from an article about Apple Computers (2010)Sight3D Interview (2010)
"CPRA Plaza Web" interview (2010)
"My Good Movie" interview (2012) (MP's thoughts on Avatar.)
Interview for the PEN magazine (2012)
Monkey Punch and Gosho Aoyama Special Talk (2013)
Monkey Punch VS Gosho Aoyama (2013)
Cinematoday "Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan" interview (2013)
Monkey Punch X Gosho Aoyama Conversation (2013) (Written version)
Shonen Sunday Lupin III Vs Conan Secret Report (2013)
A Fantastic Talk with Tetsuya Chiba and Monkey Punch (2013)
Monkey Punch's thoughts on Jigen's Gravestone (2014)
Monkey Punch Special Interview (2014)
Lupin the Third DVD Collection interview (2015)
Speciale Lupin III - L'avventura italiana (2015) (There's a 1 hour version of this documentary that seems to be lost, more details here)
Interview with Monkey Punch celebrating the lauch of Web Action (2015)
Interview between Monkey Punch and Rumiko Tezuka (2016)
"A true story! Monkey Punch's introduction of the Torino ALTITUDE 32" (2016)
Tokion interview (201?)
Interview with Monkey Punch and Kazuhide Tomonaga (2017) (Was shown when Cagliosto was screened in theaters, has this interview ever been released anywhere else?)
Interview from Volume 7 of Lupin III (Italian version) (2017)
Interview from Lupin III Mook (2017)
Webaction interview celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Manga (Vol. 1) (2017)
Webaction interview celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Manga (Vol. 2) (2017)
Interview for the Jisin Magazine (2017) (Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Interview between Monkey Punch and his brother Teruhiko Kato (2018)
"Weekly Taishu" interview (2018) (This is the last interview with Monkey Punch before his death, at least from what i can find)
"A Meeting to Remember Mr. Monkey Punch." (June 14, 2019) (Monkey Punch's memorial, featuring his final words.)
NHK's tribute to Monkey Punch (2019)
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Exclusive Monkey Punch interview from the french magazine ATOM (2021) (I know it exists but i can't find any links to it, if anyone has it, i would highly appreciate it!)Interview from a reprint of the Lupin III Novel (モンキー・パンチ×おおすみ正秋×辻 真先) (2022)
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