When I first decided to watch this, I was unfamiliar to the director's other works and only wanted to watch this because it has Lupin III in it. As the film went on, I discovered that the Lupin in this movie isn't the exact same Lupin in the T.V. series, but a more serious one. Sure the film is pretty much light-hearted, but we see an unfamiliar side to Lupin than the one in anime (or at least to my knowledge). The man who directed this movie, Miyazaki, was one of the main animators/ directors of the Lupin III series and is the director of Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away and I consider him to be one of the greatest directors of our time. His unique way a delivering a story is a rare gem in the coal mine that is the movie industry (which includes animated and non-animated movies). The ending of this movie is a touching (a word I don't use much) and wonderful ending. Just be sure to get a newer one on DVD, where they use the actual name of Lupin instead of "Wolf", which Lupin is a direct translation of from French (I think).
