Lupin III: Greatest Heists - The Classic Manga Collection releases 2021!
Independent manga and light novel distributer Seven Seas will be bringing the Lupin III manga back to North America in 2021!
Lupin III: Greatest Heists - The Classic Manga Collection will serve as a one-off “greatest hits” release for our favourite thief. The collection is said to include some of the finest Lupin III manga from series creator Monkey Punch’s original works.
Previously released in Japan as a tribute to Monkey Punch after the creators passing in 2019, the Greatest Heists collection includes stories from both the original manga run, as well as the later released Shin Lupin series. The latter was previously known in the west as Lupin III: World's Most Wanted.
The tome will come in a beautiful large-trim hard cover, and will retail for around $23.99 USA / $30.99 CAN when it releases during November, 2021.
This is blessed news for North American fans, as the original TokyoPop manga run has been out of print for many years, and is becoming extremely hard to get a hold of - with prices continuously soaring on auction websites such as eBay.
It is currently unknown whether or not this new release by Seven Seas will feature English translations from the North American TokyoPop run, or instead something new.
The original Lupin III manga began publishing in the Weekly Manga Action magazine on August 10, 1967. Since then, it has spawned a huge animated franchise spanning now 50 years of content - although if you are reading this, you likely already knew that!
Be sure to keep an eye on the Seven Seas website for more details as we draw closer to release - we can’t wait to pick this one up!
