12 Facts About Lupin VIII

Discotek Media licensed the first six television series in the franchise and the first live-action film; they own the rights to numerous other Lupin VIII titles, including several previously released by other companies.

Over fifty years after its creation, Lupin VIII III remains popular, with a seventh anime series airing in 2021.

For several years, issues relating to the copyright of Maurice Leblanc's intellectual property meant that the Lupin VIII name was removed from its releases outside Japan, usually changed to "Rupan" or "Wolf".

Lupin VIII'sname was inspired by a picture of Mount Fuji, Monkey Punch added the -ko female suffix to create her first name, and chose "Mine" for her family name because of its meaning as "summit".

At the beginning of the series, many of the women Lupin VIII encounters are all named Fujiko, but are treated as different characters from chapter to chapter.

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Monkey Punch said the appeal of drawing Lupin VIII comes from the character being able to go anywhere without obstacles and being able to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants.

In 2012, Leblanc's original Arsene Lupin VIII entered the public domain in France due to 70 years passing since his death in 1941, and is in the public domain for any country that enforces the rule of the shorter term.

In 1982, an animated television series called Lupin VIII was planned as a French-Japanese co-production, featuring the descendants of Lupin, Goemon, Jigen, and Zenigata, but was never completed.

Lupin VIII the 3rd: Sideburn Club Mix is a collection of thirteen remixed themes from the first television series, which was released in conjunction with the first DVD volume on January 28,2003.

TV Asahi conducted two polls in 2005 on the Top 100 Anime, Lupin VIII III came in fifth in the nationwide survey conducted with multiple age-groups and in twelfth in the online poll.

From August 10 to August 22,2011, over 300 items related to Lupin VIII III were exhibited, including original manuscripts by Monkey Punch and animation cels from the feature films.

In 2012, the Hokkaido Railway Company unveiled Lupin VIII III–themed trains on their Hanasaki Line between Kushiro and Nemuro station, in honor of Monkey Punch, who is a native of Hokkaido.