Throughout TMS’s production of Lupin projects in the last 20 years, they’ve hit numerous highs (Miyazaki’s Castle of Cagliostro) and irreparable lows (Dragon of Doom, followed by my subsequent vomiting fit.) Where DOA gets its most exalted distinction is that it is the only Lupin film to be directed by the man who created and drew the comics for over 30 years: a jaunty and flavorful Japanese gent who is known globally by the name “Monkey Punch”.