Editing The Castle of Cagliostro (section)

== Production ==
[[File:HayaoMiyazakiCCJuly09.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Miyazaki at the 2009 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]
''[[Lupin III]]'' began as a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by [[Monkey Punch]]. The title character, [[Lupin III (character)|Lupin III]], was inspired by (and is claimed in the series to be the grandson of) [[Maurice Leblanc]]'s fictional character [[Arsène Lupin]], a gallant and famous outlaw able to outsmart even [[Sherlock Holmes]].<ref name="dc">{{cite book |author=Cavallaro, Dani |title=The Anime Art of Hayao Miyazaki |publisher=McFarland |year=2006 |pages=36–39}}</ref> Lupin III is a [[gentleman thief]] and announces his intentions to steal valuable objects by sending a calling card to the owners of the desired items. The manga's popularity led to two [[anime]] series, titled ''[[Lupin The Third Part I|Lupin III]]'' and ''[[Lupin III Part II]]''.<ref name=dc /> The first film, ''[[The Mystery of Mamo]]'', was released on 16 December 1978. ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' released a year later following the financial success of that film. This is marked as the first feature-length film to be directed by [[Hayao Miyazaki]], who had previously co-directed episodes of the first Lupin anime series with [[Isao Takahata]].  The two directors along with  [[Toshio Suzuki (producer)|Toshio Suzuki]] would give birth to [[Studio Ghibli]] in 1985. He was also a writer and director of two episodes in the second series under the pseudonym "Telecom", both produced a year after ''Cagliostro''.<ref name=dc /> In works other than ''Castle of Cagliostro'' and the series episodes directed by Miyazaki and Takahata, Lupin III is portrayed as a scheming and lecherous thief, sometimes supported by his former enemies Jigen and Goemon. Miyazaki's film conflicts with the typical behaviour and personality of the characters, a change that has been described as Lupin "growing up".<ref name=dc /><ref name=om />

''Castle of Cagliostro'' marked Miyazaki's debut as a theatrical movie director, but he also was a writer, a designer, and a storyboardist on the movie.<ref name="om">{{cite web |url=http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/SearchAudience/News1/The_Castle_of_Cagliostro_4553.aspx |title=The Castle of Cagliostro Hayao Miyazaki's First (And Most Enjoyable) Movie |publisher=Otaku USA Magazine |date=9 March 2012 | access-date=27 August 2013 |author=Surat, Daryl | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018154933/http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/SearchAudience/News1/The_Castle_of_Cagliostro_4553.aspx | archive-date=18 October 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref>
The production for the film began in May 1979 with the writing of the story and storyboarding for the film.<ref name="hm" /> Miyazaki began by drawing a bird's eye view of the setting before creating the story to completion. After the first draft scenario was returned to Miyazaki without change, he began the storyboards. The story was divided into four parts, but after reaching the third part changes had to be made at the storyboard phase in order to not exceed the decided running time.<ref>{{cite book |last=Miyazaki |first=Hayao |title=Starting Point 1979~1996 |date=4 August 2009 |publisher=[[Viz Media]] |isbn=978-1-4215-0594-7 |page=67}}</ref> Animation work began in July while the storyboards were only a quarter complete; Miyazaki had to complete them during the animation production. Production wrapped up at the end of November and the film's premiere on 15 December 1979 was a short seven and a half months from the project's undertaking, with only five months of production time.<ref name="hm" />

The film draws upon many sources of inspiration that were important in the production of the film. McCarthy writes that a research trip was not specifically undertaken for the film, but says Miyazaki's ''[[Heidi, Girl of the Alps]]'' sketchbooks were useful for the scenery.<ref name="hm" /> Miyazaki would cite ''Italian Mountain Cities and the Tiber Estuary'' from Kagoshima Publishing as influencing the production of the film.<ref name="hm" /> The film included elements that were seen in other Arsène Lupin works, including ''La Justice d'Arsène Lupin'' by [[Boileau-Narcejac]], involving the discovery of a tremendous stash of forged franc notes with which [[History of Germany during World War I|World War I–era Germany]] had planned to destabilize the French economy.<ref name="Andre">{{cite web |url=http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/arsenelupintimeline.htm |title=Arsène Lupin – A Timeline |first=André-François |last=Ruaud |access-date=30 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806032324/http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/arsenelupintimeline.htm |archive-date=6 August 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Maurice Leblanc]]'s ''The Green-eyed Lady'' also featured a secret treasure hidden at the bottom of a lake.<ref name="Ref_a">{{cite web |url=http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/lupin/faq.html#true |title=FAQ // Lupin III // |publisher=Nausicaa.net |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026202406/http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/lupin/faq.html#true |archive-date=26 October 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> The design of mechanisms with secret tunnels in the clock tower, and the adventure plotted around beauty is inspired from ''Ghost Tower'' by [[Edogawa Ranpo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Haunted Tower - GhibliWiki |url=http://www.nausicaa.net/wiki/The_Haunted_Tower |access-date=24 September 2021 |website=www.nausicaa.net |archive-date=24 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924074443/http://www.nausicaa.net/wiki/The_Haunted_Tower |url-status=live }}</ref> The castle is visually influenced by that of the original 1952 unfinished release of ''[[The King and the Mockingbird]]''.<ref name="av">{{cite web |url=http://animatedviews.com/2009/an-auteur-is-born-30-years-of-miyazakis-castle-of-cagliostro/ |title=An Auteur is Born – 30 Years Of Miyazaki's Castle Of Cagliostro |publisher=Animatedviews | access-date=16 July 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819194944/http://animatedviews.com/2009/an-auteur-is-born-30-years-of-miyazakis-castle-of-cagliostro/ | archive-date=19 August 2013 | url-status=live}}</ref> Greenberg writes, "''Cagliostro'' also borrowed many narrative and visual elements from Grimault's film: the basic plotline of disrupting the wedding of an evil tyrant and a beautiful innocent girl, the tyrant's luxuriously-decorated palace that is also full of traps, and a gang of henchmen serving the tyrant – both oversized goons and ninja-like assassins..."<ref name="rg">{{cite web |url=http://animatedviews.com/2009/an-auteur-is-born-30-years-of-miyazakis-castle-of-cagliostro/ |title=An Auteur is Born – 30 Years Of Miyazaki's Castle Of Cagliostro |publisher=Animated Views |date=15 December 2009 | access-date=28 August 2013 |last=Greenberg |first=Raz |author-link=Raz Greenberg | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819194944/http://animatedviews.com/2009/an-auteur-is-born-30-years-of-miyazakis-castle-of-cagliostro/ | archive-date=19 August 2013 | url-status=live}}</ref> The staff added personal touches to the film, the most iconic being Lupin's car, the [[Fiat 500]], was the car of head animator [[Yasuo Ōtsuka]].<ref name="Ref_a" /> Clarisse's car in the chase scene is a [[Citroën 2CV]], which was Miyazaki's first car.<ref name="Ref_a" />

McCarthy describes the summery color palette of the film as matching the scenery and the characters, but notes the use of dark and light colours to emphasize the subplot of the dark and light sides of the Cagliostros.<ref name="hm" /> The film's score was composed by series regular [[Yuji Ohno]], and varies between jazz, romance and orchestral music. Notably, it includes a variation of Lupin III's iconic TV theme.<ref name="hm" /> The music was performed by You & The Explosion Band, who had previously worked on the second television series. The main vocal song "Fire Treasure" was performed by Bobby (aka Toshie Kihara) and saw release as an LP single.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lupin the 3rd The Castle of Cagliostro |url=http://vgmdb.net/album/40236 |publisher=VGMdb.net|access-date=15 December 2013|archive-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215054834/http://vgmdb.net/album/40236|url-status=live}}</ref> The first release of the soundtrack was ''Lupin the 3rd The Castle of Cagliostro Original Soundtrack BGM Collection'', an album containing extended versions of select cues from the film. It was originally sold on vinyl and cassette tape in 1983, but later saw release on CD in 1985 with several additional prints runs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lupin the 3rd The Castle of Cagliostro Original Soundtrack BGM Collection |url=http://vgmdb.net/album/20816 |publisher=VGMdb|access-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215054847/http://vgmdb.net/album/20816|archive-date=15 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, the entire score was finally released on a newly commissioned album entitled ''Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro – Music File'' and also contained 13 unused cues.<ref>{{cite web |last=Romero |first=Anthony |title=Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro – Music File |url=http://www.tohokingdom.com/cd/lupin_cagliostro_musicfile_col.htm |publisher=Toho Kingdom|access-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621050517/http://www.tohokingdom.com/cd/lupin_cagliostro_musicfile_col.htm|archive-date=21 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Castle of Cagliostro''{{'}}s portrayal of the characters was changed to better identify with Miyazaki's concept of a "hero" and to remove a sense of apathy in the story.<ref name=om /> This resulted in Lupin being a happy-go-lucky and upbeat thief who drives and lives out of a Fiat 500; a sharp contrast to the scheming and lecherous Lupin who drives expensive cars like the [[Mercedes-Benz SSK]] because it was "[[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]'s favorite".<ref name=om /> The changes would also impact secondary characters like Jigen and Goemon, changing their serious and cold personalities into friendly and humorous; even the erotic elements involving the [[femme-fatale]] Fujiko were dropped.<ref name=om />

[[Fred Patten]], who worked at [[Streamline Pictures]] was involved in the English adaptation of the film and was involved in the choice of title for the English release,

{{Blockquote|The Japanese title is ''Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro'', which is literally ''Lupin III: Cagliostro of Castle'' {{sic}}.{{efn|''Cagliostro no Shiro'' actually translates to 'Castle of Cagliostro'.}} So which would be better in English; ''Cagliostro Castle'', ''Cagliostro's Castle'', or ''The Castle of Cagliostro''? It was my argument that ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' sounded the most sinister. Cagliostro Castle is just a castle's name, like Windsor Castle, but the Castle of Cagliostro emphasizes that it is the evil Count's lair!<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/lost-in-translation/ |title=Lost In Translation |publisher=Cartoon Research |date=26 May 2013 | access-date=28 August 2013 |author=Pattern, Fred | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805131002/http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/lost-in-translation/ | archive-date=5 August 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref>}}

The film had a production budget of {{¥|500 million}} or {{US$|{{To USD|500000|JPN|year=1979|round=yes}},000|long=no|year=1979|round=-6}} at the time,<ref name="DVD Commentary">{{cite video |title=The Castle of Cagliostro ([[Audio Commentary]] by Reed Nelson) |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Discotek Media]] |location=Altamonte Springs, Florida |date=1979}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |author=Isao Taniguchi |author2=Hajime Asō |year=2017 |title=図解入門業界研究最新ｱﾆﾒ業界の動向とｶﾗｸﾘがよ〜くわかる本 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28c9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA75 |archive-date=15 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115102602/https://books.google.com/books?id=28c9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA75#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live |language=ja |trans-title=Introductory Illustrated Industry Research: A Book That Gives a Good Understanding of the Latest Trends and Karakuri in the Animation Industry |edition=2nd |location=Japan |publisher=[[:ja:秀和システム|秀和システム]] (Shuwa System) |page=75 |isbn=978-4-7980-5038-6 |access-date=11 April 2022 }}</ref> surpassing ''[[Space Battleship Yamato (1977 film)|Space Battleship Yamato]]'' (1977) to become the [[List of most expensive animated films#Anime|most expensive anime film]] up until then.<ref name=":0"/> Its production budget record was later matched by Miyazaki's ''[[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]]'' (1986)<ref name="Crunchyroll">{{cite web |last1=Harding |first1=Daryl |title=Akira Anime Film Producer Corrects 30-Year Fact on How Much the Groundbreaking Film Cost to Make |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/06/08-1/akira-anime-film-producer-corrects-30-year-fact-on-how-much-the-groundbreaking-film-cost-to-make |website=[[Crunchyroll News]] |access-date=8 June 2020 |language=en-us |archive-date=10 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610144842/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/06/08-1/akira-anime-film-producer-corrects-30-year-fact-on-how-much-the-groundbreaking-film-cost-to-make |url-status=live }}</ref> and then surpassed by ''[[Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise]]'' (1987).<ref name=":0"/>