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Monkey Punch(1937-2019)

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Monkey Punch
Monkey Punch was born on 26 May 1937 in Hamanaka, Hokkaido, Japan. He was a writer, known for Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995) and Lupin III: Dead or Alive (1996). He died on 11 April 2019 in Sakura, Chiba, Japan.
BornMay 26, 1937
DiedApril 11, 2019(81)
BornMay 26, 1937
DiedApril 11, 2019(81)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
7.6
  • Writer
  • 1979
Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995)
Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1995
Lupin III: Dead or Alive (1996)
Lupin III: Dead or Alive
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1996
Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978)
Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1978

Credits

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Writer

  • Rupan Sansei za Mûbî Fujimi no Ketsuzoku (2025)
    Rupan Sansei za Mûbî Fujimi no Ketsuzoku
    6.8
    • creator
    • 2025
  • Rupan Sansei Zenigata to Futari no Rupan (2025)
    Rupan Sansei Zenigata to Futari no Rupan
    7.2
    • creator
    • 2025
  • Tetsuji Tamayama in Jigen Daisuke (2023)
    Jigen Daisuke
    5.7
    • creator
    • 2023
  • City Hunter: Angel Dust (2023)
    City Hunter: Angel Dust
    5.9
    • characters
    • 2023
  • Rica Fukami, Kan'ichi Kurita, Daisuke Namikawa, Chika Sakamoto, Keiko Toda, Kôichi Yamadera, Akio Ôtsuka, and Miyuki Sawashiro in Lupin the 3rd vs. Cat's Eye (2023)
    Lupin the 3rd vs. Cat's Eye
    6.1
    Video
    • manga: Lupin III
    • 2023
  • Tasuku Hatanaka and Shunsuke Takeuchi in Lupin Zero (2022)
    Lupin Zero
    6.8
    TV Series
    • manga
    • 2022–2023
  • Lupin the 3rd Part 6 (2021)
    Lupin the 3rd Part 6
    7.2
    TV Series
    • creator
    • 2021–2022
  • Lupin III: The First (2019)
    Lupin III: The First
    6.9
    • characters
    • 2019
  • Lupin III: Prison of the Past (2019)
    Lupin III: Prison of the Past
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • manga
    • 2019
  • Lupin the Third: Fujiko Mine's Lie (2019)
    Lupin the Third: Fujiko Mine's Lie
    6.9
    • creator
    • 2019
  • Lupin III: Goodbye Partner (2019)
    Lupin III: Goodbye Partner
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • creator
    • 2019
  • Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kan'ichi Kurita, Daisuke Namikawa, Miyuki Sawashiro, and Inori Minase in Lupin the 3rd Part V (2018)
    Lupin the 3rd Part V
    7.8
    TV Series
    • creator
    • 2018
  • Rupan sansei: Rupan wa imamo moeteiruka? (2018)
    Rupan sansei: Rupan wa imamo moeteiruka?
    6.8
    Video
    • creator
    • 2018
  • Ryohei Suzuki in Inspector Zenigata (2017)
    Inspector Zenigata
    6.4
    TV Mini Series
    • manga
    • characters
    • creator
    • 2017
  • Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kan'ichi Kurita, Daisuke Namikawa, Kôichi Yamadera, and Miyuki Sawashiro in Lupin the Third: Goemon's Blood Spray (2017)
    Lupin the Third: Goemon's Blood Spray
    7.3
    • creator
    • 2017

Animation Department

  • Scoopers (1987)
    Scoopers
    6.0
    • character designer
    • 1987
  • Sugata Sanshirô (1981)
    Sugata Sanshirô
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • character designer
    • 1981
  • Botchan (1980)
    Botchan
    7.1
    TV Special
    • character designer
    • 1980
  • Jackie Chan in The Fearless Hyena (1979)
    The Fearless Hyena
    6.6
    • animator: Japanese release
    • 1979

Additional Crew

  • Shun Oguri in Lupin the 3rd (2014)
    Lupin the 3rd
    5.5
    • creative consultant (uncredited)
    • 2014
  • Braceface (2001)
    Braceface
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Created by
    • 2005

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Eiji Gamuta
  • Born
    • May 26, 1937
    • Hamanaka, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Died
    • April 11, 2019
    • Sakura, Chiba, Japan(pneumonia)

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    He cites mystery/adventure writers Agatha Christie, Robert Louis Stevenson ("Treasure Island") and Alexandre Dumas ("The Count of Monte Cristo", "The Three Musketeers"), the films of Alfred Hitchcock, the crime capers shows Mission: Impossible (1966) and Columbo (1971), and MAD Magazine artists Mort Drucker and Sergio Aragonés as an influence on his work.
  • Quotes
    About his pseudonym: To be honest, I don't really like the name Monkey Punch, I never have.
  • Trademarks
      Many of his stories often feature at least one character skilled with a gun.

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