History Anime / TheCastleofCagliostro

* ImprovisedWeapon: Lupin uses several of these, but the most notable is the long-handled spanner[[labelnote:†]] (Americans, [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage that's Commonwealth for]] "wrench")[[/labelnote]] he duels the Count with.

* AffablyEvil: Count Cagliostro stradles the bar between this and FauxAffablyEvil. On the one hand, he's a BenevolentBoss to his most loyal followers, never punishing them for any of their failures, states that he's willing to compromise with the heroes, and considers Lupin a WorthyOpponent. On the other hand, when he's alone with Clarisse, he makes zero attempts to hide his true motivations for marrying her, even [[WouldHitAGirl hitting her on several occasions]], and becomes more and more nasty over the course of the film.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Minor, but still there: in the Japanese audio Lupin is able to recognize that the bills stolen from the casino in the prologue are Goat Bills and also has some knowledge of the country of Cagliostro (including the "urban legend" thieves have that it's a place from which no criminal has come back from) while in the English and Spanish audio Lupin doesn't seems to know anything about either, removing a pretty hefty piece of {{Foreshadowing}}.

* LullDestruction:
** The Streamline dub is somewhat notorious for this, adding expository dialogue into normally quiet scenes. Inverted at least once in the same dub when, at the point where Jigen's supposed to complain about him and Goemon not being able to do anything before the gang was forced to retreat, he says nothing.
** The Manga/Animaze dub does this as well, but only a couple of times, such as when Lupin is reading aloud Japanese text that was accompanied by silence in the original, or a little extra bickering between Lupin and Jigen.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The Duke finds it pretty funny that Lupin tricked Jodo into [[HoistByHisOwnPetard falling in one of the castle's traps]].

* AdaptationDyeJob: While Fujiko's design is inconsistent across her various incarnations, this is one of only two times that Fujiko is ''blonde''. (the other is ''[[Anime/LupinIIITheSecretOfTwilightGemini Twilight Gemini]]'') [[note]] She also inexplicably goes blonde towards the very end of ''Episode Zero''. Note that in the original manga, Monkey Punch ''often'' made her blonde beginning partway through the series, likely because he got tired of shading her hair.[[/note]]

* WorthlessTreasureTwist: The big "Treasure of Cagliostro" that the Count was after turns out to be [[spoiler:a beautiful ancient Roman city, well-preserved at [[UnderwaterRuins the bottom of a man-made lake]]; Clarisse's ancestors flooded it to prevent barbarians from sacking it. It's obviously something of incalculable value to Clarisse's country and will be cherished by archaeologists and historians, but it's just as obviously not something a GentlemanThief can swipe. Lupin promptly {{lampshades}} it; "This is a treasure for all mankind. Too big for my pocket, anyway."]]

In the West, this film has passed through more than a few hands. Game developer Creator/{{Stern}} used footage of ''Cagliostro'' and ''Anime/TheMysteryOfMamo'' to make a laserdisc game ''Cliff Hanger''. Then Asmik got to make another game based entirely on the film for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation. ''Cagliostro'' was then licensed in the early '90s by Creator/StreamlinePictures; their DVD release of the film was one of the very first anime released in the format (and one of Streamline's last releases ever). Creator/MangaEntertainment picked up the license in 2000 and gave the film a new dub by the Animaze studio (better known for their dubs of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' and the ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' franchise), then re-released it in 2006 with a boatload of extra content ([[ExecutiveMeddling but an altered opening at TMS's insistence]]). Creator/DiscotekMedia acquired the license to ''Cagliostro'' in 2014 and released both a DVD and Blu-ray (the latter for the first time in the US) in 2015; their release includes both the Streamline and Animaze dubs, re-translated subtitles for the film, and [[http://castleofcagliostro.tumblr.com/post/102600003062/1980-subtitles a re-creation]] of the original subtitles used in TMS's 1980 theatrical release of the film in the United States. A "family-friendly" version of the Manga dub was also created specifically for this release. A few months later, Creator/{{Disney}} released the Streamline dub as part of their Miyazaki box set, with Discotek's permission.

* GentlemanThief: This is played straight with Lupin, which may come across as strange because he's… [[ChivalrousPervert Lupin]]. [[spoiler:He's acting this way because he's still grateful to Clarisse for saving his life many years ago]]. Jigen calls Lupin out on his atypical behavior fairly early in the film.

''Castle of Cagliostro'' is famous for being Miyazaki's first film, but a couple of its scenes achieved their own fame. The car chase at the beginning of the film was allegedly praised by Creator/StevenSpielberg as one of the greatest car chases ever set to film, and he's alleged to have called ''Cagliostro'' one of the greatest adventure movies of all time.[[note]] According to various sources (apparently none of whom had anything to do [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q915AS3CL.jpg with Manga video's DVD packaging]]), Spielberg never actually ''saw'' the film.[[/note]] The other famous scene is the climactic battle-and-chase in Cagliostro's clock tower; at least [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries two groups]] of [[Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective American animators]] ''have'' paid direct {{homage}} to it.

*** A number of Western animated works paid homage to other parts of this film, too — ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' and an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' homages the clock tower fight. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' included a shot-for-shot remake of part of the aqueduct sequence, and the creative team behind ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' admitted that part of that film's finalé was inspired by the revelation of the "treasure" in the finale of ''Cagliostro''.

* WaitingSkeleton: When Lupin and Zenigata are dropped into the oubliette, they discover hundreds of skeletons who were trapped inside. One was a Japanese spy that been waiting for centuries, leaving behind a uniformed skeleton.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Lupin is normally planted pretty firmly on the cynical side, but Miyazaki slid him back to the side of idealism. This can be jarring to viewers who are introduced to Lupin here, then watch his usual {{jerkass}} antics in any of his other movies or series (to say nothing of the ''extremely'' raunchy and cynical manga) – even though the film goes out of its way to show Lupin [[LittleBrotherIsWatching has a reason]] for being better behaved than usual.

*** If you see a car chase in an animated piece, and it takes place on a mountain road, expect it to basically be a remake of this movie's sequence. ''Especially'' if it's a ''Lupin'' special.

1979's ''The Castle of Cagliostro'', the first full-length feature film directed and largely written by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki (pre-[[Creator/StudioGhibli Ghibli]]), is a stand-alone entry in the [[LongRunner long-running]] ''Franchise/LupinIII'' franchise.

* InNameOnly: The Castle of Cagliostro was very loosely based on a 1924 Maurice Leblanc book called La Comtesse de Cagliostro. Mostly only character names & maybe a few story concepts were carried over.

* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: The many quiet scenes of ''Cagliostro'' comes from Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's desire for "breathing" in a film. They are present to contrast against the tense action scenes, and allow the audience to relax, or fall in love. One special scene in this film is Lupin wandering around a burnt out castle in a contemplative mood (because Lupin is remembering his past) with Jigen wondering what is preoccupying him before demanding an explanation(by strangling him). Another special scene is when Lupin has broken into Clarisse's room and is trying to give her hope that he can help her escape (giving her hope and letting the audience fall in love with her innocence).

* IOweYouMyLife: The main reason Wolf is deadset on saving Clarisse from being married to Cagliostro. [[spoiler:Early in his career, Wolf was injured and nursed back to health thanks to a young Clarisse. He considers saving Clarisse to be paying back the favor.]]

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Lupin and Zenigata call a truce so they can both get out of the castle dungeon alive and Zenigata can go after the Count for the making the Gothic Bills.]] Given how often they work together in ''other'' Lupin titles, though, their teamwork here isn't quite as strange as the trope name implies. Lampshaded by Zenigata who promises Lupin to arrest him once they are out of danger.

* WomanInWhite: RunawayBride Clarisse.

* CorruptPolitician: [[spoiler: Pretty much every politician present in the film is aware of Cagliostro's conterfeiting operations and tries to cover it up.]]

* FamousLastWords: "Let me go! Let GO!" [[spoiler:Said by the Count of Cagliostro before he gets crushed by the big clock]]

* AffablyEvil: Zig-zagged with Count Cagliostro. On the one hand, he's a BenevolentBoss to his most loyal followers, is very patient, and even promises to spare Lupin's life should Clarrise surrender to him and considers him a WorthyOpponent. On the other hand, he's physically abusive towards Clarisse, and is only interested in her family treasure.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: The Count strong-arming Clarisse to marry him.

* ArrangedMarriage: Between Clarisse and the Count.