Gary Trousdale said the end of Atlantis, the waters receding from the sunken city, was directly inspired by the ending of The Castle of Cagliostro.
AnimationSeries· 1979· Action
ルパン三世
by 宮崎 駿 Hayao Miyazaki
ルパン三世: 3 recorded works trace back to it.
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John Musker and Ron Clements paid homage to The Castle of Cagliostro with The Great Mouse Detective's climax inside the gears of Big Ben.
Shinichirō Watanabe has named Lupin III among Cowboy Bebop's models, a jazz-scored crew of charming outlaws always short of money.