Return of Pycal

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Lupin III: Return of Pycal
A screenshot of Lupin from the OVA.
ルパン三世 生きていた魔術師 (Rupan Sansei Ikiteita Majutsushi)
Original video animation
Directed by	Mamoru Hamatsu
Written by	Ryō Katsuragi
Music by	Yuji Ohno
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media
Released	April 3, 2002
Runtime	48 minutes[1]

Lupin III: Return of Pycal (Japanese: ルパン三世 生きていた魔術師, Hepburn: Rupan Sansei Ikiteita Majutsushi, lit. "Lupin III: The Magician Lived") is a 2002 Japanese original video animation based on Monkey Punch's Lupin III manga. Directed by Mamoru Hamatsu and released on April 3, 2002, it is the second OVA in the Lupin III franchise. The story features the return of the magician Pycal, in recognition of the 30th anniversary of the manga's first television anime adaptation. Return of Pycal won an Excellent Work Award at the 2003 Tokyo International Anime Fair.^[2] It was released in North America on July 27, 2021, by Discotek Media.