Arsene Lupin III

"Arséne: I'm searching to life."

Arséne Lupin III (ルパン三世, Rupan Sansei) is the protagonist in the Studio Ghibli film The Castle of Cagliostro

Arsene Lupin III appears at the beginning of the film when he and Jigen are running from the Monte Carlo Casino with bags of stolen money. He finds the money to be counterfeit and tracks it to the source: the country of Cagliostro. On the way there, he tells Jigen than the castle is a death trap and no one entering it has ever returned; even he barely made it out alive when he tried.

Personality
Unlike his sociopathic manga counterpart, Lupin is a mischievous but easy-going gentleman thief, with particular emphasis on the "gentleman". In The Castle of Cagliostro, he's older, wiser, and regrets the actions of his past. Despite the fact that he's older, he has the same boyish appearance as before.

His chivalry is a quality that carries over from the anime; he has a weakness for a pretty girl in distress. But while he's a self-admitted womanizer, he views Clarisse as the same little girl he knew years ago.

Abilities
Physically, Lupin is a man of average strength, but he can throw a surprisingly good punch. He is incredibly flexible and fast, and his manual dexterity is cat-like in precision and quickness. His talent in the art of disguise borders on the superhuman, with him being able to flawlessly impersonate any man or woman in face, voice and costume after minimal observation of them. At one point in the film, he enters the castle by impersonating his favorite person: Inspector Zenigata.

Later in the film he perfectly impersonates the Archbishop.

Trivia

 * Due to copyright disputes with Maurice LeBlanc's estate, he was known as "Wolf" in the Streamline dub.

Name
"Arsene" means "arsenal", and "Lupin" is Latin for "Wolf".