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GorfZaplen posted:Here's a video of a dude dressed as Daisuke Jigen playing bass to Super Hero This is pretty great. Dude's got skills. Srice posted:I've been going through the 3rd Lupin series lately and, well,
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Freakazoid_ posted:More like amazing! Although I bet she did that to get out of jail or something, which would fit her character. She did but then it turned out that Officer Zenigata lied to get the pussy and made her do some other stuff too, so basically Officer Zenigata did a big own on her
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Professor Irony posted:It's not great, but I honestly don't think Gold Babylon is that bad. I feel it's marginally better than Nostradamus, as the cinema films go. I don't think it's the worst thing ever, and it does have its moments. But I feel like a lot of the film winds up being overly self-indulgent. Best example: that goddamn chase scene at the beginning, holy poo poo that feels like an eternity. Mind you, I'd take it over plenty of the tv specials because for all its flaws Babylon isn't forgettable and that's a huge point in its favor. Anyways even ignoring the quality, it's so drastically different from most other Lupin stuff. Lots of people check out Cagliostro as their introduction to the series and then they might see something like Babylon and get turned off. And that's a shame since overall pink jacket Lupin is pretty fun.
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you should watch Seijun Suzuki's other movies instead of Gold of Babylon, even though they aren't Lupin. But I like the Gold of Babylon ok
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I've heard that Gold of Babylon goes down a lot better if you've seen some of his other stuff. I do plan on checking it out sometime, he sounds like a cool director based on what little I know about him.
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Jan 23, 2015 23:36
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He made Branded To Kill which is my favorite movie ever
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Oh sick, it's on Hulu Plus and I never activated that free trial so I can catch it that way. Gonna check that poo poo out this weekend.
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Srice posted:It's really hard to find out what to watch after you get through the usual recommendations because boy howdy there is a fair share of dull, bland Lupin stuff.
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Jan 23, 2015 23:56
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Castle of Cagliostro, Secret of Mamo, pretty much any of the TV series. Outside of that all the movies and specials just blend into one mire of bleh for me.
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Jan 23, 2015 23:58
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Butt Ghost posted:What are the usual recommendations? Castle of Cagliostro is of course the one people always recommend first because hey, it's tough to go wrong with Miyazaki. After that there's not much of a general consensus but Secret of Mamo, Fuma Conspiracy, and Episode 0: First Contact are a few others I generally see tossed around. And of course the recent tv series Fujiko Mine is talked about a lot for a reason; it was a big shakeup from the usual Lupin formula. After that the usual recs get kinda hazy and people just say "check out the various tv series I guess". But they're not wrong since all of the tv series are cool in their own way!
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I liked Crisis in Tokyo but it's been so long since I've seen it that I'm probably remembering it being better then it was.
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i really like the lupin on adult swim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usyB8mMBSdU
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Red vs. Green For The One Scene. 1:07:45. Also, I've heard Bye Bye, Liberty is probably the closest in quality to the TV series, also being the first of the TV specials made. Here's a neat, unfinished pilot for anyone who hasn't seen it yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqriwWB_qwI
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That pilot was interesting, but I'm glad it never came to be. Lupin's great x 3 grandson going straight, and hanging out with a Jigen and Goemon (a Samurai Trooper Goemon at that)?
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Rudoku posted:That pilot was interesting, but I'm glad it never came to be. Lupin's great x 3 grandson going straight, and hanging out with a Jigen and Goemon (a Samurai Trooper Goemon at that)? IIRC it was gonna be a French-Japanese co-production so I guess the idea is they didn't want to put out a cartoon where a thief is the good guy? Would have been neat to see what Lupin's future would have been if that got a full series. While we're talking about pilots, everyone should take a look at the original Lupin III pilot, from all the way back in '69! It's pretty neat stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2aaLMme644
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Jan 24, 2015 02:28
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Wow, pilot Lupin sure likes to blow stuff up.
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Dexie posted:I liked Crisis in Tokyo but it's been so long since I've seen it that I'm probably remembering it being better then it was. tokyo crisis is definitely on the upper end of the tv specials, or at least on the 'not unbelievable garbage' end like pretty much every special from 2007 to 2014 i also definitely recommend first contact too for my list of random specials i like because i wanna hear other dudes thoughts on them: missed by a dollar ($1 money wars) dead or alive return the treasure stolen lupin dead or alive is randomly really astonishingly well animated which is why it's on the list. i read somewhere that it almost shut down lupin forever and bankrupted monkey punch/made him almost lose the license to the character which is pretty loving crazy
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Big Anime Fan Here posted:you should watch Seijun Suzuki's other movies instead of Gold of Babylon, even though they aren't Lupin. But I like the Gold of Babylon ok I liked both Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter, but based on them, I can't see much of Suzuki's style in Gold Babylon, to be honest. I'd be curious to know exactly how much involvement he actually had in the film. Fereydun posted:dead or alive is randomly really astonishingly well animated which is why it's on the list. i read somewhere that it almost shut down lupin forever and bankrupted monkey punch/made him almost lose the license to the character which is pretty loving crazy It's not the most original and the character art is '90s as hell, but I really like that one. I think it's still the best Lupin feature film since Mamo.
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If anyone is interested, a couple of years ago a guy started scanning their Lupin volumes he only got 1-4, 6, 7, 10 and 12 done but they're there. http://www.mediafire.com/?bels80sxjh0cy 
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I've had Jigen's Gravestone for a couple months now and I haven't watched it yet. Perhaps this weekend I shall. Thank you for reminding me to appreciate Jigen, thread.
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I'm a little late to the thread but I am so ready for the era of blue jacket and Jigen's Gravestone is one of my favorite pieces on animation to come out for years.
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Feb 27, 2015 00:37
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Words can scarcely express my desire for blue jacket to not suck.
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Fiend Computer posted:I'm a little late to the thread but I am so ready for the era of blue jacket and Jigen's Gravestone is one of my favorite pieces on animation to come out for years. Was really good. Lupin is really good. Life is really good. I love everyone.
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Just spotted this on the Lupin Encyclopedia forum. It's only a few seconds, but it's the first footage showing blue jacket in motion: http://lupincentral.tumblr.com/post/111900713013/and-heres-a-very-quick-look-at-the-show-in Seems to confirm that the tone will be more light hearted than the Yamamoto/Koike strain, but it looks hopeful that the art and animation are being handled well.
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Am I alone in hating that Fujiko series with all the owls? I really wanted to like it but the pacing was just sooo slooow and it made less sense the longer it went on.
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Dr_Amazing posted:Am I alone in hating that Fujiko series with all the owls? I really wanted to like it but the pacing was just sooo slooow and it made less sense the longer it went on. I liked it for being different, but fun in a more laid back sort of way? The whole thing felt kinda subdued, and I think I enjoyed it so long as it's just one series. If it had become the standard I'd have disliked it more.
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Dr_Amazing posted:Am I alone in hating that Fujiko series with all the owls? I really wanted to like it but the pacing was just sooo slooow and it made less sense the longer it went on. Pretty much, it was the best Lupin thing since the 80's.
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I can see not enjoying the last arc of the series, but I think it isn't quite right to say it's bad. Professor Irony posted:Just spotted this on the Lupin Encyclopedia forum. It's only a few seconds, but it's the first footage showing blue jacket in motion: Also this is looking good. As much as I like the Fujiko series and the Jigen OVAs, I like that that seems more lighthearted silliness.
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The only thing I didn't really like about Fujiko Mine was the bad guy being the shoujo looking dude with a gay-crush on Zenigata.
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I spent the whole series waiting for a Rose of Versailles joke about Oscar, but it never came...
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lol I totally forgot he was called Oscar.
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Dr_Amazing posted:Am I alone in hating that Fujiko series with all the owls? I really wanted to like it but the pacing was just sooo slooow and it made less sense the longer it went on. I love that you call Fujiko slow when the director's other series, Michiko to Hatchin, is so slow that pretty much everyone who's seen it is like "yea that rules but I never finished it". I think it really helped Fujiko that it was episodic for the most part, you get a great episode with each of the characters and it can take it's time to tell the overall story. But yea, I mentioned it earlier in the thread but The Woman Called Fujiko Mine is a little disjointed as an adventure series, but really shines if you take it as Fujiko occupying different roles women have in stories and making it her own. Maybe that kind of meta thing isn't what you're looking for in a Lupin series, but I think it's so special and refreshing that it's worth being a little weird. It also helps that it really does understand a lot of what makes Lupin tick, even as it goes on to do its own thing.
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Whatever you guys do Do not repeat Do not watch the live action movie from last year. It tried really hard to be The Fast and the Lupinous and failed at being either. I watched it on a plane for free and went "Well. That was certainly a movie."
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Feb 28, 2015 00:46
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This thread has the best title in ADTRW. I think that means I need to watch more Lupin than the handful of episodes I have. Maybe the Fujiko thing.
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Feb 28, 2015 00:50
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Do it, it's good.
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Feb 28, 2015 00:52
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Is there a good legal way to watch it?
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Feb 28, 2015 00:53
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I think Funi has it.
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Feb 28, 2015 00:56
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The bluray set is less than $40 on Amazon, I've no idea if it's steaming anywhere.
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Fujiko and a good chunk of the various other Lupin tv series are all on Hulu.
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