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Kleptobot posted:Will Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone ever get released stateside? Also is it any good? Discotek picked it up and they're even putting out a dub for it. It's pretty cool, I wish Koike could direct more Lupin stuff because even though it's half the time as the usual special, it's way more memorable than most of the Lupin tv specials. It's incredibly refreshing to see a new Lupin entry that doesn't make the cast into unquestionably good guys, I had feared that Fujiko Mine was gonna be a fluke since after that they went back to the same old bland formula for the tv specials. Srice fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Jan 18, 2015 |
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Jan 18, 2015 17:33
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Fereydun posted:yeah the tone that koike's stuff has for lupin is such a step up from the usual crap that gets released yearly- princess of the breeze and another page were astoundingly disappointing after the tv show. I'm hoping that it's an indication of what to expect from the blue jacket tv series coming sometime this year. if the episodes are even half as good as gravestone then I'll be pretty pleased. Or at the very least maybe they'll give us some good Zenigata episodes. Poor guy is always squandered in those specials  Here's me appreciating Jigen threatening Conan. 
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Jan 19, 2015 00:30
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Beef Waifu posted:Lupin the Third is good and I am sad to admit I have not watched as much of it as I should. 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 19, 2015 02:02
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I've been going through the 3rd Lupin series lately and, well, http://www.hulu.com/watch/535773 Everybody, watch episode 18. Or at the very least jump to the 18 minute mark and watch what happens. It's loving amazing. 80s Lupin owns.
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Jan 20, 2015 00:32
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pointlessone posted:I miss 80s anime. it was the little small detail things that made it great, like Lupin getting handsy really quick with the bunny girl while getting shot at from the disco minigun, all at an otherwise 4-5 frames per second. It's really a shame that pink jacket Lupin gets a bum rep because of that bad movie, because the animation work in the tv series is just wonderful. Character designs can be a little different from episode to episode and they put a lot of thought into plenty of little things. Really helps in selling that goofy tone and it's a shame that we'll never see a Lupin project like it again.
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Jan 23, 2015 12:28
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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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Jan 23, 2015 23:24
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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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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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Jan 23, 2015 23:40
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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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Jan 24, 2015 00:19
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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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Fujiko and a good chunk of the various other Lupin tv series are all on Hulu.
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Feb 28, 2015 01:03
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Pierson posted:Are any of the other movies as good as Castle of Cagliostro? Would like to see some other stuff before I devote the time to a whole series. Secret/Mystery/whatever the heck they wanna call it of Mamo is weird, but it's the kind of weird that really clicks with me. Episode 0: First Contact is also enjoyable, though not on the level of those two.
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Feb 28, 2015 01:14
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Also the tv show isn't a commitment because you can just pop an episode in whenever you want. It's as much of a commitment as like, The Simpsons is. Which is good because honestly the track record for feature-length Lupin stuff is pretty shoddy.
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Feb 28, 2015 01:15
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My favorite first series episode is the one where Lupin goes to jail and Fujiko keeps trying to to break him out but Jigen keeps stopping her plans. One of my favorite Lupin episodes, in fact.
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Feb 28, 2015 21:36
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I hope we get some solid Zenigata eps, poor guy always gets shafted in the specials.
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Apr 24, 2015 10:05
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Sakurazuka posted:Well he got to give some of the shaft in Fujiko Mine too. or rather 'into' Oh ho ho. I wish we got to see more of that take on Zenigata, it was a cool change in how they handled him.
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Apr 24, 2015 10:36
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I'm hyped and I will watch that first episode raw if I have to!
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Aug 25, 2015 22:43
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Mikl posted:Titles and blurbs of the first four episodes airing tonight, spoilered in case you don't want to read them. I'm hyped, for that Jigen episode.
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Aug 30, 2015 18:59
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Oh dang I didn't notice that all four were airing! I tuned out after the first one. Oh well, I don't understand a lick of Italian anyways 
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Aug 30, 2015 22:52
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Castle of Cagliostro is one of the best ways to get into the series
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Oct 2, 2015 09:47
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Always.
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Oct 3, 2015 02:04
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Some of the Italian episodes were dual audio so I watched them awhile back and yeah, it's not holding up to Fujiko Mine. But that's okay, it's entertaining enough.
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Oct 3, 2015 19:14
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I wish the ending to the Jigen-centric episode wasn't hella lame, though.
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Oct 3, 2015 19:14
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Castle of Cagliostro is a good place to start. If you can stand old animation I really dig the first tv series (up on Hulu and CR). The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, the tv series from a few years ago, is also quite good.
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Oct 4, 2015 21:14
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The Zenigata episode is incredibly good, and I think it's one of my favorite Lupin episodes. At the very least it's absolutely my favorite of the episodes in the new series that I've seen thus far. It's really cool to see him get some some time in the spotlight, poor guy has had it rough in the past few decades. He's usually a non-factor in the tv specials and while I dug Fujiko Mine's take on him I wish they could have done more with him.
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Jan 7, 2016 23:17
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Condiv posted:that episode where zenigata caught lupin and then was sad cause lupin was gonna be executed That's one of my favorite Lupin eps! Episode 4 of the very first series, if anyone wants to watch it
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Jan 14, 2016 02:12
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Fereydun posted:the first 3 eps are wack but everything past ranges from great to good I think I would have liked the Jigen episode more if it were a Goemon episode Specifically the way he gets out of that situation feels like a Goemon solution, not a Jigen solution
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Jan 15, 2016 23:28
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:The circus episode of newpin was not very good, to me. Yes_Cantaloupe posted:The following episode with the rich widow and Zenigata is good, though. 
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Jan 22, 2016 11:30
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Your Dunkle Sans posted:I've been on a Lupin kick recently. I just finished Castle of Cagliostro, what should I look at next? The currently airing series is v good
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Mar 6, 2016 19:21
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Your Dunkle Sans posted:Do I need to start from somewhere for a continuing storyline or is it all just self-contained episodic stories? Part 4 is the current one yeah. It does have an ongoing storyline inbetween the self-contained episodes but it's one of two exceptions to the norm in that regard (The other being The Woman Called Fujiko Mine)
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Mar 6, 2016 21:43
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Your Dunkle Sans posted:Does Goemon get more of a leading role in other episodes/series? He was barely in Cagliostro at all (although it was pretty funny when he cut off Lupin's burning clothes mid-air and then complained about how his sword shouldn't be used for this kind of stuff, plus slipping some affection about Carlise and immediately feeling embarrassed about it). It depends on the series/movie in question but he generally gets less screentime than the rest of the cast. The Fuma Conspiracy is the thing to watch if you want more Goemon though, and while it's not directed by Miyazaki a lot of the other folks that worked on Cagliostro were involved in its creation.
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Mar 7, 2016 02:31
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iirc even tho the director of Legend of the Gold of Babylon gets credited for pink jacket overall, he only worked on a few eps. And that was one of them so that explains why it's weird as hell. Pink jacket Lupin is v underrated, there's a ton of creativity going on and the animation is expressive as hell.
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Aug 30, 2016 00:48
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I feel like pink jacket's bad rep is mainly due to the movie, which sucks because the actual tv series isn't *that* weird!
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Aug 30, 2016 00:49
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I feel that even though the quality bounces up and down it's still generally enjoyable enough that it's worth watching the entire series since it's only 50ish episodes, but there are some good best-of lists floating around there if you just wanna pick and choose. My personal recommendation is episode 18, mainly because what happens in the last few minutes is one of the more amazing things I've seen in Lupin. Seriously, everyone should watch that episode. It's fantastic!
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Heavy Metal posted:Show Time Is Death Feeling sounds like an X-Japan album, I'll remember to check that one out. (posting this joke to confirm that's the right ep If that's the case here's a decent list of recommended eps written by an animator who decided to watch all of the pink jacket episodes, he watched them before there were official subs so ignore his comment about the writing, the old subs were complete garbage. quote:Whew! So that's the whole series done. It was a pretty fun watch. All the variety in the designs, animation and tone made it consistently interesting, albeit schizophrenic. Some episodes were a bit of a slog, but they were worth it to get to the gems. And speaking of which, I know some people have said they've been reading these posts to find out which episodes are worth watching, so here are my picks for must-watch episodes:
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