Lupin the Third

[NeonTurtledude]

I'd like to see if any of the 70s/80s/90s anime fans here have heard of Lupin the third,

the action mystery series which is basically Japan's answer to Scooby Doo, if the target audience was adults and the mystery gang were thieves,
cowboy bebop took inspiration from it too

I've only seen some of the second season, but it's very funny

the series used to be on adult swim alongside cowboy bebop

also, the theme songs are jazzy bops

[Shark_Blade]

I’ve only seen this movie only it’s pretty good.

[NeonTurtledude]

I've been meaning to watch that at some point, I love the animation

[NeonTurtledude]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

I’ve only seen this movie only it’s pretty good.

btw what do you think about 1987 April supposedly being influenced by Fujiko? do you think it's likely or just a coincidence

[Shark_Blade]

I think yes it’s very likely, even the OT turtles Season 1 particularly the way they draw the lips/mouth I feel it is very similar style wise.

[NeonTurtledude]

exactly, I was actually watching the episode that had that screenshot of fujiko looking through the van window and it's quite close to how the turtle van was angled

I've also heard rumours that TMS supposedly animated episodes like Turtles on Trial but that's not confirmed

[NeonTurtledude]

the dynamic with Zenigata is similar to 87 Shredder, it's also quite like Robotnik and Sonic's dynamic

[TheBlueTurtle1]

Not seen much, but the studio ghibli directed film The Castle of Cagliostro, is great

[Mayhem]

Seen a bit of the TV series and a couple of the films, including Cagliostro, plus the old laserdisc arcade machine Cliffhanger used Lupin III animation.

[NeonTurtledude]

Originally Posted by TheBlueTurtle1

Not seen much, but the studio ghibli directed film The Castle of Cagliostro, is great

yeah I've heard that's like one of the best animated films of all time, Miyazaki actually did some animation work on the first and second series of Lupin, it's really where he learned to compose action scenes really well

[TheBlueTurtle1]

Originally Posted by NeonTurtledude

yeah I've heard that's like one of the best animated films of all time, Miyazaki actually did some animation work on the first and second series of Lupin, it's really where he learned to compose action scenes really well

It's really good, give a watch asap

[NeonTurtledude]

Originally Posted by Mayhem

Seen a bit of the TV series and a couple of the films, including Cagliostro, plus the old laserdisc arcade machine Cliffhanger used Lupin III animation.

what did you think of them?

[drgon78]

Castle Cagliostro is still the best one to me.

[TheBlueTurtle1]

Originally Posted by NeonTurtledude

what did you think of them?

yes watch The Castle of Cagliostro, really good.

[ssjup81]

I've seen the 1967 pilot, the 1971 series (green jacket era), some of the 1978 series (red jacket era), never seen any of the pink jacket era in the 80s, saw the movie that was animated by Miyazaki studios (that Castle of Cagliostro movie), and all of the Detective Conan crossovers. I saw the second one in the movies. It was fun. In the last film, you could really hear the age in Fujiko's seiyuu. It was her last time voicing her before they changed her.

I kinda like the Lupin III series. I like the characters, but given the concept of the series, I still don't see how Lupin can work in a modern-day setting with modern technology. Seems it would be really easy for Zenigata to catch him.