I'm new to the whole Lupin franchise.
I plan on buying the Castle of Cagliostro soon and I was wondering if I am going to be scratching my head since I've never seen any other Lupin related flicks.
Are you supposed to see the TV series first?
Thanks.
I'm a newbie too. I've just read the Steven Spielberg thing about it being the best action movie ever made. I can't wait to see it now.
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There is no perticular order in seeing anything in the Lupin franchise (with a few exceptions).
There are different companies in North America releasing Lupin stuff. The first major one is Geneon which is releasing the second series (13 volumes or 69 episodes at the moment of writing) and the first animated Lupin film, The Secret of Mamo which I would reccomend as it is a great film (especially for its time).
The second is Funimation which is releasing 8 TV specials and 2 theatrical films. I would reccomend all of them but in perticular: Farewell to Nostradamus, Dead or Alive, Island of Assassins and Crisis in Tokyo.
The third company releasing stuff is a fairly new company called Discotek Media which is releasing the live action theatrical film (which was done in 1974 and is meant to be corny as hell) aswell as The Fuma Conspiracy and Legend of the Gold of Babylon. The last two haven't been released yet but I would reccomend the Fuma Conspiracy if you can find an Out of Print DVD of it (It was under the title of "Rupan" due to copyright isues in the 90's) or just wait for the new release.
If you need more information check out the Lupin encyclopedia (www.lupinencyclopedia.com) or Lupinthethird.net.
Hope this helps you.
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Do you know by any chance roughly the dates of these releases? as in will it be within the year? i just bought Castle of Cagliostro, and i thouhgt it was brilliant, im very interested in looking into the other Lupin series, hearing that they are all to be released in the west is great news
The Lupin Series of television shows and movies uses Lupin's jacket color to show where it stands in his career. They are: Green Jacket (First Season), Red Jacket (Second Season), and Pink Jacket (Third Season). OVA's and movies now still use this color scheme.
shareThe chronology doesn't really matter, there's not a whole lot of difference and the stories are all self-contained, without larger continuity. I think Goemon might not have been present in the early days, but I'm not sure.
The main differences depend on who is writing at any given point. Castle of Cagliostro was probably the most fantasy-like, innocent Lupin tale. Mystery of Mamo is possibly the far opposite end with Lupin more lecherous and the characters fighting amongst themselves.
Personally, I don't like the Funimation dubs. If you can find Streamline's dvd of Mystery of Mamo, go for that instead.
No,you know,even the manga starts from a point in which we're supposed to already know the chars.This movie is no different so yes,you can watch it even if you dont know Lupin and his awesome gang
shareCastle of Cagliostro is what made me a Lupin fan i nthe first place. It was also the first Lupin anime I ever checked out.
And a year later I've became obcess with the series.
It's the coolest anime I ever discovered.
In my opion Cagliostro is a great start for those who just heard of the series.
I was a little bit of a Lupin fan but not very big, but after this movie I am a far bigger one.
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To further answer Orbzon's ?, the other Lupin projects vary in quality - some good, some mediocre, some downright bad.
Don't rush into the others unheeded like I did, as the lesser Lupins were a huge letdown after my initial high (I was first introduced via Streamline's version of Cagli... I'm still only about 1/3 through the rest of the series, and some of them felt rushed and slapped together)
Looking back now at Cagliostro I suppose some of it seems slow (at least by today's hyper-frenzy standards) but overall that film shows the most extravagant craftsmanship thanks to Miyazaki's careful touch. The faster pacing of some subsequent Lupins (ex. Fuma) is slightly updated for the vidgame generation (fun, likeable characters and slapstick), but lacking Cagliostro's believable physics, breathtaking backgrounds, ingenious architecture and elegant Hitchcockian screenplay.
According to what I've heard, a new Cagliostro DVD release is on the way later in 2006 - not sure which studio label; hopefully not another Manga since their existing DVD and dub were mediocre. Since this movie is the one w/ the highest praises from the experts (Spielberg, Pixar) it deserves a 2-disc Special Edition loaded with Studio Ghibli-type background analysis (interviews, artwork, info about its fizzled 1979 release, the earlier literary character of Arsene Lupin, Italy's real-life Cagliostro), and perhaps a new 5.1 remix. Anything less will be laziness.
There has been at least a theatrical or tv movie of lupin every year for the 25 some years. It kinda weird watching him in some of his newer movies with the modern anime approah, but is an excellent way to watch how the style of anime has changed in the last 30 years which you watch in the lupin movies.
shareThere has been 8 different voice cast for the Lupin series.
shareThis was my first exposure to Lupin and from someone who has bought and watched over 1000 anime DVDs and VHS tapes in my 10 year obsession with anime this is my all time favorite anime movie and should be up there with the holy 3 anime movies(Ninja Scroll, Ghost in the Shell, and Akira). I could not recommend any movie more. This movie is truely the first modern anime movie.
shareNinja Scroll was a direct "enhancement" (i.e., a notch above ripoff) of the feature Dagger of Kamui. Compare the two and you'll see.
shareI only watched this today and had never seen any other Lupin before because the channel showed it through a Studio Ghibli/Hayao Miyazaki season and no others but now I wanna watch more.
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