Lupin III: Lupin Ansatsu Shirei

The story is mostly about weapons of mass destruction, but there's a side plot for character development woman having a vendetta against Jigen. In the one Jigen and Fujiko get a lot of light, and don't waste it. I really enjoyed Fujiko in this one! She was dependable and had their backs the whole time!

Goemon shows up for his usual random reasons and teams up with Zenigata for a little while, which was fun, though we don't see much of it. Zeni and Goemon seemed to get along, and Zeni really cares about Goemon just like he cares about Lupin, Jigen, and Fujiko even though ... he and the samurai don't see each other as much.

Character development woman is steadfast and not anxious about what's going on and the situation she's in. She seems pretty chill aside from having it out for the gunner, and she kicked all the way in when shit hit the fan. She doesn't always know how she feels but she knows to act, which safes the groups lives up until the end. She's not jumpy like most of the cdw I've seen so far.

The art kind of fails, and I think this one has some mute parts to it. Like it's missing sound effects in some places, or the lip sinking is a little off in some places.

I would recommend this to Lupin fans and people new to anime.

Voyage to Danger (Orders to Assassinate Lupin) is a very forgettable special.

The plot of this movie involves Lupin and his gang being in a submarine for twenty minutes, with little to no conflict. It's immensely boring. After this, the movie takes place on an evil guy's militarized headquarters in a jungle. The evil guy wants the submarine so he can fire nukes at people.

Lupin, Jigen, Fujiko, and Goemon at the very least are treated decently in this. They act like their usual fun loving, money loving selves. One plus side in this very generic movie, is that the Lupin gang end up being nicer ... to each other than they often do. Fujiko is especially nice in this one, and of course she brings that sex appeal to the table, which helps. These classic characters are the best part of this story.

Inspector Zenigata is a complete joke in this one, he gets no respect. He's been taken off the Lupin case, so he just gets drunk and depressed, and even hangs out with the Lupin gang. At one point he wears an apron and acts like the Lupin gang's butler. This is very out of character, and pretty much sacrilege, though I admit it's a bit amusing.

The movie does have an enjoyable action climax though, and a nice ending.

All in all, this is on the lower end of the Lupin spectrum. For me, it was worth sitting through for some fun moments between the Lupin gang. If you're not a Lupin completist, this one is very skippable.

Lupin III: Voyage to Danger

Zenigata is fired and cant chase Lupin anymore.
So in order to help him get his job back Lupin decides to help him take down an evil arms-dealing corporation.
At the same time Zenigata’s replacement is chasing them and is not afraid to use lethal force.

Something from Jigen’s past also plays an important role in the story. Involving a friend and that friend’s daughter.

Its great to see Zenigata and Lupin working together.
The thing with Jigen’s past and the girl was interesting. But ended kinda stupidly.
... Fujiko doesn’t betray her friends. And is very seductive.

Overall a good movie.

The most fundamental problem with Lupin III movies is that they almost never seem to be able to justify their runtime. Lupin III was written for television, and so—as exceptions to the short and sweet episodic formula of the series—these films always end up needing to pad out the runtime with tiresome and predictable twists and turns. Yes it’s nice to see Masaaki Osumi’s return to the series in his only Lupin feature film, and yes his direction is just as sharp as it was in Part I, but the only directors who have truly been able to make Lupin neatly fit in film format ... (to my knowledge) have been Miyazaki and Koike. Still, Osumi is no amateur, and this is certainly one of the better films in the franchise. The first half is excellent, and the character interactions are great, but unfortunately it just goes on for a bit too long.

[THIS WAS WRITTEN RIGHT AFTER WATCHING IT AND ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACC. KEEPING THIS HERE FOR AN ARCHIVE]
I REALLY LIKED THIS ONE !!!!!!! The plot was fun the characters were fun it was just a really good time. The character designs in this one were also super nice and again some of my new favorites. This one was basically just “the gang steals a nuclear warhead filled submarine just for shits n giggles” it’s a very engaging premise
The movie girl this time was p interesting too and definitely one of the better ones (that’s not saying that much tho tbf). She wasn’t annoying so ... she’s high on my movie girl tier list.
Not a whole lot to say abt voyage to danger other than it was just really fun! Makes me think of some kind of wacky part 2 episode but stretched into a feature length film.
I give it an 8/10