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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- I thought that this special was at least intriguing and a little enjoyable. It's probably because they mixed up the whole Lupin formula kind of. The female antagonist was quite sexy and Fujiko had her nude moment so I can't really complain there. What I really enjoyed was the use of Goemon; it was nice to see him in more action when compared to other iterations of Lupin III. |
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| Decent, but it's weird how it's not until halfway through that Anita is really introduced. She was at the funeral scene earlier, but she's not even really singled out as anything other than "young woman who reacts to loud noise". It's fine if she's not the kind of leading lady unique to the piece that most of the previous TV specials had, but she's still ultimately important enough to the plot that she really needs some time to shine that she doesn't really get. She's a young architect struggling for inspiration, her mom knew Mark...and that's pretty much it it. Her deepest characterization comes when she sympathizes with Subirachs for having to succeed Gaudi which was a good part but really the only one. The way the Sagrada Família lit up after the sun rose was a little too ridiculous, even for Lupin III. The scoring is fairly bad quality. It's over-reliant on the iconic theme from the second TV series and seems to crib from the James Bond theme at times. James Bond was an obvious influence on the creation of Lupin III, but it's had its own identity from the beginning and it's not as this one is particularity Bond-esque. A few scenes, like the physical comedy of Lupin rolling around attached to the Bocca della Verità or Goemon's first fight with the assassin don't work nearly as well as they should because the scoring is lazily inappropriate. Speaking of over-reliance on the iconic status of the second TV series, doing the typewriter thing with the title card with the old fanfare was a bit too cute. Such specific cribbing from the best-loved Lupin III work seems to me more like leaning on a crutch than anything. Plenty of the previous TV specials were decent to good without having to rely on the past so. |
| I enjoyed most of this special quite abit. The heavy use of slapstick for the opening 2/3 of the special was alot of fun. Lots of good albeit goofy moments. This certainly wasn't a serious Lupin special and that was very apparent come the remaining third. The whole Sagrada Familia stuff was a little silly but that sort of was in line with the rest of the special upto that point. Though the tone at the end wasn't quite the same as the earlier hijinks which led to some disconnect. In the end though as I say I enjoyed the slapstick and also the character moments throughout with each of the crew getting alittle time to shine on their own which was cool. A very good special overall but certainly a very different special as well. |
| I really liked how colorful this one was and the use of "Gaudí's Sagrada Familia" in the second half. |
| It's always nice to watch Lupin after awhile. It's always a fun watch. The story felt like a normal Lupin episode. The twist this time being returning stolen goods, but it had all the standard Lupin moments. Nude Fujiko, Fujiko betraying Lupin, Zenigata catching Lupin, the Lupin escaping, etc. It's all there. It was a cool light show in the end though. 7/10 |
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| This one was amazing! I never thought I would see Lupin returning so many treasures. xD And this part was pretty funny too. Like with the Boca de la Verite, but I felt bad for poor Goemon being used like that to return the coffee one. And I loved how Lupin took a selfie with each treasure, even one with Zenigata. xD And that female hitman was skilled! I couldn't believe when she wounded Goemon, and I got disappointed when Jigen was captured without being able to help him. But even though he was tortured, and almost killed, he was still able to escape and fight. Lupin was right when he said that he wouldn't miss the climax. And Fujiko was amazing too! I can't remember the last time I saw her fighting so much, she totally defeated those mafia goons, and really helped Lupin in getting into that tower in time. Goemon's final duel against the female hitman was good too. He was able to avenge that man despite being wounded. And I love how Jigen defeated the old man by rendering his great automatic gun useless. This special really didn't shy away from killing the antagonists. Ian was one hot idiot, and treated the woman as an object, but he became her shield and they died on each other's arms in the end. I didn't care about them much, but this scene still moved me a bit. I loved Anita too, she was really cute, and a nice addition to the whole thing. Welp, there were other amazing things, like Zenigata believing in his luck for the third time only to be crushed by the falling wall at last. xD But I will stop here, I loved it. |
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