Lupin III: Babylon no Ougon Densetsu

Its nothing amazing. Its essentially a 30 minute episode stretched into a full length movie.
But i found it entertaining and funny.

Lupin is searching for the golden tower of Babylon.
There are references to Hitler/Nazis which is typical for the Lupin franchise.
Also aliens. Because why not.
The Pink Jacket series has always been seen as the weakest but i do truly like its silliness.

The other cast members dont get to do much. More focus is put on Lupin and Fujiko, who make a good couple in this.
Zenigata teams up with female ICPO agents from around the world but not enough focus is put on that.
Goemon has ... a little love subplot which also gets no attention.

I love Lupin III as a series, but this one is a bit dull. The animation in this caper comedy feature leaves something to be desired. As do the racial stereotypes that seem to be a bit prevalent in this particular film.

The story centers around Lupin chasing down a legendary treasure left by Nebuchadnezzar in ancient Iraq. All the while being pursued by mob gangsters who are also after the treasure.

If you're a fan of Lupin III's adventures and comic hijinks, I'd say you should give it a go. That being said, there are many other Lupin feature-length films that are better.

[THIS WAS WRITTEN RIGHT AFTER WATCHING IT AND ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACC. KEEPING THIS HERE FOR AN ARCHIVE]
Legend of the gold of Babylon is done and man what a weird one (again). This is my first real exposure to part 3 in any meaningful way and man. I’m really not that big on the character designs; like in theory I should love how loose and expressive they are but in practice it all feels TOO loose and too expressive. Everyone’s movements and expressions are way too mushy and all over the place for my liking. It’s just a personal preference thing really, part 3 ... designs at the least just ain’t my thing. The ANIMATION on the other hand was so good and when it got especially great it got overshadowed by the crazy art style which I found kind of ironic. Lots of fluidity and smooth animation moments in here which actually worked in the part 3 styles favor, making it all look even more unique than it already did.
Plot and story I was really miffed on. The pacing especially sucked. Fucking movie dedicated 15 WHOLE FUCKING MINUTES AT THE VERY START TO LUPIN AND ZENIGATA FUCKING AROUND ON BIKES ON SOME GIGANTIC FLOATING FACE IN THE SKY. I DONT KNOW. IT GOT SO OLD K WAS SITTING HERE LIKE how long has it been since this bit started Jesus Christ. Aside from that the plot itself was honestly just some standard lupin fare extended to a full movie but unlike something like voyage to danger where it was in a fun way this one just felt a bit more dragged out and lame. At least w voyage to danger it was about stealing a fuckimg nuclear submarine, this one was just about some gold statue or something. One thing I thought was cool tho was that most of the runtime was in New York City🤩🤩🤩cool!! Too bad that lead to racist stereotypes everywhere!!!!!! Yeah there was some weird ass racist shit in the movie which didn’t surprise me since the vibe of part 3 gives off that kind of stereotyping exaggeration feel like all women in the movie look like a sex doll basically as an example.
This one was definitely strange and not one I was like totally in love with. I have no idea why they dubbed this and why so recently (2018), like out of all the old Undubbed lupin movies u chose THIS ONE??? Tf!!!!!!
Anyway I give this one a 6/10. Not deplorable but not that great either

[this was written right after watching it. shit was straight ass actually F tier]