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3It was OK
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Average 4.3
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| A rather suprsing show from the Lupin franchise once again. It's not hard to see why this series has retained it's cult following for as long as it has. Some great artwork that bursts with creativity and an interesting use of lighting to really make a scene stand out. The eccentric fights are filled with quirk and we are already getting some character building in this episode as well for Lupin. I'm definitely interested to see where the series takes him and also I want to see more of the interesting settings we go to next. Love the 1960s vibe that were rocking with here. |
| High school Lupin was already a finesser. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Cute addition to the Lupin series. Love the style as always too. |
| I liked this first episode! It's a far cry from the traditional Lupin III, but it's another way to look at the notorious thief and his partner Jigen. In this first episode we see young Lupin and Jigen, as they know each other, and a busty woman in the middle!!! kekeke |
Primordial_weeb said: Ranxomare said: I liked this first episode! It's a far cry from the traditional Lupin III, but it's another way to look at the notorious thief and his partner Jigen. In this first episode we see young Lupin and Jigen, as they know each other, and a busty woman in the middle!!! kekeke Uhm, Is This A Standalone Lupin Series? Judge them as you want tbh. All Lupin parts can be either stand alone or sequels to one another. Part 4 & 5 & 6 are connected though. |
 ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ. |
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| A solid start. The music is very nostalgic from the original series, and the animation is pretty nice too. It's crazy to see LUpin and Jigen in school uniforms, but I guess no matter their adult life, every kid in Japan needs to be in school at some point. Though if Tomoe (from Part 6) was in Lupin's life at some point, I figured he was home schooled for a large portion of his kid life. So either this takes place before or after Tomoe, this series isn't the same canon as the rebooted Lupin series, or Lupin's homeschooling was in addition to his normal school ventures. This episode didn't show Tomoe in his house, which I felt was a missed opportunity, but like I listed before, it could have been for a variety of reasons. The argument could be made that Lupin and Jigen feel too much like their adult selves and not enough like kids, and while I understand that complaint a little for Jigen, I think it's fine for Lupin considering his family background and lineage. Lupin would have started his antics at a really young age. Even Jigen though we see isn't nearly as experienced with being a professional gunman than his adult self. His aim is great, but there are plenty of times where he is shown to be inexperienced and didn't take shots which adult Jigen could have made in his sleep. All in all, it was a decent premiere of Lupin's early life. There is more I wanted to see, but perhaps the series will deliver that in later episodes. JCRide said: Though the series was promoted as 30 minutes per episode, and thus listed that way on MAL (for now), the episode length was pretty much just the average episode length of 25ish minutes including the OP and ED.The pacing is really good (those extra 5 minutes do wonders) ------ Another thread has been merged into this one. |
anime-primeJan 25, 2023 2:06 AM
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| So this is set before Part I and done in the style of Part IV. Some remixed version of musical themes from Part I including the opening. |
| I expected something much worse, looking at the mean score. But that was really sweet. Got some nostalgic flashbacks of old Lupin. |
Nemo_NiemandDec 28, 2022 6:12 AM
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| First Lupin I've seen, and yeah, I like it. The DVD quality presentation was something I'm sure was a bit of a gamble with how ugly a lot of that stuff now looks, but I think it paid off well and does a good job of capturing the time that Lupin came from. Same goes with all the action in this episode. I enjoyed how light and inventive a lot of the choreography was. Yoko's a likeable character. I've heard that the female characters in Lupin are generally quite self-reliant and strong, so I hope there's more to come from her in the following episodes. |
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| Wew! I didn't know what to expect, but a remix of the SECOND OP from Part 1?! The OP that sounds like a skipping record?! Ballsy to remix everybodys most hated OP, but I fuckin' respect that! Going real heavy here with the Part 1 nostalgia baiting, with the OP, the soundtrack, even the title card sticking closer to Part 1's look and sounds rather than Part 2. Even the 3rd OP gets some love, that wacky ass song! All that's missing is "Lupin, he's a nice man!". They even got that kinda weak ED, and turned it into something decent! Putting the insane amount of love for Part 1 aside, everything here was absolutely on-point, and I loved it. I'm fucking excited to watch more of this, it's looking like an easy 10/10 series. |
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| Oh heck yeah, they used my favorite OG Lupin III OP for this! I was waiting for the singing to come in and was a little sad when it didn't... but then it came in later in the episode. Gooooood! This was a fun ride though. I do kinda like the idea of Lupin and Jigen meeting back in school just because we see how much they kinda really have to trust each other nowadays for what they do. It's also funny because it looks like Jigen hadn't gained his 'reputation for misogyny' yet. XD |
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