a5c7b9f00b Lupin the 3rd returns in this new and second TV series. This time he and his friends, Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko travel the world to find treasures, money, and heists to pull. While Zenigata is still on Lupin&#39;s tail and will chase him no matter where he goes. The Red Jacket series received more success than the Green Jacket Series received. It ran for 4 seasons with a total of 155 episodes! Lupin the Third, grandson of the &quot;gentleman thief,&quot; Arsene Lupin, traveles the world in search of challenging loot to steal, along with his companions: The sharpshooter Daisuke Jigen, the swordsman Ishikawa Goemon XIII, and the deadly beauty Fujiko Mine. Chasing them to the ends of the earth is the redoubtable ICPO officer Inspector Koichi (The Ol&#39; Man) Zenigata. Whether it&#39;s a billion dollars&#39; ransom menat to save the city of Pisa, Italy, a solid gold van, or the mask of Tutankamen, Lupin will go after it! Lupin the Third: Part II is a classic in the field of Japanese animation: the title character&#39;s become an internationally famous gentleman-thief who&#39;s become Japan&#39;s equivalent of Batman. I love this franchise and the title character certainly lives up to his grandfather: Arsène Lupin. It&#39;s like a half-hour equivalent of James Bond movies, Indiana Jones and Mission Impossible mixed in with Scooby-Doo and Bugs Bunny.<br/><br/>I love this franchise and the characters are milestones in the world of anime; and of course Cowboy Bebop owes a tonne to this classic alone. Most people in the US get acquainted with the Lupin III series via Hayao Miyazaki&#39;s debut film, The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) or this 1977 TV series which briefly aired on Adult Swim a few years ago. While it never made a hit on Adult Swim, this series was a smash in the late 1970s, the result of the franchise&#39;s renewed popularity which came from reruns of the 1971 Lupin anime.<br/><br/>Personally, I prefer the 1971 Lupin anime to this later incarnation. Despite the super limited animation and uneven tone over the 23 episodes, it broke more ground, feels more adult, and is less repetitive. However, that does not mean the second Lupin TV series is not worth your time. It&#39;s a fun, goofy romp of a show, one that can prove addictive if you&#39;re craving insane humor and quasi-surreal action. Yuji Ohno&#39;s soundtrack is superb, the essence of 1970s cool.<br/><br/>Also, the Geneon English dub isn&#39;t half bad. All the voice actors do their characters justice and seem to be having fun. This is a good series, one that deserves more than the lukewarm reception it received in the States.
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