#even lupin would be better and hes not even italian... well he is in cagliostro. according to miyazaki. sorry im losing the point here um

[sleepygaymerdisease]

happy indigenous peoples day btw

#i feel like i was dodging the subject earlier today. so like idk. thank god i didnt hear anything stupid about it. because i wouldve gotten #suuuuper mad. but also like. aughh. feeling the need to dodge the subject at all... annoying -_- #what else should i say here. ummmm. respect native sovereignty. listen to natives. get to know about tribes near you. land back. etc. #oh ​and fuck columbus's entire life. and people who defend celebrating him. the most annoying people on earth i swear to god. find a better #guy to celebrate. 'but what about-' THERE ARE BETTER ITALIANS OUT THERE. LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE. #even lupin would be better and hes not even italian... well he is in cagliostro. according to miyazaki. sorry im losing the point here um #be nice to me thank u that is all #anis gaymer moments

[lupin-the-3rd-case-files]

It All Begins

Not really sure if anyone will ever read this blog but I want to do it for my own sake. I’m here to talk about a series I’m very passionate about: Lupin the 3rd. Lupin the 3rd is a long running anime franchise originally written by Monkey Punch detailing the exploits of the titular Lupin (grandson of Arsene Lupin) and his gang of thieves.

I’ve been a fan of Lupin the 3rd since back in the days of its first airing on Adult Swim back in the early to mid-2000′s. I don’t quite remember the exact year but Adult Swim ran Lupin the 3rd Part 2 during their late night programming. I was was in high school at the time so I couldn’t stay up to watch it every night but I would try to catch it whenever I could. I fell in love with the cartoony antics of Lupin and his crew.

Unfortunately I never got to see much else of Lupin after that until college when I got even heavier into anime than I was before. I had more free time, it was the height of the fansub era right before Crunchyroll established itself, and I had a pretty good internet connection that let me...acquire anime. Legally, of course. While I was watching all of the Gundam franchise, Madoka Magica, Steins;Gate, Gurren Lagann, Tatami Galaxy, Revolutionary Girl Utena, and countless other series, I rediscovered Lupin the 3rd in the form of Castle of Cagliostro.

It was a different kind of Lupin from the Part 2 tv series, but it was a welcome one regardless. I’ll gush about it more when it comes time to talk about it, but Castle of Cagliostro was the spark that reignited the fire for me. After that I started rewatching Part 2, and a number of OVAs and movies that came out. That being said, I never watched *all* of them. 

So, about 10 years later, I’m in my 30′s and Lupin is having a resurgence in the west thanks to Discotek media. They’re constantly releasing new Lupin the 3rd home videos that never got to see western releases. For a North American fan, they’re a blessing. In that time there’s been three new tv series, and a new film series with a darker take on the franchise, not to mention two crossovers with Detective Conan/Case Closed. 

It’s 2am on a Saturday morning and I’ve contemplated it for quite some time now, and I’m finally deciding to do the deed: I want to watch *all* of Lupin the 3rd. It’s not an easy task, as there’s a lot of it. However, I have seen all of Gundam minus one tv series (fake fan alert), and that franchise has much more content than Lupin does. Discotek is also releasing Part 3 on bluray soon which has never seen a western release, and Part 5 will be coming out in October on bluray as well. And to top it all off, we’re getting a Part 6 later this year assuming Covid doesn’t fuck that up too. 

It’s a great time to be a Lupin the 3rd fan, so what better time than now to sit down and watch it all. And that’s where this blog comes in. I want to chronicle the adventures Lupin goes on in his series. Each blog I plan to detail what Lupin was after, and if he succeeded. One of the funnier aspects of Lupin is that he doesn’t often come out on top, usually getting scammed by Fujiko or losing all the money in an unfortunate accident. I want to chronicle what Lupin gets out of each adventure, and I’m going to try to put a monetary value to it. I want to see how much money Lupin actually makes over the course of the franchise. 

I will also probably type up my thoughts about each entry as I want. That’ll be easy with the OVAs, movies and specials. I’ll probably do it less with the tv series otherwise I’ll be working on this blog the rest of my life and not every episode needs commentary. I may also not do every episode individually, I’ll probably group some together.

I’m going to be starting with the OVAs and Movies, except for the Takeshi Koike films which I’ll instead do after we get to The Lady Named Mine Fujiko. I’ll also be watching the tv specials unless they coincide with a specific tv series (such as Italian Game and Part 4). It’s easier for me to push through movies and OVAs rather than tv series, so this will be the easiest path for me to start. Once we finish those we’ll do the TV series starting from Part 1.

I hope to actually keep up with this blog, and I hope you’ll all join me in this adventure.

#lupin the 3rd #lupin iii #anime #discotek media