Lupin III : Green VS Red

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To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Lupin III franchise they are releasing an OAV titled Green VS Red which features both Lupin in his Red jacket and a doppelganger wearing his old Green jacket from the first TV series.

I don't really know anything about what the plot is but I do know that I'm really excited about seeing it. I just hope it's a better production than the terrible Return of Pycal OAV which celebrated the 30th anniversary of the anime franchise. It's out in April and here's some screenshots.

If these images are anything to go by it looks like this is going to be a darker and more serious take on the series. I look forward to it immensely!
 
I was going to say... And in fact starting typing out that it looked very Studio 4C. I gave up on the post though, I thought someone else would have commented. Anyway. I'm going to give Lupin III a proper try now though, So its definitely interesting.

I was just wondering Sy, Where did you start? Or where do you recommend me starting the whole [anime] franchise? I have Castle of Cagliostro still on my Sky+ box from when it aired over Christmas, So I'll be watching that... eventually.

There is so much to watch, And I have a very good feeling I'll find it all utterly unmissable since the character designs look very "Cowboy Bebop meets One Piece" and the basic premises vary a lot as you've told us many a time. All I know is Lupin is a Thief, Nothing more.
 
Nick said:
So is it lupin fights his double][
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I have no clue to what the storyline is going to be yet. I assume it'll be revealed sometime in march, though since it's an anniversary thing they might try and keep it quiet til it's release and build some hype.

Jayme said:
I was just wondering Sy, Where did you start? Or where do you recommend me starting the whole [anime] franchise? I have Castle of Cagliostro still on my Sky+ box from when it aired over Christmas, So I'll be watching that... eventually.
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The best place to start eh? Well probably The Mystery of Mamo (my favourite of the Lupin theatrical movies) which is getting a UK release pretty soon or the cheap Funimation movie boxsets that came out in the US (Farewell to Nostradamus, Dead or Alive, Crisis In Tokyo and Island of Assassins especially). The Funimation sets are a compilation of most of the 90's TV specials and theatrical films and for around a tenner each are unbeatable value for money.

Some of the newer TV specials like Angel Tactics, Stolen Lupin, First Contact, Alcatraz Connection and Operation Return the Treasures are all worth your time to look out for. They have only been released on fansub so far though and it was pretty hard for me to find some of them...

Lupin is amazing fun, that's all it strives to be in what it does and it does it very well (most of the time...). I will say that the only way to really watch Lupin is in Japanese. I think even Cgeek well agree with me on that one. ;)
 
Sy said:
The best place to start eh? Well probably The Mystery of Mamo (my favourite of the Lupin theatrical movies) which is getting a UK release pretty soon or the cheap Funimation movie boxsets that came out in the US (Farewell to Nostradamus, Dead or Alive, Crisis In Tokyo and Island of Assassins especially). The Funimation sets are a compilation of most of the 90's TV specials and theatrical films and for around a tenner each are unbeatable value for money.
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I bought the 1st Haul box set from Funi (and it is great value) but I lwas a little bit disapointed. Admittedly I did have quite high expectations after reading some of your early LupinIII articles.

But from what you've just written I obviously picked up the wrong set. All bar one of the films you've mentioned above are in the 2nd Haul. And the one off the 1st 'Dead or Alive', I've not watched because I ran out of steam.

I'll go back and watch DorA and then consider the 2nd Haul.
 
harkins said:
I bought the 1st Haul box set from Funi (and it is great value) but I lwas a little bit disapointed. Admittedly I did have quite high expectations after reading some of your early LupinIII articles.
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The first Haul is decent enough but has one of the worst and most boring Lupin specials attatched to it, The Secret of Twilight Gemini.

Dragon of Doom has a lot of replay value and Voyage to Danger while enjoyable is highly predictable. Harimo's Treasure is average all round, I enjoyed it somewhat but never been bothered to go back to it a second time. Dead or Alive is by far the most stand out of the set and I suggest you watch that one. The 2nd Haul collection gives a lot more variety in my opinion.
 
That looks awesome.
Lupin movie packs are the way forwards, I had 4 of the films in the First Haul box but it was still cheaper to get the box than the remaining dvd. Until they release The First Contact on DVD I doubt I'll buy another single Lupin film again. It burns too badly.
 
Woo, I'm pretty late to this thread. (or maybe it's just a slow burner, lol)

For some reason I generally prefer the green look to the red Lupin. Wasn't there a series where he worse blue as well? He's never seem to have done so well over here, but with luck we might see this over here as this looks pretty good. :)
 
I found out about this yesterday I think. A movie with a main character and his imposter fighting, what more could you want.

Damn this'll be a goodie for Lupin fans. Might take a look myself too, I just hope I don't need to know all about Lupin to understand it.
 
Ushio said:
Wasn't there a series where he worse blue as well?
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Pink jacket in the 80's. Not the best era I must say. The most sensible people know that Lupin always looks best in red. ;)
melonpan said:
Damn this'll be a goodie for Lupin fans. Might take a look myself too, I just hope I don't need to know all about Lupin to understand it.
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Again, if it's anything like the rest of the franchise you won't need to know anything about Lupin to know what's going on.
 
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