Lupin the 3rd

PART 1 REVIEW - 8/10 (Dubbed)

the thing i don't like about the treatment of Lupin the Third on here is that all the shows are compiled into one and I can't review each show individually, so I'' just have to make due and make multiple reviews on this one compiled page.

This isn't actually the first time I've seen this, back last April, I watched it subbed because i wanted to binge the whole franchise, but the more i thought about it it became more of a pipe dream because I was already doing my Scooby-Doo marathon at the same time and doing two at once would be to much, so I stopped when I started to watch the first few episodes of Part 2. I finished the Scooby-Doo franchise by new years and i wanted to restart my "Lupin-a-thon". To change it up on rewatch, i watched the new dub that came out last year and I think I like the show better on rewatch. The dub itself is really good, even if it clashed with the crusty old soundtrack a tiny bit

Well. it was great. I'm kinda surprised how much this shoe just works for me this time around. The characters are just beyond charming in their own ways. Lupin is such a fun lead and I always love watching all his brilliant schemes come to throughition while also being a joy to watch. Jigen is the weakest character out of the main 5, but not a bad one by any means, he is a real character with a fun personality, but i feel like his expert gunman skills are barely used at all through part 1. I like Fujiko quite a bit, Her manipulative and seductive nature was enjoyable and I liked seeing Lupin constantly simp for her and usually falls into her manipulation, but the show really liked her being in very precarious situations where shes constantly being being show as the sexual appeal of the show and not much else, but fortunately they phased some of that out towards the later half of the series and we could enjoy her character more. Goemon is cool as heck, I love seeing this somewhat enemy eventually become an alley for...

PART 2 REVIEW - 7/10 (1-79;145/155 Dubbed) (80-144;146-154 Subbed)

This review has been a loooooooong time coming, This was the biggest roadblock trying to watch all the Lupin the Third media. I really want to get to the TV Specials and I especially want to get to all the 2010s Lupin media, but I'm not at the 2010s yet, but I know I'll get to those eventually. Like watching Lupin: Part 2 had almost became a daily routine for almost 2 months, THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!! From March 8th to April 30, I grinded this show so much. Like I knew the longer I procrastinated on it, the longer it would be to actually move on from it, so I just sucked it up and I got really impatient about it because I wanted to get it over with. I'm making it sound like I hated this show, which I don't at all, this is an very entertaining show, it's just mild frustrating from a binging standpoint and not the quality of the show itself

On the point of it's quality, it's shocking by how consistent it is throughout over 150 episodes. Sure, they're were a few episodes I didn't like, but that's the key word, "few". The episode I consider to be at the bottom of the barrel of this show isn't something I genuinely hate, it's just one where the butt of the joke wears super thin and isn't funny or charming, it's just lame. That's super impressive taking into account it's overall length and the fact that it's one of the longest shows I've seen in it's entirety with the other ones currently being TMNT (1987) and TMNT (2003). The tonal problems I had with Part 1 aren't present in Part 2, and for the most part it's the same tone throughout with the only exceptions being the two Miyazaki episodes which I already talked about them thoroughly on Lettorboxd under "Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers" if your interested. The tone is a lot more lighthearted and fun compared to Part 1's more mature and thought out plot lines. Part 2 pulls back on the amount of gun violence and killing, but it's still pre...

PART 3 REVIEW - 7/10 (Subbed)

Compared to the 2 month period that took me to watch Lupin: Part II, which took me about 2 months, it only really took 9 days to watch all 50 episodes of this show, which compared to the length of Part II, is a breath of fresh air because I didn't feel like it was getting tedious. Note, this is the only mainline Lupin show that does not have a dub made in any capacity which, yeah, it is kinda ironic that the show that uses Western culture so much never actually received an official English localization. I'd love to see the Tony Oliver cast eventually dub this, but watching the sub wasn't too bad.

I was fully going into this show expecting it just to be okay because I felt that it wouldn't be saying much in the franchise compared to Part I and Part II, and while that is true to an extent, but it surprised me by actually being good. I don't think it's as dramatically driven as Part I or as funny and unpredictable as Part II, but what it does is very good. I heard this was considered the black sheep of the Lupin shows and I didn't see that at first, but the more I watch through the show, I think it's because it doesn't have that much of a personality. Part I and Part II have personality, but this show is kinda... more of the same and I don't want to bash on it too hard because a lot of the individual episodes are good, but the question "What separates it from the rest of the pack?" Well, the best I could come up with is towards the later half of the show, they phased out a lot of the mature aspects (like the breasts shots) and now use wacky, slapstick animation which I actually quite like. It's basically Part 1's tonal identity problems all over again, but slightly less egregious. Some episodes can get really goofy and I usually like those episodes. Overall the quality is somewhat consistent throughout, which is mostly in that 7/10 area, but there aren't a lot of great episodes. The only episodes I would give that 8/10 to are...