The First Heist

OK So let me start off by saying how much I love Lupin. I love Lupin as much as my counterpart at 2-D loves Ghost in the Shell. That being said, this box set was one of the best gifts I've got all year.

The box set is actually a group of never before released Lupin the Third TV movies. Truthfully they've never been released before probably becuase they just weren't up to par with other movies such as Castle of Cagliostro. But don't let that get you down, any Lupin fan can find something to like by watching these movies.

Now the movies have nothing to do with one another and are all done by different directs in different generations. You can kind of tell when thier made by the artwork, the artwork is never that bad, I mean compared to the series everything looks great, but don't explect it to look like Ghost in the Shell. All the directors gave thier different takes on what a Lupin movie should be like, the funny thing is that none of them made drastically different changes to what a Lupin movie is, the only noticable change from movie to movie was Zenigata. His personallity changes from a cool cop to a guy thats obsessed with Ramen depending which one you watch. Because it's brought to us from our frineds oiver at Geneon all th4e voice work is the same. Not to mention the translation is good, so if you aren't in the mood for reading subtitles just watch the English version, you won't be disappionted.

The Music isn't anything special but it's not bad either. The music was always appriopriate for the scene and never took away from the moment. I honestly can't remember any like I can from Castle of Cagliostro, but it added to the progression of the movie. Any Lupin fan understands that the show or movies don't have to make sense, and for the most part they don't, their just fun to watch. So in terms of plot, you have to be ready for a plot that may be a bit shallow, campy humor, and Lupin doing things that defy the laws of nature to sickening degrees. But what can you expect, he's the worlds greatest theif.

All in all I really liked these movies, some were better than others but all were worth watching. I am a Lupin fan so I'm a little pre disposed to talk about how cool Lupin is, but I think any anime fan can sit back and enjoy watching Anime's biggest and most famous character in some crazy movies. one thing I did relize when I watched these is that i can be sure of two things in life, not "death and taxes" but that even after I die, Lupin will never be caught and he'll never be killed.