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Lupin III (2015) Episode JP 16 (Italy 17) Review

“Lupin’s Day Off”

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Synopsis: Lupin’s been recruited by Fujiko to escort a dog to her obnoxious wealthy owner, and our blue jacket bandit turns courier, dragging Jigen and Goemon along. The travelling trio take a trip through the Italian countryside to meet their client on a cruiseship. However, the pooch is more trouble than they expected and all the while Zenigata’s on their trail! Can they get their pet passenger to its destination to keep Lupin’s promise to Fujiko? It’s a show about (basically) nothing in this shaggy dog tale! read more

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Lupin III (2015) Episode JP 15 (Italy 16) Review

“High School Undercover”

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Synopsis: School’s in session when Lupin is forced to pose as a high school teacher when a diamond he stole ends up in the backpack of a budding juvenile deliquent in a school full of attitude problems. The teachers themselves are up to no good, looking to use a bomb to take out criminals who’ve been threatening them, and when they get their hands on the stolen jewel, Lupin has to restrain himself in handling them. Does this ragtag bunch of scholastic schemers have what it takes to match wits with the world’s greatest thief? By the end, somebody will certainly have to be saved by the bell when Lupin teaches an important lesson! read more

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Lupin III (2015) Episode JP 14 (Italy 15) Review

“Don’t Move The Mona Lisa”


 

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Synopsis: Lupin III, the world’s greatest thief, is broke! After a dry spell, Lupin targets the most famous painting of all time, the Mona Lisa. Of course, stealing it is no small feat with Zenigata eager to capture Lupin again, and it seems at first to be too much for the famed bandit to handle. However, there’s much more than meets the eye when it turns out there’s a fake painting as well as a real one… as well as another fake one! But which one is Lupin making money off selling? The Mona Lisa is smiling at the farce as Lupin tries to restore his treasury! read more

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Lupin III (2015) Episode JP 13 (Italy 14) Review

“The End of Lupin III”
 

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Synopsis: The greatest thief, Lupin III, has been captured! Under tight wraps and guarded by Inspector Zenigata, Lupin wastes away with nothing more to live for. Zenigata is at first confidence that his nemesis will make an escape attempt, but as time passes, it seems less likely, with his allies ignoring his plight. When Lupin begins to refuse to eat, Zenigata wonders if he really plans to die. Is this really the end of Lupin III, or will he break out of the little box he’s being held in? Lupin knows why the caged bird sings in this confined episode! read more

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Lupin III (2015) Episode JP 12 (Italy 13) Review

“The Dream of Italy, Part 2”

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Synopsis: In the pages of the mysterious book, Lupin gets caught in a dreamscape, finding himself in the memories of Wataru Uraga, Rebecca’s first love. It’s a world created as a record of the man’s memories to leave behind a piece of himself after his death, a temporary implant of his personality that can be injected into whoever deciphered his notes. Lupin, witnessing Wataru’s death and Rebecca’s dispair, awakens with a goal: destroy the leftover notes Wataru left behind. However, MI6 wants what the thinker invented for their own applications, and Agent Nix is close on Lupin’s heels. Can Lupin escape his persistent foe’s keen senses and deadly skills or is this the end of the road for our favorite thief? The puzzle is assembled in this dangerously enlightening episode! read more

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Lupin III (2015) Episode JP 10 (Italy 11) Review

“The Lovesick Pig”

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Synopsis: Lupin tries to cut his love in two when he promises both Rebecca and Fujiko to take them as a date to a private party to auction off a dead count’s wine collection. He attempts to split his affections and time between the two women, hoping neither of them notice the other or his swift switching between them. Both women, however, are after the same thing: a special wine said to make people fall in love, Rebecca for the thrill of the steal and Fujiko for profit. But when the whole crowd is lovestruck, will this potion prove poisonous or will Lupin have his best treasure yet, the hearts of two beautiful women? This Lupin adventure will have you exclaiming, “In vino veritas!” read more

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Lupin III (2015) Episode JP 09 (Italy 10) Review

“Requiem for the Assassins”

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Synopsis: Several assassins are themselves being killed off and Goemon is one of their targets! Goemon approaches a fellow killer, a woman named Beladonna from the same hit squad he was in to assassinate an African warlord. Can their old target’s bodyguard, a man who shoots a Winchester M70, still be alive, looking for revenge? It’s a tale of death, promises, and betrayal, and no matter how you slice it, Goemon will cut to the heart of the matter with his Zentetsuken! read more

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Lupin III (2015) Episode JP 08 (Italy 09) Review

“Welcome to the Haunted Hotel”

 

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Synopsis: Lupin is eager to get his hands on a collection of valuables at a famed haunted hotel, once the castle home of the Gautieri family. However, he’s not the only one looking to purloin priceless prizes at “The Mansion of the Cursed Bride”, and even if he gets past the traps and travails of the castle itself, there’s his rival in crime, a mafia matriarch named Mama, for the haunting, is it just a trick played by the manager or is there a bonafide apparition within the castle walls? When Lupin is determined, the competition won’t have a ghost of a chance! read more

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Lupin III (2015) Episode JP 07 (Italy 08) Review

“Zapping Operation”

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Synopsis: After robbing a jewelry store, Lupin and Jigen are forced to steal a car that happens to belong to a pair of kidnappers for the white slave trade. Coincidences continue when the girl in the trunk is both Rebecca Rossellini number one fan and the daughter of MI6 agent Nyx! Unfortunately for our favorite thieves, when Nyx tracks his daughter down, he assumes that Lupin and Jigen kidnapped her and Rebecca’s in on it. Can the gang stop Nyx’s rampage in his retrieval of his daughter? The agent with a license to kill has Lupin in his sight again!  read more