TMS

Posted in

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

“Requiem for the Assassins”

*****SPOILERS*****

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

Penguin Truthby Penguin Truth•
Posted in

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

“Welcome to the Haunted Hotel”

 

*****SPOILERS*****

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

Penguin Truthby Penguin Truth•
Posted in

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

“Zapping Operation”

*****SPOILERS*****

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

Penguin Truthby Penguin Truth•
Posted in

Lupin III (2015) Episode JP 06 (Italy 07) Review

“Until the Full Moon Sets”

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: When Lupin targets a wealthy widow believed to have inherited a secret treasure, Inspector Zenigata vows to protect her until the master thief backs off. Zenigata is as obsessive and single-minded as ever, determined to ward off Lupin, despite Elena’s initial distrust of him. Lupin is as persistent as ever, employing fake-outs and decoys, but Pops doesn’t quit easily, either! And yet, Elena may have secrets to uncover after all. Who will win the struggle for a possibly fictional payoff? It’s a battle of wits with twist after twist! read more

Penguin Truthby Penguin Truth•
Posted in

Lupin III (2015) Episode 05 Review

Episode 05, “The Magician’s Left Hand”

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Lupin investigates Fujiko’s relationship with a young magician from a circus, Luca, who seems to have had fallen in love with her. Lupin is incredulous, as Fujiko’s motivations always involve a swindle, and becoming a knife-throwing act seems like a cover. Sure enough, it seems like Fujiko is after the Trick Recipes, the codex of circus tricks and secrets, that could be valuable, and which only exists in Luca’s mind. What is Fujiko’s motivations for supporting the reserved young man whose burning desire is to become a great magician? It’s all about slight of hand as Lupin tries to decipher the clues to this magical mystery! read more

Penguin Truthby Penguin Truth•
Posted in

Otaku Evolution Episode 53 – Lupin III: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty


Otaku Evolution Episode 53 – Lupin III: Bye Bye… by ellbell01

Join me as I look at a gravity-defying, science-breaking classic Lupin III Wolf adventure!

 

Bye Bye, Lady Liberty is available from Discotek.

My YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-fZO-yQWVVCkYS7eb_snA

My Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/user5558619

My Patreon (please contribute!): https://www.patreon.com/penguintruth?ty=h

– Penguin Truth
(2015)

Penguin Truthby Penguin Truth•
Posted in

Lupin III (2015) Episode 04 Review

Episode 04, “Hand Me My Gun”

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Jigen’s time to shine! Suffering a toothache, our favorite wide brim-hatted gunman seeks help at a small town hospital, where he befriends a old man named Nino and a lady doctor named Livia. But the town is in the grip of “Non Lethal Eric”, a sadist who enjoys to shoot people to see them suffer, and his gang is paying a strictly uninsured visit at the end of pistols! What will Jigen do when his pistol is stolen and his mouth in pain? A Lupin episode sans Lupin, where Jigen may need intensive care! read more

Penguin Truthby Penguin Truth•
Posted in

Lupin III (2015) Episode 03 Review

Episode 03, “.02 Chance of Survival”

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Lupin III is in the cross hairs of MI6! The famous thief has set his eyes on the fragment of a diamond necklace made for Marie Antoinette that was hidden in the San Leo prison by Alessandra Cagliostro. But during the visit of a royal visit from the Prince of England to view the treasure, the British Secret Service is eager to remove Lupin from the equation, by any means necessary. So Nix, a determined agent with a license to kill, captures Jigen to lure Lupin. Can our felonious friend Lupin outsmart and outmaneuver an ace on Her Majesty’s Secret Service? Lupin prefers his heists shaken, not stirred! read more

Penguin Truthby Penguin Truth•