r/lupinthe3rd

Damn, this hurts…

As a music teacher that teaches kids drums using his songs this hits different man RIP😔✊🏼🫡

In honor of the man, everyone throw your favorite song/body of work from Yuji Ohno, the goat.

Mine is the album Isn’t it Lupintic (1999). Peekaboo is my favorite Ohno song it slaps so hard. But Remember is hitting different right now…

I don’t know who they’re going to get to replace him. To be honest, with all the thousands of tracks he has, they might just need to start reusing some songs from the vault… it’s just so iconic with the franchise man.

Regardless, rest in peace my guy🕊️

I think there is a broad consensus that the majority of Lupin III specials fall within a depressing mediocrity derived from unoriginality and dispassionate writing.

I am not interested in those. Because mediocre films are typically those you do not care about. With one exception I will ask of in just a moment.

I am asking for terrible specials. Specials you would not wish to see again, specials you feel a fury or bile for, or were so bored it exists in a vapid vacuum. What you believe as the worst products of the franchise in this feature length presentation.

I offer one exception to this, that being mediocre films that are interesting because of their missed opportunities.

For example.

My least favorite Lupin III special: Napoleon's Dictionary. It's boring as sin.

Most frustrating: Green vs. Red. It has so many fascinating ideas that is awfully executed.

This may or may not be a backdoor channel for ideas to adapt.

Literally upper class now😂😂

Like, I JUST heard about this just now.

I'm very heartbroken and very shocked, and I don't know what happened.

I loved his music, also...

Rest in peace, Mr. Ohno 🩷

Weird fun fact: for anyone who has seen this movie, this is technically a video game adaptation.

"Of what?" you may ask. Well, US Lupin the 3rd arcade game Cliffhanger, for those who don't know what that is.

Cliffhanger was a dragon layer type arcade game using clips from the first and second animated Lupin films, but mainly the second movie. It was also an example of early Lupin dubs, and just like the early dub pre-Part 2 cast, they changed Lupin's name due to copyright from the Lablac estate.

But Lupin's name was the only name that was changed; the other characters were too.

Lupin is renamed Cliff.

Jigen to Jeff

Goemon the samurai

Clarisse to Clarissa

And Count Cagliostro to Count Drago

Now remember I said "technically," so why did I say that? Well...

When the game came out, Stallone found the arcade and liked its story and thought it would be great as a movie, so he went to people who distributed the game to buy the film rights he required, and he along with Michael France began making the script, and it wasn't just any script; it slowly changed over time to the point it was a totally different beast, resulting in the film you see here.

So yeah, we almost got a Lupin the 3rd movie starting Stallone as Lupin the 3rd. Yeah for those who know of this arcade game exists cliff characterzation or what characterzation there is different from the lupin we know but it still a weird thing to think about.

I just love how insane this heist ends up being hahaha

Please TMS. I need to see them in casual clothing more often.

Found the eyecatch artist on Twitter: puru_sakae

Without the Jigen buff, Lupin can only access 70% of his full power😂

I’m literally 16 years old, and I am a fan of this series. Saying that Lupin the third is for old people feels offensive, knowing I grew up watching it with my uncle.