#awesome zenigata!

[klaxonsynth]

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[loopspoop]

Frankly, and I haven’t finished all of the Lupin III media so bear with me, I feel like we should’ve had an episode where the gang just tells scary stories, all the stories come true, and then at the end Pops comes out, tells the best one by far, and makes a bigger mess by doing so

[teethbomb]

the more I learn ab twcfm the more I dislike it

[peaterookie]

ok ok i finally got the time to answer these myself, here's some things about me :)

1. Where did you first learn about Lupin III? I remember first seeing lupin in an airplane flight on a display where it shows a list of movies? Looking back I have a feeling it was Italian Game but I dismissed it bc I was really young lmao. But the thing that did got me into Lupin was this music mix on YT called “it’s a lovely morning, and you are a horrible thief.” The music fucks and I got sucked in the lupin rabbithole

2. What is your favorite character? Lupin!!! But more specifically, I like his manga version the best.

3. Following up on that question, what’s the best thing about them? Aside from the horrible things manga lupin does… He is a super nuanced character if you look below the surface and analyzing what he does is very fun and I kinda deeply relate to him? Please don’t take it the wrong way lmao Also his design is sooo silly look at this booger of a man

4. What's a Lupin character you relate to the most? I think Jigen? With a side of Goemon and Lupin I feel. I relate to Jigen the most because I think I appear rather reserved and sorta approachable to people, but when people get to know me I am sorta silly and outgoing. I also love to complain.

5. What’s your favorite Lupin Anime series? I haven’t watched the anime much other than the entirety of Part 1 and a bit of Part 2, so I’ll choose that.

6. What's your top 3 favorite episodes from it? - Episode 19: Which of the Third Generation will win! (I love the multiple lupin scene) - Episode 14: The Emerald’s Secret (Catherine is such a brat, Fuji and Lup collab, and super satisfying ending) - Episode 02: The Man they called a Magician (It made me lose my shit)

7. What's your favorite Lupin manga series? It’s frankly a tie between Shin Lupin III and New Adventures.

8. What's your top 3 favorite chapters from it? Shin Lupin III: - Chapter 31: Strange Bedfellows (GOEPIN WOOOOOOO) - Chapter 94: Ryuu (Touching story, more Lupin characterization) - Chapter 87: Hell’s Chaperon (sobbing) New Adventures: - Chapter XX: Island of Thieves Part 2 (First manga chapter I read, super interesting story, the islanders are super terrifying but funny villains, and Lupin cries like a little baby) - Chapter 97: Lupin Sucks (What can I say, he does suck.) - Chapter 95: The Man with 20 Faces (Lupin is so thug gangster badass in this one)

9. What's your favorite movie? And why? Mystery of Mamo because it has an interesting plot, mamo is funny raisin man, and it lacks the typical tropes Lupin movies will later have. Also it’s close to the manga.

10. What was the first movie you watched? Legend of the Gold of Babylon. DUBBED. It was awkward to watch.

11. What's your favorite Lupin design? ngl he looks awesome in this

12. What's your favorite Jigen design? he makes me feel a certain way

13. What's your favorite Goemon design? he is insanely cute how can i not love this design

14. What's your favorite Fujiko design? she looks so pretty in mamo

15. What's your favorite Zenigata design? friendshaped zenigata is best zenigata

16. What's your favorite thing about the franchise? I love how freeform it is, they can literally go anywhere and have anything happen and it’ll still make sense. I also like how it can go from silly funny to serious and sentimental a moment later. Anyways Lupin manga numero uno

17. What's your least favorite thing about the franchise? Modern animated L3 media often falls into the trap of being very boring, unoriginal, or just kinda ugly looking. Also the fandom often generalizes the character into one thing and it bothers me.

18. What's your least favorite character? And why? Rasputin in the manga pissed me off sorry to anyone that liked the three parter

19. What's your favorite Lupin III music track? Fairy Night!!! Manhattan Joke and Silhouette are also music that I'll put close to my heart.

20. Do you have any Lupin III merch? If so, what's your favorite out of the collection? I wouldve sacrificed my soul to the devil to have this but luckily it was just 40 dollars out of my wallet

21. If you could contribute/change the franchise in any way, what would you do? Let lupin kiss men lol idk maybe i'll also have goemon be a bit more similar to his manga counterpart

22. What’s something about Lupin III that you wished people knew more about? I wish there was less misinformation about the manga sorry can you tell i like the manga, also i wish more people would read it before judging

23. A moment in the Lupin franchise you'll always remember? HIS FIRST HEIST WAS JIGEN'S HEART OMGGG

24. What’s your favorite Lupin III quote? "Either show me your trump card… or get ready to BUMP HARD!"

25. Give one Lupin headcanon that you have! Lupin is genderfluid it's true mp told me

26. What's the most random fact about Lupin III that you know? Part 1's release date is the same month and date of my birthday, (October 24th) and by result, Lupin Zero was also announced on my birthday too.

27. Any hot takes? Part 2 is kinda overhyped

28. Do you create things in the fandom? What’s by far the thing you made that you’re most proud of?

29. If you could be in the Lupin III universe for one day, what would you do? Buy some monkey punch drip and pray it transfers back in the real world

30. What’s something you hope TMS would do in the future for the Lupin III franchise? maybe a lupin zero but for goemon, and an animated series accurately portraying shin lupin/new adventures stories as well as the art style.

i was sad i couldnt find something like this anywhere so i made one!!!

This is gonna be fun to see people's response :) Here's the plaintext version:

Where did you first learn about Lupin III?

What is your favorite character?

Following up on that question, what’s the best thing about them?

What's a Lupin character you relate to the most?

What’s your favorite Lupin Anime series?

What's your top 3 favorite episodes from it?

What's your favorite Lupin manga series?

What's your top 3 favorite chapters from it?

What's your favorite movie? And why?

What was the first movie you watched?

What's your favorite Lupin design?

What's your favorite Jigen design?

What's your favorite Goemon design?

What's your favorite Fujiko design?

What's your favorite Zenigata design?

What's your favorite thing about the franchise?

What's your least favorite thing about the franchise?

What's your least favorite character? And why?

What's your favorite Lupin III music track?

Do you have any Lupin III merch? If so, what's your favorite out of the collection?

If you could contribute/change the franchise in any way, what would you do?

What’s something about Lupin III that you wished people knew more about?

A moment in the Lupin franchise you'll always remember?

What’s your favorite Lupin III quote?

Give one Lupin headcanon that you have!

What's the most random fact about Lupin III that you know?

Any hot takes?

Do you create things in the fandom? What’s by far the thing you made that you’re most proud of?

If you could be in the Lupin III universe for one day, what would you do?

What’s something you hope TMS would do in the future for the Lupin III franchise?

[yoshifruit]

I like when Zenigata's portrayed as a pathetic loser, but I also really like how every once in awhile you get scenes like this where it's like, "no way he's actually awesome."

[ilikebigbellydotnom]

I got gifted this awesome Pred Zenigata with a super cute tongue and chubby prey filled belly I love it so freaking much!! Owo

Credit of the image goes to Shadydaone on FA and my friend Baonesjdjr245 for the gifted art!

[cosmosrebellion]

I've been think about how a Ace Attorney-Lupin III crossover would playout. Usually, I see people pitch the idea of Phoenix having to defend Lupin from a crime he didn't commit, which is a very fun idea. Though - and this is something I admit is boneheadness from my part in the way I interpret Lupin's character - I can't ever a situation where Lupin goes to court and doesn't have full control of the situation and a escape route in mind, which would take away the fun of the Ace Attorney part of the equation. But again, you could just do that anyway for the sake of a fun story.

My idea would be to have Inspector Zenigata be framed for murder and for Phoenix and his team to represent him. The Lupin gang knows Pops is innocent, and know who is trying to frame him, so they decide to team up with Phoenix to help Zenigata's case. So now Phoenix has to solve a case where he can't let on that he is working with one of the most famous criminal crews in history, which can lead to a ton of fun comedic and awesome moments. Honestly the bulk of this idea is having the Wright Anything Agency lawyers and Lupin's crew just interact with each other. Feels like you get a ton of great moments just from that.

Also, it let's us explore a bit of Lupin and his crew's relationship with Zenigata, since they would be doing this for him just 'cause they can't have they're favorite inspector be thrown in jail for a crime he didn't commit - though we can also say they want to rob the people framing Zenigata of whatever valuables they have as well.

[cowinf]

Zenigata's Angels But Awesome

[fizzingwizard]

I was genuinely looking forward to Lupin vs Holmes in part 6, but what a disappointment it was. Actually, disappointment is too weak a word. In my opinion, it was pretty much a disaster.

There were so many reasons to be hyped for that crossover. You've got Holmes, the greatest detective of his time, and Lupin, the greatest thief of his. They're both canny, eccentric, and always a step ahead of everyone else. They're also both independent and live by their own set of morals. Holmes picks which cases he'll take without concern for money, and lets people go even if they're guilty if his own convictions say they don't deserve punishment. Lupin always does what he wants, doesn't let himself get pushed around, and enjoys wreaking havoc among inhumane criminals just as much as he enjoys flouting the law.

They're even perfectly matched in the ways they're different. I was open to them either liking or disliking each other (though I feel convinced they'd definitely have respect for each other), because I can see either take making sense. Holmes is calculations with a pinch of chaos, Lupin is chaos with a measured dash of calculation. Holmes eschews relationships aside from a very few - Lupin enjoys social interaction (but prioritizes just a few). Holmes is functionally asexual. Lupin is never not horny.

Even the supporting cast was so promising! To tell the truth, from watching previous seasons I didn't really think the rest of the Lupin gang or Watson would have much to do. But I hoped they would because there was so much potential.

I mean Jigen and Watson are both war veterans in their own way. It's not the best comparison (Watson was a doctor, and got shot almost immediately... but he is also a "man of action" and does have a lot of fight and pluck, even if he's not going to be a match for Jigen in terms of marksmanship). And they're the right hand men of two pretty difficult geniuses... couldn't they spend a moment commiserating lmao.

It could have been awesome to see Fujiko interact with Holmes because her usual tricks wouldn't work on him. I admit it isn't unlikely the show would have been like "Ahh, but this time they do work on him, just like Irene Adler!" and totally ignored that book!Irene impressed Holmes with her wiliness and not her sexiness... But I'm talking about my fantasy here. And in my fantasy, Holmes would have had a similar reaction to Fujiko's manipulation and acting skills similar to how he did with Irene. It would have been pretty cool to see Fujiko interact with a man who was NOT into her, but was just as smart and brave and perhaps wiser than Lupin.

Even Goemon would have had something to do. He could have had a super cool kenjutsu vs baritsu ("what even is that?") battle with Holmes. Extra points if Goemon walks away saying "I respect the skill of that fellow warrior, even if he can't spell his own martial art correctly."

And of course Lestrade and Zenigata's shenanigans at Scotland Yard are a nobrainer. But serious bonus points if they both pine away with equal envy and admiration for their respective smart ass thorns in the side hahahahahahaha.

I mean. There was SO MUCH there. How, HOW do you mess that up???

(Answer: By knowing absolutely nothing about Sherlock Holmes to begin with and basing everything on your memories of inaccurate movies from fifty years ago x'D)

So instead we got: perpetually sad, somber Sherlock Holmes, who isn't working the job that he literally loves anymore in favor of looking miserable a lot and raising a child. And the child is Watson's kid, who Watson can't raise because he's fucking DEAD, and mom can't raise because SHE'S dead (just say Holmes is her mom. Come on. We're in the future. Just say it). Also Watson is dead because Lestrade killed him like WHAT. Of all the twists they could have gone one, they definitely surprised me with that one. Was it a fun surprise though? ... No, no it wasn't.

Add to that the extremely dull characterizations of everyone, the heavy reliance on the danger to a little girl who isn't even a canonical character but is very cute, and the slow, slow pace of the episodes... What a mess. It was memorable, sure, but for the wrong reasons.

Like the only thing I can think of that I didn't hate about the whole arc was Lily taking her first steps as Holmes's assistant at the very end. Fine, that's adorable, and makes me feel ever so slightly better about Watson being dead. And I'm desperate for something to like here so let's go with it.

("It's not really Sherlock Holmes anyway because of the generational difference, it's his great grandson who has his exact same name and job! Same with Watson and Lestrade and sexy Mrs Hudson and and and-" I'm gonna stop you right there we all know it's Holmes. Whatever excuses they make, no matter how they have to bend time and physics to make it happen, it is Holmes Prime in every way that matters lol.)

A melancholy sigh for the Coolest Crossover Ever That Wasn't. As a Lupin fan and a Sherlock Holmes fan, I'll regret it till the day I die.

[elliottjpg]

LUPIN III - THE FOURTH

Aka "Lupin's extended family bullies him live on TV"

Y'all remember Maki from Blood Seal - Eternal Mermaid?

☝️ This awesome kiddo who spent half of the movie harassing Lupin into taking her as an apprentice? And who was actually quite good at thieving, good enough that she managed to get to Lupin's target by her own means?

I think she should become Lupin IV.

...And I might have gotten a bit carried away.

Yes they all call themselves Lupin IV. Yes there is an explanation to that. The explanation is to bully Lupin.

Maki: master thief, and leader of the Gang. The actual official Lupin IV as far as the Lupin succession line is concerned. Outgoing and bubbly, a determination that can break though walls. (Blood Seal - Eternal Mermaid)

Ami: tech expert and hacker. Likes to pretend she has no feelings. (Part 5)

Julia: social engineer/people person. Very strong personality and very confident. (Farewell to Nostradamus)

Kenny: gunman. Very loyal, inherited Jigen's "knight in shining armour" complex. (Part 6)

Murasaki: medic. Too tired for this bullshit but is actually having fun. A ray of sunshine. (The Fuma Conspiracy)

Long story short:

Growing up Maki never stops wanting to become a thief. By the time she's an adult, she's actually gotten quite good at it.

One day she runs by chance into Ami, and learns about how much Lupin changed her life. And how many other children - now adults their age - he impacted as well.

Maki sets out to find as many of them as she can, and founds her own thieving gang.

But Maki doesn't only have skills like Lupin's, she also has his knack for causing problems. So once she's assembled her team of "Kids Lupin Left Behind And Who Also Like Causing Problems", she goes out to find Rebecca Rosselini, aka Lupin's almost-but-not-exactly-divorced-wife (Part 4).

"Rebecca," she says, "do you mayhaps want to annoy the heck out of Lupin for funsies?"

"Boy do I!" replies Rebecca. "What do you need from me?"

"Oh nothing much," says Maki. "Just a little signature on these four adoption forms."

And thus Maki, Ami, Julia and Kenny legally acquire the last name Lupin. And all officially declare themselves Lupin the Fourth.

Lupin is fuming, Zenigata is having a stroke, the rest of the LupGang are laughing their asses off.

Murasaki is there too because these kids need a responsible adult.

EDIT: You can discover the supporting cast and more succession shenanigans here!

[fallershipping]

That is one of my favorite HCs for Looker tbh: The justice-loving Interpol Detective that eats the crimes has ancestry in Interpol's most wanted-- The great thief that got away and was never brought down by Interpol itself.

It was such a shameful failure that Interpol completely "forgot" Lady Lyken existed. Thus, a loooong time later, her descendant Looker came into his own and became one of Interpol's most prized agents, and everyone is none the wiser.

Even without Looker's amnesia or foggy memory of his pre-faller life that he may or may not recall, he would have never known about his bloodline. Lyken wiped her identity off the face of the Earth. By all purposes, she was dead, and classified as such by a very bitter Interpol.

She lives through Looker however.

Looker might be almost cartoonishly tied to justice, but he's got a thievish upbringing. My headcanon real name for him "Robert" is a pun on the Robusta coffee tree AND... Robber. He used to pickpocket/steal when he was younger until he learned how much it broke his mother's heart, albeit everything he stole was to feed himself and his poor mother. This ability to sneak off with items and disappear into a crowd is still useful for him however. Along with that, his ability to perfectly disguise himself is taking a page straight out of Lupin III (... or Zenigata, him too)

"But Vergo, Looker is so dumb in the games I played!!" off screen he's awesome Uncle Nintendo told me

[rainymeadows]

📓

okay awesome because I've come up with like an entire Part's worth of stories for Lupin III in the Ace Attorney universe so I'll just share one of the silliest:

A car chase between the Lupgang and Zeniyata leads them into a field full of crops, and Lupin fires a shot that damages Pops' car to the point it catches fire. The gang stop and pull the dazed Zenigata and Yata out of the car, using breathers so they don't suffer smoke inhalation, but then discover that the crop that's now burning? and was surrounding the car?

it was weed

Lupin, Jigen and Goemon now have two very stoned cops on their hands

needless to say, hijinks ensue

[morporkian-cryptid]

Okay! For the 24.7 people potentially interested, I give you:

✨Lupin III Discworld AU✨

Aka Lupin and Lipwig give Vimes an aneurysm ! :D

For those lacking context: Discworld is a fantasy universe composed of a flat circular world carried through space on the back of four elephants and a turtle. It's got your typical wizards, dwarves, trolls etc, but in a trope-subversive way. And it's fucking awesome 💖

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Character introductions!

Lupin: Agatean* with Quirmian* ancestry. He moved to Ankh-Morpork in search of success and adventure and more people to rob; and also to follow Fujiko. He's an illegal thief (not registered with the Thieve's Guild). His favourite hobby (besides stealing) is messing with the Guild and with the Watch (aka the police). Commander Vimes is secretly rooting for him, because he dislikes the Guild slightly more than he dislikes Lupin. He's also friends with Moist Von Lipwig (former conman, current postmaster; more about this in another post).

*Agatean Empire: equivalent of China (closest DW culture to Japan). Quirm: equivalent of France with a bit of Italy.

Fujiko: Agatean. She fled the Empire to escape Goemon after stealing his sword. Once in Ankh-Morpork, she joined the Thieves’ Guild; but everyone confuses her for a seamstress* because her technique usually involves seduction. She tried it on Vetinari once. It failed spectacularly.

*Seamstresses: another word for ladies of negotiable affection. Their guild is one of the oldest and most respected in Ankh-Morpork.

Jigen: Ankh-Morporkian, son of Agatean immigrants, grew up as a street urchin in the Shades (the most crime-ridden neighborhood of the notoriously crime-ridden Ankh-Morpork). He joined the Assassin's Guild as a self-taught sharp-shooter, then quit after joining Lupin (whom he had been contracted to assassinate). He's also a werewolf, although no one knows how that's possible since he doesn't have any Überwaldian ancestry.

(see @benevolenterrancy's amazing art of Jigen and Angua)

Goemon: Agatean, moved to Ankh-Morpork in pursuit of Fujiko who had stolen his sword. He later meets Lupin and Jigen, and decides to stick with them. He refuses to join the Thieve's Guilds, which he considers an affront to the noble art of thievery.

Zenigata: Agatean, was sent abroad by the Empire's police force in pursuit of Lupin. The Ankh-Morpork City Watch agreed to lend him resources after Lupin started causing havoc. Vimes simultaneously dislikes him and admires his dedication.

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Side characters:

Zantetsuken: a sentient talking sword whose personality is the embodiment of Bushido. It is extremely annoying. It was probably Goemon's only friend back in the Agatean Empire.

Yata: Agatean, Zenigata's assistant, the only resource the Empire allowed him to bring along. He quickly bonds with Rufus Drumknott, the Patrician's Head Secretary, through their common admiration for their bosses.

The Cagliostro family: rulers of a small county in Überwald* in the foothills of the Ramtop moutains. Half of them (the Count's branch) are vampires, the other half (Clarisse's branch) are humans.

*Überwald: equivalent of Transylvania

Ami Enan: not sure about her place of origin,I just know it's somewhere in the Sto Plains. She's a genius clacks operator, and part of the GNU (a group of clacks hackers).

Rebecca Rosselini: Quirmian noble. Might be related to Leonardo Da Quirm.

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I'll make another post with more details and headcanons, and PLEASE do send me your own ideas!!

EDIT: More headcanons here and here!

[ladychandraofthemoone]

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HAPPY 5/5 DAY YALL(I know it’s like a day late but hey I’m sortave made it in time!! Select your player from:

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🔎 a quiet timid detective🔍 

 RAMBLING UNDER CUT CAUSE IT GETS LONG LOL:

Hands yall the pencil sketch I did of James first, would probably inked it but I’m still proud of it (Shane and Rusty I did on the same page so they’re smushed together and it’s messy ahah)

James gave me the most difficulty cause I knew I wanted to be make him Latino(Filipino/Spaniard to be exact) so I searched up bull fighting clothing and I gave him the gilet-vest underneath his big coat of his cause he’s copying Gordon (to the point of absolutely antagonizing, blaming and arguing with Alfred for everything he has done though to be fair he did traumatize Thomas kidnap his sister figure Nia and almost broke Gordon but like the Rusty scenario that’s another can of worms to get to later) but also cause I’m on the whole him idolizing and copying him around bandwagon so things like similar coat patterns, his keychains, jabot/cravat,epaulettes,beret-like hat etc) and of course I had to make him eye-catching like he wasn’t you attention so lot of gold accents and of course roses (get it cause with his surname) with him having one on his coat and on his cuff pins and rings 🌹 for symbolism 

Rusty was actually the easiest cause I already had a design for them cause I already wanted them to wear a tool belt and hardhat for their job , overalls and the protection knee pads I actually got from glowynviator on Twitter, same goes with having those (forgive I don’t know exactly what to call them) circles that appear to release smoke from their radiator as little silver buttons on their collars and pockets for their jackets and I changed the color scheme to for both the tv and rws versions. They’re pretty much unwillingly involved with the supernatural shenanigans (though then again a lot of folks are here but considering when they first got here, they legit witnessed their coworker get nearly crushed to death, the treatment of Duncan, the Sudrian verison of Bigfoot, a possible immortal fallen king 👑 fogman and of course the Boulder, they can’t seem catch a break)

Shane Dooiney I was completely inspired by gloynviator by Twitter humanizations of the Culdee Fell Railway (seriously y’all go check them out they’re awesome 🤩 and amazing and just incredible 💕💞) but with some minor changes like more detective-esque, think Looker from Pokemon or Inspector Gadget/Zenigata cause I love them so much but also a chunk of their personality is from Crona cause I love the hairstyle . Their personality I based it off of The Trainz Adventures, he’s said to be shy cause of people constantly mock their name which leads to him keeping to himself but ain’t afraid to help others, LeatherBootlace and StarSearch1927 on Deviantart (where he feels out of place for being away for so long, suffers from Middle Child syndrome/the Black Sheep of the Railwa due to being away fro overhauled a majority of the time during important events of the series so they feel out of the loop, the latter being the main inspiration for the ““private investigator” persona they have since he has a eagle eye for everything and thinks of crime solving and a love for mysteries while former used he/they pronouns for Shane and we need more he/thems here ✨) of course the top hat 🎩 is their funnel.

[ctrl-lupin]

I think the character in TWCFM seem darker partially because A) the giddy cartoon lens is taken off when they show violence, B) Zenigata is like that so technically he is a darker version of himself even if the others aren’t, C) Everyone forgets that Lupin matches his violence level to the situation. The situations he’s being put in are super violent so he’s being more lax about how much violence and killing he lets happen around him. Like if a bad guy decides that violence needs to be an 11 on a scale of 1-10 Lupin takes off his kiddy gloves so long as there’s not like- a child around.

Agreed! And even though Lupin is more violent in this series than in others, he still refrains from killing. That was mostly apparent in his first interactions with Jigen because the difference between how they dealt with enemies was glaring. (Don't take my word for it but I don't think he's killed anyone in that series, which is a whole lot better than any other Lupin save maybe for Cagliostro and Fuma.) So he takes off the kiddy gloves but he won't stoop as low as murder. And he still deals with the bad guys with his usual cartoon giddiness, which I find awesome <3 Even despite the darkness of the environment and situations, Lupin manages to stay a relatively "good" guy.

[ilikebigbellydotnom]

Since zenigata's birthday is the 25th and I've been holding onto this for a few years now enjoy this edit made not by me, but a beloved estranged friend of mine who asked for advice on how to do what i do to screenshots, and this is his result!! look at all that awesome pudge thats one lucky trooper! i miss ya buddy, if you see this and by chance have a tumblr account, ill gladly take this down if you were to request it! but i would love to catch up again my chuncky friend!