#lupin iii: the fuma conspiracy

[runawaycarouselhorse]

[misteria247]

Me before today: Haha I love Tmnt/Rottmnt

Me today after watching Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy and The Gold of Babylon: Hahaha my heart was stolen by a thief and his gang and inspector oh no-

[l6sadi]

Why did Zenigata think Lupin would go to heaven? Is he stupid?

this stupid monkey is going to hell fr

[hierophant-meme]

Ive never been high before but watched Fuma hopped up on pain killers and sedatives from my surgery right when I got home and it was an experience lemme tell you 😂

[sarazanmai]

“Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy” (1987)

[babybinko]

Beautiful Princess Disorder 😁

Bonus ↓

[roseillith]

[uyallstars]

@giftober 2023 | Day 21 : spring/autumn ⤷ LUPIN III - The Fuma Conspiracy

[roadkillnroses]

Fuma Conspiracy is my new favorite Lupin movie

I thought I was a committed Red Jacket kind of person, but I have an exception now for sure. Almost all the characters are great in this one, even the one-off cute girl character, Murasaki. At the start I thought she was going to be a forgettable, passive Clarisse type and I was completely surprised. She enriches the whole rest of the movie with her presence and her adorable post-rescue outfit (sweater dress and leg warmers!!) Her scenes running around with Goemon evading traps and hunting for clues felt like they were out of a wholesome kids' adventure movie from the 80s. "I won't wait for you, Goemon!" was such a great note for her to finish on. You shouldn't wait for him, Murasaki. He is definitely 100% not attracted to women. Fujiko was great too! The outburst of girlish excitement and delight she lets out when she sees the treasure struck me as so sincere, I felt like I was seeing a bit of the real Fujiko for maybe the first time. Great moment.

I should note here that we usually watch Lupin dubbed at my place. I'm specifically most used to the 2003 Richard Epcar-directed dub, but I warmed up to this cast pretty quick. Fujiko's voice actress Michele Seidman stood out specifically, I really liked her. Robin Robertson, who played Lupin, has a subtle regional accent that had him saying treasure sort of like 'traysure.' Turns out the actor is from North Carolina! Southern boy Lupin is funny to me the same way Dan Lorge's strikingly Texan Zenigata is funny. Next I want to hear a New Yorker Jigen.

Some weird dubbed name pronunciations: Lupin is Rupan in this one, which is annoying. There also was disagreement between characters on whether Goemon is Gwye-mon or Goya-mown (these are both definitely worse than the Epcar dub's Goyaman.)

The only major character who didn't give me what I wanted from them was Jigen, which is too bad because he's usually my favorite. He just had very little going on, which is okay because this was really a Goemon movie.

There were some great animation bits in this one! Most of it is animated on twos like your usual TV and direct to video anime, but there's a fascinating little cut of Murasaki clambering down some rocks that's on the ones. Her movements are extra fluid for just a few seconds. There's another cut where a guy is handed a big ceramic vase and he fumbles it a bit because it's heavier than expected. The vase's tassels sway as it moves. These are the type of small touches that I treasure, where I can point at the screen and say "Did you see that? They didn't have to do that! But they did!! Animation!"

The big car chase scene is wacky even by Lupin standards. Like 10 cop cars get owned by Jigen driving the yellow Fiat. Down hallways, up and down stairs, through public baths, absolute madness. There's a sort of first-person shot from somewhere around Jigen's elbow as he's driving, like you're leaning forward from the back seat watching the debris and fruit crates fly past the windscreen. It's fantastic.

Last things: -Zenigata is extra handsome in this one. I can't explain it, he just is. -The climax of the movie is like 80% straight Goemon being cool. He's just... he's so cool.

[jojoolion]

fuma conspiracy redraw

[bestoflupiniiipoll]

Best of Lupin III Poll

[runawaycarouselhorse]

[misteria247]

Have been listening to this obsessively since earlier today

It's so catchy

[nyantropy]

THE BRIDE AND THE UGLY SHY ASS GROOM

This one meme but poorly drawn Goesaki

[hierophant-meme]

Back at it again with some more WarioWare DIY drawing! I also added a little Goemon with the Zantetsuken and fixed Murasaki in my Fuma Conspiracy microgame since last time.

[snowsetdeer]

The movie ever