#secret of mamo

[mine-fujiko]

From the Secret of Mamo original Japanese movie program.

[cfstuff]

Lupin Week 2024 Day Three: Screenshot Redraw! More Mamo!

[asktailikku]

a little bit of Audacity work regarding Goemon Ishikawa’s catchphrase, with almost every single instance of him saying the line in English as well as equivalents to it found in the dubs.

Sources:

Cliff Hanger

Mystery of Mamo (Streamline)

Secret of Mamo (Manga UK)

Mystery of Mamo (Pioneer)

Castle of Cagliostro (Streamline)

Castle of Cagliostro (Animaze)

Legend of the Gold of Babylon

Bye-Bye Lady Liberty

Da Capo of Love (hidden under a running gag)

$1 Money Wars

Lupin vs. Conan -The Special-

The Woman Called Fujiko Mine

Goodbye Partner

THE FIRST

[mine-fujiko]

Friendly reminder that Jigen being secretly in love with Fujiko is in the official character profile.

*thinks about Jigen taking a bullet for Fujiko for the next 1000 years*

[sournote2014]

RIP Alain Delon.

[theshmeepking]

a while ago i saw someone send a link to this page in a couple of discord servers i'm in, mostly to share the artwork included. i got curious as to what all the text said, and tried translating it. note that this is only a machine translation (with only minor corrections and edits for better clarity) so i can't guarantee it's accuracy, but i still found the information included interesting nonetheless and wanted to share.

Yasuo Otsuka's Cyber Toybox

"Lupin the Third" Notes (Part 1) Yasushi Otsuka

This is a column I started in response to a request to write about "what I think about Lupin on a daily basis." I'm going to use my imagination without too much concern to the films that have been made so far (not that there are many…), and I'll start with Jigen. While Lupin and Fujiko play the glamorous leading roles, Jigen seems to be somewhat reserved and sticks to supporting roles, which suits my tastes.

By the way, since Monkey Punch's original work, "Lupin the Third" has had many different faces and interpretations in its film adaptations…recently he's been made into a good-looking guy, or a Cagliostro imitation, and my interpretation is only one of them, so please read this column with that in mind. I have no intention of claiming that my interpretation or way of portraying him is better than others. That would be disrespectful to Monkey Punch more than anything, and it's up to the viewer to decide whether the film adaptation is good or bad.

Who is Jigen?

Jigen's background has never been described, even in the early "Old Lupin" series, which introduced the characters and their personalities. Monkey Punch only describes him as a quick-draw gunman, and while Lupin and Fujiko, Goemon's past, and Zenigata's professional obsessions are introduced, Jigen's past before meeting Lupin is not mentioned at all. His role has never been anything other than "Lupin's good partner." Regarding this, Hayao Miyazaki said during the production of "Cagliostro":

"He was a gun maniac who lived in the countryside in the American West as a boy, and was probably the kind of thug who liked to shoot. He probably had a talent for quick-draw. The story before he met Lupin would be interesting… They were both young and full of ambition…"

However, in the feature films and TV specials after "Cagliostro", there are few attempts at digging into the backgrounds, personalities, and lives of each character, and they are always busy fighting the terrifying enemies that appear.

Surely there should be a different perspective. I think Lupin is a project that has that potential.

The ideas I proposed, based on my deep attachment to the lives of the characters, have left their mark in two other works since the original Lupin.

The first one is "Mamo," in which Inspector Zenigata of the Metropolitan Police Department resigns from his job after failing to catch Lupin, but then returns to his family business as a monk and takes over a mountain temple, living quietly in seclusion, until he hears that Lupin has appeared and gets excited, returning to his job. Of course, the idea that Zenigata's family home is a temple is flexible, and it could actually have been a barber shop. It's just a matter of which is more fun: getting excited and banging a mokugyo, or shaving off a customer's eyebrows.

The second one is about Fujiko finally getting ready to get married and marrying into a prominent family in the Tohoku region, and the story revolves around a secret treasure passed down in that family… As a result of the staff's brainstorming, the story changed from Fujiko's marriage to Goemon's, and that became "The Fuma Conspiracy."

I think this kind of thinking probably comes from the fact that myself and the Telecom staff have been trained to think about how to work with scripts based on the characters' personalities rather than the scenario itself; but in reality, the script is written somewhere and then handed down to the site in a form that does not allow for changes, and work progresses like that, so even if you think, "Hmm, I don't think Lupin and the others would do something like that…" it's often too late…

I like faces that are easy to draw

Another reason I like Jigen is that he wears his hat low over his eyes, so I don't have to draw his eyes. That makes it a lot easier for me as an artist. The position of the eyes and eyebrows on his face can vary slightly depending on the day I draw, so when someone asks me to sign something, I can draw Jigen without a rough draft, but with other characters, unless I draw a good rough draft with a pencil, it often ends up looking a bit off. And most of the time it's the position of the eyes and nose. It's surprisingly difficult to tell when you're drawing something, and when I look at it later, I feel so embarrassed that I want to take it back and throw it away.

Some people say, "Isn't it hard to create expressions without eyes and eyebrows?" but there's no need to worry about that.

In manga, it's possible to express most of the emotions required for TV anime with the mouth and the whole face, and hats and beards can be drawn in a way that helps with that.

Some people say that Jigen is good because he is expressionless and cool…if he had more facial expressions, he wouldn't look like Jigen… but I think it's better not to jump to conclusions. In Monkey Punch's original work, Jigen is drawn with quite flashy expressions. It just depends on what kind of acting is expected of him.

Jigen's special skill is said to be his quick-draw. This is depicted in a couple of episodes, but we can't say that he has been blessed with an interesting story where this skill has been decisively important. I don't think that the animators who are skilled at moving him have been granted the opportunity to depict him at his coolest.

Facial expressions vary depending on how flexibly the artist grasps the character. In motion, the face can be round or long, and it's fine to stuff a mouth full of food and have bulging cheeks, as Miyazaki did in Cagliostro. It's also OK to have the mouth open wide. You can even draw a small, pursed mouth without it feeling unnatural. However, this is only effective when expressed in motion, and you can't expect much effect if you try to imitate it formally with a static face.

In fact, it is Disney's "character animation" technique that teaches us that the characters' faces and bodies are flexible and can squash and stretch, and it is a way of moving that is effective in full animation. It is difficult to show its true value in Japanese TV anime, which has a fewer frames, and if it is overdone, it is a level of acting that is difficult for us Japanese people, who have few facial expressions. It should be studied carefully before using it. He is Japanese after all.

The fun of costume play

I also agree with changing the costumes of the characters in Lupin depending on the time, place and occasion. In series that have gained a stable popularity, both the creators and the viewers tend to be conservative and tend to be protective of the characters as they have already been established, but in "Lupin," the ever-changing costumes are a part of his original form, and from the start Lupin is supposed to be able to disguise himself as Zenigata, so I think it would be a waste not to take advantage of this.

I always think that Lupin, who is supposed to be relentlessly pursued across borders, is wearing a very conspicuous bright red suit and for some reason is always walking around the streets of Paris and London with his gang, as if he is asking for help to be caught. I don't mind if that happens occasionally, but it's rather unnatural if it happens frequently. It would be much more interesting if he was disguised as if he was secretly operating, but his presence was obvious to the audience.

Also, it seems unnatural that he's wearing a suit even if it is early in the morning. It would be unacceptable in a live-action film, but I'd like to think for a moment why no one says anything about it in an anime.

Costume play requires redesigning the character each time, and some of the animation team may say, "I don't have time to think about that!", but in reality it's not a big deal. Rather, the problem lies in the conservatism of viewing characters as rigid, and if you stop and think about it every now and then, especially when it comes to clothing, using common sense, unexpected developments can emerge.

An American once asked me, "Goemon often travels abroad in that outfit. Does he also go through customs in that outfit?" These kinds of ideas may stem from concepts in the manga that we have forgotten. All he has to do is change back into his normal outfit in the next scene.

After a fierce fight, his clothes are tattered and he sits down, exhausted, and for the first time in the film, the character seems to come to life and breathe. In past Lupin films, this kind of everyday idea, combined with ridiculous leaps and exaggerations, was particularly evident in works that Miyazaki was involved in, but why hasn't it continued like this…?

[saradrawing]

i can't believe i absolutely forgot to post this drawing here. it was my lupin iii secret santa for @mountainmolasses. his fav lupin movie is mistery of mamo, so i created this unpublished post-credits scene from the movie.

man, lupin is so damn tired of running between explosions that he doesn't really feel like walking to the police station and takes advantage of zenigata's tirelessness (at least until he can get the handcuff off his ankle).

i have fallen in love with mamo style. i can't wait to draw it again.

SEE YOU VERY SOON GUYS

[landofartandcraft]

The return of the great great vidéo :')

Very very good take on mamo go see it!

i return from the gates of hell to try this shit one more time

[huayno]

While other Lupin projects (Secret of Mamo in particular, as well as Fujiko’s Unlucky Days/The Columbus File) have played up the Lupin/Fujiko romance, they tend to frame it much more in the sense of a traditional eternity-and-declarations love story. And that has its charms, don’t get me wrong, but it never feels as genuine to me as moments like this do. Part of the joy of Lupin and Fujiko as characters is the way that they flout conventions, living outside of society’s rules in ways we wish we could. And their relationship is part of the canon’s bedrock: fish swim, birds fly, Bioware games have good writing, and Arsene Lupin loves Fujiko Mine. But they’re not so much the white picket lovey-dovey types as two waves that keep crashing into each other (and have a great time doing so). And honestly? I find their affection more endearing knowing that they can freely spend time apart or close to other people and yet still feel so strongly when they come together again. That’s unusual, and it’s worth preserving.

Vrai Kaiser on Play the Bebop Blues

[maythevoidnotscreamback]

Story Idea: has anyone ever tried retelling SM without including ChibiUsa/Small Lady?

Like, has anyone tried? Any recs? They well written? Make sense? Complete? If not, how long since it was updated? Where can it be found?

I ask because the narrative of SM's canon kinda relies on her after a certain point until another certain point and I'm wondering if anyone's tried to write her out, either because they don't like her or her attitude ( <- I mean the 90's anime specifically) or because they just wanted to see if it was feasible.

'Cause I believe it is. "How?" one might ask. "Keep reading to find out and tell me if you agree." I'd reply.

See, once the Makaiju Arc is done, all that really needs to happen is that Rei gets a premonition while meditating before the Sacred Fire or Ami's palmtop registers an anomaly for them to check out if Usa herself hasn't already stumbled upon the first attempt to conquer a Crystal Point. Meanwhile, being injured, practically comatose due to the embedded Black Crystal acting similarly to the DMC's webs and scared for his family with no evacuated daughter for him to 'lock-on' to his past self it's hard for Kendy to send anything remotely coherent to Mamo's dreams, because instead of being a test they're meant to be warnings that Mamo misinterprets as premonitions because, while Kendy once was Mamo he isn't any more what with having a loving girlfriend-since-turned-wife-and-partner/Queen and loving sisters-from-other-misters as his support (his Shittenou too but only if they've been revived) and for so much longer, the King's forgotten how he used to be when still a Prince. As such, Mamo keeps his nightmares a secret and promptly breaks up with the love of his lives thinking he's protecting her when... he's really not.

Of course, the girls work together to find out WTF's going on since Kendy can't send the warning to his past-wife. Instead, Minako keeps Usa's hope alive by telling her he lied, their Bond is platinum; Mako tries to get him to open up by attempting to bond over their orphaned status and how much better their lives are since Usa came into them; Ami is the one to notice the strange readings Kendy is causing around Mamo, and Rei's the one who's able to interpret the visions as warnings about the BMC once Mamo's finally been 'broken down' by Usa and the love between them. Usa's still kidnapped by Diamond but it's Pluto who guides them to the future, warning to not meet with their future selves or go looking for unnecessary info, to rescue her. Once arrived, TK collapses because the King's unknowingly interfering with him now that they're in the same Time and they need to wake him just enough to get him to stop; TK is obviously left near NQS while they do that. That done, a plan to get SM out is made. That is, the Senshi will cause mayhem and distraction for the BMC members present while TK breaks in to bring back their Princess. They defeat Death Phantom through Kendy and NQS lending their spiritual strength and experience to their past counterparts, while TK and Senshi support her 'physically', thus keeping Moon's use of the Ginzuishou from killing her.

For S, it could be that it's Usa who makes friends with poor Hotaru rather than the angst that is Chibi wanting to prove herself her mother's daughter; as though her father, through whom she inherits her Throne (if not her powers) and connects to her would-be Husband, don't frickin' matter! Like, one could have it that it's initially through Ami that they meet, her Mother being a medical Dr compared to the Prof being a scientist Dr or maybe a program for Genii to help with socialization or even Mamo being the one to find her collapsed through his King-induced burgeoning Psychometry and unknowingly uses some of his healing energy on her, but it's Usa who's able to get close and actually help her open up and maybe even find a reason/the energy to fight against Mistress9 more than canon 'cause her unknown bond as a Senshi with her just as oblivious Princess has given her more energy than she once had. Instead of Chibi's Pure Heart being stolen, it's the stolen Holy Grail that finally gives Mistress9 the boost to overtake Hotaru. It's Mamo's use of his Psychometry that reaches Hotaru's sleeping consciousness, and Usa's bond with him reaching through him that awakens Saturn, but Usa couldn't care less for the power Saturn has. She just wants to rescue her new friend and so she does; the fact she's also a Senshi is just a bonus, it means neither she nor her friends have to distance themselves to keep her safe from future enemies, once they're able to help her regulate her power. Hell, it could go that Usa uses the Ginzuishou to do just that; put a valve on her that disappears when she achieves complete control or in dire emergencies beforehand. The other Outers obviously stick around to also help; even becoming her Guardians in the event her father can't look after her.

For SuperS, obviously without his Maiden in the picture Helios finds refuge in the dreams of his Liege, right? So, how does that fit the given canon, what with poor Pegasus being treated like TK in the 1st season for some reason, Mamo been attacked by Fish-Eye the episode before Usa and the whole 'becoming bed-bound because of the DMC's webs and Chibi being exposed as having Pegasus and subsequently kidnapped during the Finale' to name a few? Easy. Having learned his lesson from R, he actually tells Usa what he can about what's going on who promptly tells the girls so that they can all work together to keep him, and thus Helios, safe while doing their best to also help the people who're otherwise targeted, maybe even make plans to make themselves red herrings. Thus, various types of bonding can ensue because it would be weird, not to mention suspicious, for him to be surrounded by various-aged women all the time. ((Usa's role is obvious; Ami's his medical study-buddy; Haruka with their love of their cars/motorcycles; Hotaru with their healing abilities; Mako and Setsuna as orphans and/or cooking-buddies; Mina and Michiru could be the playful ones wanting to Troll Usa by using him as their beard for certain functions or really getting the people going by taking up each amused but exasperated arm; Rei with his Psychometry and meditation are just a few examples. I can think of all sorts of other combinations to get them all bonding for various in-character reasons)) Hell, with Helios in his dreams to teach him what he should know as the Golden Crystal's true wielder, Mamo might even be able to revive the Shittennou as they should've been so that he doesn't have to be guarded by the Senshi 24/7, as much as he loves each one in their own right, and he can have guy friends (sorry Motoki) he doesn't need to keep secrets from. And because they're revived, Mamo isn't bed-bound near the Finale because the guys take their fair share of 'sickness' caused by Earth's plight. Feeling only a fifth of the burden from canon leaves him the ability to help confront the woman who's taken Elysian's Head Priest and rescue the poor soul from his imprisonment. As for SM's transformation into Eternal, I'd say that Helios and the Shittenou are the ones who bears the brunt of Mamo's kidnapping rather than Chibi. Helios is the one who gets sick to the point of death and the guys start acting like the puppets they once were, even as they try their best to fight the possession off, under Metallia's control; the Inners' worst nightmare come to life. Either that or Nehelania's last bit before taking off with Mamo through the mirror causes the Shittenou to split in two, where one set, significantly weakened, falls unconscious and the other acts like the puppets of Metallia. But, as explained by the dying Helios, to destroy one half of the set would destroy the other and they'd stay dead, their stones/souls turned to stardust, never to reincarnate again.

With Stars, Mamo's Starseed is taken, but the reason no one, not Usa or the Shittenou specifically as Bonded a hella lot more intimately if differently to him, suspects anything's wrong (if one doesn't go with the Reboot's version of events, that is) is because a stolen Starseed doesn't cause True Death, just disembodiment; though actually watching it happen can feel like they'd watched someone die. It would take a few years before a Starseed holder starts losing their Sense of Self, and even longer if they have Bonds with other Starseed holders. It is only once the said Sense of Self is lost that a Starseed holder can be considered truly Dead. Said Starseed having to be released to be reborn to gain a new Sense of Self; and even then what pre-incarnations it might have had are gone forever. Never to be remembered. All that aside! With the Shittenou also there, I'm thinking that Usa would have a little bit more of an easier time with Mamo's trip to America because he charged them with looking after her and they take that seriously by making it a point to try bonding with her as her Senshi had their Prince before they came back. And because the girls and TK never saw more than a bit of the destroyed CT, injured Kendy and crystal-entombed NQS, various BMC members, droids and Wiseman/Death Phantom, (never seeing how many Senshi were active or whether the Shittenou had been revived or any/how many possible family-to-be for anyone while in the future) not to mention how Pluto told them the future wasn't set in stone and that just seeing what they had might change their own into something new, that the strange sense of the other Senshi sounding a bit accusatory with Usa about Mamo regarding Seiya as the season went on might not be a Thing because the Shittenou wouldn't just take that lying down. She's always being escorted by one of them for one reason or another, even taken on 'dates' so that they can ask for advise and tips (as one would ask a sibling for ideas of how to win their crush over if not their interest to see where a relationship might go) regarding their own Lady Senshi as the only one who knows them so well in this life. Hell, they might even try to help her with getting the info the Starlights have, that Seiya would give her if given the chance, if only to be forewarned and thus fore-armed. Because they'd be more concerned on why these Senshi and their evacuated Princess from another solar system might be here rather than that they're present on their planet in the first place.

TL;DR - With some imagination and logic regarding canon and the characters, one can rewrite SM without having to include a certain pink haired, red-eyed little girl from the future.

Now, don't get me wrong. I love the sense of female empowerment SM is meant to invoke but I've always hated that Mamo, despite being meant as the ML, is one way or another sidelined as either a damsel, 'throw a rose, make a speech, then leave' type of "useless", have practically (not absolutely no but practically) no connections to the other Senshi or able to be written out and not be missed because he could be considered an outsider to the Senshi groups, his own daughter-to-be included. He was meant to have a more crucial role as support as evidenced by the creator's manga, but the 90s anime did him dirty instead. I think with all that ↑ I've proven that the little pink spore wasn't all that necessary to SM's plot. Do you agree or not?

Also! Just so people know, I'm aware of similar but not quite exactly the type of 'limited' written fics such as "R is for Reverse" by Daikon and the "Dreams" series by Kasienda; both found on Ao3. And "Love Magic" (rated M) by moonwrite on FFN. I highly rec and hope you love if you haven't already read them.

[mine-fujiko]

The visuals in this show.

[bestoflupiniiipoll]

Lupin III Poll Pt.2 Matchup Results!

Round 1:

Matchup 1: The Hemingway Papers vs Part 1

Matchup 2: Italian Game vs From Siberia with Love

Matchup 3: Lupin VIII vs Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

Matchup 4: Voyage to Danger vs Legend of the Gold of Babylon

Matchup 5: Angel Tactics vs Dead or Alive

Matchup 6: Elusiveness of the Fog vs Green vs Red

Matchup 7: Mystery of Mamo vs Lupin III Live-Action Film

Matchup 8: Part 4 vs Alcatraz Connection

Matchup 9: Part 6 vs Daisuke Jigen

Matchup 10: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure vs Secret of the Twilight Gemini

Matchup 11: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine vs Missed by a Dollar

Matchup 12: Farewell to Nostradamus vs Lupin vs Cat's Eye

Matchup 13: Fujiko's Lie vs Lupin vs Conan TV special

Matchup 14: Seven Days Rhapsody vs Prison of the Past

Matchup 15: Part 2 vs Napoleon's Dictionary

Matchup 16: Swallowtail Tattoo vs Goodbye Partner

Matchup 17: Operation: Return the Treasure vs Pilot Film

Matchup 18: The First vs Inspector Zenigata

Matchup 19: Bye Bye Lady Liberty vs First Contact

Matchup 20: Island of Assassins vs Is Lupin Still Burning

Matchup 21: Goemon's Bloodspray vs The Last Job

Matchup 22: Part 3 vs The Columbus Files

Matchup 23: Dragon of Doom vs The Fuma Conspiracy

Matchup 24: Lupin Zero vs Lupin vs Conan The Movie

Matchup 25: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid vs Lupin Family All Stars

Matchup 26: Part 5 vs Princess of the Breeze

Matchup 27: Manga Series vs Sweet Lost Night

Matchup 28: Jigen's Gravestone vs Another Page

Matchup 29: Return of Pycal vs Tokyo Crisis

The first 6 matchups will posted on Wedensday. Till then stay tuned and may the best Lupin win!

[clarktooncrossing]

Didn't Wanna Feel Old in 2023? Sucks to be You!

Happy 2023 everybody! It's a new year meaning I've got new goals to meet. Goals like finally publishing something, setting up commissions so people can pay me to do what I love, cross-posting between my account here and on deviantART, summoning more kaijus just so they can play elaborate games of poker, y'know, all that good stuff. It also means the return of my 'list of things that have reached a milestone anniversary' list. However, it seems like I've been doing this for so long that these lists have in fact reached their own milestone. From what I could tell, this is the fifth year of my doing this, at least on deviantART. If that doesn't make you feel right from the gate, I present the following:

If I don't mention this my buddy Volts48 won't let me rest; the highly influential sci-fi movie Metropolis turns 100 years old this year, meaning it is now in the public domain. I plan to take full advantage of this fact later, but for now I have the rest of this list to get to...

Anything from 1973 turns 50 years old this year. This includes...

Schoolhouse Rock! (Jan 6th)

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (June 13th)

Robin Hood (yes, the version with the fox) (Nov 18th)

Pirates of the Caribbean (Magic Kingdom) (December 15th)

Charlotte's Web (the animated movie, not the book) (March 1st)

Godzilla vs Megalon (March 17th)

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (April 5th)

Soylent Green (May 9th)

The Exorcist (December 26th)

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (November 20th)

The Young and the Restless (March 26th)

Star Trek: The Animated Series (Sept 8th)

Super Friends (Sept 8th)

Asteroid (Space Race) (July 16th)

The Night Gwen Stacy Died (MARVEL) (June - July 1973)

'We’re an American Band' by Grand Funk Railroad

'Free Bird' by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album (Oct 5th)

Anything from 1978 turns 45 years old this year. This includes...

Alien (May 25th)

The Cat from Outer Space (June 9th)

The Star Wars Holiday Special (Nov 17th)

The Small One (Dec 16th)

Jaws 2 (June 16th)

Grease (July 8th)

Revenge of the Pink Panther (July 13th)

Animal House (July 28th)

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (Oct 8th)

Halloween (Oct 25th)

Watership Down (Nov 1st)

The Lord of the Rings (animated version) (Nov 15th)

Superman: The Movie (Dec 15th)

Lupin the Third: The Secret of Mamo (Dec 16th)

Fantasy Island (Jan 14th)

The Incredible Hulk (TV series) (March 10th)

The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series) (April 15th)

Hanna Barbera's Godzilla (Sept 9th)

Yogi's Space Race (Sept 9th)

Taxi (Sept 12th)

WKRP in Cincinnati (Sept 18th)

Space Invaders (April 1st)

Anything from 1983 turns 40 years old this year. This includes...

Mickey Mouse Splashdance

Journey into Imagination (EPCOT) (March 5th)

Winnie the Pooh and A Day for Eeyore (March 26th)

Tokyo Disneyland (April 15th)

They Disney Channel (Rest in Peace) (April 18th)

Welcome to Pooh Corner (April 18th)

Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (May 25th)

Pinocchio's Daring Journey (Disneyland) (May 25th)

Sorcerer's Apprentice (Atari 2600) (Aug 5th)

Horizons (EPCOT) (Oct 1st)

Mickey's Christmas Carol (Dec 16th)

The first annual Walt Disney World Christmas Day parade (Dec 25th)

Superman III (June 17th)

Jaws 3-D (July 22nd)

National Lampoon's Vacation (July 29th)

Risky Business (Aug 5th)

Cujo (August 12th)

A Christmas Story (Nov 18th)

Scarface (Dec 9th)

Fraggle Rock (Jan 10th)

A-Team (Jan 23rd)

Reading Rainbow (July 11th)

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Sept 5th)

Alvin and the Chipmunks (Sept 17th)

Cheers (Sept 30th)

The Video Game Crash of 1983

Mirage Studios (Sept 30th)

DC acquires Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, and The Question

'Let's Dance' by David Bowie

'Mr. Roboto' by Styx

The My Little Pony franchises as a whole

Anything from 1988 turns 35 years old this year. This includes...

Good Morning Vietnam (Jan 15th)

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Jan 17th)

IllumiNations (EPCOT) (Jan 20th)

Totally Minnie (Feb 25th)

Willow (May 20th)

Big (June 3rd)

Norway (EPCOT) (June 3rd)

Mickey's Birthdayland (Magic Kingdom) (June 18th)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (June 21st)

Die Hard (July 22nd)

Language Arts Through Imagination starring Figment (he's a dragon) (Sept 8th)

Oliver and Company (Nov 18th)

Tin Toy (Dec 30th)

Beetlejuice (March 30th)

Return of the Killer Tomatoes (April 22nd)

Rambo III (May 25h)

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (May 27th)

My Neighbor Totoro (July 13th)

Mac & Me (Aug 12th)

Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf (Sept 14th)

Akira (Oct 19th)

They Live (Nov 14th)

The Land Before Time (Nov 18th)

Scrooged (Nov 23rd)

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Nov 29th)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (Dec 2nd)

Twins (Dec 9th)

Count Duckula (Feb 6th)

Denver, the Last Dinosaur (April 1st)

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (Sept 10th)

Alf Tales (Sept 10th)

Garfield and Friends (Sept 17th)

A Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy's Nightmares (Oct 8th)

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Nov 24th)

Final Fantasy II (Dec 17th)

Mega Man 2 (Dec 24th)

Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3

Nintendo Power

The Killing Joke by Alan Moore

Batman: A Death in the Family (this was not Batman's year)

'Don't Worry Be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin

'It Takes Two by Rob Base' and DJ EZ Rock

'Parents Just Don't Understand' by Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff

'Nothin' But a Good Time' by Poison

'Cult of Personality' by Living Colour

Anything from 1993 turns 30 years old this year. This includes...

Homeward Bound: An Incredible Journey (Feb 3rd)

Roger Rabbit in Trail Mix-Up (March 12th)

The Sandlot (April 7th)

Super Mario Bros, the unfortunate film (May 28th)

Hocus Pocus (July 16th)

Robin Hood: Men in Tights (July 28th)

Bill Nye the Science Guy (Sept 10th)

Boy Meets World (Sept 24th)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (Oct 29th)

Mrs. Doubtfire (Nov 2nd)

Disney's Sing-A-Long Songs: The 12 Days of Christmas (Dec 1993)

Tombstone (Dec 25th)

Groundhog Day (Feb 12th)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (March 19th)

Jurassic Park (June 11th)

Last Action Hero (June 13th)

Free Willy (July 16th)

Coneheads (July 23rd)

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (Aug 13th)

The Thief and the Cobbler (Aug 25th)

Demolition Man (Oct 8th)

Addams Family Values (Nov 19th)

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (Nov 24th)

Schindler's List (Dec 15th)

Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (Dec 17th)

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Dec 25th)

Beavis and Butt-Head (March 8th)

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (Aug 27th)

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (Aug 28th)

Late Show with David Letterman (Aug 30th)

The X-Files (Sept 10th)

Legends of the Hidden Temple (Sept 11th)

Animaniacs (Sept 13th)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Sep 13th)

Fraiser (Sept 16th)

Rocko's Modern Life (Sept 18th)

The Atari Jaguar

DOOM

Sam and Max: Hit the Road

Batman: Knightfall by Alan Grant

'I'll Do Anything For Love' by Meatloaf

'Shoop' by Salt-n-Peppa (Deadpool's favorite!)

Anything from 1998 turns 25 years old this year. This includes...

Movie Surfers (Jan 1st)

Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World (Feb 17th)

PB&J Otter (March 15th)

The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) (April 5th)

Toon Disney (April 18th)

Disney's Animal Kingdom (April 22nd)

Mulan (July 22nd)

The Parent Trap (remake) (July 29th)

Hercules: The Series (Aug 31st)

Out of the Box (Oct 7th)

Halloweentown (Oct 17th)

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (Oct 27th)

Rollie Pollie Ollie (Nov 6th)

A Bug's Life (Nov 24th)

Mighty Joe Young (Dec 25th)

Elmopalooza (Feb 20th)

The Big Lebowski (March 16th)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (May 19th)

The unfortunate American Godzilla film (May 20th) and it's surprisingly good TV follow up (Sept 12th)

The Truman Show (June 5th)

Saving Private Ryan (July 24th)

Blade (Aug 19th)

Rush Hour (Sept 18th)

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (Sept 22nd)

Antz (Oct 2nd)

The Rugrats Movie (Nov 20th)

The Prince of Egypt (Dec 16th)

Power Rangers in Space (Feb 6th)

CatDog (April 4th)

Sex and the City (June 6th)

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Aug 5th)

That 70s Show (Aug 23rd)

The Wild Thornberrys (Sept 1st)

Will & Grace (Sept 21st)

The Powerpuff Girls (Nov 18th)

Banjo Kazooie (June 29th)

Spyro the Dragon (Sept 19th)

Half Life (Nov 19th)

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nov 21st)

The Sega Dreamcast

Gameboy Color

Spider-Girl (Feb 1998) - Fitting, considering she makes her cinematic debut this year in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

'I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing' by Aerosmith from the soundtrack for Armageddon

'...Baby One More Time' by Brittney Spears

Anything from 2003 turns 20 years old this year. This includes...

That's So Raven (Jan 17th)

The Jungle Book 2 (Feb 14th)

Atlantis: Milo's Return (Feb 25th)

Piglet's Big Movie (March 21st)

Holes (April 18th)

The Lizzie McGuire Movie (May 2nd)

X2 (May 2nd)

Finding Nemo (May 30th)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (July 9th)

The Simpsons: Hit & Run (Sept 16th)

Lilo & Stitch! The Series (Sept 20th)

Mickey's PhilharMagic (Magic Kingdom) (Oct 8th)

Brother Bear (Nov 1st)

Star Wars: Clone Wars (Tartakovsky) (Nov 7th)

The Haunted Mansion (movie) (Nov 26th)

Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time (Nov 28th)

Destino (Dec 19th)

Kangaroo Jack (January 17th)

Daredevil (movie) (Feb 14th)

Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (March 18th)

Daddy Day Care (May 4th)

Matrix Reloaded (May 16th) and Revolutions (Oct 27th)

Bruce Almighty (May 23rd)

Rugrats Go Wild (June 13th)

Ang Lee's Hulk (June 17th)

The Room (June 27th)

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (July 2nd)

Freddy vs Jason (Aug 13th)

Kill Bill: Volume 1 (Oct 10th)

Elf (Nov 7th)

The Cat in the Hat (movie) (Nov 8th)

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Nov 9th)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Dec 17th)

Big Fish (Dec 25th)

Mythbusters (Jan 23rd)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (KidsWB animated series) (Feb 8th)

Power Rangers Ninja Storm (Feb 15th)

Red vs Blue (April 1st)

All Grown Up! (April 12th)

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (July 11th)

Teen Titans (July 19th)

My Life as a Teenage Robot (Aug 1st)

Clifford's Puppy Days (Sept 1st)

Devil May Cry 2 (Jan 25th)

Postal 2 (April 14th)

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (June 20th)

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (July 5th)

Jak II (Oct 14th)

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Oct 14th)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Oct 28th)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (Oct 29th)

Call of Duty (Oct 29th)

Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando (Nov 11th)

Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc

Invincible (Image) (Jan 2003)

JLA/Avengers (Sept 2003)

The Walking Dead (Image) (Oct 2003)

'Where is the Love?' by Black Eyed Peas

Anything from 2008 turns 15 years old this year. This includes...

Phineas and Ferb (Feb 1st)

Horton Hears a Who! (movie) (March 3rd)

Iron Man (May 2nd), The Incredible Hulk (June 13th), and the birth of the MCU

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (May 22nd)

Toy Story Mania! (Hollywood Studios) (June 17th)

WALL-E (aka the greatest movie ever!) (June 27th)

Star Wars: Clone Wars (movie) (Aug 10th)

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Sept 16th)

High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Oct 24th)

Tinker Bell (Oct 28th)

BURN-E (Nov 18th)

Bolt (Nov 21st)

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (Dec 17th)

The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (Jan 11th)

Rambo (Jan 24th)

Kung Fu Panda (June 6th)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (July 11th)

The Dark Knight (July 18th)

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Aug 1st)

Ponyo (Aug 14th)

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Nov 7th)

Twilight (Nov 21) - I'M VENGEANCE!

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Jan 13th)

Breaking Bad (Jan 20th)

Power Rangers Jungle Fury (Feb 18th)

Spectacular Spider-Man (the best incarnation of the wall-crawler) (March 8th)

Ben 10: Alien Force (April 8th)

The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (June 5th)

The Penguins of Madagascar (Nov 28th)

Super Smash Bros Brawl (Jan 31st)

God of War: Chains of Olympus (March 4th)

Dead Space (Oct 13th)

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Oct 21st)

Little Big Planet (Oct 27th)

Fallout 3 (Oct 28th)

Mirror's Edge (Nov 11th)

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Nov 16th)

Gears of War 2 (Nov 7th)

Left 4 Dead (Nov 17th)

Sonic Unleashed (Nov 18th)

Grand Theft Auto IV (Dec 2nd)

Lego Batman and Indiana Jones

Final Crisis (May 2008)

Marvel Apes (Oct - Nov 2008)

'I Kissed a Girl' and 'Hot n Cold' by Katty Perry

'Viva la Vida' by Coldplay

'So What?' by P!NK

Anything from 2013 turns 10 years old this year. This includes...

Sofia the First (Jan 11th)

Aliens: Colonial Marines (Feb 12th)

Oz, the Great and Powerful (March 8th)

Iron Man 3 (May 3rd)

Mystic Point (Hong Kong Disneyland) (May 17th)

Monsters University (June 21st)

Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel (Aug 16th)

Disney Infinity (Aug 18th)

Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse (Sep 2nd)

Toy Story of Terror! (Oct 16th)

Thor: The Dark World (Nov 8th)

Frozen (Nov 27th)

The current run of Mickey Mouse cartoons (Nov 29th)

Saving Mr. Banks (Dec 20th)

Texas Chainsaw 3D (Jan 4th)

Evil Dead (remake) (April 5th)

The Purge (June 7th)

Man of Steel (June 14th)

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (June 16th)

Despicable Me 2 (July 3rd)

Pacific Rim (July 12th)

Turbo (July 17th)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Sept 27th)

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Nov 22nd)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Dec 13th)

Teen Titans Go! (April 23rd) - HOW IS THIS STILL ON THE AIR!?!?!?

Orange Is the New Black (July 11th)

PAW Patrol (Aug 12th)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Sept 17th)

Rick and Morty (Dec 2nd)

Tomb Raider (March 5th)

God of War: Ascension (March 12th)

BioShock Infinite (March 26th)

Injustice: Gods Among Us (April 16th)

The Last of Us (June 14th)

Deadpool (video game) (June 25th)

Rayman Legends (Aug 29th)

Grand Theft Auto V (Sept 17th)

The Stanley Parable (Oct 17th)

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Oct 29th)

'Get Lucky' by Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams

'My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)' by Fall Out Boy

'Roar' by Katy Perry

'Wagon Wheel' by Darius Ruckus

'Wrecking Ball' by Miley Cyrus

'Applause' by Lady Gaga'

'What Does the Fox Say?' by Ylvis

'Happy' by Pharrell Williams

And with all that said, I hope you all have a happy new year!

Did I miss any milestones? If I did, feel free to let me know in the comments. For now though, MAY THE GLASSES BE WITH YOU!

[willowbilly]

FLASHING! 💥

into this theatre

🎶🎺🥁🎻🎺🪈🎶

a Thrilling

fourteen chapter serial

🎶🎺🪈🎶

starring— 🌴

M A L A

The

Sensational

HERO of "ESKIMO"

in the

greatest

ADVENTURE PICTURE

of his daring career

"ROBINSON CRUSOE

of

Clipper Island"

🌊🌊🌊

with

🌺 MAMO CLARK 🌺

"Wife"

of

CLARK GABLE

in

"MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY"

REX, 🐎

KING OF

WILD HORSES

"Whinny!"

BUCK, 🐕

famous

movie dog hero…

"Woof!"

BILLY JOHN

NEWELL WARD

"Well, perhaps this is the impediment!"

"Gawd dang it, Tupper, I just fixed that!"

and

vast tribes

of

🌊🌴 South Sea Island 🌴🌊

natives

based

on a book

All Youth Loves

🌊!

Daniel Defoe's

GREAT ADVENTURE STORY

🥁"ROBINSON CRUSOE" 🥁

MADE GREATER,

MORE THRILLING,

MORE

MYSTERIOUS,

MORE PERILOUS

"As you leap into the fire pit, Princess Melani, remember the vengeance of a priest of Pele."

🔥🔥🔥

"Woof!"

💥💥💨

with

Trans Pacific Airships

brought

DOWN 🔥

🎶

Derelict

white men

scheming

with natives

Leading them into

dark plottings

🎶

Trapped by

VOLCANOES

and

EARTHQUAKES

💥

"Hold it!"

MALA

"Don't move."

Using submarines,

seaplanes, 🛩

radio stations,

secret caves

🎶

Let

MALA

lead you

through

FOURTEEN CHAPTERS

of

Tingling Thrills

🎶

COMING SOON

to this theatre

Watch

for it‼

🎶🎺🎶

A

Republic

SERIAL

[knightoflodis]

List of Irish/Fae inspired books, comics, and movies that I have enjoyed so far (in no particular order):

The Secret of Kells

Wolf Walkers

Song of the Sea

Mamo

The Girl from the Sea

The Harp of Kings

There might be a couple more, but these are the main ones off the top of my head. And. That’s not enough.