So this was a shout-out to train stories. And was I the only one reminded of the Sound of Music here?
Overall, again it was a very neat little episode with a ton of style that used its characters really well, ranging from the Samurai that stood central in this story to the king and his children he was supposed to assassinate to Mine Fujiko pretending to be a female tutor. It had a lot of elements that could have been overdone, but it was again the acting that made it great. Although it was probably the least interesting episode of this series so far.
Still, with this third episode this series focuses again on something completely different, and I have to say that this show uses its side-characters very well here: Lupin, Goemon and that other guy from last episode are all very different, and with this, all of them give a different flavor to each episode. If I had to compare the characterization here to what I saw in the Castle of Cagliostro, I think I’d prefer it here if I have to be really honest. At the very least this show caught my attention much more here.
Rating: *+ (Great)
I as well thought of the sound of music.
No. Just NO. This is NOT Sound of Music.
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I am NOT going to mentally picture a young Julie Andrews wearing nothing but an antique belt. Absolutely fragulistically NOT.
The voice acting in this series has been spot-on for the most part. They’re really doing justice to the Lupin III franchise, while at the same time offering us something totally new. Love it.
Goemon’s arguably my fave character among the “thieving trio”. Now that all of em have been introduced (unless of course there’s an ep dedicated to Zenigata as well, which I wouldn’t mind), I’m expecting some sort of convergence in the next ep.
Can’t wait!!
The music is terrific. And also that voice acting, that sexy voice of Fujiko…
This show is becoming my fav show of this season.
The characterization of the Castle of Cagliostro is all over the place because Miyazaki is way too tame to do Lupin. This is also visible in the first series, where the first 11 episodes or so are tense and violent, and where the characters were different and had guts, and the last 11 episodes were extremely naïve and sometimes stupid.
If you liked Fujiko Mine to Iu Onna over The Castle of Cagliostro, I’d recommend watching at least the first series and a couple of the best movies and TV specials (The Secret of Mamo and Return the Treasures especially).
Wasn’t this episode very Cagliostro-like?
I thought the first episode resembled it more. Plus this felt like the finale of an arc while Caliostro was a full arc. Plus there’s no damsel in distress. Fujiko will never qualify for that. And that’s a compliment. XD
Miyazaki was obviously a fan of the original Lupin novels, as much or more than Lupin III.
I get the feeling their treating this short series as a origin story, introducing charachters one at a time.
I really don’t think you need to know any other lupin stories to enjoy this one. It’s great I love it!
And the Sound of Music vibe is pretty obvious, the country is Astria (austria) and on the departure board, vienna was right above it.
I loved Mine’s look, and I from when the king whipped off his belt, I know it was gonna be thieved away.
Love the soundtrack, and as it was set on a train it briefly reminded me of Baccano, because of that plus music.
How can you not love a series with a samurai that can slice bullets. HOW?