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Lupin the 3rd - The Castle of Cagliostro Director: Hayao Miyazaki Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Letterbox Format: Dubbed, Subtitled Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Running Time: 100 minutes Studio: Palm Pictures/Manga Video Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2000-04-25 Buy from Amazon |
 "Lupin the 3rd movie is excellent"First of All, for any of you who shop for imported subtitled DVDs at conventions [...], this was originally called the "Castle of Cagliostro; Funny Money Castle" and shows Lupin standing tall with white bandages on his head, with a castle in the background. It was also later released as "Lupin the 3rd - The Secret of Mamo." This was a great movie. I love the cool soundtrack and the clothing and how everything in so "in style." I also love how Lupin is an escape artist. This is worth every penny. Also, if you like Luypin the 3rd, check out animetoxic.com and search for the excellent prequel film, "Episode 0: First Contact." Other DVDs not released from Pioneer or FUNimation: Episode 0: First Contact TV Special Return of Pycal TV Special (The Battle to Return the Treasure) TV Special Fujiko's Unlucky Days  "Miyazaki's 1st Film as a Director."This is the first movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Castle of Cagliostro is a really film action adventure film that shows the talents of one of the men that would form Studio Ghibli in the future. I'm giving the DVD 4 stars because a great film like this deservers better than a barebones release. "on my top-ten list"not only great action and humor, but also a soulful wistfulness for the innocence of youth, embodied by the princess in the high castle. the locations and finale will stay with you; ingenious and spectacular. "Cliff Hanger"Anyone Remember the game Cliff Hanger that came out in 1983? This laserdisk game wasn't as popular as Dragon's Lair but it was one of my all time favorites. that game pretty much was the movie of "The Castle of Caagliostro" only you could play as Lupin. "A True Classic!! "There is probably no anime character as revered or as celebrated as Lupin the 3rd (well maybe Captain Herlock). Lupin's adventures are truely some of the most entertaining in the entire medium. And The Castle of Cagliostro continues that tradition in spectacular fashion. Directed by the legendary Hiyato Miyazaki who directed Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away, The Castle of Cagliostro follows Lupin, Jigen, Fujiko, and Goemon to the European country side. There they find that the Duke of Cagliostro is about to wed a young lady, who has ties to Lupin's past. This is, without a doubt, an absolute joy to watch. At a time when so many anime series are overly tedious, brooding and melodratic, it's refreshing to see a film that has a grand sense of adventure and being humours at the same time. Lupin the 3rd may be the world's greatest thief, but in this film he gets to play the hero. Which is a great change of pace for Lupin. One of the great things is that even if you're unfamiliar with Lupin the 3rd, you'll have no problem following this film. This is almost a "stand alone" movie. The transfer is excellent. The color is very clean even for an older film. The original audio track is presented in 2 Channel Dolby stereo as is the English track. One of the things I couldn't get used to was that the English voice actors are different than that of the current voice talent on the Lupin the 3rd series currently airing on Adult Swim and released by Pioneer. But if you listen to the original Japanse dialog that's not a problem. The DVD has a very good menu layout. There are animated scene selection menus, which I found very nice considering that most older DVD's don't feature them. One of the things is that the "Extras" are a little sparse. There's some background on Miyazaki, trailers and really that's about it. This movie is wall to wall fun. With so much anime being so deadly serious, it's great to sit back and have a good laugh. If you like anime, or even just good films in general, then this is a can't miss for your library that director Steven Spielberg once called one of the greatest adventure movies of all time. |
