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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!!!"This Lupin movie was pretty good. It pretty much has all the charecters in it. But it dosen't very well show how cool they can be like in the t.v. and ova series does. Overall the animation is pretty good compared to the others. The story pulls you in and is pretty entertaining as usual. There is plenty of action including car chases, shoot outs, spying etc... there is alot of comedy which makes it hallarious and of course there is alot of Lupin. Lupin is what made me fall inlove with anime. He is like a smoother japanese Austin Powers hero kind a guy to me. Very good anime.  "This is a great anime movie!!!"This is a great movie cause it combines my two favorite things my favorite director and my favorite anime show. This movie ties in great with the anime series. Miyazaki did a great job directing this movie. "Ah, Lupin"Few anime/manga characters have caught the hearts of fans like Monkey Punch's Lupin III has. Add the Master of Anime Hayao Miyazaki and then you have a film that will not fail. For those who are just getting introduced to anime don't let the age of this anime masterpeice scare you off because of the age. Although it is 23 years old the qualityof this movie is leaps and bounds over much of the stuff that is released today. Add to that a onderful Japanese voice acting talent, and you have an anime film that can hold its own with any live action film. Do yourself a favor and watch this. "Wonderful"I was asked to describe Lupin once. Here's what I came up with, "He's like James Bond, Batman, Jackie Chan, and Indiana Jones, but he's a cat-burglar." I'm a huge fan of the Lupin III series. I'll be the first to admit that the series itself isn't that good and that many of the TV movies aren't that good either. However, the two episodes and the movie which Myazaki directed are hands down some of the best things I have ever seen. With that out of the way, no, this isn't Myazaki's best work. For every other film he does, the characters are his. He creates his characters specifically to fit a role. However with Lupin III, he had to use characters that were already established in the hearts and minds of thousands of viewers. It's amazing how Myazaki manages to take these characters and make them all shine and yet stay true to their original motivations. There's never a point where the viewer thinks, "Now that's not something I think Lupin would do." This is something that many of the other directors of the Lupin movies could not achieve. I have seen the Lupin series with a wide range of voice actors, including the Japanese. The cast of this dubbed version of Castle of Cagliostro is the best of the group. They really know how to make the characters shine. The Japanese cast is frightening and unemotional at best, but the English cast of this version certainly makes up for the shortcomings of the Japanese one. Like many of Myazaki's works, and certainly with all of the Lupin III series, you have to bring your imagination along for the ride. Everything will happen, even if you're not quite ready for it. There's car chases, princesses in tall towers, a counterfeiting scheme, instant noodles, and an exploding archbishop. The Castle of Cagliostro is a wonderfully light-hearted film, and the absolute best of the Lupin III series. I would recommend it to anyone. "Not Miyazaki's best, but good!"Once again, I had looked into this movie originally because it was directed by Hayao Miyazaki, personally one of my favorites! I later learned that this movie is a part of a really long series from what I understand of and Television series, of Lupin the 3rd. This movie is really good, has the main characters, Lupin, Jigens, Fujiko, Zenigata! It's story is ok, not too original, but still good! The characters are funny... I don't really know what else to say, except it's good! |
