Lupin III

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I just finished the Lupin III episode "Now Museum, Now You Don't", and later tonight I plan to watch "Zenigatacon". Adult Swim is getting into the episodes now that I haven't seen, which is nice, since I'd only seen the first 10ish on DVD.

I just love, love, LOVE this show. I can go ages without watching it, then pick up on an episode and it's still freakin' charming. It's totally TOTALLY not PC, its animation is completely out of date, it's sometimes predictable, but it's always, without fail, charming. Do I think the lead guy is charming? No. I wouldn't touch Lupin with a ten foot boatpole. But I love watching the antics of him and his crew and especially Fujiko, who double-crosses so much that in a circular way she's practically legit by now.

I've also begun to subscribe to that viewing philosophy someone on LJ suggested to me once: assume every woman on screen is Fujiko in disguise until proven otherwise. So far, this philosophy has proven more true than not.

Some other things I love about this show:

-Zenigata's voice actor
-Jigen's voice actor
-the dub script-- especially the use of swearing, jokes, sexual innuendo, and cultural references
-the many settings and locales
-the absurd way Lupin gets away with totally crazy stuff that would never work, but is fun to watch
-the way Zenigata's known Lupin's crew for years but still can't recognize Lupin or Fujiko in nothing but a bad wig and contact lenses


Side thought: I can see Jin of Samurai Champloo growing up to be Geomon. Lugging his katana around everywhere, rarely speaking unless necessary, nitpicky about some things and totally blase' about others. All he'd have to do is lose his sense of honor as far as the rule "stealing is bad" is concerned, and he'd totally grow up to be Geomon.

OH, IDEA! IDEA!

Jin is secretly a pre-Immortal a la Highlander (the series), and he dies from one of the various injuries he receives in the course of SC, and he lives 150 or 200 years till the 1970s when he becomes a thief and hangs around Lupin III.

There! One more fandom randomly crossed through time and space to meet another fandom. Oh Highlander, thou art the enabler of crossovers and universe fusions everywhere!

Comments

[catystorm.livejournal.com]

Ack, that crossover would so totally work and is begging to be written. I still have to write the RK-Hiko is really an Immortal in disguise hence the fact that he doesn't AGE between teaching Kenshin and teaching Kenshin's son.

You know, maybe someday I'll actually even watch Highlander. *is shot*

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

You could write it for me!

You should watch Highlander; it's pretty cool. At least watch the first movie. And for the tv show, watch anything after season 3, which is when Methos is introduced. Methos is awesomeness to which little compares.

The first movie gives you a good idea of the basic immortality/Game stuff. The tv series gives you a wider range of more interesting characters, fleshes out some details of the Game and the nature of Immortality not explored by the movies, and it also gives you the Watchters, a nice plot creation that makes for a lot more interesting storylines. The Methos character is heavily tied to the Watchers storyline in some pretty cool ways.

[catystorm.livejournal.com]

I've seen the first movie, (mainly because I think I've seen everything Sean Connery has ever been in) and I've seen Endgame, but that was so far back I don't remember didly squat. My two bestest friends and huge Highlander fans, so even though I've seen a grand total of maybe one and a half episodes, I've absorbed a lot through osmosis. XD

I keep telling my friends to buy the DVD box sets so I can steal them and watch them. They haven't listened yet. :/