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NEWS: New Lupin III TV Anime's Staff, Cast, Title Revealed

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and AnoHana's Mari Okada will handle the series composition

No, thanks!

Surrender Artist wrote:

Damn me for admitting it, but I associate the characters with the cast from Geneon's English dub for the second series, which I suppose will work to my advantage.

The Geneon cast was pretty solid. Tony Oliver especially seemed to have a lot of fun with his role.

Considering the character, it is pretty interesting (and probably a deliberate choice) having both the director and screenwriter be females. On the other hand, the series is supposed to be more "sensual" and "bold" than other Lupin entries, and given that some of the more risque work across the board have been done by female artists, I can't say that with certainty that Yamamoto or Okada won't steer from entering cheesecake territory themselves, considering the former storyboarded the fanservice-soaked sixth episode of Highschool of the Dead and the latter did the series compositions for the Kodomo no Jikan series.

Sam Murai wrote:

Considering the character, it is pretty interesting (and probably a deliberate choice) having both the director and screenwriter be females. On the other hand, the series is supposed to be more "sensual" and "bold" than other Lupin entries, and given that some of the more risque work across the board have been done by female artists, I can't say that with certainty that Yamamoto or Okada won't steer from entering cheesecake territory themselves, considering the former storyboarded the fanservice-soaked sixth episode of Highschool of the Dead and the latter did the series compositions for the Kodomo no Jikan series.

I suppose that particular qualities of the production staff don't necessarily immunize it against going an exploitative route, but I can still hold hope out. Besides, I don't think that portrayal of sexuality or even occasional dalliances in cheesecake per se are the problem, rather it's how those portrayals can compromise character or story. It's one thing if she undertakes some caper at a fancy dinner party where it would be quite plausible for her to wear a, if you'll forgive my diplomacy, flattering dress, but quite another if she's out to rob some sleazeball who OH NOES just happens to be fond of mud wrestling. In the first she can be an active character whose behavior makes sense in the larger context of the series, in the latter she's just been arbitrarily thrown into an idiotic scenario the the producers can make her writhe about with other women in a bikini. There's a difference between being a sexy character and being sexualized or between something being the nature of the character and the character being a tool to titillate the audience. The first has potential risks, but can still easily be a strong, respectable character, whereas the latter is sort of debased by default. And I really hate that because, like particularly bald exposition by people drinking coffee like talking about the plot or transparently channeling some authorial rant through the characters, it's condescending to the audience and smacks them right out of the experience.

I'm also not sure just how we far we can extrapolate from their past work. I imagine that Sayo Yamamoto and Maki Okada are a jobbing animator and writer who sometimes, perhaps regularly, must take jobs that they have no real love for, or worse, but lack to the luxury of refusing. Of course, Michiko e Hatchin had a lead who ran around 'lightly clad, but... uh... South America is hot?

This needs to get dubbed. Any chance it will?

This needs to get dubbed. Any chance it will?

The only American licensor of anime that gives a damn about Lupin III at this point is Discotek.

RedSwirl wrote:

This needs to get dubbed. Any chance it will?

Best bet is probably Sentai. They're always full of surprises.