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NEWS: Discotek Adds Lupin Special 'Never Before Released in U.S.'


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SpacemanHardy



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:46 pm Reply with quote
As far as I care, the more Lupin that Discotek wants to give us, the better.


EXCEPT Fujiko. That deserves to be dubbed by FUNimation and released in a DVD/BD combo pack.
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trunkschan90



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:49 pm Reply with quote
I hope Discotek will eventually acquire Geneon's Lupin III Smile
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Buster Blader 126



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:08 am Reply with quote
Come on, Lupin vs. Conan!
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:20 am Reply with quote
I hope it's not one of the recent ones. They've been pretty crappy.
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xScar



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:22 am Reply with quote
Buster Blader 126 wrote:
Come on, Lupin vs. Conan!

I'm sorry, but that was a terrible special. It's cool to see Conan and Lupin together, but that's all the special had.

Hoping for something like Alcatraz Connection... or if "special" could mean an OVA: Green VS Red. I would snatch GvR up as soon as it comes out Very Happy
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:46 am Reply with quote
trunks: They probably will, but not soon, 'cus it will take a lot of work.
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matthewlow



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:48 am Reply with quote
If it is the Lupin vs Conan special I will love Discotek forever.

And then go get the rest of Conan.

... Wishful thinking.
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ZeroFlame16



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:17 am Reply with quote
trunkschan90 wrote:
I hope Discotek will eventually acquire Geneon's Lupin III Smile


I so want that to happen. Smile That way I can get all of the Tony Oliver Lupin in DVD box sets (And not 12+ Volumes).
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:06 am Reply with quote
Okay, we can figure this out. Here is the list of all the unlicensed specials, with their years and AniDB ratings.

Hemingway Papers : 1990 : 7.12
Napoleon's Dictionary : 1991 : 6.95
From Russia With Love : 1992 : 7.02
Alcatraz Connection : 2001 : 7.18
Return of Pycal : 2002 : 6.17
Operation Return the Treasure : 2003 : 7.69
Stolen Lupin : 2004 : 7.56
Angel Tactics : 2005 : 7.28
Seven Days Rhapsody : 2006 : 7.39
Elusiveness of the Fog : 2007 : 7.30
Green vs Red : 2008 : 6.87
Sweet Lost Night : 2008 : 7.23
vs. Conan : 2009 : 7.59
the Last Job : 2010 : 7.32
Blood Seal - Eternal Mermaid : 2011 : 7.38

There is not much of a point spread here, there is no easy choice. Pycal has a tie in with their recently released Part 1 (which is an excellent release, I highly recommend it), but it is unarguably the worst show on the list. Discotek generally goes for the older titles, so the odds are it will be Hemingway, Napoleon, or Russia, And I would bet on Hemingway, seeing as both I and the masses believe it to be of slightly higher quality. Conan has crossover over appeal and high ratings, but I suspect the license of that would be a nightmare, especially since Funi hasn't got it yet. Return the Treasure has the highest ratings and is almost a decade old, however I have not seen it yet, so I can not comment. If I was to decide a title from this list, I'd go with Seven Days, which I feel is a very quintessential Lupin story, but there is a reason why I don't make licensing decisions.

So I here are my guesses:
Hemingway Papers
Operation Return the Treasure
Return of Pycal
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Anime World Order



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:36 am Reply with quote
That list of "unlicensed in the US" specials is either incomplete or omitting specials that were licensed for release in other countries but not here, and as such it's missing a prime suspect choice: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis, the first Lupin the Third TV special. That was released in the UK and given a...rather odd...English dub.

Since that one's already been translated and dubbed, it's the most likely pick. Unfortunately, as is the case for most every Lupin special directed by the late great Osamu Dezaki, it's not particularly GOOD. Osamu Dezaki without Akio Sugino doesn't generally yield the best results; that those middling Lupin specials of his are contemporary with the absolutely stellar Black Jack OAVs by him and Sugino lend credence to this.

I always felt that Alcatraz Connection was underrated and deserved to be seen more, but I'd also like it if Operation: Return the Treasure got picked. Jun Kawagoe's incredibly underrated as an action director, and since he's often involved with the various Go Nagai robot show revival OAVs Discotek's already licensed some stuff he's done. I would have liked Lupin vs Conan more if it was actually Conan and friends in a game of cat-and-mouse with the Lupin gang. Alas, Conan and Lupin's first interactions together happen an hour into a roughly 90 minute special, as they buy sodas from a vending machine. "Vs" in this case just means "are in the same movie together, occasionally simultaneously" the way that those....well, most of those Go Nagai super robot crossover movies were.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:52 am Reply with quote
AWO: I'm in the "enjoy" Lady Liberty camp, because of its pulpy sensibilities. Though it suffers because of its dated comp technology.
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E-Master



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:13 pm Reply with quote
Alcatraz Connection would be my highest bet, cause that's one of my top ten favorite Lupin TV specials. But if it's an older title then one of the first four TV specials would be my second bet. From what I understand Goodbye Lady Liberty was only licensed in the UK under Manga Entertainment's UK division which was dubbed in English. I'm pretty sure that would count as Never Before Released in US, unless it was but last time I looked up info on the title it was only released on VHS in the UK.

It be cool if Discotek did licensed the first TV special along with the UK English dub. Since they was able to get rights to the other english dubs for Mamo.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:57 pm Reply with quote
xScar wrote:
Buster Blader 126 wrote:
Come on, Lupin vs. Conan!

I'm sorry, but that was a terrible special. It's cool to see Conan and Lupin together, but that's all the special had.

Hoping for something like Alcatraz Connection... or if "special" could mean an OVA: Green VS Red. I would snatch GvR up as soon as it comes out Very Happy


And that's all I want! Laughing

I'd be down for Green vs. Red as well!
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FLCLGainax





PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:37 pm Reply with quote
I hope it's Bye Bye Lady Liberty.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:03 pm Reply with quote
Wow, didn't know there were that many specials. That's A LOT of Lupin. Hopefully we'll get a release here.
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