2012-06-23, 09:58 | Link #282 |
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Well, that owl stuff is kinda cool for those who love weird and surreal anime. Nowadays we lack such projects, in the beginning of 00's there definitly were more dark and strange series.
Personally, I love Fujiko TV. Great OST, unique style, great atmosphere, sometimes interesting stories. |
2012-06-23, 10:45 | Link #283 | |
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2012-06-24, 14:08 | Link #284 |
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I have been absolutely loving this show for its unusual art style, and the dark, mysterious and downright surreal nature of the storyline. The way this episode has been bringing all the plot threads together right from the start has been nothing short of wonderful as far as I'm concerned.
It's definitely a show which has raised its head above the parapet and dared to be different, and while I'm looking forward to seeing how it all ends, I'll miss it when it's gone. |
2012-06-28, 05:48 | Link #285 |
Me, An Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Age: 33
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I don't think they settled Oscar's character all that well (Frankly I think he should've just died in the previous episode) but everything else was great. I really didn't see that twist coming.
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2012-06-28, 09:00 | Link #287 |
KLAC OF THE ANIME WORLD
Join Date: May 2007
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hmm quite the unexpected story end on this finale ep
fujiko going no on white owl here lupin voice to rescue blast white owl but it's a corpse. white powder appear got jigen seeing owl people with lupin run from shooting. zenigata trying to reason wake up oscar but not working. fujiko get chased rescue by goemon for why goemon is fujiko's boyfriend. so let fujiko go to meet jigen with both being owl headed exposed. fujiko enter room with push letter walls oh her lupin to climb meet final boss. reveal a girl named aisha who control it all by eye contact computer device. lupin reveal more that experiment with lead to aisha being main control of devices. with cause mind control, brainwashing, etc on all being experiment. here owl person appear reveal more flashback that count was dead. but aisha continue the works on experiment little girls but failed. til maid appear but the maid is fujiko yea she was also experiment. yet see fujiko's life from steal to "do it" got aisha interest. til fujiko's locked past got aisha hmm so cue destroy it all. then experiment goes hmm with oscar doing "kill all bad girls" with gas tank truck. then lupin grab aisha & oh boom reveal owl person is aisha's mom. so now lupin take aisha to safety while fujiko point gun on aisha's mom. with aisha's mom be take care of aisha. lupin & fujiko show aisha the world long enough for her to rest in peace. now all said & done lupin car jump to fujiko but car goes poof. jigen & goemon call it draw to take their leave. zenigata look crime scene & wonder where oscar? goemon sit on boat while jigen pickup lupin & fujiko take her plane ride. the end. indeed quite hmm story give so many twist, confuse, etc yea mix of inception indeed quite a story i think now wait for dub.
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2012-06-28, 12:37 | Link #289 |
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Well at the end of it all I have to say the audio-visual experience was a true delight and I can't say I've ever really experienced anything like it or am likely to again when watching anime. That in and of itself makes this show memorable to me. The plotting and character development ranged from intriguing to serviceable with some characters like Lupin, Fujiko, Daisuke and the whole Almeida cult being a delight to watch. Other characters like Oscar, Zenigata and Goemon just felt wasted as the butt of jokes. It's a shame cause all started off pretty well, I didn't even mind Oscar at first, but then they just kind of went crazy under Okada's writing and became something like a self insert character (the "kill all bad girls", crossdressing and chauvinism things just reek highly of Okada's weird fetishistic views on gender roles that are becoming more and more apparent with each show she writes and usually have no place in the story) I still don't really have an answer for what happened to Oscar and Zenigata at the end and why the heck Goemon was dressed up like Fujiko. Was it the drugs? Just weird and pointless.
The final episode was a bit of Necron with the whole introduction and resolution of Aisha as the cause of pretty much everything that's happened since the start of the show. All apparently cause she just wanted to live a normal life if vicariously through someone elses experiences. That was a bit of a strange and sudden twist, but I guess it works as well as anything. Creepy character though, she basically became obsessed with and probably thought she was Fujiko and built a cult around her while brainwashing pretty much everybody with the drug in order to maintain what Almeida left behind as well as her fantasy. From the flashbacks it looks like he was a terrible man, but that's all we'll ever really know of the person who looked to be the final boss. At the end of it all as a result of some nitpicks with the bizzaro writing for some of the characters the show just narrowly misses becoming one of my all time favorites, but it's definitely do for a rewatch with some buddies down the line. |
2012-06-28, 20:49 | Link #290 |
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This series is not as good as any of the original series. Those will forever be classics. Nevertheless, I really, really enjoyed this prequel. Fujiko will always be the treasure that Lupin cannot steal. 8D
Seeing this prequel makes me want to rewatch the first three Lupin series. =) |
2012-06-28, 21:39 | Link #291 | |
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Good to see the TV ratings had been falling as the show kept on getting worse. Duckroll sums it up pretty well:
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2012-06-28, 22:10 | Link #292 |
Eaten by goats
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Location: Rokkenjima
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I loved this series. It never seemed to get much attention, but it had a lot of style and wasn't afraid to be different from the other series out there. The ending seemed fitting too: it suited Fujiko very well. Its characters came over with plenty of individuality and personality. I don't know if those personalities will match those of the other Lupin series or the manga, but I was happy to watch them in this one.
The only thing that stood out for me was the way the situation with Oscar wasn't resolved. Something just seemed odd about the way Oscar was placed into the plot. I don't know about Oscar and Zenigata, but in ep 12, Goemon was grabbed by some people who will have been the ones to dress him up. It wasn't the drugs. |
2012-06-28, 22:56 | Link #293 |
Hiding Under Your Bed
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Well, there are still some shows airing, but the only show for me that stood a chance of besting this one for best show of the season was Zero, and that ended already, allowing me to say that this was my favorite show of the season.
That ending was perfect on so many levels.
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2012-08-21, 15:51 | Link #299 | |
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Right now, Funi hasn't decided on the cast yet. However, I can see Sonny Strait, Christopher R. Sabat, and Mike McFarland reprising their roles of Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon, respectively (not sure if Fujiko and Zenigata will be recasted or not).
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