History Anime / LupinIIIPartII

* DrivenToSuicide: Goemon after Fujiko takes his sword in [[Recap/LupinIIIS3E10 "The Yam Is Mightier Than The sword"]] and Lupin when he thinks he's come down with 'Transformation Sickness' in [[Recap/LupinIIIS1E15 "Crude Reproduction, Perfect Frame"]] They're both stopped before they can actually do it, though.

* DrivenToSuicide: Goemon after Fujiko takes his sword in [[Recap/LupinIIIS3E10 The Yam Is Mightier Than The sword]] and Lupin when he thinks he's come down with 'Transformation Sickness' in [[Recap/LupinIIIS1E15 Crude Reproduction, Perfect Frame]] They're both stopped before they can actually do it, though.

* DrivenToSuicide: Goemon after Fujiko takes his sword in [[Recap/LupinIIIS3E10 "The Yam Is Mightier Than The sword"]] and Lupin when he thinks he's come down with 'Transformation Sickness' in [[Recap/LupinIIIS1E15 "Crude Reproduction, Perfect Frame"]] They're both stopped before they can actually do it, though.

* RightOutofMyClothes: The first opening for features Lupin leaping out of his clothes to get into bed with a naked Fujiko.

Instead of being a typical 12-13 or 24-26 episode season, Creator/TMSEntertainment chose to make the series "open-ended", meaning a brand new episode of ''Lupin'' once a week, ''every'' week, for the whole year.[[note]] This no-reruns style had already started to become common on Japanese television, with ''Manga/SazaeSan'' having used it since 1969, and ''Manga/AstroBoy'' using it during its four-year run back in the 60's.[[/note]] The series never missed a single week, airing 155 episodes in a row. That's three years, out of which there were six seasons of between 25 and 27 episodes apiece (they're marked by changes in the opening and ending). This series's longevity, coupled with its popularity, made it into essentially the "baseline" for all future entries into the ''Lupin'' franchise.

Nearly a decade later, Creator/{{Geneon}} licensed the series and released it under the title of ''Lupin the 3rd'', dropping "New" from the title.[[note]] It's worth pointing out that the credits at the end of every Geneon ''Lupin'' DVD explicitly refer to the series as "Lupin III Part II".[[/note]] Creator/AdultSwim picked it up, but only aired 26 episodes out of the first 30 (barring the third episode "To Be or Nazi Be" due to the episode centering on Lupin tricking an old Nazi officer into giving the location of Hitler's gold -- which includes Lupin dressing as Hitler himself). In all, Geneon managed to dub 79 episodes – a little over half – and get them out on DVD before dropping the series.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series absolutely ''oozes'' TheSeventies. When it was dubbed into English (26 years later), they ''tried'' to cover it up, but some aspects just stood out too strongly.
** The outfits worn by Fujiko and the secondary characters are all contemporary fashion. Most of that fashion never escaped the 1970s. Averted by Lupin, Jigen, and Zenigata, who wear classic late 1960s vintage suits, and by Goemon, who wears ''15''60s vintage.
** [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E3 "To Be or Nazi Be"]] involves the cast making an airborne escape over the BerlinWall (still standing in 1977, but long gone by the time the English dub came out in 2003). The American localizers didn't even ''try'' to write around that one.
** [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E7 "Cursed Case Scenario"]] involved Lupin and the gang going to Egypt to steal King Tut's burial mask... but Zenigata is stuck next door in Israel, and manages to get himself arrested when he loudly demands a flight to Cairo, the Israeli official angrily retorting, "There are no flights from Israel to '''''any''''' Arab country!" This episode aired in 1977, two years before the Camp David Accords and the signing of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. Nowadays, though the two nations' ''peoples'' certainly still hate each others' guts, it is ''usually'' possible to get from one country to the other... eventually.[[note]] Other former enemies that have signed peace treaties with Israel are its eastern neighbour Jordan, and the not-Arab-but-still-Muslim Eurasian country of Turkey.[[/note]]
** Another episode had a reference to Creator/RogerMoore - who played Film/JamesBond at the time - in the Japanese original; this was changed to Creator/PierceBrosnan in the English dub. That made the ''dub itself'' an Unintentional Period Piece in the 2000s, when Brosnan was replaced by Creator/DanielCraig.
** [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E2 "Guns, Bun, and Fun in the Sun"]] takes place fairly explicitly on January 10, 1977. Why? Because that's the day the New York Cosmos went to [[UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} Rio de Janeiro]] for a friendly match against Santos Brasil; Lupin's caper of the week was stealing all the money made from ticket sales for the game. The episode itself wasn't made and did not air until about ten months later, in October 1977.

** [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E7 "Cursed Case Scenario"]] involved Lupin and the gang going to Egypt to steal King Tut's burial mask... but Zenigata is stuck next door in Israel, and manages to get himself arrested when he loudly demands a flight to Cairo, the Israeli official angrily retorting, "There are no flights from Israel to '''''any''''' Arab country!" This episode aired in 1977, two years before the Camp David Accords and the signing of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. Nowadays, though the two nations' ''peoples'' certainly still hate each others' guts, it is ''usually'' possible to get from one country to the other... eventually.[[note]] Other former enemies that have signed peace treaties with Israel are its eastern neighbour Jordan, and the not-Arab-but-still-Muslim Turkey.[[/note]]

Nearly a decade later, Creator/{{Geneon}} licensed the series and released it under the title of ''Lupin the 3rd'', dropping "New" from the title.[[note]] It's worth pointing out that the credits at the end of every Geneon ''Lupin'' DVD explicitly refer to the series as "Lupin III Part II".[[/note]] Creator/AdultSwim picked it up, but only aired 26 episodes out of the first 30. In all, Geneon managed to dub 79 episodes – a little over half – and get them out on DVD before dropping the series.

The second ''Lupin'' series, a {{Revival}} of the televised anime after the success of ''Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket'' in reruns. The series begins by [[ContinuityNod acknowledging the gap]] between the two series, as well as reusing the main villain from [[Recap/LupinIIIS1E1 the first episode]], but remains episodic with almost no mention of past episodes. The art style is significantly different from the first series, and undergoes a few shifts of its own. But those take ''much'' longer to happen than the abrupt change in direction that the first series experienced.

[[caption-width-right:253:Lupin in the middle, along with this series' version of Goemon, Fujiko, Jigen, and Zenigata. ]]

This era also saw two ''Lupin'' theatrical films: 1978's ''Anime/TheMysteryOfMamo'' (which has a tone more in line with the "Green Jacket" era) and 1979's ''Main/CastleOfCagliostro'' (the first feature film directed by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki). While ''Mamo'' was a success, ''Cagliostro'' flopped upon its initial release in Japan, only to be VindicatedByHistory years later.

This era also saw two ''Lupin'' theatrical films: 1978's ''Anime/MysteryOfMamo'' (which has a tone more in line with the "Green Jacket" era) and 1979's ''Anime/CastleOfCagliostro'' (the first feature film directed by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki). While ''Mamo'' was a success, ''Cagliostro'' flopped upon its initial release in Japan, only to be VindicatedByHistory years later.

Nearly a decade later[[labelnote:‡]] specifically in 2002 – maybe-not-so-coincidentally within months of Leblanc's copyrights expiring in the United States[[/labelnote]], Creator/{{Geneon}} licensed the series and released it under the title of ''Lupin the 3rd'', dropping "New" from the title.[[note]] It's worth pointing out that the credits at the end of every Geneon ''Lupin'' DVD explicitly refer to the series as "Lupin III Part II".[[/note]] Creator/AdultSwim picked it up, but only aired 26 episodes out of the first 30. In all, Geneon managed to dub 79 episodes – a little over half – and get them out on DVD before dropping the series.

Nearly a decade later[[labelnote:‡]] specifically in 2002 – maybe-not-so-coincidentally within months of Leblanc's copyrights expiring[[/labelnote]], Creator/{{Geneon}} licensed the series and released it under the title of ''Lupin the 3rd'', dropping "New" from the title.[[note]] It's worth pointing out that the credits at the end of every Geneon ''Lupin'' DVD explicitly refer to the series as "Lupin III Part II".[[/note]] Creator/AdultSwim picked it up, but only aired 26 episodes out of the first 30. In all, Geneon managed to dub 79 episodes – a little over half – and get them out on DVD before dropping the series.

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[[caption-width-right:320:Lupin in the middle, along with this series' version of Goemon, Fujiko, Jigen, and Zenigata. ]]

The first English-language release of "Red Jacket" came from the Creator/StreamlinePictures dub of the two episodes directed by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki (#145 and #155), released under the title of ''Anime/LupinIIITalesOfTheWolf''. Streamline's ''Lupin'' videos were required to censor Lupin's name due to the estate of Maurice Leblanc (the original creator of Literature/ArseneLupin) constantly threatening TMS with legal action.

* AccidentalMisnaming: The police chief's inability to correctly pronounce Zenigata's name is PlayedForLaughs in [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E12 "The Sleight Before Christmas"]]. Poor Zenigata even gets his own name wrong after hearing so many mistakes!
** This happens in both the Japanese and English dubs. The Japanese has him called "Inspector Zenigame", "Inspector Zemagama", and so on; in English he's called "Inspector Pennsylvania", "Inspector Epiglottis", etc.

* CulturalCrossReference: In the original Japanese, [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E13 “I Left My Mind in San Francisco”]] involved Lupin and Jigen breaking into a NASA base to steal a microfilm reel. Two of the secret passwords to open the door are references to The Music/{{Beatles}} and Music/ElvisPresley, respectively. (the dub replaces these with ''Franchise/StarTrek'' references – which admittedly makes more sense considering it's ''NASA'', but still an odd replacement to make)

* GagDub: Perhaps in response to its getting a slot on Creator/AdultSwim, the Geneon dub added a number of jokes and pop culture references that are out of place for a show from the 70's and looks it (e.g. references to Shaquille O'Neil, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', and TheWarOnTerror). This caused something of a BrokenBase, as many new and casual fans loved these jokes, while others – especially long-time fans from the Streamline days – hated them.
** The modern pop-culture references were toned down ''a lot'' after the first season, but because that was the only part to air on TV, people who didn't buy the DVD's incorrectly assumed the entire series was dubbed that way.

* GoingCommando: In [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E145 "Albatross: Wings of Death"]], the villains strip Fujiko, in an attempt to find the detonator she stole from them. They don't find it, but have no reason to allow her to dress, either. She spends the majority of the episode without underwear, or much of anything on, really. Somewhat odd in that this is one of the two "Red Jacket" episodes directed by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki![[note]] In the original "Green Jacket" series, Miyazaki's coming on to the production crew resulted in Fujiko keeping her clothes ''on''.[[/note]]

* AccidentalMisnaming: The police chief's inability to correctly pronounce Zenigata's name is PlayedForLaughs in [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E12 "The Sleight Before Christmas"]]: "Inspector Pennsylvania", "Inspector Epiglottis"... Poor Zenigata even gets his own name wrong after hearing so many mistakes!

''New Lupin III'' [[note]]''Shin Lupin III'' [[/note]] ("Red Jacket") – 1977

The second ''Lupin'' series, a {{Revival}} of the televised anime after the success of ''Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket'' in reruns. The series begins by [[ContinuityNod acknowledging the gap]] between the two series, as well as reusing the main villain from [[Recap/LupinIIIS1E1 the first episode]], but remains episodic with almost no mention of past episodes. The art style is significantly different, and undergoes a few shifts of its own. But those take ''much'' longer to happen than the quick change in direction that the first series experienced.

Instead of being a typical 12 or 24 episode season, Creator/TMSEntertainment chose to make a brand new episode of ''Lupin'' every week, for the whole year. The series never missed a single week, airing 155 episodes in a row. That's three years (51, 52, 52). These factors have contributed to making the Red Jacket series something of a baseline version of ''Lupin the Third''.

The first English-language release of this series came from the Creator/StreamlinePictures dub of the two episodes directed by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki (#145 and #155), released under the title of ''Anime/LupinIIITalesOfTheWolf''. Much later, Creator/{{Geneon}} tried to take the series to syndication under the Creator/AdultSwim programming block. Geneon released their dub under the title of ''Lupin the 3rd'', dropping "New" from the title. To avoid confusion between works, the FanNickname of "Red Jacket" is applied. They were able to dub 79 episodes, although only 23 of them were actually aired on the network. The rest would be released later on DVD.

** In reference to the Real Life superstition, Lupin steals the Hope Diamond in [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E107 "A Wedding Ring is an Accursed Trap"]] to give to Fujiko as an engagement ring. Among the misadventures afterward: Lupin's car is completely destroyed, Fujiko becomes an old crone, and Zenigata suddenly becomes a much better shot when firing at Lupin's gang.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: Episodes 80-132 have been fan-subbed, and are of ''generally'' good quality. Guest characters in various episodes are often given really bizarre names, and certain examples of regular translations are hilariously bad.
** "Tottsan", Lupin's nickname for Zenigata, is a cutesy phrase typically translated (professionally) as "old man" or "Pops". The fansubs call him "Old Bro/Brother".
** "Keibu", the Japanese word for "Inspector". The subtitles often refer to Zenigata simply as Keibu, leaving it untranslated, which would imply it was his ''name''.
** Sherlock Holmes III is referred to as "Fuji the Third"
** Jigen's mentor in the use of firearms (Joe) is referred to as "God" or "God of the Underworld".
** Mount Kilimanjaro is translated as "Go there".
** Louvre is translated as "The art museum" (technically correct, but The Louvre is a ''little'' bit more than just "an art museum").

* CoughSnarkCough: The English dub of ''Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket'' has [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Zenigata]] pulling this twice in a row towards the chief commissioner of the French police department after he turned down Zenigata's request to put a team together to catch the international criminal Lupin because France regards him as a sort of a national icon. [[spoiler:Though he didn't know that the chief commissioner was Lupin in disguise.]]

* CulturalCrossReference: In the original Japanese, [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E13 “I Left My Mind in San Francisco”]] involved Lupin and Jigen breaking into a NASA base to steal a microfilm reel. Two of the secret passwords to open the door are references to The Music/{{Beatles}} and Music/ElvisPresley, respectively. (Strangely, the American-English dub replaces these with ''Franchise/StarTrek'' references.)
* CulturalTranslation: The series was made in the late 1970s Japan, and dubbed in English during the early 2000s. The writers replaced Japanese pop-culture references with American equivalents, which was a good translation between national cultures, but also used ''modern'' references [[AnachronismStew in a show that was obviously not set in the modern day]], which were usually bad translations between decade cultures. But, as long as [[RuleOfFunny the joke is funny,]] it doesn't really matter.
* EarthquakeMachine: One of Lupin’s victims was a scientist attempting to hold the entire country of Italy hostage by his version of an Earthquake generator.

-->'''Dub!Fujiko:''' Is this one of those [[GiftOfTheMagiPlot Gift of the Magi things]]? Because I always hated [[Literature/GiftOfTheMagi that book.]]

* FramedFaceOpening: The first opening sequence featured a boxed iris-in of Lupin and the gang, each in alternating colors. The Japanese version showed both the characters' names and those of their respective seiyuu together; while the English dub simply credits the characters, not their voice actors.
* GagDub: The Pioneer/Geneon dub of ''Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket'', which is likely the best known due to airing on Creator/AdultSwim in the early 2000's, added a number of jokes and pop culture references that are out of place for a show from the 70's and looks it (e.g. references to Shaquille O'Neil, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', and TheWarOnTerror). This caused something of a BrokenBase, as many new and casual fans loved these jokes, while others – especially long-time fans – hated them.
* GiftOfTheMagiPlot: Subverted and lampshaded,when Fujiko says, "Is this like the Gift of Magi? Because I hate that story."
* GoingCommando: In [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E145 "Albatross: Wings of Death"]], the villains strip Fujiko, in an attempt to find the detonator she stole from them. They don't find it, but have no reason to allow her to dress, either. She spends the majority of the episode without underwear, or much of anything on, really. Somewhat odd in that this is one of the two second series episodes directed by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki!
* HidingInAHijab: In one episode, Lupin and his gang steal burqas to hide from Inspector Zenigata. Zenigata tracks them to a well where women are doing the laundry. Finding the gang's discarded clothes, he forces the women there to remove their veils, and promptly subverts the trope when its revealed the ladies are actual ladies, who promptly make their displeasure known with wooden laundry mallets. Later in the episode, it's played straight when the gang actually does disguise themselves in burqas. Afraid of getting beaten again, Zenigata lets them go without an inspection.
* HollywoodMagnetism: Played for RuleOfFunny and cartoon physics in [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E48 "Vault Assault".]] Lupin is using a giant magnet to hold an armored truck in place as his team attempts to steal the money it carries.

* CulturalCrossReference: In the original Japanese, one episode involved Lupin and Jigen breaking into some sort of government building. Two of the secret passwords to open the door are Music/{{Beatles}} references. (Strangely, the American-English dub replaces these with ''Franchise/StarTrek'' references.)

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[[caption-width-right:320:This series' version of Goemon, Fujiko, Lupin and Jigen. ]]

''New Lupin III'' [[note]] ''Shin Lupin III'' or __ [[/note]] ("Red Jacket") – 1977

The second ''Lupin'' series, a {{Revival}} of the televised anime after the success of ''Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket'' in reruns. The series begins by acknowledging the gap between the two series, as well as reusing the main villain from [[Recap/LupinIIIS1E1 the first episode]], but remains episodic with almost no mention of past episodes. The art style is significantly different, and undergoes a few shifts of its own. But those take ''much'' longer to happen than the quick change in direction that the first series experienced.

* StealthPun: In [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E32 "Lupin the Interred"]], Jigen described [[LiteralSurveillanceBug a house-fly that turned out to be a listening device]] as "a flying pun".

* BeastialityIsDepraved: In the "[[Recap/LupinIIIS2E35 Gorilla Tactics]]" episode, Lupin (in disguise) taunts Zenigata about the female gorilla's affectionate encounter with him the previous evening. The episode puts Zenigata in some ''very'' uncomfortable situations.