History Anime / ReturnOfTheMagician

* BellyDancer: One of the underground fighters that Goemon fights in Greece has a gyspy/belly dancer costume. She throws a group of playing cards at Goemon as weapons, who then easily cuts them down with a slash of Zantetsuken.

Released on April 3rd, 2002, Lupin III: Return of the Magician (Japanese: ルパン三世『生きていた魔術師』) is the second OVA of the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' series. Also known as Return of Pycal, this special revolves around the return of Pycal, the magician shown in the [[Anime/LupinIIIPart1 first]] series, as well as seven crystals from Ancient Greece with certain powers. There are quite a few throwbacks to the early days of Lupin scattered throughout this special.

* BellyDancer: One of the underground fighters that Goemon fights in Greece has a gyspy/belly dancer costume. She throws a group of playing cards at Goemon as weapons, who then easily cuts them down with a slash of Zantetsuken

** BellyDancer: One of the underground fighters that Goemon fights in Greece has a gyspy/belly dancer costume. She throws a group of playing cards at Goemon as weapons, who then easily cuts them down with a slash of Zantetsuken
** FanserviceExtra: In the beginning, a trio of magician girls perform at the party, changing into a series of card suits-themed outfits, only to suddenly appear stark naked as a sign that Lupin has stroken. All three of them are uniformly buxom and attractive, as well as averting the NippleAndDimed trope.

* ShamefulStrip: Lupin reveals his presence by suddenly depriving the three girls performing at the party (implied to be the owner's daugthers) of their clothes mid-show, causing them to squeal embarassed and cover themselves.

** Pycal employs mechanical eagles which are [[Film/{{Birdemic}} made with shoddy CGI]].

Released on April 3rd, 2002, Lupin III: Return of the Magician (Japanese: ルパン三世『生きていた魔術師』) is the second OVA of the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' series. Also known as Return of Pycal, this special revolves around the return of Pycal, the magician shown in the [[Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket first]] series, as well as seven crystals from Ancient Greece with certain powers. There are quite a few throwbacks to the early days of Lupin scattered throughout this special.

* ContinuityNod: Of sorts. The entire premise of the OVA revolves around the literal return of Pycal, who fought against the team in the second episode of [[Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket Part I of the anime]], which was inspired by the seventh chapter in the original manga series.

* InvincibleVillain

* ShoutOut: To various [[GreekMythology Greek myths]], such as Orpheus' harp and the Sirens' song from ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', in lampshaded form.

Released on April 3rd, 2002, Lupin III: Return of the Magician (Japanese: ルパン三世『生きていた魔術師』) is the second OVA of the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' series. Also known as Return of Pycal, this special revolves around the return of Pycal, the magician shown in the [[Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket first]] series. There are quite a few throwbacks to the early days of Lupin scattered throughout this special.

* MediumBlending: Flashbacks to the original story aren't shown as clips of the episode in question. Instead, pages from the original manga story are shown.

* InvincibleVillain

Released on April 3rd, 2002, Lupin III: Return of the Magician (Japanese: ルパン三世『生きていた魔術師』) is the second OVA of the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' series. Also known as Return of Pycal, this special revolves around the return of Pycal, the magician shown in the second episode of the [[Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket first]] series. There are quite a few throwbacks to the early days of Lupin scattered throughout this special.