History Anime / LupinIIIPartIII

This outing saw the titular thief dressed in a Pink Jacket, with a red tie, and aqua (sometimes blue) dress shirt. The pastel colours were just ''some'' of the changes to the art style that upset many fans upon release. The initial character designs of the Pink Jacket Series were much more grounded and gritty, bearing a greater resemblance to Creator/MonkeyPunch's original sketches. Yuzo Aoki had studied the manga and wanted to do his take on the character designs rather than being based off the previous anime. Lupin and Goemon were given their traditional cleft chins, Jigen's face was more elongated and unlike other appearances his eyes were more visible, and Fujiko was made to look much more delicate and less voluptuous. Then the animation started becoming more loose yet kept the chin for Lupin, Jigen's design reverted back to covering his eyes and Fujiko was redesigned. This change was due to that Aoki wanted to simplify the character designs.

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: To distinguish this series from the "New" ''Lupin'' series, the Japanese subtitled it as ''Part III'', but among the English-speaking fandom, the nickname of "Pink Jacket" is the better known. Why? Because Lupin wears a Pink Jacket.

[[caption-width-right:350:It's the time to play the game.]]

* OffModel: Several factors make this series' characters seem off-model compared to the rest of the franchise (most of these in an attempt to be more accurate to the original manga's art style). This is emphasized by the heavy use of pastels; whereas the previous anime preferred dark, highly saturated primary and secondary color palettes. Jigen's hat is being worn up, which grants him a perpetually surprised expression compared to normal. Fujiko's thin face and angular lines make her appear much older than the rest of the cast. As if aware of the effect, later episodes tone down portions of this effect, especially getting Jigen's hat to stay down. '''''Not''''' helping its case was the fact that multiple studios were used[[note]]including Creator/{{AIC}}, Creator/StudioGallop and Creator/OhProduction[[/note]]. Resulting in a disjointed, and uneven, looking series in terms of animation.

This series was available only in Japan and Italy until 2013, when Creator/{{Hulu}} began streaming some episodes. The remaining episodes were added in 2015. The series is also available on Crunchyroll.

This outing saw the titular thief dressed in a Pink Jacket, with a red tie, and aqua (sometimes blue) dress shirt. The pastel colours were just ''some'' of the changes to the art style that upset many fans upon release. The initial character designs of the Pink Jacket Series were much more grounded and gritty, bearing a greater resemblance to Monkey Punch's original sketches. Yuzo Aoki had studied the manga and wanted to do his take on the character designs rather than being based off the previous anime. Lupin and Goemon were given their traditional cleft chins, Jigen's face was more elongated and unlike other appearances his eyes were more visible, and Fujiko was made to look much more delicate and less voluptuous. Then the animation started becoming more loose yet kept the chin for Lupin, Jigen's design reverted back to covering his eyes and Fujiko was redesigned. This change was due to that Aoki wanted to simplify the character designs.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lupin_iii_part_iii.png]]

This outing saw the titular thief dressed in a Pink Jacket, with a red tie, and aqua (sometimes blue) dress shirt. The pastel colours were just ''some'' of the changes to the art style that upset many fans upon release. The initial character designs of the Pink Jacket Series were much more grounded and gritty, bearing a greater resemblance to Monkey Punch's original sketches. Yuzo Aoki had studied the manga and wanted to do his take on the character designs rather than being based off the previous anime. upin and Goemon were given their traditional cleft chins, Jigen's face was more elongated and unlike other appearances his eyes were more visible, and Fujiko was made to look much more delicate and less voluptuous. Then the animation started becoming more loose yet kept the chin for Lupin, Jigen's design reverted back to covering his eyes and Fujiko was redesigned. This change was due to that Aoki wanted to simplify the character designs.

This outing saw the titular thief dressed in a Pink Jacket, with a red tie, and aqua (sometimes blue) dress shirt. The pastel colours were just ''some'' of the changes to the art style that upset many fans upon release. As noted in the page picture, Lupin appears to have an afro. In addition to the art changes, the tone of the series was even LighterAndSofter than the already-lightened "Red Jacket" series; much of the series' humour was based around slapstick.

[[caption-width-right:350:Lupin, meet the eighties. They're very groovy.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Lupin's [[DenserAndWackier looniest]] heists yet.]]

[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pink_jacket_series_8906.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:217:Lupin has an afro.]]

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: To distinguish this series from the "New" ''Lupin'' series, the Japanese subtitled it as ''Part III'', but among the English-speaking fandom, the nickname of "Pink Jacket" is the better known. Why? [[CaptainObvious Because Lupin wears a Pink Jacket]].

This series was available only in Japan until 2013, when Creator/{{Hulu}} began streaming some episodes. The remaining episodes were added in 2015. The series is also available on Crunchyroll.

This series was available only in Japan, but Creator/{{Hulu}} began streaming some episodes in 2013.

This outing saw the titular thief dressed in a Pink Jacket, with a red tie, and aqua (sometimes blue) dress shirt. The pastel colours were just ''some'' of the changes to the art style that upset many fans upon release. As noted in the picture above, Lupin appears to have an afro. In addition to the art changes, the tone of the series was even LighterAndSofter than the already-lightened "Red Jacket" series; much of the series humour was based around slapstick.

* OffModel: Several factors make this series' characters seem off-model compared to the rest of the franchise (most of these in an attempt to be more accurate to the original manga's art style). This is emphasized by the heavy use of pastels; whereas the previous anime preferred dark, highly saturated primary and secondary color palettes. Jigen's hat is being worn up, which grants him a perpetually surprised expression compared to normal. Fujiko's thin face and angular lines make her appear much older than the rest of the cast. As if aware of the effect, later episodes tone down portions of this effect, especially getting Jigen's hat to stay down.
** '''''Not''''' helping its case was the fact that multiple studios were used[[note]]including {{Creator/AIC}}, StudioGallop and Creator/OhProduction[[/note]]. Resulting in a disjointed, and uneven, looking series in terms of animation.

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: To distinguish this series from the "New" ''Lupin'' series, the Japanese subtitled it as ''Part III'', but amoung the English-speaking fandom, the nickname of "Pink Jacket" is the better known, because, well, Lupin wears a Pink Jacket.
* OffModel: Several factors make this series' characters seem off-model compared to the rest of the franchise. Emphasized by the heavy use of pastels, previous versions of the anime preferred dark, highly saturated primary and secondary colour palettes. Jigen's hat is being worn up, which grants him a perpetually surprised expression compared to normal. Fujiko's thin face and angular lines make her appear much older than the rest of the cast. As if aware of the effect, later episodes tone down portions of this effect, especially getting Jigen's hat to stay down.

** '''''Not''''' helping its case was the fact that multiple studios were used[[note]]including {{Creator/AIC}}, Creator/StudioGallop and Creator/OhProduction[[/note]]. Resulting in a disjointed, and uneven, looking series in terms of animation.

** '''''Not''''' helping its case was the fact that multiple studios were used[[note]]including {{Creator/AIC}}, Creator/StudioGallop and Creator/OhProduction[[note]]. Resulting in a disjointed, and uneven, looking series in terms of animation.

''Lupin III: Part III'' ("Pink Jacket") - 1984

The third television series in the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' franchise dressed him in a Pink Jacket, with a red tie, and aqua (sometimes blue) dress shirt. The pastel colours were just ''some'' of the changes to the art style that upset many fans upon release. The series began airing on March 3, 1984. It experienced a very irregular release, as if Creator/TMSEntertainment wanted to do a "every week" release like ''Red Jacket'' experienced, but had trouble getting permission for their schedule. The final (50th) episode aired on Christmas day (December 25th) in 1985.

Fans, when speaking of the "Pink Jacket" series, almost always imply ''Anime/LegendOfTheGoldOfBabylon'' at the same time, due to the similarity in art design. Because many of the episodes share the same slapstick style of the "Red Jacket" series, this one is judged almost entriely by the art style.

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Voice actors for the main characters were Creator/YasuoYamada as Lupin, Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi as Jigen, Creator/EikoMasuyama as Fujiko, Creator/MakioInoue as Goemon, and Creator/GoroNaya as Inspector Zenigata.

* SubmarinePirates: In [[Recap/LupinIIIS3E4 "Telepathy is Love's Signal"]], Lupin and Jigen battle a sub full of female pirates for possession of a sunken pirate ship full of Spanish gold beneath the Bermuda Triangle.

[[caption-width-right:217:Left to right:Lupin has an afro.]]

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[[caption-width-right:338:Left to right:Lupin has an afro.]]