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NEWS: Lupin III Theme Attraction to Open in Tokyo in Spring




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EricDent



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:44 pm Reply with quote
So what took them so long to make an attraction out of Lupin?

He has been around quite some time, and is a pretty popular character.

What they really need is a Monsterland as seen in Godzilla vs. Gigan. That would be really cool!
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The Unknown 24



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:42 pm Reply with quote
True a Monsterland theme park(as seen in Godzilla vs. Gigan) would be awesome. I'm surprised that they did not actually make one since Godzilla was so popular too.

Yeah about time they did something with Lupin III. The franchise has been around for 40 years(started in 1967 as a manga).

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ShugoYotsuba



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:52 pm Reply with quote
http://www.imeem.com/julayco/music/SD-4rQ_a/lupin_the_3rd_theme_from_lupin_iii_78/
YEAH! Lupin ROCKS!!
And he has a kickass theme song!!
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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:42 pm Reply with quote
TMS should spend less time working on Lupin mazes and more time on the TV specials, because nary a decent feature has been made since Episode 0: First Contact. Maybe releasing an annual special is more than they can handle. The franchise might need a breather for a few years.

Sounds like an interesting attraction, though.
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AutoGyro



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:06 pm Reply with quote
I wish Lupin was as popular here as it is in Japan, and even Italy. Maybe then we'd get more Lupin stuff dubbed... Sad
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MrAnimeSpecialist



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:47 am Reply with quote
AutoGyro wrote:
I wish Lupin was as popular here as it is in Japan, and even Italy. Maybe then we'd get more Lupin stuff dubbed... Sad


Ditto. Since Funimation and Geneon were the previous owners of the license, the least they could do is finish the 2nd series and bring over the "Episode 0: First Contact" and "Green Vs. Red" OVAs over here. Sad
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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:32 am Reply with quote
MrAnimeSpecialist wrote:
AutoGyro wrote:
I wish Lupin was as popular here as it is in Japan, and even Italy. Maybe then and bring over the "Episode 0: First Contact" and "Green we'd get more Lupin stuff dubbed... Sad


Ditto. Since Funimation and Geneon were the previous owners of the license, the least they could do is finish the 2nd series Vs. Red" OVAs over here. Sad


If Funimation continued to handle the Lupin franchise, I would hope they would use the dub cast of the Geneon version, and not the horrible cast they've been using.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:53 am Reply with quote
I wish that Lupin attraction was here it looks so damm cool
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dangerwhat



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:44 pm Reply with quote
penguintruth wrote:
TMS should spend less time working on Lupin mazes and more time on the TV specials, because nary a decent feature has been made since Episode 0: First Contact. Maybe releasing an annual special is more than they can handle. The franchise might need a breather for a few years.

Sounds like an interesting attraction, though.


True that First Contact was good, but I think others since have been decent at least. I do think some of the older stuff fares better nowadays though.

Its amazing when the Japanese do this kind of thing, and the attraction does sound pretty neat.
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