Futuristic Lupin the 3rd pilot!

[terry the lone wolf]

"Arsene et Cie" or Lupin the 8th was to be series produced by DIC & TMS probably for the French market. The pilot takes the Lupin gang into the far future with future archetypes of the whole crew. Unfortunately there's no audio track but the sound effects are intact. Check it out: http://stage6.divx.com/Trailers-Opening-En...20900/L-8-pilot

[eugimon]

really? Lupin in space? I'm somewhat dubious of the concept.

[Lonely Soldier Boy]

Thanks for the link, terry. Looks pretty old. You can see it was taken from a video tape. I wonder if Miyazaki had anything to do with this, I just saw The Castle of Cagliostro a couple of weeks ago and the direction is far superior.

[eriku]

I always sort of saw Cowboy Bebop as "Lupin in Space". I cant wait to get home to check out this future Lupin link.

The Lupin III property is in serious need of a great new series. Not that the bajillion episodes from the 80's aren't enough, but I'm always game for more Lupin. There's new Lupin & Fujiko figure sets coming out in the Microman line this year so maybe something new is on the way.

[Twoducks]

I always sort of saw Cowboy Bebop as "Lupin in Space". I cant wait to get home to check out this future Lupin link.

Same here

Wish there were more hand drawn animation production today with the same level The Castle of Cagliostro had. When CGI started I went "wow", now it's just "meh" and good 2D animation is "OMFG!!!".

[Area88]

Wow man, this looks awesome.

Is there anyway to download this or is streaming only?

Also does anyone know where this was sourced from?

[lord_breetai]

I mean the main important question is... if it's intended for the French Market did it have the blessings of the Estate of Maurice Leblanc creator of the Original Lupin... I mean I know the english adaptations of Lupin 3 in the early years had trouble because of that... I imagine it would have been even harder in France.

[terry the lone wolf]

I mean the main important question is... if it's intended for the French Market did it have the blessings of the Estate of Maurice Leblanc creator of the Original Lupin... I mean I know the english adaptations of Lupin 3 in the early years had trouble because of that... I imagine it would have been even harder in France.

No it didn't because they changed the name to "Arsene et Cie" to avoid any legal entanglements. Has Lupin fallen into public domain territory because Monkey Punch/TMS seems to use the name pretty freely now. Area 88, I couldn't tell you the source because I just stumbled across the link web surfing.

[lord_breetai]

No it didn't because they changed the name to "Arsene et Cie" to avoid any legal entanglements. Has Lupin fallen into public domain territory because Monkey Punch/TMS seems to use the name pretty freely now. Area 88, I couldn't tell you the source because I just stumbled across the link web surfing.

Shouldn't have, at least in the US. I believe the US ruling for personally owned copywrites is the creators estate maintains control of the property for 75 years after the creator's death and Leblanc only died in 1941. Different countries have different rules about how long a property is good for... so if it'll become public domain in different countries at different times (weird I know)... but something must have been worked out with the leblanc estate at some point because the early adaptations of Lupin 3rd went by different names (Rupan or Tales of the Wolf) due to the fact they couldn't use the name. I don't know how Monkey Punch justified it in Japan.

[Renato]

I heard about this about a decade ago but this is the first time I've ever seen it. Shame there's no sound. But for 1982 (apparently), this looks fantastic. The characters are close to how Monkey Punch originally drew them, and I think his art is even more beautiful than Miyazaki's when it comes to characters. The 80's were definitely the golden age of anime. Why does everything have to look so cheap now?

I also would like to know how to download this.