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An Audio-Visual Masterpiece, and the perfect prequel to Lupin III Part 1.
The Woman Called Fujiko Mine is special in many ways. As a fan of Lupin III, it stands out as the perfect prequel to Part 1 and a brilliant example of just how serious Lupin can be. For the wider anime audience however, it is significant for being Sayo Yamamoto's first time with full creative freedo…
Read full review on AniList →Lupin is still great after all these years. A romp with a serious message.
_A Romp With A Serious Message
Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine at first is an uncomfortable watch. From the onset, it's not afraid to shove ***** and *** in your face. You'd gather from this that it might just be a fanservice series for Fujiko (let's face it, she's pretty hot), but as th…
Read full review on AniList →The Woman Called Fujiko Mine is a nuanced and brilliantly subversive work
A gritty and subversive work, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine has a great sense of adrenaline and character, and something important to say. It starts with more episodic explorations; a darker yet still whimsical tone and entertainment value, before building towards its unequivocally masterful ending,…
Read full review on AniList →A new paint job for an old franchise
(Discussed further in Episode 1 of the podcast I am in, Digitized Desperadoes. Here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfrbf3pJ9dE )
One of the most mature and violent additions to the Lupin series, taking cues from the early anime and, from what I can tell, the source manga in general. Its…
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