So, over the weekend I attended Anime Weekend Atlanta, a major anime convention in the Southeastern United States that luckily happens to take place just 90 minutes from where I live. It’s always been something of a big event for me, being the only convention I ever really make an effort to attend due to being too broke to travel elsewhere to Otakon or the like (nevermind my quarter-based class schedule further compounding that sort of thing; AWA sits just perfectly in the middle of my autumn break every year). Having just gotten home from the con late Sunday, I figured I’d take the time to update you on the highlights of the event as I experienced them. You might wanna get settled in. This is gonna be pretty lengthy.
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In the entirety of the Japanese anime and manga industries, one would be hard-pressed to find many titles that genuinely have the same overall standing as Lupin III. A true classic, the franchise has been going strong since the 1970s, and remains as thoroughly entertaining today as it ever has. To date, the exploits of Lupin, Jigen, Goemon, Fujiko, & Inspector Zenigata now span a total of four manga series, three TV series (228 episodes total), six movies (one being live-action), three OVAs, and a new feature-length TV special released every year without exception since 1989. I recently managed to acquire one of these TV specials by way of Froth-Bite’s fansub of last year’s edition, Stolen Lupin. Having not seen anything of the Lupin franchise beyond its late-1970s offerings, I was quite interested in seeing how well it had aged since the days of Cagliostro and the height of the second TV series’ run. Bluntly put, I was pleased with what I saw; Stolen Lupin manages to provide more of the same great comedic action that we’ve come to expect from the Gentleman Thief over the years, and it still remains as fresh as ever.