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I’m glad they changed to the one dub no edits policy because that would get confusing. I can see why you enjoyed this and I did as well just not all that memorable like other Miyazaki films. The girl definitely looks like Nausicaa but I just found the guys kind of unlikable. I guess that crass type of humor isnt usually my favorite but still fun film

I would love to hear them talk about this film on the podcast!

Yeah it probably was the family friendly version, because I don’t remember finding Lupin unlikable like you said

The big issue with this movie is Miyazaki is taking an anime that’s a seinen series (seinen is an anime genre that’s targeted at adult men) and trying to make it “Ghiblified” and more family friendly, but he ends up alienating more diehard fans of the TV series but not really appealing to more casual Ghibli fans. It feels more like a film for diehard anime fans than casual moviegoers. But I saw this movie for the first time a few years ago and I personally enjoyed it. I thought it was a fun movie with a lot of exciting action and it reminded me of like if James Bond was an anime but if Bond was a thief instead of a spy. I thought Lupin and Jigen were funny and I enjoyed seeing how Lupin would get out of the crazy situations he gets himself in, but I can see how they’re not for everybody. I thought it was also fun trying to see which characters had similar designs to characters Miyazaki would use in later movies. Like the girl Lupin is trying to save looks just like Nausicaa and the bad guy is a dead ringer for Muska in Laputa. The version you watched was most likely the Manga Entertainment dub from 2000. Manga Entertainment was always infamous with anime fandom for exaggerating swearing their dubs to make the ratings of their films higher. Thankfully the anime dubbing industry doesn’t really do that anymore but it was a weird period in anime dubbing history. The original dub from the early 90s also made weird choices like changing Lupin’s name to “The Wolf.” There were too many dubs for me to choose from and I didn’t know one was the best to watch, so I myself stuck to watching the Japanese version.

I didn’t know there were 2 dubs. I think I watched the non-family friendly dub like the say what the h**** and things like that. I wonder if the family friendly version helps keep Lupin a little bit more likable than the version I saw? I liked the movie fine but it didn’t blow me away. Decent watch.