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Maou

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"Lupin searching---Ishmael or others?" , posted Sun 19 Sep 20:34:

So I've been trying to get ahold of some of the newer Lupin III specials and figured by your infintely excellent avatar that you might know, Ishamel, though anyone else who knows would be great, too!

It seems like the US companies are mostly bringing over the older Lupins, and I'm not sure about the fairly widespread Asian bootlegs' subtitle quality--I'd feel a little bad showing non-Japanese speaking friends an Engrish Lupin.... I've seen Episode 0 and Return of Pycal around occasionally on (SLOW) torrents, but no Alcatraz Connection, The Great Treasure Return, Stolen Lupin, or Hemingway Papers (older), or VHS copies. Any leads? Thanks much!

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[this message was edited by Maou on Sun 19 Sep 20:36]

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Ishmael

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"Re(1):Lupin searching---Ishmael or others?" , posted Mon 20 Sep 11:42

Since AFAIK nothing from 2001's Alcatraz on up has been licensed for US release I've been stuck with picking up the bootleg editions. I would love to ditch my copies for proper releases but since Funimation seems to be having trouble getting out the Lupin movies they currently have the rights to it may be for the best that they haven't been grabbed up quite yet. I could tell you my opinions on the movies you mentioned -or at least which ones didn't have totally wonky subtitle work- but I'm afraid I don't have a really good, single source for non-US Lupin stuff.

Maou

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"Re(1):Lupin searching---Ishmael or others?" , posted Mon 20 Sep 18:08

Yup, had a feeling it'd be hard to find a good fansub of the newer stuff, too--so which of those movies did have the allright subtitles?

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Ishmael

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"Re(2):Lupin searching---Ishmael or others?" , posted Tue 21 Sep 08:11

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Yup, had a feeling it'd be hard to find a good fansub of the newer stuff, too--so which of those movies did have the allright subtitles?

Let's see,

Alcatraz: Sloppy subtitles and they are buried so far down on the screen that they are hard to read. Considering how talky that movie is it makes for rough viewing in spots.

Episode 0: I'm not sure how accurate the subtitles are but they are pretty good considering the source. A fun movie featuring a lot of references to old episodes and everybody in the cast gets to beat up and/or talk trash to Keanu Reeves.

Pycal: The subtitles are fine but the OAV itself is total garbage.

Return the Treasure: The subtitles themselves only feature a few made-up words but most of the dialogue is stacked in two lines even if the second line of dialogue is from a scene that hasn't started yet. It makes for adventurous viewing, although the sight gags borrowed from various movies still work.

Hemingway Papers: Good subtitles for a fairly routine Lupin movie.

Finally, I haven't seen the latest Lupin movie yet.

Still, if you're looking to show some friends a Lupin story or two you could probably just show them Castle of Cagliostro or Fuuma Conspiracy since those are both fine Lupin stories and are avaliable domestically.

Maou

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"Re(3):Lupin searching---Ishmael or others?" , posted Tue 21 Sep 15:41:

Thanks for the info, ~~Jigen~~ Ishmael, though a shame about Alcatraz. Luckily, this is a friend who's just as big a Lupin fan as I am, he just doesn't know Japanese, so I wanted to make sure to avoid sloppy ones like Alcatraz, especially since he's used to the quality Lupin Gang used to do. Cheers!

edit: I heard on Alcatraz that you can't read the subtitles at all unless you can adjust your TV's resolution, requiring a HDTV...is it possible at all with a normal TV?

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[this message was edited by Maou on Tue 21 Sep 17:18]

Ishmael

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"Re(4):Lupin searching---Ishmael or others?" , posted Wed 22 Sep 11:08

quote:
edit: I heard on Alcatraz that you can't read the subtitles at all unless you can adjust your TV's resolution, requiring a HDTV...is it possible at all with a normal TV?

On my no-definition television for most of the running time only the top half of the English subtitles can be seen. It's a far cry from what the late Lupin Gang used to put out.