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“1978 Lupin III pilot film remastered for cinema, later included in 1989 Secret File OVA.”
Lupin III: Pilot Film (1978)
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6.36
8,564 rank · 6,644 viewers · 4 favorites
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Mystery
Adult Cast
Seinen
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Synopsis
1978 Lupin III pilot film remastered for cinema, later included in 1989 Secret File OVA.
A remastered version of the Pilot film, realised in 1978, re-photographed in cinemascope and re-dubbed for being screened in cinema before of 1st movie [Mamoo's 1st copy]. In 1989, it was included on the Lupin III - Secret File OVA.
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 2 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 6
σ 1.00
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Strong agreement
σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
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Running avg · Mar 2013 → May 2025
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Well, this is just a remastered of the original Pilot Film so i'll just copy and paste what i wrote in the original review. Lupin III Pilot Film – A Cool, Stylish First Look at Anime’s Slickest...”
- 6 “Every TV-show has a pilot, but it is really rare we actually get to see the pilot for an Anime series. Lupin was too mature for it's time, so it's not surprising that no TV-channel would fund this...”
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- Format 1 × 12′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 12m all episodes
- Aired Dec 1978 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-1298 catalog
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