Lupin III: Dead or Alive · review
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This review may discuss plot details.
Not one of the better Lupin films. Lupin gets embroiled in a country where a monarchy and a military leader are struggling for power. Confusingly, he spends most of the movie disguised as a major character. Another character is shot through the head, but then survives and returns in the last scene, only to die in a bizarre way. This film is filled with confusing twists, focuses on minor characters far too much, and doesn’t feel much like other Lupin movies. The character designs are also way off, with the faces of Lupin, Zenigata and Goemon looking far too serious. However it does have goodanimation and music for fans of 90s anime. Some of the Lupin humor is there but not enough. Might appeal to fans of serious and plot heavy lupin films like Mamo.