[THIS WAS WRITTEN RIGHT AFTER WATCHING IT AND ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACC. KEEPING THIS HERE FOR AN ARCHIVE] Farewell to Nostradamus is done and like Ik I say “this is the strangest lupin movie yet” every time I watch one of these but genuinely this one takes the crown out of all the weird ones I’ve seen yet. Shits literally about some aum shinrikyo cult and some guy tryna run for US president and at the final leg of the movie the huge skyscraper tower the president guy built fucking explodes in an extremely devastating way that it felt almost 9/11-y even tho it wasmade BEFORE 9/11 (THE VERY BEGINNING OF FHE MOVIE HAD A PLANE HIJACKING TOO IRONICALLY ENOUGH 💀💀💀). The plot was batshit insane.
ASIDE FROM THAT helloooook the animation??????? Felt like I was watching some Warner bros cartoon the entire time and in a good way. There was even a quick tiny toons-y cameo somewhere in the movie too which was really fun to see, which also confirms that one of the Warner bros outsourcing studios worked on this. Literally every scene moved so nicely. I’m so used to lupin movies animations being more grounded in reality, so this was really cool and makes me wish more of the franchise could’ve been done in this kinda style. Apparently the studio behind this one was so exhausted and overworked they FLAT OUT REFUSED TO DO ANY MORE LUPIN FOR OVER 10 YEARS. I DONT BLAME GHEM.
Oh and I’d like to say the backgrounds in this movie r OFF THE CHARTS. UNREAL ASS SHOTS CONSTANTLY.
Plot wise this one was weak but literally every other aspect carried it above and beyond easily. I recommend this one to anyone who wants to shut their brain off and get hypnotized by fun animation.
This one is hard to rank but I guess my thoughts as of rn put this one at 9/10. I think my rating system is severely flawed bc i keep giving every movie high scores but :) yknow

[this was written right after watching it. easy 10/10 actually]