Lupin III: Italian Game

Title:Lupin III: Italian Game
ルパン三世 イタリアン・ゲーム
Overall:Avoid
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Notables: Animation - Telecom Animation Film
Original Concept - Monkey Punch
Lupin investigates the kidnapping of his estranged wife, Italian millionaire and celebrity, Rebecca Rosselini, who still carries this name. But when Lupin arrives in Italy to rescue her, he finds himself drawn into a game with an unknown enemy when he is issued a challenge by the Masked Count: find the inheritance of the Count of Cagliostro. To complicate matters, Lupin's nemesis Inspector Zenigata arrives in Italy to arrest Lupin, as well as M16 Agent Nyx who is after the Masked Count as well.
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91-minute TV special that premiered on January 8, 2016.
Animated by Telecom Animation Film.
[edit] The ↗Lupin III franchise:
OverallArtAnimationCharacter Design MusicSeries StoryEpisode StoryReviewer
Avoid 8 7 8 7 3 Ggultra2764 [series:4324#1552]
I'd define this Lupin III TV special as being barely something unique for a title considering the majority of the film is just animated content from three episodes of the Italian Adventures TV anime reused and compiled together with new animated content to loosely try connecting the plots of those episodes with the main plot of Italian Game. But this TV special doesn't do such a good job with cohesively putting together said plot as the cobbled together episodes lead Italian Game to often lose focus with its storytelling and builds up to a rather underwhelming conclusion when it's revealed who the antagonist of Italian Game really is. Just skip this and check out the Italian Adventures TV anime if you are looking for more cohesive storytelling involving Lupin and his gang's adventures in Italy.

Last updated Wednesday, June 09 2021. Created Wednesday, June 09 2021.

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