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Podcast: Japanimation Station Season 6 - TOMINO-THON!
Episode: S3E1 - The Green Jacket Adventures: Lupin the 3rd Part I Review & Analysis
Description: “Lupin. He’s a nice man. But he’s cool.”
Welcome to Season 3 of Japanimation Station: The Classic Adventures of Lupin the 3rd! This season, we will be exploring the countless capers of one of the most enduring icons of anime from his very first animated appearance in 1969 up through the dawn of the 21st century. In today’s season premiere, we go through the history of Monkey Punch’s original Lupin the 3rd manga, the creation of the 1969 pilot film, and finally do a deep dive on Lupin’s first anime TV series, 1971’s Lupin the 3rd, retroactively referr...