Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine

Original title: Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to iu onna

TV Mini Series
2012
TV-MA
20m

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Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012)

Anime Action Adventure Animation Thriller

The story of how the fashionable femme fatale Fujiko Mine first met Lupin III, her sometimes-lover and sometimes-rival, and the rest of his gang.The story of how the fashionable femme fatale Fujiko Mine first met Lupin III, her sometimes-lover and sometimes-rival, and the rest of his gang.The story of how the fashionable femme fatale Fujiko Mine first met Lupin III, her sometimes-lover and sometimes-rival, and the rest of his gang.

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7.7/10

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Awards
- 3 nominations

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Trivia
Zenigata's Lieutenant Oscar is a parody of The Rose of Versailles (1979)'s female heroine Lady Oscar Francois de Jarjayes, who was a woman in military uniform; in the show Lt Oscar is a law officer with an effeminate look/behaviour. Coming full circle, Lupin had earlier parodied the show in Berusaiyu wa ai ni moeta (1979).

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[opening sequence]
Fujiko Mine: Now, stop everything you are doing, allow your heart to race, and look at me. Theft is not to take something away or break something. It is a special crime, an elegant vice; it is an amalgam of secrets, felonies, mischief and fear. Just like Wuthering Heights' Heathcliff, I'm defined by my all-consuming passion. Stealing is a sexy prison from which there is no escape. Its psychological foundation is... unknown. Who is the slave? Who is the master? Is God watching her, has God abandoned her? The act of theft allows her to forget everything, even the distant traces of memory. Don't speak, but run. Don't run, but hide. When you find me, punish me. When you punish me, kill me. Save me. But you have nothing left for me to steal, silly boy. You are an empty shell, just like me. So if you want to look at me, then stop everything you are doing. Stop everything and let only the sound of your beating heart remain, and look at me.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Sexiest Women in Anime (2015)

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1/10

The most boring thing I have ever suffered through in my life

This is not Lupin III.

If you came here expecting hijinks, hilarity, high energy, and happiness in a cheerful caper comedy you are most certainly NOT going to find it. This series is dour, depressing, downbeat and, honestly, really freakin' ugly to look at. Shadow detail is achieved by the animators rudely pencilling in charcoal lines across the characters and backgrounds and it looks HORRIBLE as well as frequently not matching the lighting of the scene. It also reboots the history of the characters and has them meeting and learning about each other so don't expect Lupin, Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko to pull off a big, happy heist as a team while Inspector Zenigata bumbles after them in this 13-episode bore. The plot is a confusing, senseless mess, the characters are all wrong, the dialogue is stiff, grim darkness is abundant...it's the complete opposite of what you want from a Lupin III series.

Not even the popular theme tune made it. I realize that Yuji Ohno is getting very old these days but the music they use in this show is wrist-slittingly dull. The show's opening number even begins with Fujiko ordering "Cease what you are doing!" Take that advice and switch it off. This series is an insult to Lupin III. Absolutely horrible.