04-04-2004, 06:11 PM
Lupin's name actually has a bit of conflict in it's history.
To start with, Lupin is French for Wolf. So calling him wolf is like calling someone named "Garcon" Boy.
The character Lupin III is based on a classic French character named Arsine Lupin (I'm probably off on the spelling of the first name, I'm going from memory here). When they tried importing Lupin into North America there were copyright conflicts preventing them from using the name Lupin over here so they called him Wolf (which is just the literal translation of his name). After that, they tried skirting the issue by renaming him Rupan on some pre-DVD releases.
The copyright issue has finally been resolved and I believe the estate of the author who wrote the original Lupin novels is finally getting some form of compensation.
To address the original question in this thread, Castle of Cagliostro is the first anime movie I ever saw and it remains one of my all time favourites. After that I have a hard time picking a second favourite. I enjoyed the goofiness of Legend of Gold Babylon, and the serious tones of Walter P-38. Mystery of Mamo stands out as pretty cool but one of the more weird anime I've ever seen.
I'd still rather watch the first season of Lupin directed by Miyazaki than most of the movies though.
To start with, Lupin is French for Wolf. So calling him wolf is like calling someone named "Garcon" Boy.
The character Lupin III is based on a classic French character named Arsine Lupin (I'm probably off on the spelling of the first name, I'm going from memory here). When they tried importing Lupin into North America there were copyright conflicts preventing them from using the name Lupin over here so they called him Wolf (which is just the literal translation of his name). After that, they tried skirting the issue by renaming him Rupan on some pre-DVD releases.
The copyright issue has finally been resolved and I believe the estate of the author who wrote the original Lupin novels is finally getting some form of compensation.
To address the original question in this thread, Castle of Cagliostro is the first anime movie I ever saw and it remains one of my all time favourites. After that I have a hard time picking a second favourite. I enjoyed the goofiness of Legend of Gold Babylon, and the serious tones of Walter P-38. Mystery of Mamo stands out as pretty cool but one of the more weird anime I've ever seen.
I'd still rather watch the first season of Lupin directed by Miyazaki than most of the movies though.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.