Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus

Then we arrived at this Lupine III film But unlike the other previous ones this time This is a film released at the cinema So when I was very young I liked this film a lot and I really had wonderful memories of this film but as always I do not know whyat the time as I was very young because I reviewed this film when I am much older I realized that it is a really bad film Then this film I know that a lot of people love it and here there are really a lot of positive reviews even very high marks but for me thisI didn't like the film at all, I'll tell you the only two positive things about this film. The first is the animation, the second is Giulia's character. What a film, it was a really good character, but worse, I'm left with nothing because the plot isn't done well, the villain it's really pathetic because for all thefilm doesn't do anything at all except to take the book and then he doesn't really do great things this villain and he just makes a bad impression and then the really bad thing about this film is Lupine old broke by he just makes a bad impression especially in that one leaves when he receives alot of slaps has a lot of female people because he doesn't really get a lot in this movie even the slaps that go right sense this movie they always say one of the best But for me it's one of the worst and and I'm that person who is writing a very bad review selfdo you really want to see a real Lupine III movie Watch The Castle of Cagliostro instead because that is a thousand times better to conclude the vote 2-

Only recently have I stumbled across the Lupin III series, and they have found a way to tag along at the end of my daily routines. Distinct characters, interesting plots, and an unusual sense of anxiety on what could happen next. The first few I had seen were intriguing none the less, but it wasn't until I had seen Farewell to Nostradamus that I had truly been engulfed by this world that Monkey Punch had created.

These movies are usually very fast paced and chaotic. Farewell to Nostradamus handles this well and succeeds where a lot of the Lupin III spawns blunder, at creating a smooth and climactic story line. There is never a point where the viewer is overloaded with plot material, all while building up to a tense and very satisfying ending.

Quick synopsis: Lupin III is a sly, suave, and slick international thief. He is accompanied by; Jigens (a nicotine addicted gun slinger), Goemon (a patient samurai), and Fujiko (a heart and neck breaker).

After a successful diamond theft, the team quickly turns their attention towards a high paying job. To find the lost pages of prophet, Nostradamus. Soon they are stuck in the middle of a presidential election, a kidnapping, and the eerily accurate predictions of a modern day doomsday cult. All while being chased by INTERPOL's leading investigator, Zenigata.

TD;DR: Although not blessed with the voices of the great part 2 cast, this movie manages to incorporate everything that made early Lupin III great in a package that has some very 90's influences. A must-watch for any Lupin III fan.

I'd like to preface the long-form review once again with the statement that I have only watched the English dubbed version; even though it does indeed lack the great voice of Tony Oliver and his accomplices, this movie's dub is fairly acceptable. The voices sound a bit too silly at times, but I honestly did not mind this as the movie clearly also goes for this tone most of the time.

As for the writing; this has to be simultaneously one of the most grounded and most off-the-wall Lupin III films ever. It combines a frankly insane premise with some down-to-earth Lupin III character moments and action, making for an enjoyable watch with some incredibly funny recurring gags.

Side note: I do recommend any potential viewers of this movie to do at least a bit of surface level research into who Nostradamus was in real life; I sure didn't and even though it didn't make it unwatchable on my first viewing, it did confuse me a bit as to what the importance of the central McGuffin was.

The animation is done surprisingly well, with the animators keeping a classic Lupin look while upgrading the quality of the animation to what was a superb quality in 1995, which still holds up today. The settings are amazingly creative and surprising while its incorporation into events that happen in the movie are very well done.

Of course, with this movie being made in 1995, it has some traits which can be best described as symptoms of its time; some characters feel kind of inserted "just because we needed a character with (x) trait" and its message can come over a bit heavy-handed and preachy; this however does not sufficiently detract from the watching experience to bump the score down any more.

The soundtrack also doesn't really break any new ground, and you can definitely feel the slump of the soundtrack-work between part 2 (1977) and 4 (2015) in this movie; it is still alright as far as regular movies go, but when compared to the other entries in the Lupin III franchise it's in the lower ranks.

In conclusion; this movie is supreme in its looks and the execution of its themes. It manages to keep its insane premise on the ground with some 90's flair thrown in with it. It features an amusing cast which provides many funny moments throughout the film with a bit of the tomfoolery we have come to expect from this franchise. As far as Lupin III movies go, this is one of the classics.

Easily one of the best of over a dozen feature-length Lupin III animated features and TV specials made between 1979 and 2000, DIE, NOSTRADAMUS! is a 1995 film (98 min.) that showcases all of the Lupin series' regular characters to great effect, but also unleashes a formidable stable of new villains and some interesting supporting characters, including Julia, the fearless, precocious child who's heir to one of the world's largest fortunes, and Douglas, her blindly ambitious father whose U.S. presidential campaign is derailed by her kidnapping. For those new to the Japanese animated Lupin III phenomenon (introduced on TV in Japan in 1971), the regular characters are as follows: Lupin the 3rd, famous jewel thief and grandson of famous French literary character Arsene Lupin; Fujiko, Lupin's gorgeous, buxom and duplicitous sometime partner; Jigen, Lupin's fedora-wearing, gun-toting sidekick; sword master Goemon; and the gang's ever-persistent nemesis, Inspector Zenigata.

The action in the film is fast and furious and moves from Brazil to an unnamed city in the U.S. (the site of Douglas's 200-story skyscraper HQ, the tallest building in the world) to a Devil's Island-type penal colony to the interior of the Amazon jungle and back to the U.S. Several different parties are all after an original, complete copy of Nostradamus' predictions that Douglas keeps in a vault in his skyscraper. One of these parties is the cult leader of the Church of Nostradamus who needs the book to bolster his own power. The Brazilian soccer team gets involved at one or more points in the story.

The big action climax occurs in the giant Douglas skyscraper as all parties converge in a race against time to get the book before the bombs planted by one of the competing factions go off. There's quite a lot of genuine suspense and destructive spectacle in this section of the film, which will no doubt please fans of the series but may help to explain why, at least in the last three years, this film has not been picked up for distribution in the U.S. Some of the action here simply hits a little too close to home after 9/11.

While Lupin and Fujiko maintain their sense of humor throughout the film and even get romantic during one unusual interlude (with the appropriate-and expected--clothes-shedding), the overall tone is more serious and straightforward than most Lupin features. Things don't get too ridiculous or outlandish as they do in, say, LEGEND OF THE GOLD OF BABYLON (1985) and PURSUIT OF HARIMAO'S TREASURE (1995) to name two Lupin features that are available in the U.S. I would rank NOSTRADAMUS with Hayao Miyazaki's CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO (1979) as the two best Lupin animated features. Others I would recommend include THE FUMA CONSPIRACY (1987) which, like CAGLIOSTRO, is available in the U.S., BURNING ZANTETSUKEN (1994), DEAD OR ALIVE (1996), and WALTHER P38 (1997, also reviewed on this site).

This is one of my third favorite Lupin the 3rd Movie. While Castle of Cagliostro is #1 and Dead or Alive is #2.

There's so much happening in this movie. It has allot to do with this Religious Cult called the "Nostradamus Sect". Which is an actual religion founded by a man named Micheal Nostradamus who lived in the 16th century.

And there's also this Giant Skyscrapper called the "Douglas Media Skyscrapper" who is own by the Billionaire Douglas who is trying to win the Presidentical Election.

I won't give away too much on what happens in the movie. But this movie has allot of good parts, explosives, action, and danger.

It's worth buying on DVD. A must have for any die-hard Lupin fan.