Legend of the Gold of Babylon
6.4 /10 1 Votes
Adapted from Lupin III Duration | 6.4/10 Genre Animation, Action, Adventure Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Seijun SuzukiShigetsugu Yoshida Release date July 13, 1985 (1985-07-13) Cast (Lupin III), Philippe Ogouz (Lupin III/Edgar), Gor? Naya (Inspector Zenigata), Philippe Peythieux (Jigen Daisuke), (Daisuke Jigen), Jean Barney (Ishikawa Goemon)Similar movies What's the Worst That Could Happen? , The Italian Job , Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy , Kiss Kiss Bang Bang , The Art of the Steal , Salvage Mice |
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Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon (Japanese: ルパン三世 バビロンの黄金伝説, Hepburn: Rupan sansei: Babiron no Ōgon Densetsu) is a 1985 Japanese animated film co-directed by Seijun Suzuki and Shigetsugu Yoshida. It is the third feature film based on Monkey Punch's popular Lupin III manga.
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- Mangaman s month of lupin iii legend of the gold of babylon 1985
- 1985 the legend of the gold of babylon yearoflupin
- Synopsis
- Production
- Reception
- References

It was released on subtitled VHS and LaserDisc in North America by AnimEigo in 1994 under the "Rupan III" name, due to copyright concerns with Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin.

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Synopsis

Lupin searches for a gigantic hoard of hidden treasure originating in ancient Babylon, with the help of his usual team, a set of stone tablets, and a drunken old woman by the name of Rosetta. Complicating matters is Inspector Zenigata, who has been roped into judging the "Miss ICPO Beauty Contest" and must now drag a group of nominees around with him, all eager to prove themselves as agents.
Production

This film is the only Lupin film where he wears the pink jacket from the third TV series. AnimEigo released the film with English subtitles and Japanese dialogue under the title "Rupan III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon" on VHS in the North America in 1995. In 2005, Discotek Media acquired it for a DVD release, however, it was later cancelled due to NA's declining anime industry. In August 2017, Discotek announced they will release Legend of the Gold of Babylon on DVD and Blu-ray.
Reception

Mike Toole of Anime News Network stated that when he first watched the film in the 1990s, he hated it, having only known Lupin as the "smooth, gallant antihero" from The Castle of Cagliostro and The Plot of the Fuma Clan. Whereas Legend of the Gold of Babylon's version of Lupin is closer to Monkey Punch's original "rough, drunken, lecherous crook." However, a decade later, he stated that the film "goes down much smoother" having been acquainted with Suzuki's other work, the director being known for his bizarre and oddly-structured films.


References
Legend of the Gold of Babylon WikipediaLupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon IMDbLegend of the Gold of Babylon themoviedb.org