(Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Series: Lupin Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: Assane Diop (Omar Sy) is a dashing thief who is inspired to take on a life of crime by the exploits of fictional […]
Reimagining an Icon in Lupin III: The First
Lupin III is one of the first icons of manga and anime history. A new film that takes the character into 3D animation for the first time lives up to all the expectations that come with that legacy.
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Monkey Punch was tasked with making an “adult-oriented series” for publication in
Weekly Manga Action, a seinen-genre (intended for older boys and young men) magazine published by Futabasha. What Katō created was
Lupin III, (a.k.a.
Lupin the Third) an adventure-comedy featuring the titular gentleman thief descended from Maurice LeBlanc’s famous literary character Arsène Lupin. The manga features sex and violence, often unsavory and frequently at the same time, along with dark humor and a fair bit of slapstick absurdity.
Lupin review: Netflix starts the year with a fabulous new show about a gentleman thief
Netflix creates Lupin magic in the smile of Omar Sy, and I think no one better could have been cast. The lone wolf of the comic book and anime is shown to be a dad here with the delightful Ludvine Sagnier playing his ex-wife.
Lupin Netflix Poster
Before there was TinTin, Herge had Quick & Flupke; before there was Asterix and Calvin & Hobbes, there was Little Nemo and yes, Arsene Lupin, gentleman thief. We’ve all had years of growing up on superheroes, from Phantom and Mandrake to the usuals of the Marvel and DC universe.
Creators Behind Wolfwalkers, Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon and Earwig and the Witch Dive Into Their Otherworldly Characters
Wolfwalkers Concept Art: Courtesy of Cartoon Saloon and ABRAMS (4)
The filmmakers break down their animated movies about magic wolves, a Studio Ghibli creature and an alien.
Wolfwalkers (APPLE TV+/GKIDS)
Set in Ireland and bathed in mythology, Cartoon Saloon s hand-animated
Wolfwalkers follows an English girl, Robyn Goodfellowe, who befriends Mebh, a member of a tribe rumored to have the ability to transform into wolves. To design Mebh and Robyn s wolf forms, the team, led by two-time Oscar-nominated director Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, started with a generic wolf and aimed to reflect each girl in her wolf persona. The central choice we decided on since the beginning was to keep the eyes the same as their human form, both in shape and color, with some minor adjustments, says character posing artist Federico Pirovano. The eyes are the mirror of