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Summary
Lupin III (Japanese: ルパン三世, Hepburn: Rupan Sansei), also written as Lupin the Third, Lupin the 3rd or Lupin the IIIrd, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It follows the escapades of master thief Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels.
The Lupin III manga, which first appeared in Weekly Manga Action on August 10, 1967, spawned a media franchise that includes numerous manga, two versions of an animated pilot film, six animated television series, eight theatrically-released animated films, two live-action films, six OVA works, twenty-seven animated television specials, two musicals, many music CDs, and several video games. Many different companies have owned the English-language distribution rights to various Lupin III properties at various times, with just the first two animated films having been released by over 10 companies alone. Tokyopop acquired the license to the original manga in 2002, and later the second series in 2004. Funimation Entertainment purchased the rights to several of the television specials and films in 2002, and the fourth television series in 2012. Geneon licensed and dubbed 79 episodes of the second television series, 26 of which were broadcast on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim during 2003. Discotek Media licensed the entire first, second and fifth television series and the first live-action film; they also own the rights to several other Lupin titles, including some previously released by other companies.
Over fifty years after its creation, Lupin III remains popular, with a sixth anime series airing in 2018. Critical reception of the franchise has been largely positive across its various incarnations, with the appeal of the lead characters being noted as the primary factor of the series' success. The voice acting (in both Japanese and English versions) and soundtracks (especially those composed by Yuji Ohno) of the anime adaptations have also received similar compliments; however, several of the franchise's installments, most specifically the television specials, have been criticized for being formulaic. The manga has also been noted by fans and critics for its darker tone compared to the anime, with its explicit depictions of sex and violence, as well as its black, fourth-wall-breaking sense of humor, contrasting with the mostly family-friendly animated versions. The world of the manga would later be continued in the "Lupin IIIrd" continuity, consisting of several works including "A Woman Called Fujiko Mine", "Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone", "The Blood Spray of Goemon Ishikawa" and "Fujiko's Lie", separate from the main anime. For several years, issues relating to the copyright of Maurice Leblanc's intellectual property meant that the Lupin name was removed from its releases outside Japan, usually changed to "Rupan" or "Wolf". However, the copyright has since expired, allowing foreign releases to use the Lupin name.
Power of the Verse
The verse is surprisingly powerful for peak human standards, with characters who have consistently survived or even withstand massive explosions, powerful enough to demolish and destroy both small and large buildings, to be capable to physically harm each other, and display lifting strength far above any normal human in real life.
The Zantetsuken, in particular, had been shown to be capable of slicing everything from bullets, rockets, cars, trees, boulders, walls, armored vehicles, tanks, helicopters, airplanes, ships, bridges, buildings and even a large waterspout.
The speed is also very impressive, from characters being easily able to react, dodge and/or block everything from bullets, rockets, missiles, lightning bolts and even lasers, while possessing movement speed which allow them to outspeed bullets and explosions.
Also, the technology of the verse is above the current technology in the real world, from machinery which can make earthquakes, to enter in someone's subconscious, to resurrect the dead, advance nanomachines, self aware AI, quantum computer, time travel machine, create a worldwide flood, human looking robots, absolute control over the weather and much more.
Calculations
- Goemon slice a massive waterspout (35.816 Tons - City Block level)
- Marcel survives an explosion which destroyed his mansion at point blank range (0.749 Tons - Building level)
- Fujiko supposedly survived an explosion which could have been seen from kilometers (0.328 Tons - Building level)
- Lupin and Fujiko survive a collision which destroyed a passenger car which was durable enough to make a hole in a submarine (0.033 Tons - Small Building level)
- Lupin and Fujiko tank an explosion from a artillery shell which destroyed a small house (0.026 Tons - Small Building level)
- Goemon survive an explosion from a bomb which destroyed a large boulder (0.00522 Tons - Small Building level)
- Goemon survive be struck by a giant stump (0.0041 Tons - Wall level+)
- Fujiko slice skyscapers with the Zantetsuken (0.006 Tons of TNT - Small Building level / 0.00063 Tons - Wall level)
- Zenigata survive an explosion from one of Lupin's bomb which destroyed a blimp (1.883 Tons - Building level+ / 0.0026 Tons - Wall level+)
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