Watch Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro For Free

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It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Hayao Miyazaki's directorial debut is wonderfully joyous romp, and is well worth a watch.It's a much lighter take on the classic 'Lupin the 3rd' manga, which may be alienating to long time fans of the series.But replacement of the raunchier humour of the manga with the wonder and energy of Miyazaki is well worth it.It follows Lupin and his friend Jigen's Investigation into a large counterfeiting operation in the small European country of Cagliostro, and their discovery of an evil plot by the country's ruler to steal an ancient treasure from it's rightful owner.The plot isn't particularly complex, the likeable and iconic characters of the Lupin franchise carry it for the 1hr 40min run time.The animation is very simply drawn, but this helps it to be extremely fluid and bouncy.The simple characters aren't much of a problem anyway, they are all iconic and charming enough to the point were it doesn't even matter.The backgrounds and are beautifully detailed, especially the titular castle which is gloriously cliched in a good way.It's many traps, stairwells and towers set the scene for several exciting action sequences, especially the final chase scene (a signature of Miyazaki's works).To conclude, this film is well worth a watch even if its not the most substantial of Miyazaki's films.It's certainly extremely enjoyable and well executed,definitely has my recommendation.

For all the good and bad films I've had to sit through for Superhero Month, I am so glad to be starting off strong with Anime Month! We start off with none other than the directorial debut of the most famous anime director, Hayao Miyazaki! I had no idea that he even worked on this movie. Of course, he's simply been a part of almost every beloved anime film not based on an anime or manga. Actually, this one was based on a manga! I guess he started off not doing original ideas. It was great to see an anime film all the way back from 1979, especially with me judging on whether or not the film holds up.And guess what? It holds up perfectly! For being the oldest anime film on this list, that's quite an achievement. This movie features Lupin III saving a princess in a castle from an evil count. I admit the only bad thing is that the plot is kind of weak. It's still great to watch this wonderfully entertaining character, Lupin III, get into all sorts of mischief! From what I heard, in the original manga, he was actually more villainous, so some loyal fans are against this movie. I personally found him one of the most likable anime characters ever made. I love his voice, his style, and all the great backgrounds and twists and subversive love story, as expected from Miyazaki. ***1/2

Not only is The Castle of Cagliostro Miyazaki's most underrated film, it's one of the most underrated films of all time that a lot of people and many Miyazaki fans are missing out on. It is an extremely entertaining action/adventure film that has a very memorable main character with some hilarious moments, an upbeat Jazz soundtrack and great writing that make it a joy to watch. It's a shame that this film has been so overlooked! You don't have to watch the Anime TV Show that this film is based off. I haven't seen the Lupin III series and I could follow this film fine! The Castle of Cagliostro is my 4th favourite from Miyazaki's filmography and I've seen all 11 of his films, so it is top 5 material for me. I love it! If you are from the U.K. you can buy the Blu-Ray on Amazon. It's totally worth blind buying it!

i remember this as a kid but never got the chance to see it. i remembered that it looked so fun and really wanted to see it. well..., i found out that this is Miyazakis first effort and just had to see it.if this movie doesn't put you in a good mode at the end then you are a ogre and need to stay in your cave. it is an action, comedy, romance with a little 007 and also Inspector Gadget all rolled into one. the script is very tightly written and there is no holes in it. the main character Lupin the 3rd is very very likable, in fact all the good guys were! there was non-stop action and non-stop laughs in this movie.the animation considering that the movie came out almost 35 years ago is pretty good considering. the animation feels nostalgic and you can see hints at what Miyazaki will become in the future. there was still a lot of beauty in some of the animation, comparable to todays. i would recommend this movie to people of all ages..., there is something in here that everybody will love and even though the main character is a rogue, he is a gentleman rogue who lives by a righteous moral code. old school anime rocks!one thing i want to touch on is the original soundtrack which in my mind was awesome( i loved the start and the end song )and puts one right in the mood. for some reason it was a gripe of a lot of non-Japanese viewers and i heard that the western dubbed soundtrack was very good, i've never heard it and even if i did i would disagree. the original soundtrack just puts you in the mood and you could tell that it was the late 70's and early 80's by the music. i don't like and don't recommend dubs of foreign movies cause the real translation rarely ever comes through. what is wrong with people, have they forgotten how to read???