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Title (English) Lupin III - Goodbye Lady Liberty

Title (Japanese) Rupan Sansei: Bye Bye Liberty - Kiki Ippatsu!

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Fantasy Novel

Notes = Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis (special)
GOODBYE LADY LIBERTY (Manga Video, 96 mins, cert.12, £13.99)

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Review Another disappointing Lupin III movie, in which the Super Egg, the world's largest diamond, is the ultimate prize for various gangs of thieves, not least Lupin and his associates. The rugby-ball sized gem, stolen in a previous raid, is hidden somewhere in the Statue of Liberty. The police forces now have a computer database which enables them to predict Lupin's every move, but despite this he is determined to lift the gem. Also in the story are Fujiko, who is enjoying the company of a very rich man, and a religious cult, Conquer the Universe Incorporated, whose mad and ancient leader also wants the Super Egg. If this sounds a bit like the previous Lupin movie from Manga, you're right, it is the same formula and it fails for much the same reasons. A lot of implausible and sketchily defined characters engaging in fantasy slapstick does not necessarily make a great movie, and in this case it certainly doesn't, the movie being too fantastic and arbitrary to engender any suspense. (The tape proved less interesting than a sampling of the evening's TV viewing.) One suspects, on admittedly scant evidence to hand, that excessive fidelity to the manga may be the problem. My Lupin advice: first get CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO (Manga) and PLOT OF THE FUMA CLAN (Western Connection) and maybe GOLD OF BABYLON.

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Release UK:VHS

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1989-04-01

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References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Lupin III - Goodbye Lady Liberty
Title (Japanese)	Rupan Sansei: Bye Bye Liberty - Kiki Ippatsu!
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	= Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis (special) GOODBYE LADY LIBERTY (Manga Video, 96 mins, cert.12, £13.99)
Classification	-
Synopsis
Review	Another disappointing Lupin III movie, in which the Super Egg, the world's largest diamond, is the ultimate prize for various gangs of thieves, not least Lupin and his associates. The rugby-ball sized gem, stolen in a previous raid, is hidden somewhere in the Statue of Liberty. The police forces now have a computer database which enables them to predict Lupin's every move, but despite this he is determined to lift the gem. Also in the story are Fujiko, who is enjoying the company of a very rich man, and a religious cult, Conquer the Universe Incorporated, whose mad and ancient leader also wants the Super Egg. If this sounds a bit like the previous Lupin movie from Manga, you're right, it is the same formula and it fails for much the same reasons. A lot of implausible and sketchily defined characters engaging in fantasy slapstick does not necessarily make a great movie, and in this case it certainly doesn't, the movie being too fantastic and arbitrary to engender any suspense. (The tape proved less interesting than a sampling of the evening's TV viewing.) One suspects, on admittedly scant evidence to hand, that excessive fidelity to the manga may be the problem. My Lupin advice: first get CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO (Manga) and PLOT OF THE FUMA CLAN (Western Connection) and maybe GOLD OF BABYLON.
Credits
Episodes
Release	UK:VHS
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1989-04-01
Production
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.