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There is a browser extension for Chrome(-based browsers) and Firefox that overrides the Flash player in Crunchyroll and forces it to play HTML5 instead. Thanks to that, I am able to watch anime on my laptop again. Big win!

keyblader1985 posted...

I've always wanted to get deeper into Lupin.

One of my buddies at Crunchyroll is in the process of watching the entire franchise, from the '60s all the way up to the present. (He had to set aside this entire year to do it.) The impression I get from reading his experiences is that Lupin III has almost no continuity, and the number of different writers and directors involved over the decades means that the type of show it is can be very different from one series to the next. It tends to be a comedy, but it can range from being dark (like the original manga) to being Japanese Looney Tunes (like the "pink jacket" era of the anime). You can pick and choose the bits you like. The "blue jacket" series is the one currently running on Crunchyroll, and that one has been well-received, but you can start almost anywhere in the franchise and have fun with it.

Castle of Cagliostro is a good place to start, but it is important to remember that it is not characteristic of Lupin III as a whole. (The best description I have seen is that it is a good movie, but not a good Lupin III movie.) Lupin is almost a hero character in that movie, and he and his friends are not terrible to each other, which is kind of the point of Lupin III.
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