Product Description

Region 1
Japanese Language
English Language
English Subtitles
Dolby Digital Audio
Full Frame
Trailer
Commentary
Liner Notes


Goemon is getting married! Well, he was until his bride, Murasaki, was kidnapped by an evil organization of ninja: the Fuma Clan. Their ransom is the Shuujoh Vase, the key to a legacy of untold wealth that has been hidden for hundreds of years. And where there's treasure, there's master thief, Lupin the Third!

When word of Lupin's appearance reaches Inspector Zenigata, he comes out of retirement to put him behind bars once and for all! Can Lupin, Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko rescue Murasaki, unearth the secrets of the treasure, and evade Old Man Zenigata as they try to foil the fiendish plot of the Fuma Clan?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69688 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-30
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English, Japanese
• Subtitled in: English
• Dubbed in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 73 minutes

Customer Reviews

One of the better Lupin movies.
Anyone who is a fan of Lupin knows exactly what to expect. Wacky car chases, thefts, botched thefts, comedy, kidnapped girls, and a treasure hunt. This is one of the movies that pulls it off really well.

The Fuma Conspiracy begins with Goemon getting married. His wedding is trashed when a group of ninjas attempt to steal a valuable vase. After a decent opening they fail in their mission. The ninjas instead kidnapp his wife. Lupin and the gang find out the vase is somehow linked to a treasure. They get their hands on the vase and everything rolls from there. On another end, Zenigata is brought out of retirement after hearing Lupin is still alive. Then he proceeds to be a thorn in Lupins side yet again.

The thing I appreciate the most about this movie is that Lupin isn't the complete focus. Everyone gets a good chance to shine and they are all useful. However, Goemon gets most of the attention in this one, in which he delivers some pretty good action scenes. This is part of what leads to the movies success. The unbelievable crazy car chases adds a whole lot as well. And the end to the chase always has me laughing because it comes out of nowhere.

The animation definitly seems old but it still holds up well. Except, Fujiko at times resembled Lupin only with alot of hair. The voice acting for both languages is very lacking. I don't feel this way because I'm used to funimations actors. They just lack the charisma and it doesn't seem like they feel there parts.

Now, this doesn't stack up well against Castle of Cagliostro. If you're coming into this hoping it's of that standard. Then you might as well don't even bother. No Lupin movie is of that quality. Still, The Fuma Conspiracy is a very fun movie and I find myself checking this one out more than most of the others.

nice, not great
The fuma conspiracy was one of the first movie with Lupin the third and his gang. Goemon is about to get married, is bride is kidnapped and the adventure unfolds.
The movie is nice, though I do not think it is as imaginative as 'The castle of cagliostro', as visually beautiful as 'the secret of mamo' or as hectic as, let's say, 'farewell to nostradamus' where Lupin went from Brazil to the USA to some mysterious island (which looked a lot like the island in 'the island of assassins'), and again to Brazil and the USA.
the Fuma conspiracy is all set in Japan. It's about finding a treasure (as was 'dead or alive') as much as it is about rescuing Goemon's bride.
The characters are less convincing than usual: Goemon goes from being a confident soon-husand-to-be to being a guy who's nervous and insecure around women (as he was in castle of cagliostro). Zenigata and Jigen are a bit flat. Fujilo is neither the unreliable (yet loving) woman that can be seen in the secret of mamo nor in the nostradamus movie nor the relatively loyal member of the gang that can be seen in 'missed by a dollar'. But the major problem is with Lupin. He is not as central as he should be and was in other movies, he's not supersmart, heroic, appealing villain of most Lupin movies nor the sweeter character designed by Miyazaki in Cagliostro. He is there, but never displays his usual genius.
So while the movie is worth watching anyway, it is not as good as it could have been

The Fuma Conspiracy AKA Goemon kicks [butt]
This is a very entertaining movie with quite a bit of action and just a teeny bit of plot holes that can be overlooked. The ninjas involved seem a bit silly but anything to get Goemon showing off his mad swordsman skills is well worth it. This is much more a Goemon feature than a (L)upin one so this is a definite buy for all Goemon fans.

The animation is very good and incredibly smooth for something I come to expect from non-traditional animation. The action is fast and exciting that has most of the cast running throughout the entire movie. Even when they get to the booby trap ridden cavern near the end of the film, they rarely take their time to be cautious instead opting to look cool by running as fast as they can through traps.

Although violence is not something I'm very interested in, I was kind of wanting more of it. First of all, throughout the entire movie Jigen is without his gun and only serves as a driver (during fairly neat car chases, mind you) for most of the movie. I think (L)upin pulled out his gun once but I can't remember if he used it at all. Also, I'm not sure if its only the english dialouge version .... :D), but there isn't any blood in the movie either. Not like no blood ruined the movie, mind you, but you come to expect at least a little trickle of blood to come out when a ninja takes a hit from a sword to the belly.

The English dub voices are... well, if the movie wasn't as entertaining as it was I would have turned it off in 10 minutes into the movie. And this is coming from a dub fan. (L)upin's voice is surprisingly like that of the Pioneer's dub but without the polish or the acting skills; although the actor, to his credit, does do better as the movie goes along. Goemon's voice isn't bad but it sounds like it would have been more comfortable belonging to Japanese Guy #2 instead of a main character. Fujiko's voice is... well, it reminded me of Gadget from Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers. Take that as you will. While Jigen's voice (easily the worst) sounds like a guy swallowed a blender while it was still on, the rest of the voice cast is easily forgivable and/or forgetable.