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It's a fairly complex plot, butįujiko kicks ass in this one, she's on the run with the princess, showing her how to have a good time and protecting her. The plot is a Detective Conan style murder mystery, and the Lupin gang is added to the mix, bringing their brand of fun. This involves a nice flashback to Lupin wearing his classic green jacket, so we get both red and green action in this. Conan is on the case, and meanwhile Lupin wants to take a crown, which he attempted to steal long ago. There's a story involving a princess in danger, who looks just like Ran. This crossover between the two long running series is done quite well. Lupin III vs Detective Conan is a very cool TV special. My only regret is that we didn't get to see Fujiko turn her charm on for Detective Takagi - I really wanted to see Takagi explain that to Satou! But Conan fans shouldn't feel too smug, because the voice actors in that series are getting along in years too.Īll that aside, the point of a collaboration like this is to let the fans of both series have fun and enjoy a smart, fast paced and intelligently done piece of entertainment.

I always feel that it is unfortunate that Kogoro's character is depicted as being so incompetent in the TV series when the overall story line indicates that he isn't an idiot, but only acts like one because of circumstance.įans of Lupin III will no doubt enjoy hearing all of the old gang of voice actors at it again, however, everyone's age is coming through pretty strongly in their voices. One of the things that I really liked about the special was that Kogoro got to show some competence. But as expected, Fujiko got to show her "charms" quite extensively, and as usual Lupin got to drool but not touch. Since this was a later broadcast than the usual Conan timeslot there was a bit more fan service and more mature remarks, including a reference to Ran's youthful but never-the-less quite ample "proportions". There was lots of humor in the story, particularly from the Lupin gang, but the Conan gang had some of their usual high jinks too. The overall story was quite convoluted with what appeared at first to be divergent plot lines, but everything came together well thanks to some nicely developed surprises. To be fair, the story was much more a Conan mystery than a Lupin adventure, but considering that "Meitantei Conan" is the series that is still on the air regularly and maintains high ratings, that shouldn't be

Even the differences in character designs were well integrated yet all of the characters retained their traditional appearances. The writers pulled off the story much better than I expected and all the characters were thoroughly integrated while the various scenes and actions all captured the respective spirits of the two franchises. I just watched the "Lupin III vs Detective Conan" special and it was a lot of fun.