Reed Nelson, the adminstrator of the LupintheThird.net website, reports that Discotek Media has put its DVD release of Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon on indefinite hold due "to the state of anime sales (i.e., slow)." The former North American licensee, AnimEigo, had previously released this caper movie on videotape and laserdisc, but not on DVD. (AnimEigo had changed the name of the titular thief Lupin to "Rupan" to avoid legal issues with the estate of Maurice Leblanc, author of the Arsène Lupin novels.)
Discotek just released the Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy video on DVD at the end of October, and Nelson provided a full-length commentary on this release. Discotek first revealed that it licensed the rights to certain Lupin III titles in August of 2005.
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Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: Flashwerewolf on November 23, 2007, 06:42:46 PM
sales are slow cause everyone is ripping anime from the net for free
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: tkoold on November 23, 2007, 07:53:12 PM
Yeah people are cheapskates Lupin is pretty good.
id buy it if my economy were not strained, i own almost all of Lupin that ever exists!
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: kinjo on November 23, 2007, 07:56:39 PM
not to mention anime is dying in the US
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: Flashwerewolf on November 23, 2007, 07:58:13 PM
when it became popular, it was CRAMMED down our throats so now after a few years ppl are looking for something new. CG films/animation is prolly picking up.
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: tkoold on November 23, 2007, 08:04:51 PM
Yeah.. its hard to screw up a CGI film.. myself i find it all uninpressive though..
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: Flashwerewolf on November 23, 2007, 08:09:29 PM
UNIMPRESSIVE!?
Appleseed, Final Fantasy, REBOOT, etc all epic.
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: kinjo on November 23, 2007, 08:28:24 PM
i really feel a traditional 2d animation come back
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: Flashwerewolf on November 23, 2007, 08:31:58 PM
Like Popeye and Mickey Mouse?
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: black death on November 23, 2007, 08:35:04 PM
did someone say lupis?
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: Flashwerewolf on November 23, 2007, 08:40:26 PM
[off]
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: tkoold on November 23, 2007, 09:53:48 PM
no i mean the movies like shreck the 3rd, Meet the robinsons, ratatoulle ect...
they are all great well writen stories and very entertaining...
but the CGI rendering is so well refined that its not work for them at all to produce..
so while they may be great movies to watch i think i find them unimpressive because they could keep making these things over and over reinvent stories already told untill the end of time.. i donno its just me.. but after the toy story Phenomenon its hard to Love these movies as they get shelled out year after year.
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: Flashwerewolf on November 23, 2007, 09:59:05 PM
They are hard to make, Pixar is just such a HUEG company that they can put TONS of CG dudes together to make quick progress.
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: tkoold on November 24, 2007, 12:11:02 AM
you might be right.. its just hard to feel like there wont be 3-4 films every year and were supposed to like, love and enjoy all of them and we might but i donno..
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: Flashwerewolf on November 24, 2007, 12:17:48 AM
Well, this way they can reach each genre and setting, so there will be a CG movie that each person will enjoy.
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: ShinamoriAoshi on November 26, 2007, 09:53:56 PM
and they get triple or quadruple the profits
Title: Re: Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon DVD on Hold
Post by: tkoold on November 28, 2007, 07:08:27 AM
i need Profits CHA CHING $$$$$$$
LUPIN is a Great anime i just want to say, i own All of series 1 over half of series 2, All of series 3 & All of the Lupin films!