If you loved Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive, try Lupin the Third: Is Lupin Still Burning?

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Lupin the Third: Is Lupin Still Burning? has roughly 3.9× fewer votes than Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Kazuhiko Kato, and they both carry the neon soaked, playful, unhinged mood tags, and they sit in Action / Animation / Comedy / Crime territory. If that's the register that drew you to Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Lupin the Third: Is Lupin Still Burning? is

Lupin III gets a blast from the past. He travels through time to protect his future. Time travel chaos ensues.

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