Sideburns & Cigarettes: A Lupin III Podcast

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Have you brushed up on your psychokinesis lately? Does psychokinesis actually have anything to do with this delightfully zany movie? Find the answer as Drew, Emma, Chris, Natalie, and Guillaume finally tackle the 1974 film, "Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy." Both the very first theatrical and live-action film adaptation of Monkey Punch's original manga!

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Sharpen your blade and fasten your fundoshi, Lupintic folks!

We're currently in limbo between Parts I and II with a review of Strange Psychokinetic Strategy on the way. In the interim, our co-host Emma came up with a wonderful idea.

Between every mainline anime series, we'll be focusing on all five members of the Lupin Gang. Chosen at random, we'll discuss how we feel about these thieving rascals (and one dogged, long-suffering inspector).

We'll break down what we love about them, what we'd like to see more of, some favorite key moments, our personal headcanons, and much more!

For our first episode in this very special series, we're shining the spotlight on our favorite modern-day samurai, Goemon Ishikawa!

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On April 26th, 2025, we hosted an epic battle on our Discord server. 46 movies, TV specials, and OVAs were pitted against each other with randomly generated battle brackets. Only one would emerge as the victor in THE GREAT LUPIN MOVIE/SPECIAL/OVA TOURNAMENT!

We had an incredibly fun time hosting this stream with many of our listeners in attendance. Whether you're listening for the first time or reliving the historic competition, we hope you have just as much fun listening to it.

Choices were made. Crash-outs were had. Comraderies were tested.

Let the battle begin (again).

On September 1st, 2024, we livestreamed our 5th anniversary celebration on Discord. It was a fun little award ceremony, The First Quinquennial Edgar Awards, which we intend to host every five years in our server.

On March 21st, 2025, we had to re-record the audio due to the original recording having a few technical difficulties.

Now, it is May 5th, and Sideburns & Cigarettes (finally) invites you to The (Belated, Condensed) First Quinquennial Edgar Awards!

Join us as we hand out awards of dubious merit to all the Lupin shows/specials/films we've covered so far, pat ourselves on the back, and unveil our listeners' choice awards! Whether you've been here since day one, or just discovered us recently, thanks for listening to our goofy little show. It truly means the world to us.

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Trailer reactions aren't usually our bag, but sometimes you just want to spend 90 minutes talking about a 60 second trailer with maybe 30 seconds of new footage.

Join Drew, Emma, Chris, Natalie, and Guillaume as they take a look at the trailer for LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Immortal Bloodline!

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On February 9th, 2020, we began our coverage of Lupin III: Part I. Today, we finally close the book on our journey with Lupin's first TV outing.

It's time to end on an explosive high note. It's time to talk about Episode 23: "The Big Golden Showdown!"

It's all coming to a head. The entirety of Tokyo is scrambling to claim ownership of a recently-discovered stash of gold, Zenigata is putting his badge on the line to capture Lupin and the gang once and for all, and Lupin might just put his life on the line to pull the most brazen heist yet.

Join Drew, Emma, Chris, Natalie, and Guillaume as they discuss the episode, look back at Part I as a whole, and collectively rank all twenty-three episodes of the series.

It's been a long road covering this series. We're grateful for every listener who's been along for the ride either from the start or along the way. Here's to more great adventures ahead!

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According to our calculations, Drew, Emma, Chris, Natalie, and Guillaume discuss Part 1, Episode 22, "The First-Move-Wins Computer Operation!" in this episode of Sideburns & Cigarettes!

An obnoxious tech bro believes his supercomputer can supplant Lupin and Zenigata's human ingenuity.

Is this a prescient episode? Yes!

Is it also a boring episode? Maybe!

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'Tis the season to gather with friends and loved ones and tell those old holiday tales. Y'know, like the one where Fujiko got strung up on a cross by a backwoods cult in Alaska. Which of course means it's time for The Fourth Annual Sideburns & Cigarettes Holiday Special!

In this episode, Austin and Sully of Third Impact Anime join us again to discuss the most unfairly maligned Lupin series, Part 3! Listen as we continue to stretch the definition of a Christmas-themed episode with our review of Episode 8, "Operation Mother Mary Getaway."

Interviews with Yuzo Aoki cited: https://wavemotioncannon.com/2017/09/02/the-forgotten-lupin-iii-interviews-yuzo-aoki/

Be sure to check out the Third Impact Anime podcast at https://thirdimpactanime.com/

Third Impact Anime's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thirdimpactanime.bsky.social

Austin's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/arsarcantum.bsky.social

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Special guest Luci joins Drew, Emma, Chris, and Natalie to discuss Part 1, Episode 21, "Rescue the Shrewish Girl!"

Rie is whisked away from her seemingly quiet life by the mischievous Lupin III. As they hop from vehicle to vehicle in a seemingly endless chase, Rie has to ask some hard questions. Why has Lupin "rescued" her? Is her Uncle Ken exactly who he says he is? Is this maybe the most important episode of Lupin ever released?

Luci's AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/J_Lucy_Daisuke/pseuds/J_Lucy_Daisuke

Luci's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oopsalltowers/

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Keep rollin', rollin', rollin' with Drew, Emma, Chris, Natalie, and Guillaume as they discuss Part 1, Episode 20, "Catch the Phony Lupin!"

Lupin tries to investigate an imposter and finds a village of meek peasants...who immediately try to kill him with boulders. Just what is it are they trying to hide?

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