AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Irishchatter It was ok when we get to see the car chase scenes and the fightning scene with Goemon & the Fuma boss. Other than those scenes, I really am a bit dissaponted that it turned out not that brillant for a short Lupin movie. The actual problems I found with this movie was the fact it was too short for one hour 4min, some of the English dub cast weren't at all great and the fact its really all about Goemans loverboy life. Yeah he deserves love but for the love of god, he picked a too cutesy and annoying one. Like if they were planning to have Goeman not single, at least give him a girl/boy who is like him -focused, no nonsense, passionate, etc. I've nothing much to say about this movie, it was one of the let downs of the Lupin series to be honest and a waste of time really........

TheLittleSongbird The fourth Lupin film, 'The Yuma Conspiracy' (or 'The Plot of the Yuma Clan') is most notable for being the first original voice animation based on the manga, also for the original Japanese voice actor for Lupin being replaced and having a different composer.While no 'The Castle of Cagliostro', my first Lupin film and my personal favourite (also a favourite animated film of mine), and lacking the impressive boldness of 'The Secret of Mamo' (aka 'The Mystery of Mamo'),'The Yuma Conspiracy' is vastly improved over the watchable but disappointing 'Gold of Babylon'. It isn't brilliant, with it suffering from the changes made behind the scenes, but it is good fun with the production values being some of the best of any Lupin film.It's a little too short, which makes some of the pacing a little too rushed. The music score is neither sumptuous, atmospheric or fitting, lacking the high quality of the rest of the production values and at odds with the action. Yugi Ohno is missed here.Sadly, the voice acting also disappoints. The changes to Lupin and Jigen's voice actors in the Japanese version were serviceable enough but inferior, but here the English dub is poor with some sounding like they were voicing different characters entirely, they just didn't gel. Jigen in particular is poorly voiced and like the voice actors was not interested.On the other hand, 'The Yuma Conspiracy' has the best and most polished animation of all the Lupin films. It's great here, with the attention to detail in the chase sequences and backgrounds being particularly impressive. The action is truly exciting with a healthy dose of both suspense and humour. The climax is one of the better ones in a Lupin film (it's actually tense and doesn't descend into weirdness like the ones in 'The Secret of Mamo' and 'Gold of Babylon') and the car chase is terrific.Writing is humorous, thought-provoking and taut, with a little pathos in the mix. The story has pacing issues every now and again but is very gripping, with the tone always focused and the humour and tension rarely slipping.Characterisation-wise, 'The Yuma Conspiracy' is largely successful. Would have liked to have seen more of Lupin but he's still fun and it was wonderful to see more development to Goemen. His bride-to-me is more than a damsel-in-distress figure, the villains are a genuine threat and while underused Zenigata hasn't lost his mojo.All in all, entertaining and well done if lacking in a few areas. 7/10 Bethany Cox

emasterslake This is one of the fewer Lupin OVAs. Oppoximately 3 in total.This is one of the 2 Lupin anime owned by Animage who have it translated under the name "Rupan".Besides that it's a great Lupin anime to view. Those who like Castle of Cagliostro or Goemon the trusty Samuri will like this one.Has some good stuff including Ninjas, Car chases, & secret treasure hold with numerous tunnels, passages, and traps.Please note that since this is done by a different team of Translators than Genenon or Funimation. The voice acting is different than their debuts.Pretty much Jigen has a more Gravier voice than his other appearance. But the English voice talents are just fine.The animation is very well made for an OVA from 1987.It's worth buying for those who like Lupin the 3rd.

epyon-2 This Lupin film ranks up there with "Castle of Cagliostro" in terms of fun, but it's still doesn't have as much charm as Cagliostro. This Lupin movie did have one of the best car chases I've seen, including a drive through, not around or near, but through an onsen (Japanese bath house/hot spring). I thought it was nice to see a Lupin movie that focused on one of the other characters. Not to be left out of course, is the action with the Fuma clan was rather entertaining (especially inside the cave).I'll rank this as number 2 out of the 8 Lupin movies I've seen.