Review Challenge!

For those of you who have come to class in the last week or so here is a good chance for you to read and review some of the things that we went over.  Can you remember all of that vocabulary?  Let's see how you do!

I have a very large soft spot for Lupin the third and the Castle of Cagliostro.  It was the very first Japanese Anime that I saw when I was a child.  The first time that I saw it I was about 12 years old and starting to outgrow cartoons.  When I saw this movie I was surprised that an animated movie could be so cool!  I was basically hooked on Japanese anime from that moment on.

The main character is Lupin who is a gentleman cat-burglar based on French novelist Maurice Leblanc's "Les Aventure de Arsene Lupin"  Lupin is supposedly the grandson of this legendary gentleman thief, who was renowned for not only his ingenious crimes that would part beautiful women from the money and jewelry but also their hearts.  Although Lupin is a thief and a criminal he is after all a gentleman and will spend most or even all of his loot to uphold the honor of a lady or give the money to a truly deserving cause.

Lupin III is much like his grandfather in that he may have grand and ingenious plans for a theft, but over the course of the story he finds something even more valuable;  the love of a kind and beautiful woman.

I have seen most of the Lupin movies and have even read most of the classic comic books done by famous comic artist Monkey-Punch, but Castle of Cagliostro remains my all time favorite Lupin story.

The story goes:  Lupin and his partner in crime Jigen discover a large number of near perfect fake money.  They decide to try and steal the printing plates for themselves and become insanely rich. Lupin traces the bills back to a small European country called Cagliostro.  While trying to find a way to break-in and loot the castle Lupin runs into a princess who is being forced to marry against her will so that the evil Count Cagliostro can learn the true secret behind the his family's power and wealth. 

Lupin quickly decides to change his caper from finding the goat-bills, to saving the princess.   Over the course of the heist Lupin also bumps into his ex-girlfriend Fujiko as well as teams up with his arch rival Inspector Zenigatta of the international police agency.  Together they all work to take down Count Cagliostro.  In the end the count runs out of time and meets an ironic end.  Lupin discovers the secret of Cagliostro and sets the princess free to live her own life.  Lupin with his gang then make a clean get away into the setting sun.

Review Vocabulary:  Soft spot, cat-burglar, thief, break-in, loot, caper, heist, a get away

So, how did you do?