Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro Reviews

Recordaba que esta película es buena, pero no recordaba que es así de buena.
A pesar de tener una historia simple y no explorar muchos temas, el castillo de Cagliostro es una muy buena película por sus personajes y sus interacciones, que son realmente entrañables y en varios momentos desencadenan a grandes momentos cómicos.
Si bien no es la mejor película de Miyazaki, es de las más entretenidas, con escenas de acción muy buenas y sumamente creativas, y una animación excelente, que no había tenido precedentes en su época y marcó un antes y un después en el presupuesto de las películas japonesas de animación.
Claro, el villano es unidimensional y un personaje bastante aburrido, pero al hacer un énfasis en los personajes principales, este problema es fácil de ignorar.
Muy buena película sumamente recomendable.

By now, I have seen almost all the movies directed by Hayao Miyazaki and, of course, at some point, I had to watch his directing début. Well, even though it was fairly enjoyable, it was still his weakest effort so far. Indeed, basically, it wasn’t a personal project but, like everyone else, he had to start somewhere and it could have been worse, I guess. Obviously, the animation felt rather dated, although some action scenes (above all the car chase at the beginning) were sometimes quite mind-blowing and I found out afterwards that they had just 4 months (!) of production. How could they manage to make this 100 minutes animated feature in such a short time is beyond me, especially when you think that the average production time for an animated flick is usually around 4 years. Apparently, because of this tight production schedule, Miyazaki had to play around with the script and he was never really satisfied with the end-result. To be honest, the whole plot was pretty chaotic but maybe it has to do with the fact that I haven’t seen the previous installment or the TV show it was based on. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, it remains a decent watch and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Hayao Miyazaki’s work.

It´s not really that bad but lets you down. It could be great with, i dont know, more time? more experience? more money? who knows.

At it´s best (meaning = action scenes) its just wonderful but the bad character presentation, weak story and slow moments drag this movie down.

It´s a weird feeling giving a harsh (not so harsh, ok) review to any of Miyazaki´s work but I feel this deserves it.

I´m sorry sensei. I truly am.