So over at Topless Robot, Rob writes about the upcoming Lupin III: Green VS Red OVA– and notes something that I hadn’t yet heard. Apparently the OVA will feature “green jacket” Lupin (a.k.a. the nice one who rescues the girl in Castle of Cagliostro) versus “red jacket” Lupin (the harder, Bondian sex-and-stealing Lupin)…as in, literally.

Sounds like one for the record books, kids. I wants it, my precious.

I spotted this on 2ch, where they were discussing the fact that Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu is NOT on the list. What is? Well, #1 is Lupin the 3rd, followed by Dragon Ball, Doraemon, Ashita no Joe, and Mobile Suit Gundam in 2nd through 5th place.

The list comes from TV Asahi, and it’s mostly pretty good…but it DOES seem odd that Haruhi was left off while Naruto, Bleach, and even Pokemon stayed on.

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