"Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure"

It was only recently that I got to watch an anime film again. I guess the one before this would have to be One Piece: Strong World which I watched some two months back.

Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure is a 1995 film starring Lupin III and his gang composed of Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko. As usual, the ramen-loving Inspector Zenegata is present. His love for ramen paid off, I think, as he used empty ramen bowls as parachute. (I think this inspector is one of my most unforgettable anime character. He's funny and despite his many failed attempts to arrest Lupin, he still doesn't give up.)

The movie is about the treasures amassed by Harimao during the World War 2. An archaeologist named Diana needs to find it together with her grandfather Sir Archer, to save their company from bankruptcy following a train accident where many were killed.

As in the TV series, Lupin is concerned when Inspector Zenigata is in trouble. In this movie, he saw Zenigata determined to follow him even to the point of going underwater without any diving instrument as he attached himself to the submarine.

Turns out that the company lawyer is the one behind everything. In fact, this lawyer is gay and is addressed as Hermaphrodite by his subjects, the Neo-Nazis. He shot Sir Archer and the latter died with the secret of how to obtain Harimao's treasures.

This is a rather good film considering it was made in 1995. I'm looking forward to watching the entire series again.

In relation to archaeology, there isn't much, except that Diana is an archaeologist and also lectures at the University of London but that's just about it. This girl is brave and wears sporty clothes. The bad thing is that as an archaeologist, she should not be looking for treasures for her own interest. This does not make her any less different from treasure hunters. On the plus side, her grandfather appears to have great concern for cultural heritage as shown in one scene wherein  he was indignant over the destruction of a bridge with intricate designs by the Neo-Nazis.