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Five visually stunning and mostly-watchable shorts.

Gala - Fine 5/10. A unique premise about the marvels of life, for lack of better words. Good visuals, but nothing too spectacular. Also could've been shorter and nothing would've been lost.

Moondrive - Good 8/10. Entertaining, Lupin III-esque action comedy. Has a plot. Fun cartoony animation style, memorable scratchy linework and backgrounds, decent number of actually funny jokes. Brought down a bit by its less funny sexism.

Wanwa the Doggy - Okay 6/10. Really unique art style that kind of resembles Masaaki Yuasa's short in the first Genius Party. Little more than just a very long chase scene, but the abstract ... backgrounds and technically impressive animation make it worthwhile, though not something I'd sit through twice.

Toujin Kit - Great 9/10. Beautifully executed setting that keeps inviting you to ask question about the world. More resigned than other entries action wise, putting more energy into really fluid character acting. There's an actual plot, solid pacing. Monster design is genuinely other-worldly and is unlike anything I've seen before.

Dimension Bomb - Bad 3/10. Beautiful character designs, backgrounds, and lighting work here. Animation is on par with other entries. 20 minute ambient music videos are not exactly engaging, though. The short uses almost impenetrably abstract storytelling, conveying its narrative through mostly-silent shots that drag on for years. The music itself is outright grating at times too. A lousy experience to close the anthology with.

Underrated gem among the Lupin III series. Don't pass it up.

Bad stuff first: Plot-wise, this is a pretty average Lupin movie, it's got the standard cast of forgettable side-characters, a very straightforward quest for treasure, and a generic villain with generic evil motives. There's a bit of awkward pacing too, with really fun action sequences being separated by sequences of characters literally just walking around a cave. If you've seen Castle of Cagliostro, then this will come off as a weaker retelling of the same ideas.

Audio here is below average, unfortunately. The soundtrack doesn't have any memorable tunes, and a lot of it feels kind ... of inappropriately silly, rather than cool. The typical voice cast isn't here either, but that didn't bother me, personally.

Fortunately, this movie more than makes up for what it lacks by being the best looking entry in the series. This movie is made up entirely of jaw dropping car chases, intense fight choreography, and solid character acting. There were no corners cut here, you get to see every building fall apart in full detail, and it's incredible. I especially loved the chase scene in the middle of the movie. There's a lot of really good visual gags too; for example, when Zenigata's cars are run over by a train, you see his officers all crammed into one car chasing after Lupin.

This movie's setting is also good. A lot of Lupin movies take place in "Somewhere - Europe", rather than any specific locations, but the town in this movie has a lot of memorable set-pieces, and you can things about the setting while watching (it's got a lot of trains, for example). It's not quite as distinct as Cagliostro, but it's still good. Would've been better if less of it took place in a cave though.