It's the second progress report of the wiki and due to recent events, this one had to be made quickly as it would have waited for an important milestone otherwise.
The main focus has been the characters with a majority of Part 1 characters now on the wiki with only Ginko, Rie Makata, Tatsu and the other three from Hunt Down the Counterfeiter left to do out of the main characters. Part 2 is getting along bearing in mind that a chunk of the series come from Part 2 alone. Out of the more important characters, Angelica one of Jigen's loves is recently added along with Melon Ganimard and Hangman. Part 3 doesn't have much but Starmow who also appeared in the manga is included. Since the chapters weren't translated into English, you wouldn't have guessed that he worked with Zenigata. One TV Special character is up and its Andre from the Last Job. Also two characters from Lupin the IIIrd film series, Yael Okuzaki and Queen Malta from Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone are up. For those waiting for Hawk, Bincam and Gene may have to wait just a while longer. That's what happens when you have 50 years worth of history and three main people on the wiki...
There has also been updates regarding censorship on the Italian TV airings and some of the later episodes of Part 2 are getting more clever with its editing. Nearly every episode of Part 2 has its writer and director, sadly animation studios are still unknown apart from one. Yamashita Production has done a couple of episodes and that was only found out due to IMDB crediting one of the key animators from Space Battleship Yamato 2.
Outside of myself, RingoRoadagain has been doing some edits related to the manga and as always FireStavesCauseBlizzards has been adding pictures of the characters. There are other editors too doing little edits here and there that is always welcome.
The reason why this progress report is done, it is due to the coronavirus outbreak reaching Italy and it is serious. While this won't affect everyone in the world, this is important due to that the premiere of Lupin III: The First has been delayed and Italy has a large Lupin fanbase being second to Japan. The decision that Anime Factory has done to delay the premiere is the best decision that can be done at this time to prevent the infection. At the wiki, health comes first and myself along with all of the editors wish the best of luck to people out there. While it is an airborne virus and there is yet to be a cure (by the time that there is a cure, it may be two years time at minimum), we advise for the best precaution. Try not to sneeze and have a tissue handy. Always wash your hands before and after eating and going to the toilet. Try to stay at home if you're not well. Even then it is hard to avoid anyway...
While myself is not affected by the virus due to living in a country currently unaffected but can anytime, have been poorly so progress from me might be slower than in the past. It is why behind the scenes that I've done Plan B and more staff will come in.
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I don't know when the next progress report will happen. It might be next month, three months time or whenever. Probably will carry on with the characters and more on Part 3, health and time permitting.
My personal goal is to watch more of the TV Specials (currently watched Bye Bye Liberty, Voyage to Danger, Alcatraz Connection, Sweet Lost Night, the Last Job, Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid, Secret Page of Marco Polo) and the rest of the Lupin the IIIrd movies. In the future will watch Part IV, Fuma Conspiracy, Dead or Alive, Legend of the Gold of Babylon (only after Part 3) and Is Lupin Still Burning.
Ugh... anyway, catch ya later. (goes to bed)