I think the industry is on enough of an upswing that even if you don't see a giant flood of Lupin from Discotek specifically, all the major Lupin stuff will get licensed and translated one way or another.
We are working hard on
Part II among other things.
Babylon is definitely still in the pipeline and we have an exciting feature for that one in the "finishing touches" stage. I can't name names, but other standalone Lupin titles (as in the movie/special/90-ish-minutes-long category) are in the works. Nothing's been announced yet for those, but no one need sweat. The timing just has to be right. And while
Part IV's dubbed release is pretty much done,
Part IV subtitled is still in the works.
The works are alive and kickin' folks, with cool stuff in the pipeline. Just be aware it's not a Lupin-exclusive Blu-ray/DVD factory. Something's gotta give here and there.
As for the Jigen/Cagliostro shortage, yes, that was just a distribution hiccup that I believe has been resolved.
Except for Fuma all of the Lupin releases they've done are still in print, where do you see them not?
This is ALMOST true.....the live-action movie went OOP right around the same time as Fuma.
[...]not even anything regarding Red Jacket collection 3 (personally I'm hoping that's because they are holding off on that if they are trying to get the blue jacket cast to dub the episodes)
(Personal Opinion Time) If you have several hundred thousand dollars you are willing to donate to accomplish this specific feat, I'm sure Discotek would be on board! In all seriousness, by my personal estimates, it could run as much as $500,000+ total to dub those 75 episodes. I don't think any company is crazy enough to do that kind of investment in a low-popularity property like Lupin these days. Maybe if they could do it even cheaper...but would you still want it if it had a different cast from Part IV? (Think about how much you loved the
Fuma dub's cast.)
We were BLESSED to get as much of the 70's TV series dubbed as we did, and short of some kind of television revolution where anime airs for hours on every cable channel and in extreme demand, I just don't see the job getting finished. (And yes, GATSU, a Kickstarter is a good idea, but it's not in the cards anytime soon.)