Lupin III/Recap

This is a recap page for the Lupin III anime series. TV series, feature films, TV films, and assorted other goodies are here. Each section is listed in chronological order.

As this series is a Long Runner, there's a lot to recap. Feel free to help yourself to an episode or two. Perhaps a TV movie, if that's more your taste. Lupin certainly would.

Lupin III ("Green Jacket") - 1971
The original series, known among fans as the Green Jacket series, was produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Voice actors for characters were Yasuo Yamada for Lupin, Kiyoshi Kobayashi for Jigen, Yukiko Nikaido for Fujiko, Chikao Ootsuka for Goemon, and Goro Naya for Inspector Zenigata. Discotek has recently licensed this series and plans to release it starting in Spring of 2012, according to their Facebook page.
 * 1) Is Lupin Burning... ?!
 * 2) The Man They Called A Magician
 * 3) Farewell My Beloved Witch
 * 4) One Chance to Breakout
 * 5) The Coming of Goemon the Thirteenth
 * 6) Rainy Afternoons are Bad
 * 7) A Wolf Calls a Wolf
 * 8) The All-Together Playing-Card Operation
 * 9) Killer Sings the Blues
 * 10) Hunt Down the Counterfeiter!
 * 11) When the Seventh Bridge Falls
 * 12) Who Had the Last Laugh?
 * 13) Beware the Time Machine?
 * 14) The Emerald's Secret
 * 15) Let's Catch Lupin and Go to Europe
 * 16) Operation Jewel Snatch
 * 17) Lupin Caught in a Trap
 * 18) Keep an Eye on the Beauty Contest
 * 19) Which of the Third Generation Will Win!
 * 20) Catch the Phony Lupin!
 * 21) Rescue the Tomeboy!
 * 22) The First Move Wins Computer Operation!
 * 23) The Great Gold Showdown!

Shin Lupin III ("Red Jacket") - 1977
Shin Lupin III (New Lupin III), often called the Red Jacket series, was produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Voice actors for characters were Yasuo Yamada for Lupin, Kiyoshi Kobyashi for Jigen, Eiko Masuyama for Fujiko, Makio Inoue for Goemon, and Goro Naya for Inspector Zenigata. The first 79 episodes were dubbed into English by the now-defunct Geneon Entertainment; the English titles for these episodes are included in parenthesis. In addition, the two episodes directed by Hayao Miyazaki (#145 and #155) were released earlier by Streamline as "Tales of the Wolf".


 * 1) The Dashing Entrance of Lupin III (Return of Lupin III)
 * 2) A Bouquet of Bills Blossom in Rio's Sunset (Guns, Buns, and Fun in the Sun)
 * 3) Hitler's Legacy (To Be or Nazi Be)
 * 4) I Can Hear Nessie's Song (50 Ways to Leave Your 50 Foot Lover)
 * 5) I'll Tell You How to Transport Gold Bullion (Gold Smuggling 101)
 * 6) Is The Leaning Tower of Pisa Standing? (Shaky Pisa)
 * 7) Tutankhamen's 3000-Year Curse (Cursed Case Scenario)
 * 8) The Venice Superexpress (Disorient Express)
 * 9) What Do You Think of Ukiyoe Blues? (Now Museum, Now You Don't)
 * 10) Steal File M123 (ZenigataCon)
 * 11) Wager on the Monaco GP (Who's Vroomin' Who?)
 * 12) A Present for the President (The Sleight Before Christmas)
 * 13) The Great San Francisco Chase (I Left My Mind in San Francisco)
 * 14) The Great Caribbean Adventure (Curse of the Jumbo Juju)
 * 15) The Great Detectives Take to the Sky (The Case of the Risible Dirigible)
 * 16) The Two Faces of Lupin (Crude Reproduction, Perfect Frame)
 * 17) Go for the Oildollar (Sheik-Down)
 * 18) Black Panther (My Birthday Pursuit)
 * 19) Can You Open the Ten-Year Vault? (A Safe Bet)
 * 20) Lupin Up Against The Wall (Hell Toupee)
 * 21) Goemon's Revenge (The Last Mastery)
 * 22) Search the House of Mystery Women (Lupin in Paradise)
 * 23) Witch of the Fourth-Dimension (Auntie Ballistic)
 * 24) The Great Thief Nezumi-Koozoo Makes His Appearance (Rats To You)
 * 25) The Coming of the Killer Iron Lizards (Lair of the Land-Shark)
 * 26) The Rose and the Pistol (Shot Through the Heart)
 * 27) Where is the Cinderella Stamp? (The Little Princess of Darkness)
 * 28) Lady Detective Melon (Revenge of Le Nerd)
 * 29) The Electroshock Pigeon Operation (Fry Me to the Moon)
 * 30) The Wind is Hot in Morocco (Morocco Horror Picture Show)
 * 31) Face the Midnight Sun and Fire! (Twins Pique)
 * 32) Lupin Dies Twice (Lupin the Interred)
 * 33) To Who Does Orion's Crown Belong? (A Rumble Royale)
 * 34) Lupin Becomes a Vampire (But Your Brother Was Such a Nice Guy)
 * 35) Chase the Gorilla Gang (Gorilla Tactics)
 * 36) Expose the Secret of Tsukikagejoo (The Secret of Tsukikage Castle)
 * 37) The Buried Treasure of Genghis Khan (Khan Job)
 * 38) The Sweet ICPO Trap (Happy Betrayals to You)
 * 39) A Diamond Disappeared in the Hong Kong Night Sky (Pretty Cluckin' Insane)
 * 40) Operation Misslejack (Payload)
 * 41) Find Princess Kaguya's Treasure (Heroes and Vixens)
 * 42) Lupin Becomes a Bride (Cruisin' in Drag)
 * 43) Where Are Peking Man's Bones? (Jumpin' the Bones)
 * 44) The Vanishing Special Armored Car (Lion, Cheatin', and Stealin')
 * 45) Killing is the Smell of Wine (Diamonds and Minx)
 * 46) Lupin Will Fetch a High Price (The Island of Dr. Derange)
 * 47) Her Majesty's Slipshod Inspectors (Crownin' Around)
 * 48) Lupin Laughs While the Alarm Bell Rings (Vault Assault)
 * 49) A Pretty Woman Has Venom (Snake Charmer)
 * 50) Lupin, Whom I Loved - Part I (The Second Time Around - Part One)
 * 51) Lupin, Whom I Loved - Part II (The Second Time Around - Part Two)
 * 52) Emmanuelle is an Angel's Whisper (Emmanuelle in Bangkok)
 * 53) The Mad Fantoma Mark III (I Melt With You)
 * 54) Detective Hanshichi's Ten-Year Promise (Mercy Mercy Me)
 * 55) Falling Cherry Blossoms - The Mysterious Gang of Five - Part I (Kooky Kabuki - Part One)
 * 56) Falling Cherry Blossoms - The Mysterious Gang of Five - Part II (Kooky Kabuki - Part Two)
 * 57) Will It Be the Computer or Lupin? (Alter-Ego Maniac)
 * 58) The Border is the Face of Farewell (Gettin' Jigen With It)
 * 59) The Mysterious World of Madame X (Madame Prefers Them Hand-Dipped)
 * 60) A Flower of Suicide Blooms in India (Holy Cow)
 * 61) The Flying Zantetsuken (The Yam is Mightier Than the Sword)
 * 62) The Sound of the Devil's Bells Calls Lupin (Church of the Poison Mind)
 * 63) A Trap For a Trap! (Charity Begins at Home)
 * 64) Christmas is in the Hands of the Goddess (Christmas at Tiffany's)
 * 65) Lupin's Enemy is Lupin (Return of the X Factor)
 * 66) Shooting Orders! (Beauty and the Deceased)
 * 67) Lupin's Big Sayuuki (Monkey King Business)
 * 68) Casino Island - Inversions and More Inversions (Games of Chance)
 * 69) The Woman the Old Man Fell in Love With (Zenigata Getcha into My Life)
 * 70) Classic Thieves and Mynah Birds (Can't Beat the Classics)
 * 71) Lupin Vs. the Shinsen Group (Dangerous Dreamers)
 * 72) The Skateboard Murder Mystery (You're Sapphired!)
 * 73) Flowers and Storms and a Thieves' Race (It's a Purloin-a-palooza!)
 * 74) The Terrifying Chameleon Man (For Larva or Money)
 * 75) Fujiko Doesn't Look Good in a Bridal Gown (The Bride Came D.O.A.)
 * 76) Do You Know Shakespeare? (Dark Charade)
 * 77) Arrest Lupin With Horoscopes (Lupin's Psychic Friend)
 * 78) Diamonds Gleam in a Robot's Eye (Ice, Robot)
 * 79) The Lupin Funeral March (Baton Death March)
 * 80) The Last Meal is Cup Ramen (Everybody Loves Ramen) (Dub not released, name comes from next episode segment on previous episode)
 * 81) Fujiko! Men Are Tough!
 * 82) The Old Man Rescue Hostage Operation
 * 83) Lupin's Big Western
 * 84) Leave Revenge to Lupin
 * 85) ICPO Secret Directive
 * 86) The Mysterious Nightlight Mask Appears
 * 87) When the Devil Beckons to Lupin
 * 88) Lupin's Big South Pole-North Pole Adventure
 * 89) Play the Thieves' Symphony
 * 90) Bad Guys Are Truly Big Villains
 * 91) The Girl Who Travels Through Time
 * 92) Madame and a Thieves' Quartet
 * 93) Operation Great Wall of China Invader
 * 94) Lupin Vs. Superman
 * 95) From the Ghost Ship with Love
 * 96) Lupin's Gourmet Heaven
 * 97) Find the Treasure of Lupin I
 * 98) The Day the Old Man Died
 * 99) The Combat Magnum Scattered in the Wasteland
 * 100) The Famous Painting Theft Ultra Operation
 * 101) Versailles Burned with Love
 * 102) Lupin is Fond of Chanel
 * 103) The Wolf Saw an Angel
 * 104) The Most Dangerous Golden Bed
 * 105) Horror - A Woman Disappeared on Devil's Head Island
 * 106) You're a Cat, I'm a Dried Tuna
 * 107) A Wedding Ring is an Accursed Trap
 * 108) Zantetsuken's Lament
 * 109) Lupin's Toughest Battle Ever
 * 110) Hot Shot: This is Fujiko
 * 111) Is the Invader Safe Open?
 * 112) Goemon's Close Call
 * 113) The Name of the Operation is Chuushingura
 * 114) The Secret of the Mystery Painting "The First Supper"
 * 115) Mona Lisa Smiles Twice
 * 116) Have the 108 Bells Rung?
 * 117) The Chewing Gum Disguise Operation
 * 118) The Southern Cross Looked Like Diamonds
 * 119) Lupin, Who Killed Lupin
 * 120) Frankenstein Attacks Lupin
 * 121) The Treasure My Grandfather Left Behind
 * 122) Rare Find: Napoleon's Fortune
 * 123) Paris is For Thieves
 * 124) 1999: A Popcorn Odyssey
 * 125) The Big Oildollar Plot
 * 126) Together With Lupin to Hell
 * 127) Direct Hit! Operation Dead Ball
 * 128) The Old Woman and Lupin Thievery Contest
 * 129) In Jigen, I Saw the Gentleness of a Man's Soul
 * 130) Lupin Vs. the Mystery Man With Two Faces
 * 131) Two Goemons - The Mystery of Zantetsuken
 * 132) The Himalayan Holy Mountain Thieves' Cult
 * 133) Keep Your Hands Off the Hot Treasure
 * 134) The Climactic Lupin Arrest Operation
 * 135) Poison and Magic and Lupin III
 * 136) Revenge of the Gold Butterfly
 * 137) The Magnificent Team-Play Operation
 * 138) The Treasure of Pompeii and Venomous Snakes
 * 139) Steal Everything of Lupin's
 * 140) Wolf, Run, Pig, Fall Down
 * 141) 1980 Moscow Revolution
 * 142) The Big Favorite Disappeared at the Grand Race
 * 143) The Miami Bank Raid Anniversary
 * 144) Fujiko's Close Call Rescue Operation
 * 145) Wings of Death - Albatross (Albatross: Wings of Death)
 * 146) Lupin's Splendid Failure
 * 147) The Mermaid That Disappeared in the Midnight Sun
 * 148) The Target is 555 Meters
 * 149) The Treasure of Mecca Wore a Veil
 * 150) Piano Symphony "Zoo"
 * 151) The Arrest Lupin Highway Operation
 * 152) Jigen and a Hat and a Pistol
 * 153) The Bills That Came From God
 * 154) The Hexagon's Great Legacy
 * 155) Farewell My Beloved Lupin (Aloha Lupin)

Lupin III Part III ("Pink Jacket") - 1984
Lupin III Part III, also called the Pink Jacket series, was produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and was the most recent Lupin series to air for almost 25 years.
 * 1) The Gold is Beckoning Lupin
 * 2) Expose the Great Trap
 * 3) Good Afternoon, Hell's Angel
 * 4) Telepathy is Love's Signal
 * 5) Goemon Daydream
 * 6) Lupin Has Come With a Tank
 * 7) The Man is Called the Death Garb
 * 8) Virgin Mary's Getaway Strategy
 * 9) The Copy-Man Comes Expensive
 * 10) Lay a Plot With the Treasure
 * 11) The Ruby Sheds Bloody Tears
 * 12) The Prisoner of a Vatican Palace
 * 13) Play a Joke on the Variation
 * 14) Let's Play the Abduction
 * 15) The Killer Comes Along Quietly
 * 16) The Golden Apple Has Poison
 * 17) Are You Really Getting Married?
 * 18) Show Time is Death Feeling
 * 19) An Act of Betrayal
 * 20) Cross His Name Off the List
 * 21) Farewell, Golden Legend
 * 22) The Fire is Not Suitable For a Diamond
 * 23) The Strategy of Beirut Mobile Bank Robbery
 * 24) Pray For the Repose of Your Soul
 * 25) We Are Not Angels
 * 26) The Ghost of New York
 * 27) Code Name is Alaska Star
 * 28) The Alaska Star is a Ticket to Hell
 * 29) Let's Go to the Honey-Moon
 * 30) The Name of the Cocktail is Revenge
 * 31) Reversal, Reversal, and Again Reversal
 * 32) Ten Million Dollar Key
 * 33) A Boy Genius Plays a Dangerous Game
 * 34) Manhattan Crisis
 * 35) Target Was Gone Beyond the Snow Field
 * 36) The Eagle Alights on the Glory
 * 37) Pops Boils Over With Rage
 * 38) Letiethia Loved Me
 * 39) Give the Gold to the Rival
 * 40) In a Panic Over the Treasure
 * 41) A Night Under Martial Law
 * 42) Plunder the Pyramid of Insurance
 * 43) Farewell, Cinderella
 * 44) Our Papa is a Thief
 * 45) A Toast to the Con-Game
 * 46) Worn-Out Wings
 * 47) A Famous Picture
 * 48) Tears Stood in Hades' Eyes
 * 49) Pops Was Adopted Into the Family
 * 50) Kill the Atomic Submarine Ivanov

Lupin III: The Woman Named Fujiko Mine- 2012
A brand new, 13 episode series directed by Sayo Yamamoto. It's set in the early years of the franchise, and features Fujiko as the main character. Kanichi Kurita reprises his role of Lupin from the films and TV specials, while Miyuki Sawashiro, Koichi Yamadera, and Daisuke Namikawa return as Fujiko, Zenigata, and Goemon from the 2011 TV special, respectively.
 * 1) Great Thief vs Lady Phantom Thief
 * 2) .357 Magnum
 * 3) The Lady and the Samurai
 * 4) Living in Song, Living in Love
 * 5) Blood-Soaked Triangle
 * 6) Prison of Love
 * 7) Music and Revolution
 * 8) Dying Day
 * 9) Love Wreathed in Stream
 * 10) Ghost Town

OVA

 * The Fuma Conspiracy
 * Return of the Magician
 * Recap

Feature Films

 * Recap
 * The Castleof Cagliostro
 * Legend of the Gold of Babylon
 * Farewell to Nostradamus
 * Dead or Alive

TV Movies

 * Bye Bye Liberty Crisis
 * Mystery of the Hemingway Papers
 * Steal Napoleon's Dictionary!
 * From Russia With Love
 * Voyage to Danger
 * Dragon
 * The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
 * The Secret of Twilight Gemini
 * Island
 * Crisis
 * The Columbus Files
 * Missed by a Dollar
 * Alcatraz
 * Episode Zero First Contact
 * Operation: Return the Treasure
 * Stolen Lupin
 * Angel's Tactics — Fragments of a Dream Are the Scent of Murder
 * Seven Days Rhapsody
 * Elusiveness of the Fog
 * Sweet Lost Night: Magic Lamp's Nightmare Premonition
 * Lupin III
 * The Last Job
 * Recap

Miscellaneous

 * Lupin III Secret Files - A collection featuring the original pilot for the Lupin anime, as well as the trailers for several of the feature films.
 * Strange Psychokinetic Strategy - The only live action Lupin film to date.