The Best Episodes of Lupin the Third
Every episode of Lupin the Third ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Lupin the Third!
Follow the thrilling adventures of master thief Lupin the Third, quite possibly the world's greatest thief. Along with Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa and his on-off love interest Fujiko Mine, he pulls off the greatest heists of all time while always escaping the grasp of Inspector Koichi Zenigata.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Lupin the Third" is "The First Supper", rated 9.5/10 from 2 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The First Supper" aired on 2/4/2016 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Farewell My Beloved Lupin".
9.5/10 2 votes#1 - The First Supper
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/2016
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9.0/10 1 votes#2 - Farewell My Beloved Lupin
Season 2 Episode 155 - Aired 10/6/1980
An armored robot flying through the skies of 1981 Tokyo raids a jewelry store, demonstrating truly amazing capabilities, and disappearing no one knows where. Lupin's announcement is, what's strange about me using a robot like this? The operator, Oyamada Maki, is cooperating in order to show what a dangerous weapon this robot is, but the truth is, the whole thing is a conspiracy. Thieves love peace!
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
9.0/10 1 votes#3 - World Dissection (1)
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 3/10/2016
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Director: N/A
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9.0/10 2 votes#4 - World Dissection (2)
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/17/2016
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Director: Keiko Oyamada
Writer: Yuya Takahashi
8.5/10 2 votes#5 - The Dream of Italy (1)
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2015
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Director: Takuma Hirabayashi
Writer: Yuya Takahashi
8.0/10 1 votes#6 - Cursed Case Scenario
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1977
The place is Egypt. Lupin uses a balloon to boldly steal the deathmask of the boy-king, Tutankhamen. But the instant he puts it on, what appears before his eyes is the world of the pharaohs, 3000 years ago. The only way to break the ominous pharaoh's curse which is possessing Lupin is to put the mask back where it came from. How effective will the plan to return the golden deathmask be?
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8.0/10 1 votes#7 - Disorient Express
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1977
The Transeurope Superexpress is transporting a racehorse from Italy to France. But the collected valuables of crime boss Don Marcino is also aboard that train. His true objective is to get his ill-gotten gains out of the country. Lupin and company pull off a beautiful theft, but Marcino mounts his own counterattack, and the Superexpress is on a collision course!!
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8.0/10 1 votes#8 - Now Museum, Now You Don't
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1977
An old man Lupin meets by chance turns out to be the grandson of Ukiyoe master Tooshuusai Sharaku. In order to test his own skill he has been switching his own works for Sharaku's originals, but suffered a heart attack just as he was about to make the last switch. At Fujiko's request, and after much trouble, Lupin succeeds in acting as Sharaku III's stand-in. But the old man has already died by that time. Where have the Ukiyoe gone?
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8.0/10 1 votes#9 - The Sleight Before Christmas
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1977
The last bottle of Bordeaux wine which Napoleon had made for Josephine is going to be given to the President of the United States as a Christmas present. Lupin and company head to Bordeaux in order to claim it for themselves, but are chased off by gunfire from Zenigata, whom they had intended to use. Their next attempt is the challenge of a transport aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean. Who will receive the present?
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8.0/10 1 votes#10 - I Left My Mind in San Francisco
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/26/1977
Lately, a depressed Old Man Zenigata has even been suffering from a persecution complex, one in which he feels certain Lupin is watching him. But is this delusion, or is he really being pursued?! The truth is, some group has implanted microfilm containing a process developed by NASA for creating artificial diamond in one of Zenigata's back teeth. Will Zenigata's peace of mind be able to stand this bizarre backwards chase?!
Director: N/A
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8.0/10 1 votes#11 - The Case of the Risible Dirigible
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1978
Count Gabriel challenges Lupin. He dares him to steal Dracula's Tear, the world's best-known carbuncle, from on board his airship, the Hendenburg, with Holmes III, Detective Archer, Kaneda Koojisuke, and Inspector Zenigata in attendance. Let's go for it. Facing his rivals, the fateful moment gets closer and closer. The airship is headed for an airport where the police are waiting!
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8.0/10 1 votes#12 - Crude Reproduction, Perfect Frame
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/23/1978
Transformation sickness - in which one changes into another, cruel personality, and commits crimes repeatedly, but has absolutely no memory of what happened during that time. After numerous crimes not worthy of the name of Lupin, the man himself, having completely lost his self-confidence, even contemplates taking his own life, in his depression. But due to various factors, cannot succeed at dying. But something is strange. Is the mass murderer really Lupin?!
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8.0/10 1 votes#13 - The Last Mastery
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/27/1978
Goemon returns to Iga after ten years, only to find his master, Jinen, near death. Before expiring, he tells Goemon that his junior disciple, Hissatsu Jinkuroo, stole half of the Scroll of the Secrets of the Iga Ninja, which contains a map showing the location of the Treasure of Iga. He also gives Goemon the remaining portion of the scroll, with the rest of the map. Jinkuroo, knowing that he doesn't stand a chance in a straight-on fight against Goemon, boldly has himself arrested, hoping to be put in prison, and thus beyond Goemon's reach. How will the trial, and the death duel, turn out?!
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8.0/10 1 votes#14 - Rats to You
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/20/1978
Appearing on a moonlit night, the figure in black who refers to Goemon as "the Thirteenth", calls himself "Nezumi-Koozoo IV." He informs Goemon that their ancestors teamed up in the International Thieves' Championship, but were defeated in competition by the original Lupin, and that they should team up to avenge this dishonor. The objective is top-secret data being kept under guard at Sakurada Police Station. Goemon and Nezumi split up, mounting a two-front offensive against Zenigata, who is reinforcing security. What will be the third-generation's next move?
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8.0/10 1 votes#15 - The Lair of the Land-Shark
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/27/1978
There is a prison from which, it is said, no one attempts to escape. The reason is that the prison is guarded by Iron Lizards - self-propelled bombs which pursue people anywhere, based on data stored in a computer, and then finishes them off. Lupin and company learn that Fujiko is inside - held by the warden - and get inside themselves, but find themselves targets of the Iron Lizards. How will the breakout of death end?!
Director: N/A
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8.0/10 1 votes#16 - Lupin the Interred
Season 2 Episode 32 - Aired 5/15/1978
Zenigata is at the wheel of a patrol car. Sitting next to him is, of all people, Fujiko. She believes that the best way to protect Lupin from the high-speed hitman Puma is for him to be arrested by the police. Lupin answers Puma's ability to hit at long range, in the midst of rain and hail, goes out for a one-on-one showdown, and gets shot! Will the repose of poor Lupin's soul go with his love for Fujiko?
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8.0/10 1 votes#17 - But Your Brother was Such a Nice Guy
Season 2 Episode 34 - Aired 5/29/1978
Heburai Village, Japan - a place where, according to legend, Jesus Christ was washed ashore. In an excavated casket, a beautiful woman is found in a near-death state, together with a golden statuette of the Virgin Mary. Lupin goes after the statuette, but the woman, Camilla, revives, and brings Lupin into her circle of vampire acquaintances. She is Christ's twin sister, and she stole the statuette from her brother and fled. Will Fujiko be rescued from sacrifice at the ball 2000 years later?!
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8.0/10 1 votes#18 - The Riddle of Tsukikage Castle
Season 2 Episode 36 - Aired 6/12/1978
This job, oddly enough, is at Goemon's request. The will of an old man, Kuranari, says that whoever solves the "mystery" and finds his inheritance can have it. Lupin takes the challenge of deciphering the code. But the Fuuma Ninja are also plotting to take the treasure for themselves. The end of the battle over the mystery culminates on the roof of the castle tower. Where is the legendary sword, Tsukikagemaru?!
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8.0/10 1 votes#19 - Happy Betrayals to You
Season 2 Episode 38 - Aired 6/26/1978
Zenigata's successor as head of the Lupin detail is, surprise of surprises, Lupin's own supposed companion, Fujiko. She has taken on the task of arresting Lupin in exchange for the ICPO bureau chief, who is less concerned with appearances than with actually arresting Lupin, erasing her criminal record. Facing the woman who knows all about him, Lupin finally finds himself on his way to a special prison cell. Is this the end for Lupin at last...?
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8.0/10 1 votes#20 - The Island of Dr. Derange
Season 2 Episode 46 - Aired 8/21/1978
On the auction block at the Wanted Club, is of all people, Lupin. This organization, which captures criminals and sells them into slavery, also finds out Jigen's location due to his own carelessness. Doctor Mad makes the winning bid for Lupin, and he intends to use Lupin as a guinea pig in his human reconstruction experiments. Killer cyborgs come at Lupin on a desert island. Does flesh-and-blood Lupin stand a chance?!
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8.0/10 1 votes#21 - The Second Time Around (1)
Season 2 Episode 50 - Aired 9/18/1978
Tonight another secret auction of smuggled artworks is beginning. Naturally, just as Lupin is taking possession of same, Fujiko comes along yet again and snatches them away. But Fujiko goes missing soon after. The pursuing woman takes off her mask, revealing to Lupin a woman he had loved in younger days, a woman, who lost her life saving Lupin's - Cornelia?!
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8.0/10 1 votes#22 - The Second Time Around (2)
Season 2 Episode 51 - Aired 9/25/1978
Having met Lupin again, Cornelia does not remember him, and complains of headaches. The secret is her father, Doctor Zell, one of the last remaining Nazis. During World War II, he conducted secret experiments, the Corpse Preservation Project, and has been continuing them ever since. He has even sacrificed Cornelia, who chose Lupin over himself, to the Project. An army of the dead rises from the cemetery. Memories of love cause Cornelia confusion. "Remember, Cornelia!"
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8.0/10 1 votes#23 - Kooky Kabuki (1)
Season 2 Episode 55 - Aired 10/23/1978
Lupin and company acquire the 36 Views of Mt. Fuji from an exhibition hall in Shinjuku. A group calling themselves the "Shiragami Five" bar their way. As a tryout, they steal just one of the 36 Views, indicating that they will come for the others at another time. Lupin deposits them in his electronically-locked vault, and prepares for attack. But Fujiko is captured, and even Goemon sides with the Five. What will happen?!
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8.0/10 1 votes#24 - Kooky Kabuki (2)
Season 2 Episode 56 - Aired 10/30/1978
Goemon challenges Lupin to a one-on-one duel, in order that they may at last fight their decisive battle. Lupin is caught on the point of his sword. Taking advantage of this opening, the Five take the 36 Views, but one of their members, Benten Kikuko, escapes, telling Goemon she wants to show the Views to her gravely ill father. When Goemon discovers that he's been deceived, he bares his neck to Lupin. Where are the 36 Views? If groups of five are the rule, then who's the lead for our side?!
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8.0/10 1 votes#25 - Alter-Ego Maniac
Season 2 Episode 57 - Aired 11/6/1978
The one and only supposedly perfect safe in the world is housed inside a VTOL aircraft. And it is guarded by a supposedly almighty defense computer, programmed with all of Lupin's data, making it Professor Hunter's masterpiece. On a sudden impulse, Old Man Zenigata steals one of the throwing coins of his great Edo-period ancestor, Zenigata Heiji, and ends up carrying out a strange team-up operation with Lupin to put it back again. Is it possible to escape from an infinite maze?
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