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The Best Episodes of Lupin the 3rd

Every episode of Lupin the 3rd ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Lupin the 3rd!

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Follow the exciting adventures of Arsene Lupin III, the grandson of the world's greatest thief, Arsene Lupin. Together with Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa and his love interest Fujiko Mine, he carries out the greatest robberies

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Lupin the 3rd Season 4 Episode 18 - The First Supper
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - The First Supper

    S4:E18

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 24 - Rats to You
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Rats to You

    S2:E24

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 155 - Farewell My Beloved Lupin
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Farewell My Beloved Lupin

    S2:E155

    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

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  4. Lupin the 3rd Season 4 Episode 23 - World Dissection (1)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - World Dissection (1)

    S4:E23

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Lupin the 3rd Season 4 Episode 24 - World Dissection (2)
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - World Dissection (2)

    S4:E24

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    Director:Keiko Oyamada
    Writer:Yuya Takahashi

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  6. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 10 - ZenigataCon
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - ZenigataCon

    S2:E10

    At the invitation of Marcel, a young noble of Paris' jetset, Lupin escorts Fujiko to a party. But this is a trap set by Marcel, who has another face. He takes Fujiko hostage, straps a timebomb belt around Lupin's waist, and tells him to steal a certain criminal list from Scotland Yard before time runs out. There's hardly any time left!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 20 - Hell Toupee
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Hell Toupee

    S2:E20

    "If only the wind hadn't blown that time..." Setting his sights on the large medallion on Generalissimo Hatler's chest (containing a 50-carat ruby), Lupin should have been able to take it easily enough, using his special rod-and-reel technique, but ends up exposing the Generalissimo's secret toupee. The infuriated Generalissimo order that Lupin and company be wiped out, and in the face of the attack by his combined armed forces, a wounded Lupin makes his stand in an old castle with Fujiko. Is this their end....?!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Lupin the 3rd Season 4 Episode 11 - The Dream of Italy (1)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - The Dream of Italy (1)

    S4:E11

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    Director:Takuma Hirabayashi
    Writer:Yuya Takahashi

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  9. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 7 - Cursed Case Scenario
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Cursed Case Scenario

    S2:E7

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 8 - Disorient Express
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Disorient Express

    S2:E8

    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!!

    Director:Kyosuke Mikuriya
    Writer:Yoshio Takeuchi

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  11. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 9 - Now Museum, Now You Don't
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Now Museum, Now You Don't

    S2:E9

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 12 - The Sleight Before Christmas
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Sleight Before Christmas

    S2:E12

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 13 - I Left My Mind in San Francisco
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - I Left My Mind in San Francisco

    S2:E13

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 15 - The Case of the Risible Dirigible
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Case of the Risible Dirigible

    S2:E15

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 16 - Crude Reproduction, Perfect Frame
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Crude Reproduction, Perfect Frame

    S2:E16

    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?!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 21 - The Last Mastery
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Last Mastery

    S2:E21

    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?!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 25 - The Lair of the Land-Shark
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Lair of the Land-Shark

    S2:E25

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 32 - Lupin the Interred
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Lupin the Interred

    S2:E32

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 34 - But Your Brother was Such a Nice Guy
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - But Your Brother was Such a Nice Guy

    S2:E34

    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?!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 36 - The Riddle of Tsukikage Castle
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - The Riddle of Tsukikage Castle

    S2:E36

    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?!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 38 - Happy Betrayals to You
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Happy Betrayals to You

    S2:E38

    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...?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 46 - The Island of Dr. Derange
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Island of Dr. Derange

    S2:E46

    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?!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 50 - The Second Time Around (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - The Second Time Around (1)

    S2:E50

    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?!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 51 - The Second Time Around (2)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - The Second Time Around (2)

    S2:E51

    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!"

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Lupin the 3rd Season 2 Episode 55 - Kooky Kabuki (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Kooky Kabuki (1)

    S2:E55

    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?!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The First Supper" is the best rated episode of "Lupin the 3rd". It scored 9.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/4/2016. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Rats to You".