Recap / Lupin III

The franchise began as a manga, and has done very well as one. It has several manga serials, and a dedicated magazine. However, the popularity of the franchise came from the television series and movies that followed it. Uniquely here, we present the only chronological listing of the Lupin III franchise.

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

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1960s

• Lupin III <Pilot Film>: 1969 pilot for the Lupin III anime.

1970s

• Lupin III: Part 1: 1971
• Strange Psychokinetic Strategy: 1974
• Lupin III: Part II: 1977
• The Mystery of Mamo: 1978
• The Castle of Cagliostro 1979

1980s

• Lupin III: Tales Of The Wolf: 1980 (This is actually a US-only compilation of episodes 145 and 155 from Lupin III: Part II).
  • Lupin IIIS 2 E 145
  • Lupin IIIS 2 E 155
• Lupin VIII: 1982 (Aborted pilot film)
• Lupin III: Part III: 1984
• Legend of the Gold of Babylon: 1985
• The Fuma Conspiracy: 1987 ^note Only Lupin animation to date to feature none of the official cast.
• Lupin III: Bye-Bye Liberty Crisis!: 1989

1990s

• Lupin III: Mystery of the Hemingway Papers: 1990
• Lupin III: Steal Napoleon's Dictionary: 1991
• Lupin III: From Siberia With Love: 1992
• Lupin III: Voyage to Danger: 1993
• Lupin III: Dragon of Doom: 1994 ^note Final Lupin III Yearly Special with Yasuo Yamada as Lupin.
• Farewell to Nostradamus: 1995 (April 22) ^note First Lupin III anime with Kan'ichi Kurita as Lupin
• Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure: 1995 (August 4) ^note First Lupin III Yearly Special with Kan'ichi Kurita as Lupin
• Lupin III: Dead or Alive: 1996 (April 20)
• Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini: 1996 (August 2)
• Lupin III: Island of Assassins: 1997
• Lupin III: Crisis in Tokyo: 1998
• Lupin III: The Columbus Files: 1999

2000s

• Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar: 2000
• Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection: 2001
• Return of the Magician: 2002 (April 3)
• Lupin III: Episode 0: First Contact: 2002 (July 26)
• Lupin III: Operation: Return the Treasure: 2003
• Mankatsu,^note Short for "Monkey Punch Manga Katsudou Daishashin", which roughly translates to "Great Monkey Punch Manga Activity Vignette" whilst technically not part of the franchise, has the main cast of the series appearing in every episode's opening and closing shorts and making cameos in some of the show's vignettes. 2004 (Spring)
• Lupin III: Stolen Lupin: 2004 (August 30)
• Lupin III: Angel Tactics: 2005
• Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody: 2006
• Lupin III Elusiveness Of The Fog: 2007
• Green vs. Red: 2008 (April 2)
• Lupin III Sweet Lost Night: 2008 (August 25)
• Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: 2009

2010s

• Lupin III: The Last Job: 2010 ^note  Final special with Eiko Masuyama, Makio Inoue, and Goro Naya as Fujiko, Goemon, and Zenigata (respectively).
• Lupin III: Blood Seal ~Eternal Mermaid~: 2011 ^note  First special with Miyuki Sawashiro, Daisuke Namikawa, and Koichi Yamadera as Fujiko, Goemon, and Zenigata (respectively)
• Lupin Family All-Stars: 2012 (March 28)
• Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine: 2012 (April 4 – June 27)
• Lupin III: Travels of Marco Polo – Another Page: 2012 (November 2)
• Lupin III: Princess of the Breeze: 2013 (November 15)
• Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie: 2013 (December 7)
• Gravestone of Daisuke Jigen: 2014 (June 21)
• Lupin III: The Italian Adventure (a.k.a Part IV (Blue Jacket)): 2015 (August 30 - November 30)^note Aired in Italy first; in Japan, it ran from October 1 2015 - March 17 2016
• Goemon Ishikawa's Spray of Blood: 2017 (February 4)
• Lupin III: Part 5: 2018 (April 4 - September 19)
• Lupin III: Is Lupin Still Burning: 2018 (July 25)
• Lupin III: Goodbye Partner: 2019 (January 25)
• Fujiko Mine's Lie: 2019 (May 31)
• Lupin III: Prison of the Past: 2019 (November 29)
• Lupin III: The First: 2019 (December 6)

2020s

• Lupin III: Part 6: 2021 (October)^note Final appearance of Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Jigen (ep 0). First appearance of Akio Ōtsuka as Jigen (ep1)
• Lupin Zero: 2022
• Lupin III Vs Cat's Eye: 2023