Lupin the Third: Part II

Episode 1

Mottomo kiken na ôgon beddo

Pestered by Fujiko, Lupin has to steal a golden bed that was originally made by Louis XIV for Josephine. He makes a plan with Jigen and Goemon, but the owner of the bed, Morgan, is a formidable opponent who has WWII military experience.

Episode 2

Kaiki onikubitô ni on'na ga kieta

The Heike Clan and Minamoto Clan once battled on Devil's Head Island at the inland sea of Seto; Fujiko and Lupin go there to find out about the details behind the legend of the battle, which has it that the ghosts of the dead warriors of the Heike Clan haunt the island's forest.

Episode 3

Kimi wa neko boku wa katsuobushi

A young lady named Vivian is desperate for fame and fortune - so desperate that she is willing to become the latest conquest of Lupin III (in terms of being robbed only, of course!). However, Lupin dazzles her so much that when a paper interviews her about him, she stutters and makes mistakes. As a result, the paper prints that the grandmaster of thieves Arsène Lupin III stole a cat that eats pencil shavings, and now an outraged Lupin must now protect his reputation by locating such an animal and stealing it. Joining the chase is the brothers Butcher and Bucky, who wish to beat the great Lupin by getting to that animal first... if even such an animal exists.

Episode 4

Kekkon yubiwa wa noroi no wana

Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette's Hope Diamond has brought much misfortune on its possessors. The diamond is now safeguarded by a maximum security device. Fujiko provokes Lupin to steal that diamond, but as soon as he enters the Smithsonian Museum to steal, he too encounters misfortune...

Episode 5

Zantetsuken's Lament

Even on vacation, Goemon has eyes for nothing except swordsmanship. A girl named Naomi then deliberately sabotages his straw dummies used for swordsman practice. Her grandfather is a sword-smith, and he wants to make a katana better than the Zantetsuken. Naomi puts her heart into supporting her grandfather, and they soon discover Zantetsuken's secret.

Episode 6

Rupan shijô saidai no kusen

Lupin has to battle a hitman called Tiger. Lupin tries to dodge him, but Tiger is one step ahead of him. Lupin keeps trying to escape him but Tiger is relentless; he has a way of disappearing and appearing at will.

Episode 7

Hot Shot: This Is Fujiko

A theft report is received from the police state of Malda. The investigation methods are much too harsh and unforgiving, considering that all that was stolen was one camera. Actually, this camera is the invention of the century: it can take pictures of the future.

Episode 8

Is the Invader Safe Open?

Catherine rescues Lupin and Jigen, who are pursued by Zenigata as usual. She's an ex girlfriend of Jigen, and challenge Lupin and the others, by provoking Jigen to steal a 140-karat diamond from her own mansion.

Episode 9

Goemon's Close Call

Through his own carelessness, Goemon is taken prisoner at a hot spring, and subjected to torture by the assassin team of Rose and Wolf. They want to kill Lupin, because it will prove that they are the best of the best.

Episode 10

The Name of the Operation Is Chuushingura

24 mins

Chief Commissioner of Police Asano slugs the prime minister and gets fired; his duty had been to capture Lupin, but since he had failed, he now joins forces with Zenigata for the task

Episode 11

The Secret of the Mystery Painting: 'The First Supper'

24 mins

The painting "The First Supper" hides clues to the hiding place of an heirloom that Christ receive from Virgin Mary, 2,000 years ago. This painting has been kept by the clan of Judah for generations, and a woman named Nova, one of the descendants, knows that the painting is hidden at a fortress called Demon Rock

Episode 12

Mona Lisa Smiles Twice

24 mins

The Mona Lisa never leaves the Louvre Museum. Hitler and Arsene Lupin tried unsuccessfully to steal her. But Mona Lisa gets sent to Arabia, with Zenigata in charge of security. Lupin wants her for his collection

Episode 13

Have the 108 Bells Rung?

On the last day of the year, Lupin is after is the Golden Treasure Ship at Mount Horai. It's said that the Seven Lucky Gods confered the treasure, and it's shown in public only once a year when the New Year's bell gongs at the belfry of Kohoji Temple. The police department is swamped and hires the mafia as security guards, they even invite a killer called Antonio Wolf, who bears a grudge against Lupin.

Episode 14

The Chewing-Gum Disguise Operation

24 mins

Crime boss Gasper plans a wedding scam with Arsène Lupin III in mind: his girlfriend, the dancer Amore, marries Lupin, after which Gasper kills Lupin and takes his fortune. Unfortunately, Gasper is the jealous type, so things don't go according to plan.

Episode 15

The Southern Cross Looked Like Diamonds

The island of Rabaul has many remains of Japanese casualties of the Pacific War. It's said that Captain Cook's secret treasure is hidden there, worth 1-billion pounds. Of course Lupin and friends go to get it in a helicopter, but the helicopter gets shot down by a Zero plane.

Episode 16

Lupin, Who Killed Lupin

24 mins

A crew of four: Lupin, Jigen, Zenigata, and Fujiko break into the Bank of Stockholm. But Fujiko deceives them and tries to take the money all for herself. Lupin goes after her but she gets injured in an avalanche. As Fujiko is about to die at the hospital, she confesses to Lupin about the location of her most precious treasure...

Episode 17

Frankenstein Attacks Lupin

Lupin and friends searched a month for the pirate Kid's treasure, but they are thwarted by an underground organization called the Red Ghost. Knowing something is afoot, Lupin sends Fujiko and Goemon to investigate.

Episode 18

The Treasure My Grandfather Left Behind

24 mins

According to an old document found in the original Arsène Lupin's silk top hat, Lupin stole a beautiful statue, the Opal Venus, from the Palace of Elysees. He then left it with Gregoire, the second greatest thief after Lupin, for safekeeping. Now his grandson, Arsène Lupin III, decides to get back the treasure his grandfather left behind. He and his friends get as far as Gregoire's castle, but there is only one way to get across the garden which the Venus is decorating, and thus collect it.

Episode 19

Rare Find: Napoleon's Fortune

24 mins

Zenigata acquires a pie-throwing gun, and is ordered to capture Lupin. Meanwhile Lupin and Fujiko are discussing Napoleon's treasures. It's said that the key to solving the mystery of their whereabouts lies in a scarf made by Napoleon's assistant.

Episode 20

Paris Is for Thieves

The young girl Francoise lives near Lupin; she watches Lupin and Fujiko talking, and falls for him. But her father scolds her and tells her to stay away from thieves, but Francoise devises a plan to approach Lupin anyway

Episode 21

1999: A Popcorn Odyssey

24 mins

For Fujiko Mine, a romantic night means a flight to the moon. And so her lover Arsène Lupin III decides to make this moonshine fantasy a reality by arranging a flight to the moon. He calculates that with the assistance of Professor Pancho's popcorn machine, an ordinary plane should have just about enough energy to get to the moon and back. However, he faces opposition from an unlikely source. NASA feels that their prestige will be ruined if it is shown that the moon can be reached by an unscientific thief. They take the Professor and his wife into custody in an attempt to stop the launch. But no one can stop Lupin from reaching for the moon and the stars.

Episode 22

The Big Oildollar Plot

24 mins

When Fujiko Mine is kidnapped by the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Iraran, her boyfriend Arsène Lupin III must steal a crown from a fountain of concentrated sulfuric acid in order to save her life. However, this proves to be a test of skill. His real assignment is to steal the Snow Cannon from Spinar, the world's most powerful secret society. The purpose of this machine is to provide snow to the Princess Guiana of Iraran. The little princess doesn't have long to live, and wants to see a snowfall in the Arabian Desert before she dies. With characteristic pomp and audacity, Lupin sets about this at once.

Episode 23

Together with Lupin to Hell

Lady Black and Fujiko have a bet. Whoever kills Lupin will get the loser's entire jewelry collection. Lady Black lures Lupin using Fujiko so she could kill him, but why is she so passionate about wanting him dead?

Episode 24

Direct Hit! Operation Dead Ball

24 mins

Lupin and company took the complete take of a gambling casino, a little while ago. Boss Largo comes up with the most powerful group of killers in order to get it back. He hypnotizes a big-league baseball team, implanting a suggestion that they pitch and hit at Lupin, who has a toothache, whenever he puts his hand to his cheek.

Episode 25

The Old Woman and Lupin Thievery Contest

There is a reward of $1,000,000 for Lupin's arrest. This in itself is not unusual, but when a newspaper reports of Lupin's crimes before they happen, something is definitely not right. The way Old Lady Dokonjo, who publishes a small newspaper all by herself, figures it, scoops are the only way to increase sales. Lupin and company fall for her tearful pleas, but her son, Benson, is a sinister character.

Episode 26

In Jigen, I Saw the Gentleness of a Man's Soul

24 mins

The nation of Janaica is troubled with coup d'etats and revolutions, but Lupin, discovering that the president's mansion houses the missing painting "Nude Venus," decides to go scope the joint with Jigen. Jigen goes to Janaica first, and is visited by a woman who is on the run from government police

Episode 27

Lupin vs. the Mystery Man with Two Faces

24 mins

Arsène Lupin III faces the most bizarre peril of his life: he is captured by a psychotic French artist and locked in a smokehouse to serve as source material for a work of art.

Episode 28

Two Goemons: The Mystery of Zantetsuken

24 mins

Three incidents of bank robbery using an iron-cutter sword have happened; a total of 1.3 billion yen was stolen. But Lupin and group know they were Goemon's doing, because the culprit had ruthlessly killed a security guard. Meanwhile, a man calling himself Goemon sends Lupin a challenge, but Goemon wants to settle the score by himself.

Episode 29

The Himalayan Holy Mountain Thieves' Cult

24 mins

Lupin's stash of Napoleon's cash got stolen, but Lupin catches the culprit and tries to make him confess. But Lupin learns he's one of the followers of the Fandar cult, and heads to their holy land of Fandara

Episode 30

Keep Your Hands Off the Hot Treasure

24 mins

Lupin learns that a treasure trove lies in a volcano on Cleo Island, but it can only be reached when the mountain isn't spewing molten lava! He tries to convince Jigen and Goemon to join him but they're not interested, because the island native Claudia had talked them into obstructing Lupin

Episode 31

The Climactic Lupin Arrest Operation

The Kimberly Diamonds, which take up a full half of the diamonds traded annually worldwide, are worth a good $30,000,000,000. Arsène Lupin III's dream is to claim those diamonds and make them into a diamond carriage for his girlfriend Fujiko Mine. However Inspector Zenigata isn't so naive as that and eventually runs them down. When the gang's getaway plane is fully surrounded by policemen (mobilized by the UN from the world over), only one shot from a giant crossbow can make the difference between victory and defeat.

Episode 32

Poison and Magic and Lupin III

Lupin finds out about the jewel "Poison Trio" of the Borges family and decides to steal it after Fujiko goads him. Galdan, the nephew of Lucricia greets Lupin, and tells him that elderly Lucricia had been arrested and must be broken out of jail.

Episode 33

Revenge of the Gold Butterfly

24 mins

Lupin goes on a safe-cracking rampage and rakes in 10 million francs. He needs the money to purchase the world's only rare Gold Butterfly at an auction.

Episode 34

The Magnificent Team-Play Operation

24 mins

The Museum of Jewelry is holding a special exhibition of the diamond known as "Cleopatra's Tear." Lupin quickly makes a preliminary inspection, but with Zenigata showing up yet again, he has to run away. This was a planned appointment so that he could hear from Zenigata the date and time of the diamond's delivery to the exhibition hall.

Episode 35

The Treasure of Pompeii and Venomous Snakes

24 mins

No thief has ever succeeded in stealing the secret gem of Pompeii's nunnery; it's guarded by venomous snakes. Even Arsene Lupin gave up on it, since he hates snakes. But Lupin takes on the challenge.

Episode 36

Steal Everything of Lupin's

Mr Steel, a wealthy but extremely old man, has decided to transfer his brain to a younger body and attain a second youth. He has the perfect body in mind for his brain transplant: Arsène Lupin III; and the perfect person to handle the affair: Lupin's lover, Fujiko Mine. Fujiko manages to capture Lupin through a faked traffic accident, and brings him to Steel's mansion, where the brain transplant takes place successfully. The old man has only a little time left, but the brain is Lupin's, and he embarks on a plan to get his old body back...

Episode 37

Wolf, Run, Pig, Fall Down

24 mins

Famous gourmand and field mice scientist Salmon Whitney is also known as being the chairman of a Canadian diamond mining operation. Lupin is after his diamonds, which will go on auction in Paris. However, somebody has already stolen them before Lupin could get to them.

Episode 38

1980 Moscow Revelation

Famous gourmand and field mice scientist Salmon Whitney is also known as being the chairman of a Canadian diamond mining operation. Lupin is after his diamonds, which will go on auction in Paris. However, somebody has already stolen them before Lupin could get to them.

Episode 39

The Big Favorite Disappeared at the Grand Race

24 mins

Enraged at the hypocritical treatment meted out by the British Lord Weather, Arsène Lupin III accepts a challenge to steal the Lord's horse, Red Arrow. However, Lupin's various attempts while the horse is in transit and in a fox hunt are thwarted, as the Lord's scrupulous counter-strategies leave no opening. Then Lupin makes a laughable announcement: he will steal Red Arrow at the Grand National Race, before a full crowd! An impossible endeavor - but in a jumping accident, only the horse disappears.

Episode 40

The Miami Bank Raid Anniversary

While Lupin and his gang enjoy a summer vacation in Miami, a helicopter suddenly flies overhead, its passengers screaming that Lupin said he was going to raid the Miami Bank. Afterwards, the gang receives a phone call asking them to raid the Bank, adding an unusual proviso: if they raid the Miami Bank, then it will join the ranks of the country's best. So, Lupin takes a shot at cracking the vault... which turns out to be empty. It was a simple but clever ruse employed by the Bank to gain renown for not having had a single cent stolen (technically). A year later, they hold an anniversary celebration. But Arsène Lupin III is about to strike back...

Episode 41

Fujiko's Close Call Rescue Operation

Arsène Lupin III has prepared a special birthday party for the love of his life, Fujiko Mine. Unfortunately, she has been kidnapped by the brothers Nanja and Monja, and is now a prize inside the Lucky Safe, on display at the stadium of the tourist country of Karchina. The only way to release her is for Lupin himself to be a living key in the safe's electronic mechanism, but causing certain death by electrocution. Brushing aside Jigen and Goemon's pleas, Lupin charges forth.

Episode 42

Wings of Death: Albatross

Arsène Lupin III is summoned by his girlfriend Fujiko Mine, as are his aides Daisuke Jigen and Goemon Ishikawa XIII. Just as the trio wonder what it's all about, Fujiko shows up, kicks their sukiyaki, has a firefight, and leaves them a present: the detonator plug to a pint-sized A-bomb. An aircraft museum which is restoring old aircraft is merely a cover: in fact, it's a flying merchant of death, with an A-bomb manufacturing plant housed in its wings. The head man, Lonebach, tries to seduce Fujiko by telling her that he will make her his first wife. Will Lupin let him get away with it?

Episode 43

Lupin's Splendid Failure

Lupin's heart just isn't in it when he finds out that his opponent is eight-year-old Romanov, a boy genius made so with drug enhancements. The duel to see who has the smartest brain in the world is on, and the prize is Fujiko's heart.

Episode 44

The Mermaid That Disappeared in the Midnight Sun

24 mins

Fujiko is selected as the model for a quartz statue of a mermaid by its sculptor, Vingel. The mayor of a town wants to make the mermaid into a tourist attraction and purchases it from Vingel. Fujiko then goes crying back to Lupin and emplores him to steal it back. The boxcar of the transport train carrying the statue has a special coupling mechanism, and stealing it will require a little engineering.

Episode 45

The Target Is 555 Meters

The Marine Tower Observation Room is essentially a safe room floating in midair, accessible only by a single see-through elevator. Lupin and co. plan to raid the annual diamond auction, which is being held in the room itself. The success or failure of this job depends on Jigen's precise long-range marksmanship

Episode 46

The Treasure of Mecca Wore a Veil

24 mins

The treasure of the prophet Muhammad is held in the holy city of Mecca. Patra Lawrence, daughter of Lawrence of Arabia, is guarding it as head of the mosque. It's secured in a vault operated by crude oil pressure. So long as the crude oil pressure does not drop, the vault cannot be opened.

Episode 47

Piano Symphony 'Zoo'

24 mins

The legendary pianist and genius, Keransky, owns a unique Jovich grand piano, which he uses for all his acclaimed performances. He has recently designed and constructed a concert hall for his beloved piano, which has a peculiar trait. the concert hall was built around the piano - thus the entrance is too small for the piano to be taken through. Added to this, the hall possesses the newest anti-theft devices, and is guarded by a squad of snipers. And he thinks Arsène Lupin III can't penetrate this. The gang sets out to prove him wrong, but as usual, nothing goes according to plan.

Episode 48

The Arrest Lupin Highway Operation

24 mins

Nice, France. A shipment of diamonds arrives from South Africa. Lupin and his gang have set their sights on the prize, but Zenigata intends to use a highway collapse mechanism to finally arrest Lupin. Will Lupin get caught on the highway?

Episode 49

Jigen and a Hat and a Pistol

24 mins

The president of a large trading company declares in his will, "I will give $10,000,000,000 to whoever is the best in the world with a pistol." Vice-president Don Hagero hires expert marksman Minnesota Fats to eliminate all of the competition, in order to ensure that no one else will get the fortune. His final target is Jigen. Fats, learning Jigen's secret, burns all of Jigen's hats, and challenges him with his special cue-stick ricochet gun. Jigen can't sight without his hat. It's the ultimate pinch!

Episode 50

The Bills That Came from God

Once a year, the ICPO takes the money they've collected from criminals all over the world to a Swiss bank, where they make an accounting. This year, Zenigata is given the task of escorting the money, which makes taking it like candy from a baby to Lupin. He acquires it easily enough, but all those bills are a major obstacle to getting away. Just then, they spot Sister Joanna's church, in need of renovation... Oh, a miraculous rain falls in the Alps.

Episode 51

The Hexagon's Great Legacy

Inside a European border town, known as "The Grand Hexagon", lies Nazi gold on a scale that would make the world tremble if it knew. The precise location of the gold is Laika Bank, which uses a construction of stacks of gold bullion, and has an alarm system that goes off if even one bar is missing. Fifty tons of gold bullion in total: If we can't have any missing, then we'll simply replace them!

Episode 52

Farewell My Beloved Lupin

24 mins

An armored robot soars through the skies of Tokyo, demonstrating amazing capabilities... which include raiding a jewelry store and vanishing. The robot's operator, Oyamada Maki, is attempting to show what a dangerous weapon this robot is, but the truth is the whole thing is a conspiracy masterminded by Arsène Lupin III. After all, thieves love peace!