8.024 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestWith minutes left until the atomic cannon is fired, Lupin takes a step toward becoming a great thief.
Lupin III, a bored junior high schooler in Tokyo, takes an interest in a young Daisuke Jigen, a mysterious and impressive marksman. After striking up a conversation with Jigen at a nightclub, the latter concludes that Lupin is simply a privileged and naïve boy from a well-to-do family and doesn’t want anything to do with him. However, while helping the nightclub singer Yoko, who is being pursued by the yakuza, Jigen learns that Lupin is the grandson of a legendary thief…
Direction
Stylish 1960s Tokyo recreated with obsessive detail
Score
Jazz soundtrack that slaps harder than it should
Writing
Deft origin story that respects canon without pandering
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1960s setting deliberately evokes the original manga's publication era, not contemporary Tokyo—creating layered nostalgia for multiple generations of fans.
Tasuku Hatanaka and Shunsuke Takeuchi had never voiced these iconic roles before; the casting choice of relative newcomers mirrors the characters' own greenness.
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