The smoothest criminal in anime history steals your attention — and your weekend.
4.023 minSeason 6 • Episode 24
LatestBlood may be thicker than water, but is it as thick as thieves? Find out as Fujiko, Goemon and Jigen race to bring Lupin back to himself in the finale.
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 of all time, all the while evading the control of Inspector Koichi Zenigata.
Direction
Hayao Miyazaki's Cagliostro film elevates the franchise to art.
Score
That Yuji Ohno jazz theme lives rent-free in your brain forever.
Writing
Six decades of reinvention — spy thriller, comedy, noir, you name it.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lupin III is Japan's longest-running animated franchise, predating even Doraemon's TV debut — the character design directly homages Maurice Leblanc's original Arsène Lupin novels.
The Castle of Cagliostro was Hayao Miyazaki's feature directorial debut — Steven Spielberg called it 'one of the greatest adventure movies ever made,' and yes, you should watch it immediately.
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