Lupin III: Greatest Heists - Recommendations

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 2012

Lupin has become a suspect in the murder of a professor named Theo Argent. The professor had just discovered the missing page of Marco Polo's Record of Observations of the East travel journal. As Lupin is being pursued by the police, he ends up getting unlikely help from the granddaughter of Theo Argent, Lisa.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1979

After robbing a casino and finding out the entire take was counterfeit, Lupin and Jigen are off to the duchy of Cagliostro to find the source of this trickery, and to stop it. Upon arrival, the two become entangled in a car chase between a woman in a wedding dress and several men in a black car. Before she is kidnapped, this woman passes off a ring to Lupin, a ring that sparks his interest more than counterfeit money ever could. Unfortunately for Lupin it also grabs the attention of those who want the ring back, and would kill him for it in a heartbeat.

• DVD Special (2 eps)
• 2015

• TV (24 eps)
• 2018

Lupin’s current target: a key to a certain server facility. Once obtained, the information of all the customers and their funds from the world’s largest online bank will be in Lupin’s hands. There, they find the developer of the security system of the bank: Amlita. Lupin and Jigen successfully capture Amlita and bring her to their hideout. However, almost immediately upon their arrival, Zenigata and his men surround the place. Being at a loss as to why their location was exposed so easily, they discover an online show going viral. The show’s name: "Arrest Lupin III."

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2012

5 generations after Lupin the 3rd, Lupin the 8th plies his trade in an airship that flies above a futuristic Paris.

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2008

When there is a thief as infamous and cunning as Arsene Lupin the 3rd, copycats are inevitable – everyone wants to try their hand at becoming the master thief. The real Lupin has the target for his next job, Ice Cube – a diamond that holds a secret. However, whilst the presence of the copycats is of little consequence to the true Lupin, one impostor is becoming much more of a problem: he is after the same loot, and unlike the countless other fakes, this one is good. Now the real and the fake Lupins must battle it out to see who can get to the diamond first and who is most worthy of the Lupin name, all the whilst trying to avoid the relentless Zenigata who still vows to arrest Lupin – that is, if he can figure out which one is real!

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 2011

Lupin's latest heist involves stealing a pair of jewels that hold the secret to an even greater treasure, but unfortunatly there's a lot of obstacles in Lupin's way. The smallest one involves Maki, a 14 year old girl who wants Lupin to teach her to be a thief. But what is her connection to the treasure and the mysterious girl Misa. The secrets behind the treasure reach back even into Lupin's own past.

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 1991

Following the end of the Gulf War, the governments of the world have been advised that the fastest way to restore the world economy is to find the secret treasure of the Lupin empire, valued at two hundred billion dollars. Naturally, the only individual who might know the location of this treasure is the last member of the Lupin family, Lupin the 3rd! Lupin doesn't know the details of where the treasure is, but he knows where they can be found: in the back of Napoleon's Dictionary. With the police forces of the world after him, Lupin sets out on an adventure to steal the dictionary and find the treasure first!

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 2019

The special will focus on Lupin's gang infiltrating the Kingdom of Doruente in order to rescue a famous gentleman thief from imprisonment. Meanwhile, the best thieves from around the world converge on the country.

• OVA (1 ep)
• 1989

Meet Lupin the 3rd, thief extraordinaire. Along with his partner, crack-shot Jigen Daisuke, there's nothing he can't steal. But sometimes he just needs to have a little fun... at the expense of Police Inspector Zenigata, who has devoted all of his energy to catching Lupin! Evading Zenigata isn't Lupin's only worry, though. He also has Mine Fujiko, the beautiful but dangerous thief Lupin would love to steal away with... if she doesn’t finish him first, and Ishikawa Goemon, a master swordsman who has sworn to kill Lupin. With all the obstacles before him, can Lupin’s tricks win the day?