ルパン三世
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Created by Monkey Punch in
1967, and originally running in the magazine Weekly Manga Action
until 1972, Lupin III （Rupan
Sansei) quickly rose to popularity in Japan. It was based
off of the character Arsène Lupin, created by early
20th century French writer Marcel LeBlanc. The protagonist of Lupin III,
appropriately named Arsène Lupin III, is the half-Japanese
grandson of LeBlanc's original Lupin. In the comics, Lupin is
a thief
and womanizer, and lacks almost all of the grace possessed
by his
gentleman-burglar grandfather. In 1969, a movie serial was created, but it never reached theaters due to budget and time constraints. In 1971, the series was adapted to a television anime produced by Tokyo Movie Shina, and was directed by Masaaki Osumi, and later Hayao Miyazaki; Osumi resigned when the producers decided to make the series more oriented towards children and young teenagers. However, the creator of Cowboy Bebop, Shinichiro Watanabe, has stated that these episodes had a significant influence on him. This series is usually called "Green Jacket," after the color of the jacket worn by Lupin during the series. The second season, Shin Lupin III, ran from 1977-1980. This series, by far the longest, ran for 155 episodes. This is often referred to as the "Red Jacket" series, as Lupin wears a red jacket during the season. It is also the only one of the three series to have been licensed in the US by Geneon Entertainment (formerly Pioneer). Due to this, it is usually the one with which most American audiences have had contact with. The third and final TV series, Lupin III Part III, ran from 1984 to 1985, and consisted of 50 episodes. This is known as the "Pink Jacket" season. Lupin was only to ever wear the pink jacket again in the film Legend of the Gold of Babylon, released in theaters in 1985. Another TV series, Lupin VIII, was planned for production and was to be about the descendants of Lupin III and his friends in space. We can all thank the powers that be that this was scrapped and never released. There were other theatrical releases, and yearly television specials in the franchise, which can all be found on these lovely charts from Wikipedia: |
| Jacket color | Theatrical release date | "Japanese
title translated" Japanese transliterated title (Kanji title) |
Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red | December 16, 1978 | "Lupin
vs. The Clone" Rupan vs Fukusei-ningen (ルパンvs複製人間) |
Sooji Yoshikawa, Yasuo Otsuka |
| Green | December 15, 1979 | "The Castle of Cagliostro" Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no Shiro (ルパン三世 カリオストロの城) |
Hayao Miyazaki |
| Pink | July 13, 1985 | "The Legend of the
Gold of Babylon" Rupan Sansei: babiron no oogon densetsu (ルパン三世 バビロンの黄金伝説 ) |
Seijun Suzuki, Shigetsugu Yoshida |
| Red | April 22, 1995 | "To Hell with Nostradamus" Rupan Sansei: kutabare! nosutoradamusu (ルパン三世 くたばれ！ノストラダムス) |
Shunya Ito, Nobuo Tomizawa, Takeshi Shirato |
| Red | April 20, 1996 | "Dead or Alive" Rupan Sansei: Dead or Alive (ルパン三世 ＤＥＡＤ ＯＲ ＡＬＩＶＥ) |
Monkey Punch |
| # | "Japanese
title translated" "American DVD release title" "Japanese transliterated title" (Kanji title) |
Original airdate | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bye-Bye Liberty Crisis" "Rupan Sansei: Bai Bai Ribatii - Kiki Ippatsu!" (ルパン三世『バイバイ・リバティー危機一発！』) |
1989-04-01 | Osamu Dezaki |
| 2 | "Mystery of the
Hemingway Papers" "Rupan Sansei: Heminguuei Peepaa no Nazo" (ル パン三世『ヘミングウェイペーパーの謎』) |
1990-07-20 | Osamu Dezaki |
| 3 | "Steal Napoleon's
Dictionary!" "Rupan Sansei: Naporeon no Jisho wo Ubae" (ル パン三世『ナポレオンの辞書を奪え』) |
1991-08-09 | Osamu Dezaki |
| 4 | "From
Russia With Love" "Rupan Sansei: Roshia yori Ai wo Komete" (ル パン三世『ロシアより愛をこめて』) |
1992-07-24 | Osamu Dezaki |
| 5 | "Orders to Assassinate
Lupin" "Voyage to Danger" "Rupan Sansei: Rupan Ansatsu Shirei" (ル パン三世『ルパン暗殺指令』) |
1993-07-23 | Masaaki Osumi |
| 6 | "Burn,
Zantetsuken!" "Dragon of Doom" "Rupan Sansei: Moeyo Zantetsu Ken" (ル パン三世『燃えよ斬鉄剣』) |
1994-07-29 | Masaharu Okuwaki |
| 7 | "The Pursuit of
Harimao's Treasure" "The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure" "Rupan Sansei: Harimao no Zaiho wo oe!!" (ル パン三世『ハリマオの財宝を追え!!』) |
1995-08-04 | Osamu Dezaki |
| 8 | "The Secret of Twilight
Gemini" "The Secret of Twilight Gemini" "Rupan Sansei: Towairaito Jemini no Himitsu" (ル パン三世『トワイライト☆ジェミニの秘密』) |
1996-08-02 | Gisaburô Sugii |
| 9 | "In Memory of the
Walther P-38" "Island of Assassins" "Rupan Sansei: Warusa P38 ~In Gedenken an die Walther P38~" (ルパン三世『ワルサーP38』) |
1997-08-01 | Toshiya Shinohara, Hiroyuki Yano |
| 10 | "Memories of the
Flame: Tokyo Crisis" "Crisis in Tokyo" "Rupan Sansei: Honou no Kioku ~Tokyo Crisis~" (ル パン三世『炎の記憶 ～Tokyo Crisis～』) |
1998-07-24 | Toshiya Shinohara |
| 11 | "Da Capo of
Love: Fujiko's Unlucky Days" "The Columbus Files" "Rupan Sansei: Ai no da capo - Fujiko's Unlucky Days" (ルパン三世『愛のダ・カーポ ～Fujiko's Unlucky Days』) |
1999-07-30 | Shinichi Watanabe |
| 12 | "$1
Money Wars" "Missed by a Dollar" "Rupan Sansei: $1 manee uoozu" (ル パン三世『1＄マネーウォーズ』) |
2000-07-28 | Hideki Tonokatsu |
| 13 | "Alcatraz
Connection" "Rupan Sansei: arukatorazu konekushon" (ル パン三世『アルカトラズコネクション』) |
2001-08-03 | Hideki Tonokatsu |
| 14 | "Episode 0: First Contact" "Rupan Sansei: Episode: 0 faasuto kontakuto" (ル パン三世ＥＰＩＳＯＤＥ：０（ゼロ） 『ファーストコンタクト』) |
2002-07-26 | Minoru Ohara |
| 15 | "Operation: Return the
Treasure" "Rupan Sansei: Otakara Henkyaku Dai-sakusen!!" (ルパン三世: お宝返却大作戦！！) |
2003-08-01 | Jun Kawagoe |
| 16 | "Stolen
Lupin" "Rupan Sansei: Nusumareta Lupin ~Copy Cat wa Manatsu no Cho~" (ルパン三世 「盗まれたルパン ～コピーキャットは真夏の蝶～」) |
2004-07-30 | Hidehito Ueda |
| 17 | "An
Angel's Tactics - Fragments of a Dream Are the Scent of Murder" "Rupan Sansei: Tenshi no sakuryaku takutikusu Yume no kakera wa koroshi no kaori" (ルパン三世 - 天使の策略（タクティクス）～夢のカケラは殺しの香り～) |
2005-07-22 | Shigeyuki Miya |
| 18 | "Seven
Days Rhapsody" "Rupan Sansei: sebundeizu rapusodei" (「ル パン三世 セブンデイズ・ラプソディ」) |
2006-09-08 | Hajime Kamegaki |
| 19 | "Elusiveness
of the Fog" "Rupan Sansei: kiri no eryuushivu" (ル パン三世 霧のエリューシヴ) |
2007-07-27 | Masuda Toshihiko |
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