List of Lupin the 3rd Part II episodes

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Lupin The Third DVD box set for part II

Produced by Japanese animation studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Lupin the 3rd Part II is the second Lupin III television series. The series contains 155 episodes which aired between October 3, 1977, and October 6, 1980, on the Japanese television network NTV (Nippon Television). Episodes 145 and 155 were the first to appear in the United States on VHS, released by Streamline Pictures separately in 1994 as Tales of the Wolf and together in 1995 as Lupin III's Greatest Capers. Two feature films, The Mystery of Mamo and The Castle of Cagliostro, were released in theaters during the original broadcast run of the series. 26 episodes of Geneon Entertainment's English adaptation of the anime (the first 27 episodes, excluding the third) aired on Adult Swim starting on January 13, 2003. 15 Region 1 DVD volumes (a total of 79 episodes) have been released in the United States by Geneon Entertainment. Richard Epcar, the voice of Jigen, revealed via Twitter that Geneon lost the license to the series before they could dub the rest of the episodes in English. In December 2015, Discotek Media announced it had licensed the show and would be releasing the Second Series in four DVD sets, with the first one coming in 2016.

The series, based on the Lupin III manga written by Monkey Punch beginning in 1967, centers on the adventures of Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels. He is joined by Daisuke Jigen, crack-shot and Lupin's closest ally; Fujiko Mine, the femme fatale and Lupin's love interest who works against Lupin more often than with him; and Goemon Ishikawa XIII, a master swordsman and the descendant of Ishikawa Goemon, the legendary Japanese bandit. Lupin is often chased by Inspector Koichi Zenigata, the rather cynical detective who has made it his life mission to catch Lupin.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	26	October 3, 1977 (1977-10-03)	April 3, 1978 (1978-04-03)
	2	25	April 10, 1978 (1978-04-10)	September 25, 1978 (1978-09-25)
	3	52	October 2, 1978 (1978-10-02)	October 1, 1979 (1979-10-01)
	4	52	October 8, 1979 (1979-10-08)	October 6, 1980 (1980-10-06)

Episode list

Season 1 (1977–78)

Main article: Lupin the 3rd Part II (season 1)

No. overall	No. in season	Japanese translated title / English title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	English air date
1	1	"Lupin the Third's Gallant Appearance" / "The Return of Lupin the 3rd"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Tadaaki Yamazaki	October 3, 1977 (1977-10-03)	January 14, 2003
After five years of working alone, Lupin III, Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa, and Fujiko Mine receive invitations to a reunion abroad the luxury liner Sirloin. Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko think that Lupin sent the invitation, but Lupin says his invitation was sent by Fujiko. Inspector Zenigata shows up with an arrest warrant that Lupin points out to be fake. It turns out that all the invitations were sent by a villain known as Mister X, who first appeared in the first episode of the original television series.
2	2	"Wads of Bills Blossom in the Rio Sunset" / "Buns, Guns, and Fun in the Sun"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yoshio Takeuchi	October 10, 1977 (1977-10-10)	January 15, 2003
A Brazilian soccer team, the Santos Futebol Clube and the New York Cosmos from the USA "an actual team which in the late 70's managed to hire Pelè" square off at the world's largest sports arena, Rio de Janeiro's Stadium Maracanan. Lupin goes after the money from the ticket sales for the event. In order to have an alibi, Lupin, Jigen and Goemon get themselves arrested by crashing a truck into Christ the Redeemer. While in the jail's hospital, Fujiko helps Lupin and the others get out to steal the money and hide it inside the Christ the Redeemer statue.
3	3	"Hitler's Legacy" / "To Be or Nazi Be"	Kazunori Tanahashi	Yutaka Kaneko	October 17, 1977 (1977-10-17)	May 9, 2007
Supposedly, an old man named Genhardt, who used to work for Hitler, knows the secret of the legacy of Hitler and is living on the other side of the Berlin Wall. After getting the old man across the Berlin Wall from East to West Germany, Lupin is unable to get the man to recall the location of the legacy. Lupin and the others plan a reenactment of the days of Hitler in order to get Genhardt to reveal the location of Hitler's Legacy. Note: This episode was not immediately broadcast in the U.S. nor included on the Volume 1 DVD release due to its controversial content. Instead, the episode was aired after the Season 1 finale, "The Rose and the Pistol," and later included on the Volume 5 DVD.
4	4	"I Can Hear Nessie's Singing" / "50 Ways to Leave Your 50-Foot Lover"	Kazunori Tanahashi	Atsushi Yamatoya	October 24, 1977 (1977-10-24)	January 16, 2003
At Loch Ness, Scotland, the mysterious monster Nessie shows itself charmed by Fujiko's singing. Doctor Oz, seeing this, decides to use Fujiko to draw out Nessie so that he can capture it and show it all over the world. Dr. Oz's other motive is to get revenge on the monster for having bit off his leg many years ago. Lupin, Jigen and Goemon seek to help Fujiko and the Loch Ness Monster from Dr. Oz.
5	5	"I'll Teach You How to Transport Gold Bars" / "Gold Smuggling 101"	Kazunori Tanahashi	Noboru Shiroyama	October 31, 1977 (1977-10-31)	January 17, 2003
Fujiko and a mystery man come bringing a request that Lupin steal a mountain of gold bullion from the Swiss Bank, which is renowned throughout the world for the strength of its security. After stealing the gold, Lupin and the gang melt it down and mold it to look like the body of a truck. They then paint the gold cast and replace an old truck body with it. After Lupin and the others get the car past the cops, Fujiko and the mysterious man betray Lupin and take the gold for themselves.
6	6	"Will the Leaning Tower of Pisa Be Standing?" / "Shaky Pisa"	Kazunori Tanahashi	Yutaka Kaneko	November 7, 1977 (1977-11-07)	January 21, 2003
Someone comes along and demands that the Italian government pay him a ransom if they don't want the Leaning Tower of Pisa destroyed by an earthquake. He has a device for generating artificial earthquakes that he plans to use. The government meets his demands, but Lupin has it in mind to take the money for himself. Zenigata chases Lupin into the enemy's lair, and, thinking that the Italian government defied his orders, the criminal hits the switch that activates the machine. Lupin tampers with the machine, however, and it explodes.
7	7	"Tutankhamen's 3000-Year-Old Curse" / "Cursed Case Scenario"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yutaka Kaneko	November 14, 1977 (1977-11-14)	January 22, 2003
Lupin uses a balloon to boldly steal the solid-gold mask of Tutankhamen. But the instant he puts it on, what appears before his eyes is the world of the pharaohs, 3000 years ago. It seems that the mask is cursed and the only way to break the pharaoh's curse is to put the mask back where it came from. Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko plan to help out Lupin by returning the mask for him.
8	8	"Venetian Super Express" / "Disorient Express"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yoshio Takeuchi	November 21, 1977 (1977-11-21)	January 23, 2003
The Trans-Europe Super Express is transporting a racehorse from Italy to France. But the collected valuables of crime boss Don Marcino is also aboard that train. His true objective is to get his ill-gotten gains out of the country. Lupin goes after the treasures of Don Marcino.
9	9	"Would You Like Ukiyo-e Blues?" / "Now Museum, Now You Don't"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Hideo Takayashiki	November 28, 1977 (1977-11-28)	January 24, 2003
An old man Lupin meets by chance turns out to be the grandson of ukiyo-e master Tōshūsai Sharaku. To test his own skill, he has been switching his own works for Sharaku's originals, but suffered a heart attack just as he was about to make the last switch. Fujiko, who has been helping the old man, asks Lupin to make the last switch for him.
10	10	"Steal the File M123" / "ZenigataCon"	Kazunori Tanahashi	Noboru Shiroyama	December 5, 1977 (1977-12-05)	January 28, 2003
At the invitation of Marcel, a young noble of Paris's jetset, Lupin escorts Fujiko to a party. But this is a trap set by Marcel, who has another face. He takes Fujiko hostage, straps a timebomb belt around Lupin's waist, and tells him to steal a certain criminal list from Scotland Yard before time runs out.
11	11	"Bet on the Monaco Grand Prix" / "Who's Vroomin' Who?"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yoshio Takeuchi	December 12, 1977 (1977-12-12)	January 29, 2003
Lupin has come to Monaco to race in the Grand Prix. Beforehand, when he goes to the casino to try his luck, he loses all his money, even his Formula One car. It turns out that he was set up by a fixer as part of a conspiracy aimed at the race, which involves forcing Lupin to race for the mob boss responsible for the set up because if Lupin wins, then everyone who bets on Lupin wins a lot of money since all the other are expected to bet against him.
12	12	"A Gift for the President" / "The Sleight Before Christmas"	Kazunori Tanahashi	Noboru Shiroyama	December 19, 1977 (1977-12-19)	January 30, 2003
The last bottle of Bordeaux wine which Napoleon had made for Josephine is going to be given to the President of the United States as a Christmas present. Lupin and company head to Bordeaux in order to claim it for themselves, but are chased off by gunfire from Zenigata. Their next attempt is the secret hijacking of the Concorde transporting the bottle over the Atlantic Ocean. After Lupin tricks Zenigata into thinking that the plane is actually flying, he steals the bottle of wine and replaces it with a fake. After, Lupin and the gang celebrate by tasting the old wine, which had spoiled.
13	13	"The Great Chase in San Francisco" / "I Left My Mind in San Francisco"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yutaka Kaneko	December 26, 1977 (1977-12-26)	January 31, 2003
Zenigata has been suffering from a persecution complex, one in which he feels certain Lupin is watching him. He seeks the help of psychiatrists to get rid of his delusions of Lupin. Meanwhile, some group has implanted microfilm containing a process developed by NASA for creating artificial diamond in one of Zenigata's back teeth. Lupin goes up against that group and attempts to take the microfilm for himself. Note: The scene when Zenigata runs away from Lupin's plane could be considered as a possible homage to Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller film North by Northwest.
14	14	"Big Adventure of the Caribbean Sea" / "Curse of the Jumbo Juju"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Tadaaki Yamazaki	January 9, 1978 (1978-01-09)	February 4, 2003
Foward Hees, the world's richest man, dies a mysterious death. Fujiko receives a large ruby in his will, but she too is attacked by a flock of black birds. The ruby was stolen from a temple of a cult located in the Caribbean. In order to save Fujiko from a mysterious fever, Lupin and company head there to return the ruby but are attacked by black magic zombies.
15	15	"Renowned Detectives in the Sky" / "The Case of the Risible Dirigible"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yutaka Kaneko	January 16, 1978 (1978-01-16)	February 5, 2003
Count Gabriel challenges Lupin to steal Dracula's Tear, the world's best-known carbuncle, from on board his airship, the Hendenburg, with Holmes III, Detective Archer, Kaneda Koojisuke, and Inspector Zenigata in attendance. Lupin must complete the task before the airship lands at an airport where the police are waiting for him.
16	16	"Two-Faced Lupin" / "Crude Reproduction, Perfect Frame"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yuu Tagami	January 23, 1978 (1978-01-23)	February 6, 2003
Lupin seems to suffer from transformation sickness, in which one changes into another, cruel personality, and commits crimes repeatedly, but has absolutely no memory of what happened during that time. After numerous crimes not worthy of the name of Lupin, the man himself, having completely lost his self-confidence, even contemplates taking his own life, in his depression, but due to various factors, cannot succeed at dying. It turns out that someone disguised as Lupin has been committing the crime and conspiring with a doctor to trick the real Lupin into believing that he is suffering from transformation sickness.
17	17	"Target the Oil Dollars" / "Sheik-Down"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yuu Tagami	January 30, 1978 (1978-01-30)	February 7, 2003
A blackmail notice is delivered to a small Arab country threatening to destroy the oil fields if the country does not pay $100,000,000. Lupin and company set their sights on the payoff money, but according to intelligence agent Hassan, the enemy is apparently using human bombs. The gimmick is a remote-controlled capsule bomb implanted in the person's stomach. In fact, Hassan himself is the enemy leader, Lawrence III, the grandson of Lawrence of Arabia. Fujiko conspires with Lupin to trick Lawrence III into revealing his true identity to his league of loyal followers.
18	18	"Black Panther" / "My Birthday Pursuit"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yutaka Kaneko	February 6, 1978 (1978-02-06)	May 20, 2003
The Black Panther is a one-of-a-kind emerald. When light shines on it from a certain angle, a black panther appears to be hidden inside it. Lupin steals the gem, planning to give it to Fujiko for her birthday, and hides it temporarily in the museum in order to evade a body check by the strict security cordon, planning to come back for it later. But when both Zenigata and Inspector Conaiseau get involved as well, the statue where the emerald is hidden gets accidentally transported to a nude resort where Lupin, Jigen and Goemon attempt to retrieve it.
19	19	"Can the 10-Year Vault Be Broken?" / "A Safe Bet"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Noboru Shiroyama	February 13, 1978 (1978-02-13)	May 21, 2003
Having returned to Japan after an extended absence, Lupin challenges the Marukin line of safes, renowned for being absolutely unbreakable, and cracks them at every turn. Having completely lost confidence in himself, Marukin experiences the grief of bankruptcy. As far as Lupin is concerned, it's his natural ability at work, but Marukin's son, Tetsutaroo, challenges him in his father's place. Giving Lupin poison, he forces him to accept the challenge of opening the safe he built himself, which contains the antidote for the poison, but the safe does not have a lock, door, or combination.
20	20	"Cornered Lupin" / "Hell Toupee"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Shunichirō Koyama Shōichirō Ōkubo	February 20, 1978 (1978-02-20)	May 22, 2003
Setting his sights on the large medallion on Generalissimo Hutler's chest, which contains a 50-carat ruby, Lupin should have been able to take it easily enough, using his special rod-and-reel technique, but ends up exposing the Generalissimo's secret toupee instead when the wind blows the hook on his fishing line over Hutler's head instead of the jewel. The infuriated Hutler orders that Lupin and company be wiped out, and in the face of the attack by his combined armed forces, a wounded Lupin makes his stand in an old castle with Fujiko while Jigen and Goemon attempt to save them. Note: The overall episode takes obvious inspiration from Charlie Chaplin's 1940 comedy film The Great Dictator, particularly with the scene of Hutler tossing a globe-shaped balloon in the air. Hutler himself is based upon Chaplin's character Hynkel, who in turn was an exaggerated parody of Adolf Hitler.
21	21	"Goemon's Revenge" / "The Last Mastery"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Sarada Oil	February 27, 1978 (1978-02-27)	May 23, 2003
Goemon returns to Iga after ten years, only to find his master, Jinen, near death. Before dying, Jinen tells Goemon that his junior disciple, Hissatsu Jinkuroo, stole half of the Scroll of the Secrets of the Iga Ninja, which contains a map showing the location of the Treasure of Iga. He also gives Goemon the remaining portion of the scroll, with the rest of the map. Jinkuroo, knowing that he doesn't stand a chance in a straight-on fight against Goemon, boldly has himself arrested, hoping to be put in prison, and thus beyond Goemon's reach. Lupin helps Goemon by getting Jinkuroo out of jail and setting up a head-to-head fight between Goemon and Jinkuroo.
22	22	"Explore the Mysterious Women's Palace" / "Lupin in Paradise"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Noboru Shiroyama	March 6, 1978 (1978-03-06)	May 27, 2003
Lupin and Jigen hear of an amazing treasure in a remote area, and go after it. Upon saving a woman being attacked by ruffians, the place she leads them to, by way of thanks, is a paradise on earth, with good-looking women everywhere. Lupin accepts the thanks, completely forgetting about the treasure. The fact is, this mansion full of women is for the purpose of seducing men, and then exposing them to an aging gas. Zenigata falls for the same trick as well, and he ends up inside the mansion alongside Lupin. Jigen gives up on trying to get Lupin's mind back on the treasure and leaves, but then realizes the secret of the mansion and enlists Goemon's help in saving Lupin. Meanwhile, Fujiko, who is also after the treasure of the mansion, ends up trapped inside, as well. Note: This episode takes its plot from chapter 4 of the second manga series, Lupin III – World's Most Wanted.
23	23	"A Witch in the Fourth Dimension" / "Auntie Ballistic"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Atsushi Yamatoya	March 13, 1978 (1978-03-13)	May 28, 2003
Lupin is feeling out of sorts, because lately he hasn't been able to get a hold of Fujiko. When he receives a phone call saying that she'll marry him if he passes her test, he takes off, but what he finds waiting for him is Fujiko's aunt, Mine Bujiko. The test is, either find Rommel's Gold, or pay for failing to do so with his life. Lupin throws himself into deciphering ancient hieroglyphics and almost gives up, but Fujiko's holographic image keeps him going. After unlocking the secret of the hieroglyphics, Lupin discovers that Bujiko is actually Fujiko in disguise. Note: This episode shares continuity with Episode 7 "Tutankhamen's 3000-year Curse." It also references the 1941 film noir The Maltese Falcon.
24	24	"The Phantom Thief Rat Boy Appears!" / "Rats to You"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Kiyoshi Miyata	March 20, 1978 (1978-03-20)	May 29, 2003
Appearing on a moonlit night, the figure in black who refers to Goemon as "the Thirteenth", calls himself "Nezumi-Koozoo IV." He informs Goemon that their ancestors teamed up in the International Thieves' Championship, but were defeated in competition by the original Arsène Lupin, and that they should team up to avenge this dishonor. The objective is top-secret data being kept under guard at Sakurada Police Station. Goemon and Nezumi split up, mounting a two-front offensive against Zenigata, who is reinforcing security.
25	25	"Encounter With the Deadly Iron Lizard" / "The Lair of the Land-Shark"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Noboru Shiroyama	March 27, 1978 (1978-03-27)	May 30, 2003
There is a prison from which, it is said, no one attempts to escape. The reason is that the prison is guarded by Iron Lizards, which are self-propelled bombs that pursue people anywhere, based on genetic data stored in a computer. Lupin and company learn that Fujiko is inside held by the warden, who wants to have sex with her. In order to save her, Lupin, Jigen and Goemon get inside the prison, but end up captured by the warden who enters their genetic data into the Iron Lizards.
26	26	"A Rose and a Pistol" / "Shot Through the Heart"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Atsushi Yamatoya	April 3, 1978 (1978-04-03)	June 3, 2003
Zenigata heads to Spain after learning that Lupin is there. Meanwhile, Lupin and Jigen are in a Barcelona bar where a dancer catches the eye of Jigen. The woman works for Meyer, who, having been beaten by Lupin a number of times, sets Lupin and Jigen up to kill each other off by of making them appear to be enemies in disguise to one another. Lupin and Jigen meet up for a shooting match in the dark, but a secret code between them that involves shots aimed at a coin alerts Lupin and Jigen to the fact that they're being tricked. Note: This episode makes extensive use of Georges Bizet's Carmen Suites.

Season 2 (1978)

Main article: Lupin the 3rd Part II (season 2)

No. overall	No. in season	Japanese translated title / English title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	English air date
27	1	"Where Did the Cinderella Stamp Go?" / "The Little Princess of Darkness"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yutaka Kaneko	April 10, 1978 (1978-04-10)	June 4, 2003
The Cinderella Shadow is a stamp which is said to possess the magical power of making its owner into a princess. Lupin casually steals it from the hall where it is being exhibited, but a girl named Alice also wants the stamp. Not only is she quite persistent, she is smart as well, and tries her best to get the stamp. At the finish of the psychedelic chase through a Disney-esque amusement park, where has the Cinderella Stamp gone? Note: This episode takes inspiration from Lewis Carol's classic novel Alice in Wonderland.
28	2	"Female Detective Melon" / "Revenge of La Nerd"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yutaka Kaneko	April 17, 1978 (1978-04-17)	June 13, 2007
In response to a notice from Lupin stating that he will take the money from every bank in Paris, Melon, a female detective and the granddaughter of Inspector Garimard [sic], rival of the original Arsène Lupin, is selected to replace Zenigata. The sea of bills gathered and stored in the underground police morgue is guarded by a special lock, whose switch is in the Superintendent-General's office. Melon's cold beauty shines in the Metro!
29	3	"Electric Pigeon Tactics" / "Fry Me to the Moon"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Atsushi Yamatoya	April 24, 1978 (1978-04-24)	June 14, 2007
The great thief Lupin III has numerous secret techniques, one of which is the Mid-air Float Technique. The Syndicate uses a dirty method to get their hands on it. Using a fake Lupin and Jigen, they torture X8 excruciatingly, filling him with the desire for revenge, and then send him against the real Lupin and Jigen. Lupin, knowing of this plot, fixes a keepsake of X8's mother, in order to prove that he's being framed, but... What is a man's tenacity?
30	4	"The Wind in Morocco is Hot" / "Morocco Horror Picture Show"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Noboru Shiroyama	May 1, 1978 (1978-05-01)	June 15, 2007
In Morocco, Lupin is attracted to a beautiful girl. Suddenly, he finds himself kidnapped and stuffed in a bag. he is taken to a desert encampment, where he is forcibly conscripted into the Foreign Legion. However, what should come spilling out of the bag next to his but Old Man Zenigata! Despite their protests, the two of them are shackled together by the neck, and their escape takes a twisted path. Which of them will be free?!
31	5	"Shoot Into the Midnight Sun" / "Twins Pique"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Atsushi Yamatoya	May 8, 1978 (1978-05-08)	June 18, 2007
The sun doesn't set during summer in Stockholm. There, two beautiful twins, Latica and Anita, are fighting a repeated deathmatch. The reason is the location of the Viking treasure which is concealed on their backs. Lupin, playing two different roles, manages to photograph the map on both their backs, which only appears during the Summer Solstice, but the map has an additional secret!
32	6	"Lupin Dies Twice" / "Lupin the Interred"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Atsushi Yamatoya	May 15, 1978 (1978-05-15)	June 19, 2007
Zenigata is at the wheel of a patrol car. Sitting next to him is, of all people, Fujiko. She believes that the best way to protect Lupin from the high-speed hitman Puma is for him to be arrested by the police. Lupin answers Puma's ability to hit at long range, in the midst of rain and hail, goes out for a one-on-one showdown, and gets shot! Will the repose of poor Lupin's soul go with his love for Fujiko?
33	7	"To Whom Orion's Crown Belongs" / "A Rumble Royale"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Mon Shichijō	May 22, 1978 (1978-05-22)	June 20, 2007
A stolen crown goes to auction by a secret route. Jigen is with the seller, Jaguar, Goemon is with the buyer, Tatsumaki, and Lupin is in disguise as the jewelry appraiser. Their objective in sneaking in is to get both the crown and the money used to purchase it. It's a four-way tug-of-war with Lupin, the Jaguar gang, the Tatsumaki gang, and even Zenigata getting in on the act! And lest we forget, an upset by Fujiko. What effect will that have on the outcome?!
34	8	"Lupin Who Turned Into a Vampire" / "But your Brother was Such a Nice Guy"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Kiyoshi Miyata	May 29, 1978 (1978-05-29)	June 21, 2007
Heburai Village, Japan - a place where, according to legend, Jesus Christ was washed ashore. In an excavated casket, a beautiful woman is found in a near-death state, together with a golden statuette of the Virgin Mary. Lupin goes after the statuette, but the woman, Camilla, revives, and brings Lupin into her circle of vampire acquaintances. She is Christ's twin sister, and she stole the statuette from her brother and fled. Will Fujiko be rescued from sacrifice at the ball 2000 years later?!
35	9	"Pursue the Gorilla Gang" / "Gorilla Tactics"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Mon Shichijō	June 5, 1978 (1978-06-05)	June 22, 2007
A black pearl on which Lupin has set his sights is stolen just ahead of him by... a gang of three gorillas?! What would gorillas want with jewels? Lupin thinks, while setting up a decoy plan. When the gorillas next appear, they take both the jewels he set out from them, and Fujiko as well. This scene smells of a put-up job... That guardian of justice, Zenigata, doesn't give up either!
36	10	"Uncover the Secret of Tsukikage Castle" / "The Riddle of Tsukikage Castle"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Mon Shichijō	June 12, 1978 (1978-06-12)	June 25, 2007
This job, oddly enough, is at Goemon's request. The will of an old man, Kuranari, says that whoever solves the "mystery" and finds his inheritance can have it. Lupin takes the challenge of deciphering the code. But the Fuma Ninja are also plotting to take the treasure for themselves. The end of the battle over the mystery culminates on the roof of the castle tower. Where is the legendary sword, Tsukikagemaru?! Note: This episode marks the first appearance of the Fuma Clan, whom would later have a more expanded role in the Lupin III original video animation, The Fuma Conspiracy.
37	11	"The Hidden Gold of Genghis Khan" / "Khan Job"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Kiyoshi Miyata	June 19, 1978 (1978-06-19)	June 26, 2007
To steal the twin Golden Lions told of in the clan of Nariyoshi Shiase, Lupin and Jigen head for Mongolia. The real objective is the map concealed in the statue, which will lead them to the buried treasure of Genghis Khan. meanwhile, Fujiko, in search of Minamoto Yoshitsune's treasure, meets up with Goemon at Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, where he is visiting his ancestor's grave. The two threads are brought together at Ryuujinnuma "Dragon God Swamp", and where is the treasure...?
38	12	"The Sweet Trap of ICPO" / "Happy Betrayals to You"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yutaka Kaneko	June 26, 1978 (1978-06-26)	June 27, 2007
Zenigata's successor as head of the Lupin detail is, surprise of surprises, Lupin's own supposed companion, Fujiko. She has taken on the task of arresting Lupin in exchange for the ICPO bureau chief, who is less concerned with appearances than with actually arresting Lupin, erasing her criminal record. Facing the woman who knows all about him, Lupin finally finds himself on his way to a special prison cell. Is this the end for Lupin at last...?
39	13	"Diamonds Disappeared Under the Hong Kong Sky" / "Pretty Cluckin' Insane"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yoshio Takeuchi	July 3, 1978 (1978-07-03)	June 28, 2007
Lupin and Jigen search a smuggler's ship disguised as police officials, but find only thousands of chickens, not the diamonds they expected. Even though they infiltrate Dragonbaum Garden, lair of the smuggling boss, Kou Chin Ko, they can't find hide or hair of the diamonds, which are being sold undercover of a martial-arts tournament. What will the chickens lay for Kou's favorite egg dinner?
40	14	"Operation Missile-Jack" / "Payload"	Yasumi Mikamoto	Hideo Takayashiki	July 10, 1978 (1978-07-10)	June 29, 2007
The first attempt on a shipment of Costa Rican diamonds "worth some 9,000,000,000¥ at the time" fails when the captured case is found to contain Zenigata instead. Word is that the diamonds will be transported to their destination, Puerto Rico, by missile. If Lupin loses it, it will be a blow to his reputation. The decision is made to attack the missile at the midpoint of its trajectory, but in order for this to succeed, it is necessary to get the precise launch time. What will the combination play produce?
41	15	"Search for the Treasure of Princess Kaguya" / "Heroes and Vixens"	Yasumi Mikamoto	Kiyoshi Miyata	July 17, 1978 (1978-07-17)	July 2, 2007
Kaguya, a beautiful young woman, asks for some strange items: from Lupin, the tears of the Yeti; from Jigen, a mermaid's scales; and from Goemon, the liver of a dragon. And she does so one at a time, all at Monaco. When the three of them return from their various adventures, the three items are combined with an elixir made of pollen from flowers from all over the world. Thus, they discover that the result is a mysterious potion. Will the sleeping prince awaken?!
42	16	"Lupin Has Become a Bride" / "Crusin' in Drag"	Yasumi Mikamoto	Hiroyasu Yamaura	July 24, 1978 (1978-07-24)	July 3, 2007
The last voyage of shipping magnate Onabes's bachelorhood is an extravagant affair, with a ship full of beautiful women and first-class objets d'art. Lupin, knowing that Onabes has a villainous past, decides to give him a shock, by disguising himself as a shipwrecked woman"?!", and thus getting aboard his ship... a plan which works fine up to that point, but what should happen then but that Onabes falls in love at first sight with Lupin in his female disguise, and proposes!! Will wedding bells ring out at the church?!
43	17	"Where are the Peking Man's Bones" / "Jumpin' the Bones"	Yasumi Mikamoto	Hideo Takayashiki	July 31, 1978 (1978-07-31)	July 4, 2007
Lupin is in Hong Kong for a vacation, when he is asked to find an old woman, as payment of a debt. Lupin is red-faced, and not just from the Hong Kong heat. A beautiful woman has also crossed his path. It turns out that her mother is the woman he is looking for, and the burial jar in her possession contains not the bones of her father, but the archaeologically famous bones of Peking Man! Fujiko is also after them. How will the struggle over the bone jar come out?
44	18	"The Vanished Special Armored Truck" / "Lion, Cheatin' and Stealin'"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yoshio Takeuchi	August 7, 1978 (1978-08-07)	July 5, 2007
The Sleeping Golden Lion is a statue which is being moved for the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Australia's establishment as a nation. As defense against Lupin, an armored car made of a super-strong metal has been prepared. Under aerial surveillance by escort helicopters, Lupin steals the armored car by means of an underground elevator platform, using a herd of sheep as camouflage. But in addition to the lion statue, inside the car is Zenigata, nearly asphyxiated! Which will it be, the quarry, or Zenigata's life?!
45	19	"Murder Smells Like Wine" / "Diamonds and Minx"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Sadayuki Okuyama	August 14, 1978 (1978-08-14)	July 6, 2007
Lupin makes off with underworld boss Mulligan's jewelry. As might be expected, Fujiko takes them for herself, but Mulligan hires the highly skilled Hangman to get them back. This strange-smelling man pins down Lupin and company with intense machinegun fire! Unable to stand simply being wiped out, they return fire with prize wine. Having escaped one disaster, next come Zenigata?!
46	20	"Lupin is Available to the Highest Bidder" / "The Island of Dr. Derange"	Yasumi Mikamoto	Noboru Shiroyama	August 21, 1978 (1978-08-21)	July 9, 2007
On the auction block at the Wanted Club, is of all people, Lupin. This organization, which captures criminals and sells them into slavery, also finds out Jigen's location due to his own carelessness. Doctor Mad makes the winning bid for Lupin, and he intends to use Lupin as a guinea pig in his human reconstruction experiments. Killer cyborgs come at Lupin on a desert island. Does flesh-and-blood Lupin stand a chance?!
47	21	"Her Majesty's Bumbling Inspectors" / "Crownin' Around"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Banmei Takahashi	August 28, 1978 (1978-08-28)	July 10, 2007
This time, Lupin's target is the historic Imperial State Crown, but it won't be easy, because Inspectors Dover and Pepper of Scotland Yard are keeping a tight guard on it. On their second try, on the day of the royal wedding, their trick comes off, and when the wedding bells of Westminster Abbey peal, will Big Ben chime the witching hour?!
48	22	"Lupin Laughs at the Alarm Bell" / "Vault Assault"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yoshio Takeuchi	September 4, 1978 (1978-09-04)	July 11, 2007
Even though he announces that he will take the till from the Kentucky Derby, Lupin's first strike, on the transport car, fails. A despondent Lupin jumps straight into the Hudson River... but it's all part of his scenario. The main act is a supposedly perfect, supposedly foolproof cracking of the Metropolitan Bank's vault. How will Lupin penetrate an alarm system that sounds loud bells at the weight of even a handkerchief?
49	23	"A Pretty Woman Has Venom" / "Snake Charmer"	Yasumi Mikamoto	Misuke Tsurumo Yoshio Takeuchi	September 11, 1978 (1978-09-11)	July 12, 2007
Jacqueline - a beautiful woman who has become a multimillionaire through acquiring alimony and inheritances whenever she changes husbands. Lupin set his sights on her diamond collection, which is fine, but before you know it, Lupin and Jacqueline are very close. To a man and woman, time is unnecessary. Fujiko, who as usual is also after the treasure, is captured by the Cobra crime syndicate. What is the thread that ties together a beautiful body and a venomous snake?
50	24	"The Lupin I Loved - Part One" / "The Second Time Around - Part One"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yutaka Kaneko	September 18, 1978 (1978-09-18)	July 13, 2007
Tonight another secret auction of smuggled artworks is beginning. Naturally, just as Lupin is taking possession of same, Fujiko comes along yet again and snatches them away. But Fujiko goes missing soon after. The pursuing woman takes off her mask, revealing to Lupin a woman he had loved in younger days, a woman, who lost her life saving Lupin's - Cornelia?!
51	25	"The Lupin I Loved - Part Two" / "The Second Time Around - Part Two"	Kyosuke Mikuriya	Yutaka Kaneko	September 25, 1978 (1978-09-25)	July 16, 2007
Having met Lupin again, Cornelia does not remember him, and complains of headaches. The secret is her father, Doctor Zell, one of the last remaining Nazis. During World War II, he conducted secret experiments, the Corpse Preservation Project, and has been continuing them ever since. He has even sacrificed Cornelia, who chose Lupin over himself, to the Project. An army of the dead rises from the cemetery. Memories of love cause Cornelia confusion. "Remember, Cornelia!"

Season 3 (1978–79)

Main article: Lupin the 3rd Part II (season 3)

No. overall	No. in season	Japanese translated title / English title	Original air date
52	1	"Emmanuelle Whispers Like an Angel" / "Emmanuelle in Bangkok"	October 2, 1978 (1978-10-02)
A canon for eternal life and youth is said to be concealed in the jungles of Thailand. Not only is Fujiko after it, but so is the beautiful and coldly intelligent Emmanuelle Poirot, granddaughter of the legendary detective, Hercule Poirot. With Surrender, her cat with poisoned claws. Lupin goes to the temple where the canon is said to be, being manipulated all the way, and takes the challenge of stealing the canon from the footstone containing it!! A beautiful trap is set, stealing even into the heart.
53	2	"The Maniacal Fantômas Mark III" / "I Melt with You"	October 9, 1978 (1978-10-09)
Fujiko is taken hostage in exchange for the world's largest ruby, which Lupin recently acquired from the royal house of India. The one making the demand is Fantoma Mark III, grandson of the mysterious European master thief and disguise artist, Fantoma. He intends to use the ruby as the oscillation unit of a laser satellite, with which he will melt the Antarctic ice, thus sinking the world's major cities, and enabling him to conquer the world. Lupin's attitude is, how dare you think of using my ruby and Fujiko for something like that! Can Lupin figure out how to swim in space?
54	3	"Detective Hanshichi - The Tenth-Year Engagement" / "Mercy Mercy Me"	October 16, 1978 (1978-10-16)
The aging detective Mikawa Hanshichi is treated as a nuisance at the downtown police station where he is assigned, but to Zenigata he is a great and respected elder. At this time, in celebration of the founding of Asakusa Temple, a golden statuette of Kannon, long since hidden away, will go on display, and Lupin, setting his sights on it, sends word of his intended coming. Hanshichi, who experienced trouble with Lupin ten years before, is determined that this time for sure he will match wits, with a great arrest taking place on the roof of Asakusa Temple. It's official business!
55	4	"Mysterious Gang of Five [Part 1]" / "Kooky Kabuki - Part One"	October 23, 1978 (1978-10-23)
Lupin and company acquire the 36 Views of Mt. Fuji from an exhibition hall in SHinjuku. A group calling themselves the "Shiragami Five" bar their way. As a tryout, they steal just one of the 36 Views, indicating that they will come for the others at another time. Lupin deposits them in his electronically-locked vault, and prepares for attack. But Fujiko is captured, and even Goemon sides with the Five. What will happen?!
56	5	"Mysterious Gang of Five [Part 2]" / "Kooky Kabuki - Part Two"	October 30, 1978 (1978-10-30)
Goemon challenges Lupin to a one-on-one duel, in order that they may at last fight their decisive battle. Lupin is caught on the point of his sword. Taking advantage of this opening, the Five take the 36 Views, but one of their members, Benten Kikuko, escapes, telling Goemon she wants to show the Views to her gravely ill father. When Goemon discovers that he's been deceived, he bares his neck to Lupin. Where are the 36 Views? If groups of five are the rule, then who's the lead for our side?!
57	6	"Computer or Lupin?" / "Alter-Ego Maniac"	November 6, 1978 (1978-11-06)
The one and only supposedly perfect safe in the world is housed inside a VTOL aircraft. And it is guarded by a supposedly almighty defense computer, programmed with all of Lupin's data, making it Professor Hunter's masterpiece. On a sudden impulse, Old Man Zenigata steals one of the throwing coins of his great Edo-period ancestor, Zenigata Heiji, and ends up carrying out a strange team-up operation with Lupin to put it back again. Is it possible to escape from an infinite maze?
58	7	"The Face of Goodbye at the National Border" / "Gettin' Jigen with It"	November 13, 1978 (1978-11-13)
The target is the Aurora Drop, a diamond adorning a ballerina's forehead. A special remote-control operation nets the diamond easily enough, but a wounded Jigen is rescued by said ballerina, Monika, and ends up helping her put her desire to defect into action. With fake passports declaring them husband and wife, the two of them head for the border. The only way to escape the Communist Bloc is to smash through the checkpoint. I pay my debts, Monika!
59	8	"The Mysterious World of Madame X" / "Madame Prefers Them Hand-Dipped"	November 20, 1978 (1978-11-20)
Having yet again shaken off Zenigata's pursuit, Lupin finds his way barred by a gigantic Fujiko. This device is the work of Madame X. Imprisoned in an old castle, he can do nothing as he is toyed with in the midst of mysterious phenomena. Madame X's hobby is collecting famous personages from around the world and turning them into living wax figures, and she means to add Lupin and company to her collection. How are illusions being worked?!
60	9	"Suicide Flowers Bloom in India" / "Holy Cow"	November 27, 1978 (1978-11-27)
The Suicide Ray Gun - once you're hit with it, it causes a sickness in which one wants to die as soon as possible. When the inventor of this weapon turns to evil, stopping it is no easy matter. Bandit leader Basara is the man with the gun, and he tries to wring out of Lupin the location of a diamond he's hidden in India. He even tries a fake Fujiko when all else fails to get Lupin to talk, but... What is the specific remedy for death-wish sickness?!
61	10	"The Flying Zantetsuken" / "The Yam Is Mightier Than the Sword"	December 4, 1978 (1978-12-04)
When a gang boss and a death-dealing arms merchant join forces, nothing good is certain to come of it. They set their sights on Zantetsuken, which can cut even tanks in half, get Fujiko to steal it for them, and transform it into an invincible flying weapon of war. Meanwhile, Lupin and Jigen head to Central Africa to get Zantetsuken back for Goemon, whom they have left with Zenigata, as he is determined to die, seeing no other path for himself now that he has lost his warrior's soul. Does Zantetsuken have a weakness?!
62	11	"The Sound of the Devil's Bell Calls Lupin" / "Church of the Poison Mind"	December 11, 1978 (1978-12-11)
Lupin receives a letter from Jigen and Goemon asking for help. He heads for their location, but finds the men of Gemallschaft, this village which isn't to be found on any map, where the churchbells ring, living their lives under the guidance of Sister Labina. Jigen and Goemon seem to be different people. The secret is the sound of the bells. Labina is using mass hypnosis to turn the villagers into perfectly obedient soldiers, whom she then intends to sell. Jigen and Goemon close in on Lupin with intent to kill!
63	12	"A Trap for a Trap!" / "Charity Begins at Home"	December 18, 1978 (1978-12-18)
Don Kecchi, the richest man in America, plans to donate all his wealth to charity. Lupin steals his money, and of all things shoots Fujiko right before Zenigata's eyes. But the real Lupin witnesses that Lupin's actions with his own eyes?! This is an act put on by Kecchi, who has learned that his illness was misdiagnosed, and decided that he wants his money back. The whole sequence was done with holograms. Who will end up with the 20,000,000,000,000¥?
64	13	"Christmas is in the Goddess's Hands" / "Christmas at Tiffany's"	December 25, 1978 (1978-12-25)
Lupin and company are spending their Xmas vacation in New York, but Margaret who owns both Tiffany's and a TV station, hires them to rob the store on live TV. Even though they don't feel up to it, Fujiko ends up using the blank check provided as token of the agreement, and they're stuck with going through with it. With the eyes and ears of all America tuned in, the exciting stealing technique will be lure fishing for jewelry?!
65	14	"Lupin's Enemy is Lupin" / "Return of the x Factor"	January 8, 1979 (1979-01-08)
"You are the only ones who can rescue our kidnapped Princess Yasmin!" Lupin and company are hired for the task by a small Silk Road country in exchange for all the holy curry they can eat. But this is in fact a trap set for Lupin. Within a fortress guarded by automatic missiles is Mister X, who looks exactly like Lupin. At the conclusion of a duel with water-sabers, which is the real one?!
66	15	"Order: Shoot to Kill!!" / "Beauty and the Deceased"	January 15, 1979 (1979-01-15)
Lupin tries to take it easy while Zenigata's away, but he suddenly finds himself being shot at. It's the coming of Beauty, who has accepted secret shooting orders from ICPO Headquarters. At the site where Lupin meets him for a one-on-one showdown, Lupin is blown away by Beauty's powerful Dum-Dum rounds, but gets away with his life thanks to Jigen's last-second save. When Jigen confronts Beauty to avenge Lupin, Lupin has only one handmade fulminate-of-mercury round for Jigen's gun!
67	16	"Lupin's Great Journey to the West" / "Monkey King Business"	January 22, 1979 (1979-01-22)
The mountain country of Kima, hidden away in Tibet, has mountains of treasure! On hearing this, Lupin and company head there. Though they infiltrate as a group of anthropological researchers, they are captured by Kinkaku and Ginkaku, the giants who rule the country, and ordered to fight each other as human playing pieces in a game of killer shogi. Jigen and Goemon are sucked into a gourd full of sulphuric acid. How will they get out of this pinch?!
68	17	"Casino Island - Inversion After Inversion" / "Games of Chance"	January 29, 1979 (1979-01-29)
Casino Paradise is an artificial island floating in New York Harbor. Domino, its operator, plans to use the $500,000,000 capital contained in the casino's three mobile safes to back his own run for president. Of the opinion that there is nothing he cannot steal, Lupin goes on a preliminary tour, and gets friendly with Nina, Domino's daughter. A big fan of Lupin's, she offers her assistance, but just then the artificial island is inverted through the strategy of Robert, Domino's campaign manager!
69	18	"The Woman Pops Fell in Love With" / "Zenigata Getcha into My Life"	February 5, 1979 (1979-02-05)
Political fixer Pomade Jors didn't trust anyone, so he implanted a miniature bomb inside the heart of his wife, Laura, and put all the scandal data he had acquired on political leaders of various countries into a special voice-activated safe. New York mafia boss Alec Cabane, having set his sights on that data, kills Pomade, steals the safe, and threatens Laura's life, because it is her voice that is the key to the safe. But if she speaks, and thus opens the safe, without her husband present to speak first and activate the safety mechanism, the bomb inside her heart will explode one minute later, with distance not a factor. Seeking help, Laura finds Zenigata, and they escape, their ongoing flight leading to love... Tragedy and confession come together!
70	19	"A Classical Thief and a Myna" / "Can't Beat the Classics"	February 12, 1979 (1979-02-12)
Even though Zenigata comes raging up to FBI HQ, Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon are... clearly all in solitary confinement. This is actually all part of their plan, and they spring Clyde Barlow, an old man with the same name as the one-time machine-gun bandit. Then they get him to help in their attack on the trailer which the National Super Bank is using as temporary facilities while the main building is renovated. The old man's companion, Bonnie Parker, also signs on, and the activities of a mynah bird open the vault's door, but...?
71	20	"Lupin vs. the Shinsengumi" / "Dangerous Dreamers"	February 19, 1979 (1979-02-19)
Kondoo Isamu III, grandson of the leader of the Shinsen Group of Tokugawa loyalists who fought the New Meiji Government during the collapse of the Shogunate, hires Lupin and company to recover the legendary Golden Cannon, sunk by the Shogunate forces in the Tsugaru Strait "between Hokkaidoo and Honshuu", and which would be worth some 7-8,000,000,000¥ to collectors. The problem is the violent deep-sea current which protects the sunken vessel. A ringtoss catch project acquires the golden cannon, but afterwards a death struggle for possession takes place. Okida, controlling a monster squid, takes a do-or-die course of action, shouting that he will take his ancestors' legacy and make Hokkaidoo an independent country!!
72	21	"A Skateboard Murder Mystery" / "You're Sapphired!"	February 26, 1979 (1979-02-26)
The owner of the legendary sapphire, the Eye of Solomon, is Ellary Queen, who also owns the Red Eagles football team. Lupin, coming for the sapphire as he declared he would, retreats for the time being when he finds Queen near death. Someone has already attacked Queen, attempting to hand him. According to the deduction of Bolonco, son of Detective Lt. Columbo, the sapphire has not yet been stolen. Who really dunit?!
73	22	"Through Flowers or Storms: The Thieves' Race" / "It's a Purloin-a-Palooza!"	March 5, 1979 (1979-03-05)
Lupin and Jigen are full of fighting spirit as they enter the final event of the Thieves' Olympics, the getaway race, beginning at Sooyamisaki, Japan's northernmost point, with the finish line at Japan's southernmost point, Sakurajima, Kyuushuu. If they win this event, they will be the greatest thieves in history. The only rule of the race is to win. How you do it doesn't matter. Getting past the strong American and Soviet teams, they move into a dead heat. But there is yet again a clear scent of conspiracy surrounding the proceedings. The sponsor of the event is Fantoma Mark III, hell-bent for revenge. Will the racetrack set as the goal be destroyed?!
74	23	"Terror of the Chameleon Man" / "For Larva or Money"	March 12, 1979 (1979-03-12)
The world's largest uncut diamond has been discovered in South Africa, and naturally Lupin goes there and gets it. Unable to cut the ore, no matter how he tries, he finally gets Goemon to do it. But this is part of the plan of the diamond concern, who have the cut diamond recovered by Guinness, the Chameleon Man. Guinness' special tank cannot be affected by ordinary bullets. This will require a round made from a diamond!
75	24	"A Wedding Dress Doesn't Suit Fujiko" / "The Bride Came D.O.A"	March 19, 1979 (1979-03-19)
Unable to bear Fujiko getting married all in white, Lupin shoots her, then follows her by blowing himself up. But it's a trick. It's a big show, the purpose of which is to get the jewelry collection of Fujiko's would-be groom, Hafner. But Hafner is also a collector of brides, on a scale that would do justice to Bluebeard. Danger is closing in on Fujiko. Will Lupin arrive in time?!
76	25	"Do You Know Shakespeare?" / "Dark Charade"	March 26, 1979 (1979-03-26)
Jigen heads for the African republic of Borodias, with Lupin and company in pursuit, when he receives a letter from Sister Angelica. Angelica wants his help in rescuing Dr. Othello, head of the country's independence movement. Once a member of a noble Venetian family, she devoted herself to this land ever since Jigen left her eight years ago, when she looked to God for help. But the whole thing is the conspiracy of a major world power, which is controlling the situation from behind the scenes. Why are Othello's eyes blue?
77	26	"Arresting Lupin with Astrology" / "Lupin's Psychic Fiend"	April 2, 1979 (1979-04-02)
The Astrology Project: ICPO's special operation. Marianne, who can predict all of Lupin's actions via scrying with her crystal ball, is the opponent this time. The objective is Poseidon's Tear, an emerald which is the sign of the king of the country of Danmal. Goemon, charmed and mesmerized by a strange pigeon, tries to cut Lupin! Marianne wants the Emerald for herself. What is her gimmick?!
78	27	"Diamonds Shining in the Robot's Eye" / "Ice, Robot"	April 9, 1979 (1979-04-09)
A scientist who has no shortage of strange devices accidentally invents a robot that manufactures diamonds. Gavotte, a New York gangster, gets it to give to his girlfriend, Baby, but all they get out of it is ice. And thus follow a series of ridiculous failed exchanges surrounding the doctor and the robot, leading finally to a swap site at an amusement park. Can the robot be restored to its proper function?!
79	28	"The Lupin Funeral March" / "Baton Death March"	April 16, 1979 (1979-04-16)
Genius musician Kyoransky's conducting stick is conducting the music of Lupin's death. Those who hear the performance attack him. Lupin's target is also that diamond-studded conducting stick. Pretending to be a cameraman, Lupin records the orchestra on video, analyzes the orchestra recording, and solves the mystery: it's hypnosis, manifest through sound waves beyond the range of human hearing. When the moment of the showdown approaches, Lupin wields a soup ladle full of holes in his hand?! Note: This is the last episode of Lupin the Third Part II to be dubbed in English. Richard Epcar, the voice of Jigen revealed on Twitter that Geneon lost the license before they could dub the rest of the series.
80	29	"The Last Gift in Prison is Cup Ramen" / "Everybody Loves Ramen"	April 23, 1979 (1979-04-23)
Silver, who once worked with Lupin on a train robbery, stole the money himself, hid it somewhere, and promptly got himself thrown into prison on a rinky-dink charge. Lupin, having learned that Silver is about to be released, goes to the prison intent on making Silver tell what he did with the loot, only to discover that, while Silver was in prison, a new top-of-the-line prison was built over the site where he hid the money. Now, will the operation to trade an execution for the recovery of the money succeed?! Note: Despite being previewed at the end of episode 79 with the localized title "Everybody Loves Ramen", the English dub of all episodes from this point onward were never released because Geneon lost the license for the series.
81	30	"Fujiko, Men Are a Sorry Lot!" / "Fujiko, Men Are a Sorry Lot!"	April 30, 1979 (1979-04-30)
Lupin and company are after the Bell of the Duchy of Beltenberg, constructed in the 15th century. However, it's a fake, and it's being guarded by Zenigata. Angered at these various problems, Fujiko takes off for Paris, where she falls in love with, and becomes engaged to, Claude, heir to the duchy. She has a weakness for royalty, after all. But the aim of the rulers is to exchange Fujiko for discovery of the real bell.
82	31	"Rescuing Pops" / "Hostage Rescue Operation: Daddio"	May 7, 1979 (1979-05-07)
Zenigata is abducted from ICPO?! Terrorists demand the release of Napoleon XI from prison in exchange for their hostage. ICPO refuses to answer the demand because of concerns of face, but Zenigata's life is at stake. This is where Lupin comes in. But Napoleon XI is a narcoleptic, who can only stay awake for three hours a day. What will become of the Old Man's rescue?!
83	32	"Lupin's Big Western" / "Lupin in the Wild West"	May 14, 1979 (1979-05-14)
Due to heavy competition in the hit-man industry, the Smith Gang's business results aren't good. So, at Fujiko's suggestion, they make a real-life film of killing Lupin, making it look like they're filming a Western. If they complete this commercial, it will be proof that they're No. 1 in the industry, and it will also make an excellent promotional piece as well! Lupin nonchalantly comes and goes on the set at Fujiko's invitation. Where is the love scene?!
84	33	"Leave the Revenge to Lupin" / "Leave the Revenge to Lupin"	May 21, 1979 (1979-05-21)
Joe Spade, once an expert gunman who taught Jigen how to shoot, unable to ward off the passing years, he has been cornered, and comes begging for help. Jigen, who takes debts very seriously, goes to Marseilles, but Joe is completely gone. The same gang which was after Joe is also after Lupin! There are also a string of jewel thefts using a telephotograph machine.
85	34	"The ICPO's Secret Plan" / "The Secret Order of ICPO"	May 28, 1979 (1979-05-28)
In order to make the dream of Maureen, daughter of a Mafia boss, come true in the brief time remaining to her, Stefan, her street-punk boyfriend, risks the showdown of his life. Lupin and company end up helping them out because Fujiko is moved by their plight, but it's all a secret ICPO project! Bureau chief Jasmine's strategy chases them all into a room with special mobile grating. Trouble!!
86	35	"The Mysterious Nocturnal Mask" / "The Mysterious Nocturnal Mask"	June 4, 1979 (1979-06-04)
The true identity of Nightlight Mask, who killed the Duke of Le Mond and stole his opal, is Lupin! Working on the deduction of novelist Conan Dorill, the mystery man will appear at the costume ball, kill the daughter of Count Johannes and steal a second opal. An innocent Lupin is not at all satisfied. Professor Dolmen has the third opal. How will the revenge concealed within the ancient treasure of the Incas resolve itself?
87	36	"When the Devil Calls to Lupin" / "When the Devil Calls to Lupin"	June 11, 1979 (1979-06-11)
On a night of pouring rain, a doll in the shape of a small girl is delivered to Lupin's hideout, and manipulates Lupin into stealing the jewel known as the Phoenix's Tear. From the shadows, the villain Mephistopheles is pulling the strings. But when Lupin confront him he manipulates Lupin to show his power(he uses his powers to give Lupin pain by squeezing his heart via doll). The next objective is the Dragon's Tear, the Phoenix's Tear opposite. They are legacy of slain Jewish millionaire Jacob, and the true identity of the doll's controller is his son, Peter. The danger of a big explosion at a stadium, meant to kill former Nazis, is closing in!
88	37	"Lupin's North Pole, South Pole Adventure" / "Lupin's North Pole, South Pole Adventures"	June 18, 1979 (1979-06-18)
To steal the Nobel Prize, all you have to do is successfully carry out an experiment to move the penguins from the South Pole to the North Pole?! Lupin wastes no time in carrying out this plan, but this is in fact camouflage. His real objective is to take the Vatican Crown, placed at the North Pole as a prayer for peace. The penguins he brings with him confound both Fujiko and the underground organization known as the Red Voyagers League. So where is the crown?!
89	38	"Play the Thief's Symphony" / "Play the Thief's Symphony"	June 25, 1979 (1979-06-25)
Within the special vault of the World Crime Prevention Devices Association are drawings of all the world's safes. It's impregnable, with explosives rigged to go off at the slightest change in weight in its elevator, and a sound-gathering and detection system connected to a nuclear reactor. Lupin even retires to the mountains and devises a sound-dampening device, but is defeated by the sound of the device's own functioning. Surprise of surprises, what is the special vault's blind spot?
90	39	"Bad Guys Make the Worst Crooks" / "The Badder A Guy, The More Villainous He Is"	July 2, 1979 (1979-07-02)
Having a gun pointed at him in Harlem, Lupin makes the acquaintance of Chico, a street-smart kid. Even while Lupin plays tag with Zenigata, Chico can only think of making small change, but sucking up even such small pickings is Boss Markane. Lupin sneaks into Markane's party in order to expose Markane's hypocrisy, but becomes the target of the evening's entertainment: a game of murder. What the?!
91	40	"The Time-Traveling Girl" / "The Time Traveling Girl"	July 9, 1979 (1979-07-09)
Lupin rescues a beautiful girl who has completely lost her memory. Learning that the key to her identity is in Persia, Lupin and company fly to Tehran, but through the machinations of Giranin's Red Spider Gang, who are after the girl, they end up being sentenced to beheading by the Iranian Army. The girl is in fact Ianne, daughter of Darius, king of ancient Persia. Will the "Eternal Rainbow," which only a hero may hold, disappear in a faraway whirlwind?
92	41	"The Madam and the Robber's Quartet" / "The Merry Widow and the Robber’s Quartette"	July 16, 1979 (1979-07-16)
Learning that the entire possessions of Piccolo, a man who taught Lupin about thievery when he was a young punk, have all been impounded by the police, Lupin and company go to see what they can do. Madame, his widow, knows nothing of her husband's true profession, believing him to be a musician, which means one big headache. The foursome are stuck with raiding the Liverpool Police Department while deceiving Madame with musical instruments at the same time.
93	42	"Invading the Great Wall" / "Operation INVADER at the Great Wall of China"	July 23, 1979 (1979-07-23)
Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon steal the jade mah-jongg set which belonged to Emperor Shi, from the Peking Old Palace Museum. Even though he's kept his promise to get them for her, Fujiko won't marry him because he lacks intellect and refinement?! In that case, Lupin drinks the Confucian Analects, steeped in the Elixir of Learning, an ancient Chinese potion which enables one to absorb instantly the knowledge contained in any book which has been dissolved in the fluid. However, drinking the Analects transforms Lupin into a holy man, one who hates money and women. It's the conspiracy of Chang, a scientist turned gangster, who wants the mah-jongg tiles.
94	43	"Lupin vs. Superman" / "Lupin Vs. Superman"	July 30, 1979 (1979-07-30)
When Superman appears in the New York City sky, a bank robbery takes place nearby. Investigating together with Inspector McCleed, Zenigata suspects that it's Lupin's doing, but Lupin himself finds the notion simply ridiculous. Checking the banks which have been robbed, Lupin finds a small supermarket at the center of the ring they make. How will the showdown between Superman, Lupinman, and Fujikowoman end up?!
95	44	"From the Ghost Ship with Love" / "From the Ghost Ship with Love"	August 6, 1979 (1979-08-06)
Lupin and Fujiko obtain the statuette known as the Stonechild from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, only to have their Cessna crash in the Bermuda Triangle, and run into a ghost ship. The ship's female captain, Jeanne, confronts Lupin, but it develops that there are three of these stone figurines: Lupin has one, Jeanne has another, and shipping tycoon Hees has the third. Who made them? Will the mystery of the century be answered at Stonehenge?!
96	45	"Lupin's Gourmet World" / "Lupin's Gourmet World"	August 13, 1979 (1979-08-13)
There are any number of repulsive things to eat, but Baron Gourmel wants to eat Lupin's fresh brain. The promise of his diamond collection to whoever delivers it is irresistible to Fujiko. With Jigen, who likes pork and beans, and Goemon, with his three-minute soba noodles, mixed in for good measure, how will the sublime pie-throwing showdown with the army of cooks come out? Is Lupin's cooking any good...?!
97	46	"Find Lupin the First's Treasure" / "Searching for Lupin I's Treasure"	August 20, 1979 (1979-08-20)
Within one of Lupin's back teeth, a piece of microfilm containing the location of the grave of Lupin I is concealed. Using a nude operation, Fujiko takes it, teams up with Holmes III, and together with three secret agents representing the U.S., Great Britain, and the U.S.S.R., they take to the sky in a gigantic hot-air balloon. Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon fight the secret weapons of the three agents, meant to eliminate interference, with the "Live Capture" technique"?!" taught to them the hard way by Zenigata. Where is the treasure? Who is the thief?
98	47	"The Day Pops Was Gone" / "The Day Without Daddio"	August 27, 1979 (1979-08-27)
Zenigata, barring Lupin's path today the same as he has every other day, is suddenly shot in the middle of his attempted arrest! Fujiko is burning with rage, but Paris Police Superintendent Truffaut, who has declared that the killer is Lupin, is himself suspicious. After an attempt to have Zenigata's corpse repatriated is thwarted by an attempt to steal the corpse en route to the airport, Truffaut opts to hold the funeral in Paris as a direct challenge to Lupin. Despite the tough security at the site of the funeral, Lupin and the gang are able to steal Zenigata's corpse from a flaming retort, but as they make off with it, it abruptly gets up?!
99	48	"The Scattered Magnum" / "Fighting Jigen"	September 3, 1979 (1979-09-03)
The loot this time is the single Hannibal coin, which is in the Duchy of Blanco. Hidden within it is the site where the hero Hannibal buried his war chest, but Jigen, who was late for a duel five years ago due to unavoidable circumstances, chooses instead the road that leads to the showdown with his enemy, Stoneman. The time for the border closing is near. When the duel begins, Jigen's Magnum isn't in his holster. What is Lupin up to?! Note: The episode is notable for being the first time any anime was broadcast in stereo. Certain later episodes were additionally aired in this format.
100	49	"The Ultra Train Heist Plan" / "The Ultra Operation in the Train"	September 10, 1979 (1979-09-10)
To cover the dinner bill for the President of France, an auction of artworks in storage at the Louvre is held, with an extemporaneous piece by Lupin I going on the block. It goes to Nai Baba, Arabian village chieftain and oil millionaire. It gets transported under heavy guard, but Zenigata knows that Lupin will try to take it. Fending off numerous sneak attacks, Zenigata finds himself the object of the chieftain's attentions"?". Will there be a final reversal?! Note: This episode was based upon a viewer's original idea during a studio-run contest as part of the series' 100th episode celebration.
101	50	"Versailles, Burning with Love" / "Fervent Love at Versailles"	September 17, 1979 (1979-09-17)
The Black Lilly Party, obsessed with restoring the corrupt aristocracy without the monarchy, tries to get Lupin to find the phantom Crown of Marie Antoinette. On a hint from Oscar, the young, very attractive leader of the Black Lilly's Stormtroopers, Lupin removes the crown from a hidden compartment in a mirror at the palace of Versailles, but, breaking the promise of a 50/50 split, Oscar takes the crown and turns fugitive. What is Oscar's true identity? Note: This episode is a crossover with another TMS series, The Rose of Versailles, and was based upon a viewer's original idea during a studio-run contest as part of the series' 100th episode celebration.
102	51	"Lupin, Do You Like Chanel?" / "Lupin, Do You Like Chanel?"	September 24, 1979 (1979-09-24)
Lupin is after the golden gun and diamond bullets that are the heirlooms of the House of Wilhelm, but upon learning that the current head of the house, Brillia, is a girl still in her teens, Lupin gives up. At the same time, a string of handgun thefts are taking place in London. The 99th gun stolen is Jigen's Magnum, and the 100th is Lupin's Walther P-38. Lupin fights Benkei's magnet-gun with a remote-controlled flying gun. The scent of Chanel fills the air. How does the vault containing the golden gun open? Note: This episode was based upon a viewer's original idea during a studio-run contest as part of the series' 100th episode celebration.
103	52	"The Wolf Saw an Angel" / "The Wolf Looked at an Angel!"	October 1, 1979 (1979-10-01)
The L.A. National Bank is hit with a rash of robberies, their objective being the World's Jewelry Fair exhibits being stored there. Lupin, of course, is also carrying out his own plan, an underground attack which is a smashing success. At the moment when he has acquired the valuable jewelry, Vietnam veteran Harry Satler strikes with heavy artillery. He needs money for the treatments his daughter's eyes require. The blind daughter, Mary, meets an angel in the badlands...! Note: This episode was based upon a viewer's original idea during a studio-run contest as part of the series' 100th episode celebration.

Season 4 (1979–80)

Main article: Lupin the 3rd Part II (season 4)

No. overall	No. in season	Japanese translated title / English title	Original air date
104	1	"The Most Dangerous Golden Bed" / "The Most Dangerous Golden Bed"	October 8, 1979 (1979-10-08)
If you wonder why the golden bed in Texas millionaire Morgan's possession is said to be the most dangerous, it's because it's guarded by laser beams, immersed in a pool of high-strength sulfuric acid, and is shielded by a tank division and numerous other systems. Lupin can't back down from stealing it because Fujiko wants it for a love nest, so, on their third assault, Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon draw off the tanks and fighter planes, and attempts to use Morgan's own 45-inch gun himself. Now, how will he fare in the end?
105	2	"The Mystery of Demon's Head Island" / "The Mystery of Demon's Head Island"	October 15, 1979 (1979-10-15)
On Devil's Head Island, in the Seto Inland Sea, there is a legion of refugees from the Heike Clan. Gempaku, who wants to see his descendant, Motomaro, continue the family line, has tried all manner of methods, using the Forest of Disappearances as a cover, but Motomaro keeps stuffing and mounting the women Gempaku brings him. With treasure seeking Fujiko and Lupin, and Zenigata and Goroohachi, the patrol officer stationed on the island, who are in hot pursuit, getting all mixed in, the battle with the samurai army is a seesaw. Is there no escape from the heavy siege?!
106	3	"You're the Cat, I'm the Fish" / "A Cat for You! Dried Bonito for Me!"	October 22, 1979 (1979-10-22)
Vivian wants to become a star so badly that she's even willing to become Lupin's victim if it'll make her famous, but a slip of the tongue causes her to say "Lupin stole a cat that eats pencil shavings." Lupin, infuriated at the grade-school newspaper report, begins a search for the cat in question, feeling disgraced at having been accused of stealing something so stupid. The duo of Bucky and Butcher also get mixed up in the proceedings. But does this cat really exist?
107	4	"The Curse of the Wedding Ring" / "The Wedding Ring is a Cursed Trap"	October 29, 1979 (1979-10-29)
What Fujiko has picked out for her wedding ring is the legendary Hope Diamond, said to cause all its possessors misfortune. During the taking of it from the Smithsonian Institution, Lupin suffers a multitude of bad luck and disasters. This diamond really is possessed by a demon. Even though they manage to hold the wedding, Fujiko transforms into an old woman! Will love's tenacity win out?! Whose face is that in the mirror?
108	5	"Zantetsuken's Lament" / "Iron Cutter Sword With Blues"	November 5, 1979 (1979-11-05)
Even on vacation, Goemon has eyes for nothing except swordsmanship. A girl named Naomi takes one of the iron bars Goemon had wrapped in bundles of straw for the purpose of cutting practice. Her grandfather is a swordsmith, and he wants very much to make a katana better than Zantetsuken. Naomi puts energy into her support of her grandfather, and they discover Zantetsuken's secret: the high temperature of its blade. Who holds the true legendary blade?!
109	6	"Lupin's Toughest Fight Ever" / "Lupin Only Lives Twice"	November 12, 1979 (1979-11-12)
Once again, Lupin's life is the object of a wager. If he wins, Fujiko will get a 5000-carat raw diamond. Lupin's opponent, chosen by Almighty, with whom Fujiko has her bet, is the high-speed killer, Tiger. He's enough of a marksman to hit Lupin in the forehead with a ketchup bullet. The showdown has begun, but is there some sort of trick to Tiger's ability to appear and disappear without warning? The showdown comes to a climax in the amusement park's house of mirrors!!
110	7	"Fujiko's Candid Photo" / "Sharp Shot! This is Fujiko"	November 19, 1979 (1979-11-19)
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. Thus, the hand of the state police closes in on Fujiko, who has been winning a string of large gambles. The excessively heavy-handed treatment pushes Zenigata past his limits. Against a robot adversary, will one police officer's fighting spirit do the job?!
111	8	"Is the Invaders Safe Open?" / "Enjoy the Invaders Game"	November 26, 1979 (1979-11-26)
While walking around New York City's downtown area, where Jigen grew up, Catherine, an old acquaintance who is now the widow of a diamond broker, issues a challenge: "Can you steal my jewelry?" Jigen goes, reluctantly, with Lupin and Goemon tagging along, but security is tighter than tight, and a half-baked effort will not suffice. The final Space Invader Safe is itself a major obstacle, but there is no time remaining to Catherine.
112	9	"Goemon's Close Call" / "Danger! Goemon"	December 3, 1979 (1979-12-03)
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 that will make the best proof of them being the best in the world. To that end, they are attempting to make Goemon, as Lupin's associate, tell them Lupin's weakness. The torture gets intense, but Goemon doesn't tell them anything. At the very moment when things look their worst, Zantetsuken flashes!
113	10	"Operation Chushingura" / "OPERATION 'CHUSHINGURA"	December 10, 1979 (1979-12-10)
The chief of police is reprimanded for his laissez-faire attitude toward Lupin and dismissed from his post after assaulting the Prime Minister. Things having come to that point, the only way to restore his loss of face is to arrest Lupin! While the 47 top police officers are assembling, a strange old man asks Lupin to dig up the treasure of Kira Koozukenosuke from underneath the police station. The time is naturally a snowscape, and how will the showdown with Zenigata, in battle costume, turn out?!
114	11	"The Secret of the First Supper" / "The Secret of the First Supper"	December 17, 1979 (1979-12-17)
For 2000 years, the clan of Juda Iscariot, betrayer of Jesus Christ, have searched for the whereabouts of Christ's legacy, but have been unable to solve the mystery. The current descendant, Nova, has succeeded in inventing an eye medicine that gives one the power to see through anything. She gives it to Zenigata and stirs him up by telling him that Lupin will only interfere with their getting married. Zenigata goes all out for love, but Nova's objective is the half of the mystery painting, "The First Supper, " painted by Christ, that is in Lupin's possession, having been stolen by Lupin I. The painting has a map concealed within it which shows the location of Christ's treasure. So, where is it, anyway?
115	12	"Mona Lisa Smiles Twice" / "Mona Lisa Smiles Twice"	December 24, 1979 (1979-12-24)
The famous painting, "Mona Lisa," is going on a rare international exhibition. Zenigata shouts far and wide that Lupin will come for it. But Lupin has personal reasons in this case. The truth is that his ancestor once was stuck with a fake. The security system in the floor of the exhibition hall is tricky: unless one walks the correct pattern, it will promptly become a pit. There are any number of Mona Lisas. What of the "true" Mona Lisa?
116	13	"When's the 108th Bell?" / "Has the Bells Rung 108 Times?"	December 31, 1979 (1979-12-31)
As Lupin enters his own time of bad luck, in order to change his fate, he heads for Koohooji, in Kyooto, following the method explained in the time of the Three Kingdoms for evading such misfortune: stealing the Golden Treasure Ship of the Gods of Luck, from Mt. Hoorai. Both the chief of detectives, who receives Lupin's advance warning, and the Kyooto Mafia, send in men, and build up a desperate defense. And there is Antonio, out to avenge himself on Lupin and Jigen, who shot his ears off seven years before. While the temple bell rings out with its explanation of the carnal desires of mankind, Lupin's project starts!!
117	14	"The Bubble Gum Disguise Plan" / "The Strategy of the Chewing Gum Disguise"	January 7, 1980 (1980-01-07)
Lupin's friend Buckingham is always coming up with weird inventions. This time, he's come up with a bizarre type of chewing gum, one which enables one to disguise oneself on the spot. At the bar where they close the sale of the gum, Boss Gasper sets his sights on Lupin. he plans a wedding scam, wherein he has his girlfriend, a dancer named Amore, marry Lupin, after which he kills Lupin and takes his fortune. Gasper is the jealous type, and all hell breaks loose!!
118	15	"The Southern Cross Looked Like Diamonds" / "Diamonds in the Southern Cross"	January 14, 1980 (1980-01-14)
In the eastern part of Rabaul, which saw some of the heaviest fighting of the Second World War, lies a cross which marks the location of Captain Cook's treasure. Lupin and company, who've come looking for it, find themselves suddenly under air attack by Zero. They are rescued by a man called Samejima, but he takes Fujiko hostage in exchange for having them get the A-bomb away from the Zero. It seems it was a holdover from the Bikini Atoll testing days, but Sergeant Kimihiro of the Imperial Japanese Air Corps is guarding it with his life, recalling the ghosts of both the Japanese and American soldiers. It's an aircraft carrier vs. a Zero!
119	16	"Lupin, Who Killed Lupin" / "Lupin Kills Lupin"	January 21, 1980 (1980-01-21)
Fujiko dies in Lupin's arms. Lupin flips out, but it's all a put-up job: having heard, at the last, the location of Lupin's most precious treasure, Fujiko teams up with the villain Helgar. An extremely angry Lupin takes off after them, but an almighty Minotaur defense system awaits at the hiding place, on the island of Crete. Helgar himself developed this transforming weapon. What is Lupin's treasure?
120	17	"Frankenstein Attacks Lupin" / "Frankenstein Attacks Lupin"	January 28, 1980 (1980-01-28)
There is a gang who is swiping Lupin's intended targets right before his eyes. The Red Ghost gang uses a spirit gun to call forth a person's spirit, thus getting accurate information. To make it work, they need the body of one of that person's descendants. The next target is Goemon. The plan is to recover Frankenstein's soul, which was stolen by the original Goemon. Will the mightiest monster of all walk the earth again? What will happen to Goemon?!
121	18	"The Treasure My Grandfather Left Behind" / "A Treasure My Grandfather Left"	February 4, 1980 (1980-02-04)
The Opal Venus, a statue which Lupin's grandfather, Arsène Lupin, stole from the Palace of Elysees. According to an old document found in Arsène Lupin's silk top hat, Lupin left it with Gregoire, the No. 2 great thief of the time. Lupin's feeling is, if my grandfather left it, I'll go get it back. So saying, he and his friends get as far as Gregoire's castle, but there is one way to get across the garden which the Venus is decorating, and thus collect it!
122	19	"Rare Find: Napoleon's Fortune" / "An Unusual End to an Expedition for Napoleon’s Treasure"	February 11, 1980 (1980-02-11)
The pie-throwing gun with which the head of the ECC personally supplies Zenigata is a special weapon: it immobilizes opponents with its adhesive pies. Fujiko and Lupin are arrested in rapid succession, but the ECC head's objective is unexpected. He forces them to solve the mystery of Napoleon's Fortune, by threatening them with guillotining in Tahiti. The clue is a single Elmeth scarf. Just as they solve it, they find their existences on the verge of death!
123	20	"Paris Is for Thieves" / "Robbery in Paris"	February 18, 1980 (1980-02-18)
Fracois [sic], a nuisance of a little girl, has fallen for Lupin, even going so far as to place an advance-warning message on his behalf in the newspaper. She wants Lupin to replace the real Oppenheim Rose, a ruby which her father, a jewelry appraiser, switched with a fake. But he's up against the Louvre's maximum security unit. The girl is determined to succeed somehow, but Lupin takes her to school. What will happen tomorrow?
124	21	"1999: A Popcorn Odyssey" / "Nineteen Ninety Nine Popcorn Trip"	February 25, 1980 (1980-02-25)
A romantic night means a flight to the Moon. For Fujiko, who tells him she wants to take a flight to the Moon, Lupin decides to borrow the mass-popcorn-producing machine developed by Professor Pancho. NASA, however, doesn't buy it, because their prestige will be ruined if it is shown that the Moon can be reached that easily, and take the Professor and his wife into custody, in an attempt to stop the launch. After various events, the countdown begins at last.
125	22	"The Big Oildollar Plot" / "The Scheme for Oil Dollars"	March 3, 1980 (1980-03-03)
In exchange for Fujiko's life, Lupin steals a crown from a fountain of concentrated sulfuric acid. This is actually a test of skill: the real objective is to show snow to Princess Guiana, of the country of Iraran. The little princess doesn't have long to live. The only way to make snow fall in the desert is to acquire the Snow Cannon from Spinar, the world's most powerful secret society.
126	23	"Together with Lupin to Hell" / "Take Lupin All The Way to Hell"	March 10, 1980 (1980-03-10)
Lady Black, who wants for nothing in life, makes a certain wager with Fujiko, who believes in Lupin's immortality. If Lupin can get out alive from a maze equipped with killing devices, she will give Fujiko her fine art collection. All manner of traps attack Lupin and Jigen. Black has a secret.
127	24	"Direct Hit! Operation Dead Ball" / "The Direct Attack! Dead Ball Strategy"	March 17, 1980 (1980-03-17)
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 tootache, whenever he puts his hand to his cheek. The pain of a cavity cannot be withstood.
128	25	"The Old Woman and Lupin Thievery Contest" / "Lupin and An Old Woman's Scheme"	March 24, 1980 (1980-03-24)
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. It's a motorcycle showdown!!
129	26	"In Jigen, I Saw the Gentleness of a Man's Soul" / "The Kindness Of Jigen is Seen"	March 31, 1980 (1980-03-31)
Jigen has gone on his own ahead of Lupin to Janaika, which is on the verge of revolution. There, he rescues Sandra, who tried to sneak into the Presidential Palace by herself. Sandra is the daughter of the former president, and was trying to liberate a rare painting, a keepsake of her father, from the palace, so that she cen be married with Guyler, head of the freedom fighters. "The Naked Venus" is suspended in midair, protected by a special system. Jigen, who learns the deactivation method, cuts through the battlefield, and heads for the palace, alone!
130	27	"Lupin Vs. the Mystery Man with Two Faces" / "Lupin vs The Man of Two Faces"	April 7, 1980 (1980-04-07)
A strange meeting is taking place at the atelier of surrealist artist Daré. Inspector Magrey is saying that he will recover what Lupin has stolen. Having no idea what awaits him, Lupin nonchalantly shows up, only to be put to sleep, and then locked in a smokehouse by Inspector Magrey, who is actually Daré. He says that Lupin is indeed the ultimate(?!) in source material for a work of art.
131	28	"Two Goemons - the Mystery of Zantetsuken" / "The Secret of Goemon's Zantetsu Sword"	April 14, 1980 (1980-04-14)
A nationwide warrant is out for Goemon, who not only robbed a bank but also stabbed a security guard to death. The Zantetsuken in Goemon's hand has none of the blood-clouding on the blade that would indicate stabbing a person. This is the work of Goemon's archenemy, Nidaemon. There are two Zantetsukens, a male and a female variety. According to tradition, unless the two blades lay together once every 300 years, the larger, male blade will lose its potency. This time is Midnight straight up.
132	29	"The Himalayan Holy Mountain Thieves' Cult" / "The Himalayan Thief Group"	April 21, 1980 (1980-04-21)
The holy ground is in the middle of the roof of the world. Discarding the fat that is the common world's wealth, believers who appeal to Guru Fandar can disappear from this world, and be given a new life in Utopia. "Don't be ridiculous." As it turns out that amongst the believers is a man who stole Lupin's 30,000 bills of Napoleon currency, Lupin goes out to expose the scam. But when the disguise at which he is so good is uncovered, things get bad!!
133	30	"Keep Your Hands Off the Hot Treasure" / "Don't Steal the Hot Treasure"	April 28, 1980 (1980-04-28)
Lupin's date while Fujiko is away is Claudia. Lupin's objective is the gold and silver fortune placed in the mouth of the 100-year Volcano, on Cleo Island. Once every 100 years, the volcano stops erupting, for only 30 minutes. Jigen and Goemon, accepting Claudia's pleas not to steal that which supports the spirit of the natives, attempt to stop Lupin.
134	31	"The Climactic Lupin Arrest Operation" / "The Surrounded Summit Strategy"	May 5, 1980 (1980-05-05)
The Kimberly Diamonds, which take up a full half of the diamonds traded annually worldwide, are worth a good $30,000,000,000. Lupin's dream is to claim those diamonds and make them into a diamond carriage for his honeymoon with Fujiko, but Zenigata isn't so naive as that. Lupin and company's crash-landed transport plane is fully surrounded by policemen from all over the world, gathered together and mobilized by a call from the UN! Will a shot from a giant crossbow made on the spot succeed in snatching victory from the jaws of defeat?!
135	32	"Poison and Magic and Lupin III" / "The Poison Trio"	May 12, 1980 (1980-05-12)
The spinster Lucrezia, last of the notorious Borgia clan, who used poison as a favorite means of murder, is in prison. Lupin and company, asked by her nephew Galdan to spring her, get themselves arrested and thrown in jail, and free her, bed and all. But Galdan was actually after Lucrezia's life, and getting her out was so that he could make her confess where the clan's jewels have been hidden. With the Old Man strangely mixed in, what will be the resolution?
136	33	"Revenge of the Gold Butterfly" / "The Golden Butterfly takes Revenge"	May 19, 1980 (1980-05-19)
Lupin and company pull off a string of bank robberies in one evening, but Lupin's objective is to buy the only Great Golden Swallowtail Butterfly in captivity at auction. This butterfly has the ability to detect gold veins. Maniak, winner of the auction, leads an armed troop who destroy the environment in their search for gold. Their acts of trampling the butterfly paradise under their feet is unbearable. Will nature be avenged against such brutality? The butterflies' eyes light up.
137	34	"The Magnificent Team-Play Operation" / "Team Work"	May 26, 1980 (1980-05-26)
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. Afterwards, Lupin and company conduct special blindfolded training in order to carry out their plan. The chance will only be for a few seconds, in pitch darkness. In that time, the four of them must successfully carry out a sequential, collaborative play, but will their labors bear fruit?
138	35	"The Treasure of Pompeii and Venomous Snakes" / "Pompeii's Secret and the Treasure"	June 2, 1980 (1980-06-02)
The Treasure of Pompeii has lain forever untouched because it is guarded by countless venomous snakes deep inside a convent. Lupin acquires an antivenom set from the Red Cross, and promptly makes his own attempt on the treasure. Lucia, a girl who has numerous loves for a nun, plots to take the treasure for herself while helping Lupin. She wants to be happy, you see. What is the treasure, really?
139	36	"Steal Everything of Lupin's" / "Steal Everything from Lupin"	June 9, 1980 (1980-06-09)
Even for truly wealthy men, the greatest wish in life is to once again acquire a youthful body. Mister Steel has chosen Lupin III as the destination body for his brain transplant. The procurer is, of course, Fujiko. After a faked traffic accident, Lupin is borne 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. How will the brain shuffle resolve itself?
140	37	"Wolf, Run, Pig, Fall Down" / "The Wolf Runs and the Pig Rolls"	June 16, 1980 (1980-06-16)
At an auction held by Whitney, owner of a diamond mine, the items scheduled for bidding are stolen by mice and king salmon! Lupin, sensing that there is more to this than meets the eye, follows the salmon, who are migrating via their homing instinct, and ends up in Canada. Whitney, a connoisseur of food, has been using a clever method of circulating his diamonds so that his mine never runs dry.
141	38	"1980 Moscow Revelation" / "Apocalypse of Moscow 1980"	June 30, 1980 (1980-06-30)
On the night before the Moscow Olympics, Zenigata is called to the Kremlin to safeguard a chandelier hanging from its ceiling, a chandelier made up entirely of over 3,000,000 diamonds. It's a special creation, with all the diamonds strung together on a single string. Lupin learns of its design from the engineer who made it, while they are locked up in adjoining cells, and mounts a raingutter operation to steal it, under cover of repairing it, disguised as the engineer. The diamonds fly through the air as the gun salute goes off!
142	39	"The Big Favorite Disappeared at the Grand Race" / "The Disappearing Favourite"	July 7, 1980 (1980-07-07)
Enraged at the hypocritical courtesy of English Lord Weather, Lupin accepts a bet over whether he can steal the Lord's horse, Red Arrow. Though he makes attempts while the horse is in transit, and during the hunt, the Lord's counterstrategies are scrupulous, leaving no opening. Lupin makes an impossible announcement: "I will take the horse in the middle of the Grand National Race, before a full crowd in the stands!" In a jumping accident, only the horse disappears?!
143	40	"The Miami Bank Raid Anniversary" / "The Miami Bank"	July 14, 1980 (1980-07-14)
Lupin and company are taking a summer vacation on Miami Beach. Suddenly, a helicopter appears in the sky overhead, its passenger shouting something about Lupin having placed a call saying that he was going to raid Miami Bank. After that comes a phone call asking them to raid the bank, adding the strange proviso that if they do, then Miami Bank will join the ranks of the country's best. So, Lupin agrees, for the moment. Though he takes a shot at cracking the vault, it turns out to be empty. The bank becomes very famous for not having had a single cent stolen. And they plan to hold an anniversary celebration next year on the same date?!
144	41	"Fujiko's Close Call Rescue Operation" / "Hair breadth rescue operation for Fujiko"	July 21, 1980 (1980-07-21)
Lupin is attacked by the brothers Nanja-Monja while waiting for Fujiko to come over so they can celebrate her birthday party, which he has made all the preparations for. They have kidnapped Fujiko and made her the 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 the key, accepting certain death by electrocution in exchange for Fujiko's freedom. Brushing aside Jigen and Goemon's hands, Lupin charges forth: "I love you..."
145	42	"Wings of Death - Albatross" / "Albatross: Wings of Death" (Streamline) "Wings of Death, Albatross" (Crunchyroll)	July 28, 1980 (1980-07-28)
Just when Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon wonder what she's called them for, 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?! A big aerial battle begins!! Note: This episode was directed by Hayao Miyazaki under the pseudonym Teruki Tsutomu. It was later dubbed into English and released on VHS along with episode 155 "Farewell, My Beloved Lupin" (which Miyazaki also directed).
146	43	"Lupin's Splendid Failure" / "Lupin is Defeated"	August 4, 1980 (1980-08-04)
Even though Fujiko says, which of you can capture my heart? Lupin's heart just isn't in it when he finds out his opponent is an eight-year-old kid. Romanov is a boy genius, made so with drugs. In any case, the duel to see which of them can gather the most money before sunset is a draw. The next showdown is to see who can get the largest diamond. Romanov, who is in poor physical condition, is determined to prove his intellect. Who has the smartest brain in the world?
147	44	"The Mermaid That Disappeared in the Midnight Sun" / "The Mermaid That Disappear in the Midnight Sun"	August 1, 1980 (1980-08-01)
Fujiko, wearing not a stitch of clothing, is the model for a statue of a mermaid, carved from quartz crystal. With a heave, a pile of bills are laid before the sculptor, Vingel, by the mayor of a town who says he wants to make the mermaid into a tourist attraction, and Vingel sells it to him. When Fujiko cries to Lupin to get it back, he makes his entrance. The boxcar of the transport train carrying the statue has a special coupling mechanism, and stealing it will require a little engineering. Lupin's fanciful notion is a cold and clear one!
148	45	"The Target Is 555 Meters" / "The Target is Five Hundred and Fifty Five Meters Away"	August 18, 1980 (1980-08-18)
The Marine Tower Observation Room, where this year's diamond auction is to be held, is a safe room floating in midair, accessible only by a single see-through elevator. Range: 555 meters. The success or failure of this job depends on Jigen's precision long-range marksmanship. Jigen, Lupin, and Goemon assume their various positions, and Jigen suddenly remembers a prize he failed to get in a shooting contest, for lack of one more bullet. It was a French doll. Shot!
149	46	"The Treasure of Mecca Wore a Veil" / "Mecca Robbery"	August 25, 1980 (1980-08-25)
The treasure of the prophet Mahomet is held in the Islam holy city of Mecca. Patra Lawrence, daughter of Lawrence of Arabia, is guarding it as head of mosque security, because if she does, she will be accepted as a Moslem. 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. Fujiko is nowhere to be seen, but when Lupin concludes from the arrangement of the Earth's tectonic plates that drilling a new well at the South Pole should do the trick, he finds a trap awaiting his swift attack!!
150	47	"Piano Symphony "Zoo"" / "Piano Symphony "Zoo""	September 1, 1980 (1980-09-01)
Genius pianist and defector Keransky performed on a legendary Jovich Grand Piano, in a concert hall of his own design. The hall was built around the piano; thus its entrance is too small for the piano. Also, the hall has the newest anti-theft devices, and is guarded by a squad of snipers. "If it won't come out, we'll just bring it out"?! This showdown has reversals!
151	48	"The Arrest Lupin Highway Operation" / "To Arrest Lupin, the Mission at Highway"	September 8, 1980 (1980-09-08)
The operation this time is to take an entire shipment of South African diamonds, but oddly enough, the Old Man is calm and relaxed. He lets Lupin and company escape, at one point, taking Fujiko prisoner, but so long as he has the highway collapse machine devised by the combined leading-edge scientific resources of ICPO, he radiates confidence in each and every direction he gives. This serves to give Lupin a bad feeling, but oh well. The decisive point has almost arrived. Now!!
152	49	"Jigen and a Hat and a Pistol" / "Jigen and The Hatless Pistol"	September 15, 1980 (1980-09-15)
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 cuestick ricochet gun. Jigen can't sight without his hat. It's the ultimate pinch!
153	50	"The Bills That Came from God" / "Money from Heaven"	September 22, 1980 (1980-09-22)
Once a year, 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.
154	51	"The Hexagon's Great Legacy" / "Hexagon's Fabulous Legacy"	September 29, 1980 (1980-09-29)
Within Raika Bank, inside the Grand Hexagon, lies Nazi gold on a scale that would make the world tremble if it knew. The bank itself 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. If we can't have any missing, then we'll just add on. Shall we go for it? Within a defense net reminiscent of the war, the exchange bullion for bricks operation begins!!
155	52	"Farewell My Beloved Lupin" / "Aloha Lupin" (Streamline) "Thieves Love the Peace" (Crunchyroll)	October 6, 1980 (1980-10-06)
An armored robot flying through the skies of 1981 Tokyo raids a jewelry store, demonstrating truly amazing capabilities, and disappearing no one knows where. Lupin's announcement is, what's strange about me using a robot like this? The operator, Maki Oyamada, is cooperating in order to show what a dangerous weapon this robot is, but the truth is, the whole thing is a conspiracy. Thieves love peace! Note: This episode was directed by Hayao Miyazaki under the pseudonym Teruki Tsutomu and is currently the last Lupin III-related project that he ever had involvement with. It was later dubbed into English and released on VHS along with episode 145 "Wings of Death - Albatross" (which Miyazaki also directed).

See also

• Lupin III
• List of Lupin III Part I episodes
• List of Lupin III Part III episodes
• List of Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine episodes
• List of Lupin III Part IV episodes
• List of Lupin III Part V episodes
• List of Lupin III Part 6 episodes
• List of Lupin III television specials

References

Specific

• Original Japanese titles were obtained from: (Official Japanese website with episode listings)
• Original airdates were obtained from: (Unofficial English website with episode listings translated into English)
• English translations and information about episodes broadcast in stereo and produced by Studio Telecom were obtained from:
• American DVD release titles were obtained from the Region 1 DVDs released by Geneon

General