“Before he became the Master Thief, before he reached global infamy, there was a boy whose decision changed everything...”
Lupin III, a bored junior high schooler in Tokyo, takes an interest in a young Daisuke Jigen, a mysterious and impressive marksman. After striking up a conversation with Jigen at a nightclub, the latter concludes that Lupin is simply a privileged and naïve boy from a well-to-do family and doesn’t want anything to do with him. However, while helping the nightclub singer Yoko, who is being pursued by the yakuza, Jigen learns that Lupin is the grandson of a legendary thief…
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Episodes
1. Young Lupin Meets a Wolf
Teenage Arsène Lupin III meets Jigen for the first time in an epic encounter. However, the boys aren’t fast friends when they’re caught in a caper with a lady twice their age!
2. Hang Tight to the Treasure of the Train
While aboard a train, Lupin challenges Jigen in more ways than one. Lupin plots to take a necklace off Jigen’s hands, but will the heist be derailed by The Eleventh Daughter?
3. The Grandson of the First Vies for Succession
Two mysterious figures approach Lupin with a threatening invitation. It turns out that they’re messengers of Arsène Lupin I, Lupin’s grandfather! But what game is afoot?
4. Claim the Whiskey Pipe
Lupin must lay low. He decides to build a secret base for Jigen and himself at school, however, making a hideout is more complicated than he expected...
5. The Man Who Operates in Secret
Around Christmas, Lupin III meets a strange tattooed man. Meanwhile, a weapon has been stolen from a US military base by Lupin II.
6. Young Lupin Claims the Title of the Third
With minutes left until the atomic cannon is fired, Lupin takes a step toward becoming a great thief.
Cast & Crew
Tasuku Hatanaka
Arsène Lupin III (voice)
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Daisuke Jigen (voice)
Yoshito Yasuhara
Lupin I (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Lupin II (voice)
Toa Yukinari
Shinobu (voice)
Saori Hayami
Youko (voice)
Yu Kobayashi
Albert (voice)
