The BEST episodes of Lupin III season 2

Every episode of Lupin III season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Lupin III season 2!

Probably the most light-hearted and crazy series of all those dedicated to the gentleman thief.

Last Updated: 2/16/2024Network: Nippon TVStatus: Ended
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The Madam and the Robber's Quartet
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9.67
6 votes

#1 - The Madam and the Robber's Quartet

Season 2 - Episode 92 - Aired 7/16/1979

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.

Versailles, Burning with Love
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9.14
7 votes

#2 - Versailles, Burning with Love

Season 2 - Episode 101 - Aired 9/17/1979

The Black Lilly Party, obsessed with restoring the aristocracy, 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?

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Albatross, The Wings of Death
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9.00
10 votes

#3 - Albatross, The Wings of Death

Season 2 - Episode 145 - Aired 7/28/1980

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?

Farewell, O Dearest Lupin
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8.67
6 votes

#4 - Farewell, O Dearest Lupin

Season 2 - Episode 155 - Aired 10/6/1980

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, Oyamada Maki, 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!

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Lupin, Whom I Loved (Part 1)
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8.55
11 votes

#5 - Lupin, Whom I Loved (Part 1)

Season 2 - Episode 50 - Aired 9/18/1978

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?!

Lupin, Whom I Loved (Part 2)
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8.50
10 votes

#6 - Lupin, Whom I Loved (Part 2)

Season 2 - Episode 51 - Aired 9/25/1978

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!"

Lupin's Toughest Fight Ever
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8.50
8 votes

#7 - Lupin's Toughest Fight Ever

Season 2 - Episode 109 - Aired 11/12/1979

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.

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The Border Is the Face of Farewell
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8.31
13 votes

#8 - The Border Is the Face of Farewell

Season 2 - Episode 58 - Aired 11/13/1978

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!

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Female Detective Melon
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8.30
10 votes

#9 - Female Detective Melon

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/17/1978

In response to a notice from Lupin stating that he will take the money from every bank in Paris, Melon, a femal detective and the granddaughter of Inspector Garimard, 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!

Lupin Laughs While the Alarm Bell Rings
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8.30
10 votes

#10 - Lupin Laughs While the Alarm Bell Rings

Season 2 - Episode 48 - Aired 9/4/1978

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?

Would You Like Ukiyo-e Blues?
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8.29
14 votes

#11 - Would You Like Ukiyo-e Blues?

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1977

An old man Lupin meets by chance turns out to be the grandson of Ukiyoe master Tooshuusai Sharaku. In order 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. At Fujiko's request, and after much trouble, Lupin succeeds in acting as Sharaku III's stand-in. But the old man has already died by that time. Where have the Ukiyoe gone?

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The Wolf Saw an Angel
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8.25
8 votes

#12 - The Wolf Saw an Angel

Season 2 - Episode 103 - Aired 10/1/1979

The LA 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...!

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A Rose and a Pistol
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8.20
10 votes

#13 - A Rose and a Pistol

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/3/1978

Spanish roses are crimson. Zenigata, equipped to the teeth, heads to Spain for an arrest that can't fail, but a trap awaits Lupin and Jigen in Barcelona. Meyer, beaten any number of times, chooses as his trick the clever device of making them appear to be enemies in disguise to one another, and thus have them kill one another. Surrounding them is the stealthy shadow of a woman. Lupin and Jigen aim precisely at one another's hearts, and bullets fly out of the muzzles of their guns...?!

The Oil Dollar Scheme
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8.20
5 votes

#14 - The Oil Dollar Scheme

Season 2 - Episode 125 - Aired 3/3/1980

In exchange for Fujiko's life, Lupin steals a crown from a fountain of concentrated sulphuric 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. Will Lupin make it in time?

Tutankhamen's 3,000 Year-Old Curse
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8.20
15 votes

#15 - Tutankhamen's 3,000 Year-Old Curse

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1977

The place is Egypt. Lupin uses a balloon to boldly steal the deathmask of the boy-king, Tutankhamen. But the instant he puts it on, what appears before his eyes is the world of the pharaohs, 3000 years ago. The only way to break the ominous pharaoh's curse which is possessing Lupin is to put the mask back where it came from. How effective will the plan to return the golden deathmask be?

Detective Hanshichi's Ten-Year Promise
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8.08
12 votes

#16 - Detective Hanshichi's Ten-Year Promise

Season 2 - Episode 54 - Aired 10/16/1978

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!

Steal the File M123
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8.00
15 votes

#17 - Steal the File M123

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1977

At the invitation of Marcel, a young noble of Paris' 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. There's hardly any time left!

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Falling Cherry Blossoms - The Mysterious Gang of Five (Part Two))
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8.00
11 votes

#18 - Falling Cherry Blossoms - The Mysterious Gang of Five (Part Two))

Season 2 - Episode 56 - Aired 10/30/1978

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?!

Zantetsuken's Lament
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8.00
8 votes

#19 - Zantetsuken's Lament

Season 2 - Episode 108 - Aired 11/5/1979

Even on vacation, Goemon has eyes for nothing except swordsmanship. A girl named Naomi takes on 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?

I'll Teach You How to Transport Gold Bars
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7.73
22 votes

#20 - I'll Teach You How to Transport Gold Bars

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1977

Fujiko and a mystery man come bringing a request that Lupin steal a mountain of gold bullion from a Swiss bank, which is renowned throughout the world for the strength of its security. The man's idea, for them to join forces, steal the gold from underneath the vault, melt it down, and remold it so as to look like the body of a truck, is carried out to that point. What is the man's true identity? Who will have the last betrayal?

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Wads of Bills Blossomed in the Rio Sunset
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7.72
25 votes

#21 - Wads of Bills Blossomed in the Rio Sunset

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1977

When Brazil's illustrious Santos FC and their American counterparts square off at the world's largest sports arena, Rio de Janeiro's Stadium Maracanan, the box office and betting takes are huge. Thus, Lupin and company plan to take the money, first getting themselves thrown in jail to give themselves alibis, and then escaping to make the theft once this is done. Will things go entirely as planned?

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I Can Hear Nessie's Singing
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7.65
20 votes

#22 - I Can Hear Nessie's Singing

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1977

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. There is also revenge involved. It's a fight to the death between Nessie and Oz's dinosaur robot. Will Lupin let Oz get away with his scheme?

Renowned Detectives in the Sky
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7.64
14 votes

#23 - Renowned Detectives in the Sky

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1978

Count Gabriel challenges Lupin. He dares him 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. Let's go for it. Facing his rivals, the fateful moment gets closer and closer. The airship is headed for an airport where the police are waiting!

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Lupin, Do You Like Chanel?
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7.57
7 votes

#24 - Lupin, Do You Like Chanel?

Season 2 - Episode 102 - Aired 9/24/1979

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?

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A Gift for the President
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7.57
14 votes

#25 - A Gift for the President

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1977

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, whom they had intended to use. Their next attempt is the challenge of a transport aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean. Who will receive the present?

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