Lupin the 3rd

- Season 4

(1979)

Pestered by Fujiko, Lupin has to steal a golden bed that was originally made by Louis XIV for Josephine. He makes a plan with Jigen and Goemon, but the owner of the bed, Morgan, is a formidable opponent who has WWII military experience.

The Heike Clan and Minamoto Clan once battled on Devil's Head Island at the inland sea of Seto; Fujiko and Lupin go there to find out about the details behind the legend of the battle, which has it that the ghosts of the dead warriors of the Heike Clan haunt the island's forest.

When the newspaper mistakenly reports that Lupin stole a cat that eats pencil leads, a scandalized Lupin must now protect his reputation by searching for such an animal and pilfering it.

Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette's Hope Diamond has brought much misfortune on its possessors. The diamond is now safeguarded by a maximum security device. Fujiko provokes Lupin to steal that diamond, but as soon as he enters the Smithsonian Museum to steal, he too encounters misfortune...

Even on vacation, Goemon has eyes for nothing except swordsmanship. A girl named Naomi then deliberately sabotages his straw dummies used for swordsman practice. Her grandfather is a sword-smith, and he wants to make a katana better than the Zantetsuken. Naomi puts her heart into supporting her grandfather, and they soon discover Zantetsuken's secret.

Lupin has to battle a hitman called Tiger. Lupin tries to dodge him, but Tiger is one step ahead of him. Lupin keeps trying to escape him but Tiger is relentless; he has a way of disappearing and appearing at will.

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.

Catherine rescues Lupin and Jigen, who are pursued by Zenigata as usual. She's an old acquaintance of Jigen's, and provokes Jigen to steal a 140-karat diamond from her own mansion.

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 it will prove that they are the best of the best.

Chief Commissioner of Police Asano slugs the prime minister and gets fired; his duty had been to capture Lupin, but since he had failed, he now joins forces with Zenigata for the task

The painting "The First Supper" hides clues to the hiding place of an heirloom that Christ receive from Virgin Mary, 2,000 years ago. This painting has been kept by the clan of Judah for generations, and a woman named Nova, one of the descendants, knows that the painting is hidden at a fortress called Demon Rock

The Mona Lisa never leaves the Louvre Museum. Hitler and Arsene Lupin tried unsuccessfully to steal her. But Mona Lisa gets sent to Arabia, with Zenigata in charge of security. Lupin wants her for his collection

On the last day of the year, Lupin is after is the Golden Treasure Ship at Mount Horai. It's said that the Seven Lucky Gods confered the treasure, and it's shown in public only once a year when the New Year's bell gongs at the belfry of Kohoji Temple. The police department is swamped and hires the mafia as security guards, they even invite a killer called Antonio Wolf, who bears a grudge against Lupin.

Crime boss Gasper plans a wedding scam with Arsène Lupin III in mind: his girlfriend, the dancer Amore, marries Lupin, after which Gasper kills Lupin and takes his fortune. Unfortunately, Gasper is the jealous type, so things don't go according to plan.

The island of Rabaul has many remains of Japanese casualties of the Pacific War. It's said that Captain Cook's secret treasure is hidden there, worth 1-billion pounds. Of course Lupin and friends go to get it in a helicopter, but the helicopter gets shot down by a Zero plane.

A crew of four: Lupin, Jigen, Zenigata, and Fujiko break into the Bank of Stockholm. But Fujiko deceives them and tries to take the money all for herself. Lupin goes after her but she gets injured in an avalanche. As Fujiko is about to die at the hospital, she confesses to Lupin about the location of her most precious treasure...

Lupin and friends searched a month for the pirate Kid's treasure, but they are thwarted by an underground organization called the Red Ghost. Knowing something is afoot, Lupin sends Fujiko and Goemon to investigate.

Gentleman thief Arsène Lupin stole the Opal Venus, a fabulous statue, and left it with his contemporary, the burglar Gregoire. Now his grandson, Lupin III, decides to get it back.

Zenigata acquires a pie-throwing gun, and is ordered to capture Lupin. Meanwhile Lupin and Fujiko are discussing Napoleon's treasures. It's said that the key to solving the mystery of their whereabouts lies in a scarf made by Napoleon's assistant.

The young girl Francoise lives near Lupin; she watches Lupin and Fujiko talking, and falls for him. But her father scolds her and tells her to stay away from thieves, but Francoise devises a plan to approach Lupin anyway

Arsène Lupin III arranges a spectacular trek through the stars as a romantic gift for his girlfriend, but NASA attempts to stop him from going where no one has gone before.

Lupin attempts to steal a snow machine from a powerful secret society in order to give a dying Arabian princess a taste of ice.

Lady Black and Fujiko have a bet. Whoever kills Lupin will get the loser's entire jewelry collection. Lady Black lures Lupin using Fujiko so she could kill him, but why is she so passionate about wanting him dead?

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 toothache, whenever he puts his hand to his cheek.

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.

The nation of Janaica is troubled with coup d'etats and revolutions, but Lupin, discovering that the president's mansion houses the missing painting "Nude Venus," decides to go scope the joint with Jigen. Jigen goes to Janaica first, and is visited by a woman who is on the run from government police

Arsène Lupin III faces the most bizarre peril of his life: he is captured by a psychotic French artist and locked in a smokehouse to serve as source material for a work of art.

Three incidents of bank robbery using an iron-cutter sword have happened; a total of 1.3 billion yen was stolen. But Lupin and group know they were Goemon's doing, because the culprit had ruthlessly killed a security guard. Meanwhile, a man calling himself Goemon sends Lupin a challenge, but Goemon wants to settle the score by himself.

Lupin's stash of Napoleon's cash got stolen, but Lupin catches the culprit and tries to make him confess. But Lupin learns he's one of the followers of the Fandar cult, and heads to their holy land of Fandara

Lupin learns that a treasure trove lies in a volcano on Cleo Island, but it can only be reached when the mountain isn't spewing molten lava! He tries to convince Jigen and Goemon to join him but they're not interested, because the island native Claudia had talked them into obstructing Lupin

A diamond heist goes well for the gang... until their getaway plane crashes. Surrounded by policemen from all over the world, how will they escape?

Lupin finds out about the jewel "Poison Trio" of the Borges family and decides to steal it after Fujiko goads him. Galdan, the nephew of Lucricia greets Lupin, and tells him that elderly Lucricia had been arrested and must be broken out of jail.

Lupin goes on a safe-cracking rampage and rakes in 10 million francs. He needs the money to purchase the world's only rare Gold Butterfly at an auction.

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.

No thief has ever succeeded in stealing the secret gem of Pompeii's nunnery; it's guarded by venomous snakes. Even Arsene Lupin gave up on it, since he hates snakes. But Lupin takes on the challenge.

The aged billionaire Mr Steel's greatest wish in life is to once again acquire a youthful body, and Steel has found the perfect body in mind for his brain transplant... the body of Arsène Lupin III.

Famous gourmand and field mice scientist Salmon Whitney is also known as being the chairman of a Canadian diamond mining operation. Lupin is after his diamonds, which will go on auction in Paris. However, somebody has already stolen them before Lupin could get to them.

Famous gourmand and field mice scientist Salmon Whitney is also known as being the chairman of a Canadian diamond mining operation. Lupin is after his diamonds, which will go on auction in Paris. However, somebody has already stolen them before Lupin could get to them.

Arsène Lupin III bets the snobbish Lord Weather that he can steal the Lord's prize racehorse in a spectacular fashion... and lives up to his word.

The Miami Bank hosts a party to celebrate the anniversary of when they managed to trick Arsène Lupin III. They are in for a big surprise this year...

On Fujiko's birthday, she is kidnapped and held for ransom. The conditions made to Arsène Lupin III are blood simple: his death in exchange for her life.

A big aerial battle occurs between Arsène Lupin III's gang and a gang of atomic-bomb-carrying pilots.

Lupin's heart just isn't in it when he finds out that his opponent is eight-year-old Romanov, a boy genius made so with drug enhancements. The duel to see who has the smartest brain in the world is on, and the prize is Fujiko's heart.

Fujiko is selected as the model for a quartz statue of a mermaid by its sculptor, Vingel. The mayor of a town wants to make the mermaid into a tourist attraction and purchases it from Vingel. Fujiko then goes crying back to Lupin and emplores him to steal it back. The boxcar of the transport train carrying the statue has a special coupling mechanism, and stealing it will require a little engineering.

The Marine Tower Observation Room is essentially a safe room floating in midair, accessible only by a single see-through elevator. Lupin and co. plan to raid the annual diamond auction, which is being held in the room itself. The success or failure of this job depends on Jigen's precise long-range marksmanship

The treasure of the prophet Muhammad is held in the holy city of Mecca. Patra Lawrence, daughter of Lawrence of Arabia, is guarding it as head of the mosque. 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.

A genius pianist places his valuable piano in an impenetrable concert hall. This is a challenge Arsène Lupin III cannot resist.

Nice, France. A shipment of diamonds arrives from South Africa. Lupin and his gang have set their sights on the prize, but Zenigata intends to use a highway collapse mechanism to finally arrest Lupin. Will Lupin get caught on the highway?

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 cue-stick ricochet gun. Jigen can't sight without his hat. It's the ultimate pinch!

In Switzerland, Arsène Lupin III raids a police convoy containing cash they apprehended from criminals all over the world. But when he encounters a church in need of money, what will he do?

Inside a European border town, known as "The Grand Hexagon", lies Nazi gold on a scale that would make the world tremble if it knew. The precise location of the gold is Laika Bank, which 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 in total: If we can't have any missing, then we'll simply replace them!

An armoured robot soars through the skies of Tokyo, demonstrating amazing capabilities that would make it a valuable weapon... then Arsène Lupin III demonstrates a more peaceful and beneficial use for the robot.