The History of Lupin The Third 

Take notes class, because lupin is one of the godfathers of anime anti heroes

Everyone in the comments is pointing out how it's a niche anime, meanwhile I'm still shocked to learn that it's actually bigger in Italy than in Japan itself, where basically an entire generation (including me) watched the show and basically every movie

Glad he's getting some more spotlight

Glad as hell that Adult Swim keeps bringing Lupin to the masses.😎🙌

Even with Monkey Punch gone, I hope the franchise continues to grow and become more mainstream. The new film and recent parts are a step in the right direction and I hope we can get a part 6 in the next few years

Im glad that Lupin is still alive today, even after Monkey Punch's death.

I was in Italy just days before part 4s premier, and there were street posters almost everywhere

If it wasn't for Lupin the 8th's failure, we wouldn't have Inspector Gadget.

castle of cagliostro was my introduction, mid 90's, and after watched almost all the series and movies i think it stands out. it has a feeling that i can only describe as NOSTALGIA, the ghibli kind

He's got a secret garage full of identical cars, because his blows up every other episode. Zenigata's intellectual, fitness, & motivation inconsistencies drove me NUTS in Red Jacket, but damn he's funny. Zenigata has 2 live action TV movies. Miyazaki worked on some Red Jacket episodes & several other Lupin things under an alternative name. Lupin Part 2 did a crossover episode with Rose of Versailles.

Lupin: Created for adult men. Apparently 95% female fans on Twitter, Tumbler, & Pixiv. Very popular with fujoshis. Might have influenced American adult cartoon Archer. Definitely inspired With Love From Eroica. Fujiko: No grey area with her. You either respect her for her game & mind, or you think she's the worst friend on earth & understand why Jigen & Goemon hate her. Level of like or hate varies between series, movies, & writers (almost as if she was still the many different women she started out as).

Kinda surprised to see that this video is about the same anti-hero that drives a Fiat 500 and has gone to several countries around the goddamn world.

Finally some spotlight on the best underrated gem ever

thank you SO MUCH for pronouncing Fujiko's surname correctly. mee-ne not mine. drives me nuts to hear mine in every dub. no good reason why, but it's like nails on a chalkboard.

People sleep on Lupin so much, and always say “reminds me of Cowboy Bebop” like no, it’s so much more unique and fun than that, not to mention made first 👀

Wish I could’ve gotten into this series sooner. Netflix had the lupin the III: Castle of Cagliostro and I thought this series was so damn charming. Going to start back on the older parts lol

finally this series is getting some recognition

Ahh I love the Lupin series so much. Lupin is by far my favorite character.

only us real fans know of the Lupin museum, where everything he has stolen is stored. Not what Fujiko has stolen.

Lupin the III : Castle of Cagliostro was my first introduction to Monkey Punches' Gentleman Theif. I first saw it on Netflix back in 2018 and I feel in love with it. Then I saw the trailers for the 3D animated feature, Lupin the 3rd: the First and it was incredible. It was just like the original movies and anime but with a fresh coat of 3D graphics. Both films were fantastic.

I love JoJo , Lupin the 3rd and Cowboy Bebop and I’m so glad that Lupin is getting mentioned here

Kato: I can draw this long enough until Lupin finishes and I can drop Monkey Punch. Many decades later.... Kato: Dammit!! Oh well might as well ride with it.

Nice video, great work and thank you. 18:20 "Wolf" is not the litteral translation of Lupin in french, it’s "Loup". And fun fact, 18:03 Inspector Gadget is a tribute to inspector Clouseau with Peter Sellers.

Lupin III is my favorite anime series. Ever since I encounter this anime, I admired it so much! Thank you so much for making a history of the Lupin franchise.

I’m so happy I fell in love with this franchise nearly two years ago. 💕 My first exposure, like many, was The Castle of Cagliostro. Caught it on Netflix randomly and thought it looked like fun (and it is). Lupin deserves more attention and appreciation! He’s the greatest gentleman thief around. Thank you for everything, Monkey Punch.

A franchise that has stood the test of time.

Protect Tim at all cost. Tim is for the culture.

"I wonder if Herlock Sholmes showed up." Umm there are at least two episodes from the second series that features Holmes the 3rd.

I find it funny how every channel, including CrunchyRoll now, has talked about how much of a snack CGI Jigen is.

Fun fact: A failed Lupin spinoff gave the world Inspector Gadget.

Man the “Edgar de la Cambriole” title makes me nostalgic. That’s how I got introduced to Lupin III. this is most definitely my favorite anime.

Pretty sad that Lupin is not that well known in the west, it's amazing!

This is actually a really well researched and thorough deep dive into the franchise. I’m glad y’all made this because I think it’s gonna become my default link to anyone who’s curious about this series. Viva Lupin! (I just want to say for the record though that Part 1 is the *best* one and pink jacket is better than a lot of people give it credit for. Also I know there’s too much to cover in a single video but the Takeshi Koike films definitely deserved a shout out, they’re bad ass!)

6:23 so..... he based Jigan after a character in a u.s. movie that was originally based off a character in a Japanese movie '7 samurai'!?!

In depth history and background videos like this one are true gems. I appreciate the work put in to document the history of one of my most beloved series. Thank you very much.

Yay!! I'm so excited to watch this! Lupin is easily my favorite anime of all time and i really hope that with the new CGI movie, more people can come to love it too!

_"Lupin III is avaible on Crunchyroll"_ OK, I'll just check it out! *Blocked in the UK* You lied to me.

me: wow can't wait to finally rewatch Lupin again after years, Crunchyroll: *Sorry, due to licensing limitations, videos are unavailable in your region (Italy)*

Yeah, I wish I can watch the Lupin series on Crunchyroll. Unfortunately, for some stupid reason all five seasons are not available for streaming in my region (I live in Egypt) because Funimation and Discotek who both own the rights to the international Lupin anime titles did not include Arabic regions as part of their audience hence the region lock.

Always happy to see more Lupin love! Great video, I hope everyone gets into one or more Lupin series or specials. They are so great, and near and dear to my heart ^^

I want a black suit Lupin. Representing the dark years of his thief life.

Now we're at Lupin Part 6!

I think you meant "yes, THAT Isao Takahata"

"Daddy like!"

my boy, my star

0:55: Really gives me Crash Twinsanity vibes, I like it! XD I'm really glad the series is finally getting out there for more people to experience.

Thank you so much for this, and almost in the end 23:54 but thanks for make a special mention for his direction on Dead Or Alive, my personal favorite Lupin's movie

Lupin is my favorite anime I've been watching this since part 2 that showed on adult swim. Monkey Punch will be missed

As some one who fell inlove with anime cuz of lupin the 3rd (red jacket show reruns ofc) i cannot express how exciting it is to see a new show/ova every year or 2 and im glad to see others might fall down this rabbit hole 😁

I love the Lupin series so much! I binged the main series and the Fujiko spin offs in under a year and wished it wouldn't end... I plan on re-watching the series again in the infamous Dub version in the future.

Such a hidden gem of a series.

I love how I know of Lupin due to Arsene. I feel so damn happy that a friend of mine has an addiction to this series and I got into it. Not to mention the Netflix one.

Cool to find out that Jigen was based on a character from The Magnificent Seven! I will have to watch it again. One of the series' appeals is the cast of unique supporting characters that the audience falls in love with. It should be noted that some of Lupin's accomplices are also based on well-known characters in Japan: * Inspector Zenigata ("Zenigata Keiji") is descended from Zenigata Heiji, a famous fictional policeman from the Edo period who threw coins (as a projectile weapon) to catch criminals. * Goemon is a descendent of Ishikawa Goemon, a legendary thief from the 16th century, who was eventually caught and boiled alive to be executed. There are occasional references to their origins in the stories.

I know this anime is a classic but I haven't gotten to it yet, should I watch it.

Ooooooh you want to watch A Woman Called Fujiko Mine so bad oooooooooh (Also fun fact, AWCFM was directed by Sayo Yamamoto, the director of Yuri On Ice, plus the Persona 5 opening. She has also been the only female director in the lupin franchise thus far)

When I need to smile, sometimes I think of Zenigata's tiny finger-sized handcuffs. "I call 'em Zenigotchas!" Hee hee hee! ☺️

I love lupin the 3rd!

Wow the fact that Lupin is actually getting out there is amazing

4:04 yeah I was just thinking that and I came to this video to clear up my confusion with Persona 5 and Lupin 3

Lupin is my favorite manga character and one of the most iconic ever. But I'm Italian, so that's a given.

My best childhood anime. Always loved his character and his team.

As someone relatively new to the world of Lupin, I got my first real looks on Amazon Prime, where they have all of Part 1 and Part 5, subtitled. Part 2 is there, free to watch as well, but only the English-dubbed episodes. Still, finding the DVD sets was fun, and I'm working my way through those.

Just watched my first Lupin The Third anything, it was the CGI movie, and it was pretty fun and amazing. I think I'm gonna start getting into the series with part 4, thanks for the recommendation!

Great history of Lupin. Thanks for sharing!

Grande Lupin! I watched it when I was a kid!

I love Lupin series, but I didn't know the history of Lupin. Good information. Definitely, I will watch the whole Lupin series.

Lupin even has a cameo appearance in the first series of the Super Dimension Fortress Macross (Robotech) anime as a videogame, set during the car chase scene from "The Castle of Cagliostro".

Lupin is one of my favorite series I love the classic vibe but the gritty take that the movies and the fujiko mine series are seriously underrated

Oh nice, Lupin III. I should get back into it at some point, I've only seen Castle of Cagliostro and some random episodes from parts 1-2

Could you guys please give us a rundown on all of Lupin’s movies from the 70’s all the way to now? Because I’m looking for one which involves him trying to take down somebody on a blimp or something.

I love how Monkey Punch got that nick name im an artist and work a day job at a Harley Davidson my boss called me Slappy my first day of work and it just stuck so im totally going to use that if I ever get big lol

Great video, I was looking for something like that, thanks!

The Inspector Gadget part shook me to my core :D That was my childhood!!!

Kazuhiko Katō (Japanese: 加藤一彦, Hepburn: Katō Kazuhiko, May 26, 1937 - April 11, 2019), known by the pen name Monkey Punch (モンキー・パンチ, Monkī Panchi), was a Japanese manga artist, best known for his series Lupin III.

Part 4 was really great.

It should be know that Lupin the Eighth helped bring us Inspector Gadget..

A legendary classic series I loved every since childhood.

Part 3 had such an amazing opening that I love

Thank you for this ton of information about Lupin!

So that explains why i love Inspector Gadget's animation, its DIC and TMS!

I love lupin the 3rd 😁

I love lupin the 3rd intro opening at toonami. very catchy. i still saying lupin the 3rd each time pop in my head

Some of my earliest memories are of "Castle of Cagliostro".

I have only seen the Movie Trailer and fell in love with the character and concept

We need professional anime artists to have lupin and spike chilling together

Fun fact : in Persona 5 there is also a Detective called « Goro Akechi »

With part 6 coming out, I couldn't be happier! The greatest thief of all time is coming back to the lil screen!!

I used to rent Lupin VHS tapes back in the 90’s. Good times :,)

Blue jacket lupin is the best lupin.

Lupin is a classic, great video and topic too btw.

My love for lupin is coming back

please make a full version of your cover of the lupin theme

It's a shame he's not a character from Shonen Jump. If he was, I'd be playing more than Jjba, Mha, and DBZ in jump force.

when i saw this i expected some IGN-style trashy content but this video was super super high quality and clearly made with passion, thanks a lot for the amazing content!

Lupin the 3rd is my favorite anime series of All Time. The spin off series and movies also great too.

I remember as a kid I watched lupin every night on toonami then something happened and lupin disappeared for a while and now I'm glad they are bringing it back with parts 4 and 5 as well with a 3d animated movie I hope to see more of lupin 3rd it's one of my favorite animes Come on part 6 get here soon 😁👍

Such an *underrated* anime, I'm surprised he's around.

The professional thief ,the sniper, the spy and the ronin

great video, I am curious if you and or anyone can answer this for which I am referring to, but have you gotten a chance to check out the Netflix original by the same name, and if so is that any eater eggs within the show referring back to the manga?

3 months? man created a legend