#lupin III part 6 episode 0

[lupincentral]

The 2021 released animated television series Lupin III: PART 6 is now available for pre-order on Blu-ray in the United Kingdom, courtesy of All The Anime!

The boxed set, which is currently on sale for the introductory price of £49.99 (£79.99 RRP) contains all twenty-four episodes, in addition to Kiyoshi Kobayashi's special send-off episode, "Episode 0 ~ The Times".

Also included in the set is a 52-page art booklet, featuring character profiles, sketch sheets, background artwork, and more. Both the English and Japanese audio versions feature, along with English language subtitles.

Clean opening and ending animations, along with seven television promos make up the special features, and all three discs some in a special digipak with a collectors slip case.

PART 6 is directed by Eiji Suganuma, and while is primarily written by both Takahiro Ōkura and Shigeru Murakoshi, it also features a variety of guest writers coming in for its one-shot episodes, including (but not limited to) Ghost in the Shell's Mamoru Oshii, and Astro Boy's Masaki Tsuji.

The set is due to release in the U.K. on the 15th of April 2024 (a little over a month away from time of writing), and the early-bird price will only be available until Thursday the 21st of March, 2024.

You can read our thoughts on the series as a whole by visiting our Final Thoughts article here, and check out individual episode reviews via the review hub here.

[bestoflupiniiipoll]

Lupin III Poll Matchup Results!

Round 1:

Matchup 1

Seven Days Rhapsody (2006) vs Lupin III Part VI: London/Woman (2021)

Matchup 2

Is Lupin Still Burning? (2018) vs Operation Return the Treasure (2003)

Matchup 3

Voyage to Danger (1993) vs The Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985)

Matchup 4

Lupin III Part III: Pink Jacket Adventures (1984) vs Lupin The 3rd Live-Action Movie (2013)

Matchup 5

The Hemmingway Papers (1990) vs Episode 0 First Contact (2002)

Matchup 6

The Fuma Conspiracy (1987) vs Farewell to Nostradamus (1995)

Matchup 7

Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid (2011) vs Tokyo Crisis/Memories of the Flame (1998)

Matchup 8

Elusiveness of the Fog (2007) vs From Serbia with Love/Bank of Liberty (1992)

Matchup 9

Swallowtail Tattoo/Stolen Lupin (2004) vs Lupin III vs Dectective Conan the TV Special (2009)

Matchup 10

The Last Job (2010) vs Green vs Red (2008)

Matchup 11

Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974) vs Inspector Zenigata/Zenigata Keibu TV Series (2017)

Matchup 12

Pursuit of Harrimao’s Treasure (1995) vs Prison of the Past (2019)

Matchup 13

LUPIN THE IIIRD: Goemon’s Bloodspray (2017) vs Dead or Alive (1996)

Matchup 14

Dragon of Doom/Burn, Zantetsuken! (1994) vs Goodbye Partner (2019)

Matchup 15

Manga Series (1967) vs The Secret of the Twilight Gemini (1996)

Matchup 16

Lupin III Part II: Red Jacket Adventures (1977) vs Alcatraz Connection (2001)

Matchup 17

Lupin III Part V: Misadventures in France (2018) vs Bye Bye Lady Liberty/Goodbye Liberty Crisis! (1989)

Matchup 18

Italian Game (2016) vs Lupin Zero (2022)

Matchup 19

Lupin III Part IV: The Italian Adventure (2015) vs Missed By A Dollar/$1 Money Wars (2000)

Matchup 20

LUPIN THE IIIRD: Jigen’s Gravestone (2014) vs Napoleon's Dictionary/Steal Napoleon’s Dictionary! (1991)

Matchup 21

The Colombus Files/Da Capo of Love: Fujiko’s Unlucky Days (1999) vs Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

Matchup 22

Island of Assassins/Walther P-38 (1997) vs Sweet Lost Night (2008)

Matchup 23

Lupin III vs Cat’s Eye (2023) vs Another Page: Travels of Marco Polo (2012)

Matchup 24

The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012) vs Lupin III vs Detective Conan The Movie (2013)

Matchup 25

The First (2019) vs Lupin Family All Stars (2012)

Matchup 26

Lupin III Part I: The Classic Adventures vs Princess of the Breeze: Hidden City in the Sky (2013)

Matchup 27

Mystery of Mamo/ Lupin vs The Clone (1978) vs Angel Tactics (2005)

Matchup 28

Pilot Film (1969) vs LUPIN THE IIIRD: Fujiko’s Lie (2019)

First batch of matchups will be posted no later than Wednesday. Get ready to place in your votes! And may the best Lupin win!

[jeypawlik]

The Curtain Falls - A Lupin III Comic

So I started a super ambitious comic project called "The Curtain Falls", about Lupin in his 60s and dealing with the fact that nothing lasts forever. It's essentially my version of how his adventures end. It follows how each member of the gang retires, a car chase(!!!), and some really heartfelt moments; a bit similar to Part 6 Episode 0. I started writing and thumbnailing it in 2020 and I'm working on the final art now, page by page. The whole comic will be 50 pages + some extras and I'm going to be printing it when it's all done. Right now I'm posting pages as they're completed + sketches to my Patreon and Ko-fi, any support is much appreciated. It's a really time consuming comic since I'm doing lots of sprawling backgrounds and cars. I've learned and grown a lot while working on it and I'm super proud of how far I've come with it, so I wanted to gush about it a bit here.

[ctrl-lupin]

PART 6! I want to watch part 6 so badly! I loved part 5 but I can't find a place to watch part 6 freely. You have got to tell me if it's better than part 5!

Fret not, for I have a Link! :D

My personal opinion is that Arc 2 of Part 6 (the arc about Tomoe) is REALLY GOOD, somewhere between as good and better than Part 5 (I haven't watched Part 5 in a while, and the fandom seems to have conflicted opinions about it, so idk what you thought of it). The plot of the arc is compelling, there is a lot of interesting one-shot side characters, everyone gets their time to shine, the filler episodes are really fun and are relevant to the plot, and there is SO MUCH DOMESTICITY between the gang, like SO MUCH MARRIED JIGLUP OH MY GODS, really the writers understood the assignment and gave it their all.

Arc 1 however (the one with Sherlock Holmes) is pretty disappointing in my opinion. Holmes & co are given way too much screentime, pushing the titular character and his gang to the background, the plot is rushed, the filler eps vary wildly in quality (The Imperial City Dreams Of Thieves is amazing, but imo you can outright skip The Killers In The Diner and Darwin's Bird. Just... they do not exist. I do not see them.) and... there doesn't seem to be any chemistry between Lupin's gang????? It all kinda felt to me like the writers had just read a summary of Lupin III and the character archetypes, and written some very generic episodes based on that vague knowledge. I'd give some positive points for Moran, but I'm biased.

I'd say watch the whole thing to make your own opinion, maybe you'll like the first arc, idk. But if you end up disliking it, don't give up on the whole season, and skip to Ep. 13: An Invitation From The Past. From Arc 1 I'd also recommend watching the filler episodes 5, 6, 8 and 9.

Also, technically part of Part 6, PLEASE watch Ep 0 - The Times (Jidai) if you haven't already. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE watch it.

This is not an invitation to debate the quality of Part 6, I am just giving my personal opinion because I was asked, it only engages me, I'm not trying to pass a universal judgement.

[holly-beary]

Lupin part 6 / episode 0 spoilers!!! After staring at these screenshots for several hours I feel like could write an essay on Lupin’s facial expressions but, in summary: Lupin loves Jigen and jiglup is real 🥲

The last expression is of course an artistic liberty as you don’t actually see Lupin’s face when he says “And maybe that’s why I’ve been able to stay true to myself.” I really struggled to do my imagination justice in this case. I hope it comes across as wistful/fond/ grateful.

Come yell at me about Lupin on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/holly__beary/status/1447260381441888257?s=20

[loopin]

Not to be bisexual on main but. Anyone wanna be the most stable thing in MY life?

[caseyjonesisinthehouse]

jigen is a sexy twink and i cant do him justice but at least i can do whatever the hell this is.

[zenigatasramencup]

oh god

[monkeyfaced-trickster]

I have so many thoughts and feels about Episode 0 -The Times-, but for now I wanna focus on one particular moment, because of how it finally made sense of one half of Lupin and Jigen's relationship that had me scratching my head for years.

After Lupin and Jigen get stupid drunk together in the hideout, the air starts to get a bit tense as Jigen moves to the balcony for some fresh air. Jigen is hanging with Fujiko questioning his own relationship with Lupin, and Goemon questions Lupin whether he'd care if Jigen were to leave the gang for good. At first, Lupin puts on an aloof façade, trying to make himself seem unaffected, but then he drops his guard and admits that Jigen is the only person in his life who has accepted him for who he is since the very beginning, no matter what changes he has gone through, allowing him to stay true to himself.

For a long time, I've come to understand that Jigen sees Lupin as the chaotic element he needs in his life to bring him back down from his obstinate attitude once in a while, but I hadn't quite wrapped my head around how this dynamic worked the other way around. That inebriated confession from Lupin spelled out the answer: Even someone as wild and erratic as Lupin needs a pillar of stability. For as much of a curmudgeon Jigen can sometimes be, his steadfastness is what makes him such a loyal ally to Lupin. Living your life in constant swerves with no one to fully trust, as thrilling as it may sound to someone like Lupin, will get maddening to the point of complete emotional detachment before long, so having someone like Jigen who'll always have his back, even among all the chaos and duplicity, is possibly the greatest blessing Lupin can count in his own life.

The truth really is at the bottom of a glass, isn't it?

[fullmetal-the-last-alchemist]

anyways look at this super cute jigen

[lupincentral]

The upcoming home video release of Lupin III: PART 6 has been delayed by two weeks in the United Kingdom due to production issues.

The news was confirmed in an e-mail (as seen below) sent to those who have pre-ordered the set earlier today, and the date on the official website has been updated to reflect this. The set was previously due to ship on April 15th, 2024, and it is now due to release on April 29th, 2024.

The boxed set, which was previously on sale for the introductory price of £49.99 (now £61.99) contains all twenty-four episodes, in addition to Kiyoshi Kobayashi's special send-off episode, "Episode 0 ~ The Times".

Also included in the set is a 52-page art booklet, featuring character profiles, sketch sheets, background artwork, and more. Both the English and Japanese audio versions feature, along with English language subtitles.

Clean opening and ending animations, along with seven television promos make up the special features, and all three discs some in a special digipak with a collectors slip case.

You can pre-order the set here, and check out our reviews for each individual episode of PART 6 by visiting our review hub here.

[the-golden-ghost]

Jigen right back at you!!

AYYYY LOOK

I'm obsessed with their character arc: SEE SHADOW DOG POST FOR DETAILS

I am constantly going insane rotating them in my brain like a fork in a microwave: MANY THOUGHTS HEAD FULL

They work better as part of a dynamic: Actually unlike everyone else on the show he ONLY works as part of a dynamic. Lupin, Fujiko, Goemon, and even Zenigata can have solo adventures that are interesting but who cares about solo Jigen? No one, that's who

What's wrong with them (affectionate): self-explanatory

What's wrong with them (derogatory): Not as much as with Lupin mostly just when he decides to crank the misogyny up to 12

[morporkian-cryptid]

There's a manga and/or anime franchise about Lupin the Third, in Lupin's universe.

Throughout the franchise, there's a bunch of references to past content and meta stuff. Taken one by one they're just easter eggs, but when you put them all together, it's highly probable that there is some sort of intradiegetic biopic-ish series about Lupin III, in Lupin's universe.

The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure: Lupin is reading a manga by Monkey Punch, implying that MP exists in his universe

Lupin III VS Detective Conan: Kogoro Mouri thought Lupin III was a comic book character and is surprised to learn that he is real

Princess of the Breeze: a news article about Lupin mentions "TV first series", "TV 2nd series", and "[ep 2]"

Green VS Red: there is a poster of the movie "The Castle of Cagliostro", and Yasuo is seen listening to Fire Treasure from the OST

Characters are heard singing or whistling the opening theme on multiple occasions: a banker in Part 2 ep 143 “The Miami Bank Raid Anniversary” (8:44), and Lupin himself in "The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure" (4:43) and in Part 2 ep 99 “The Scattered Magnum” (06:35), among others

Lupin's phone ringtone in "Swallowtail Tattoo" is the opening theme (30:50)

Goemon plays his music theme on the flute in "Episode 0 - First Contact" (39:40). Granted, Goemon's not the kind of nerd who would do that, but that movie is a story told by Lupin and possibly entirely made up, and he's the kind of nerd who would describe Goemon playing his own theme.

Zenigata's phone ringtone in "Angel Tactics" is his own theme (41:18); he and a couple of ICPO officers are also listening to the full song with lyrics version of Zenigata March on the radio in "The Columbus Files" (1:17:10)

And last but not least:

Part 6 ep 17 “Win or Lose in 0.1 Seconds” : Linfeng's large collection of Lupin III figurines (they could be custom made; but they could also be mass-produced)

and "Dragon of Doom" (01:16) : plushies of the whole gang in a claw crane machine, which are definitely mass-produced.

In conclusion:

"We heard that you liked Lupin III, so we put Lupin III in your Lupin III so you can Lupin III while you Lupin III !"

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

Apparently this link is only good in the US (a pox on all region-locking), but if you haven't yet seen Kiyoshi Kobayashi's final outing/sendoff as Jigen, TMS has temporarily put it up on YouTube.

Lupin III: Part 6, Episode 0 — “The Times” (“Jidai”)