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Lupin III - 40 years in 2008!
Animation review and rating by BP
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SERIES
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<sub>1969: PILOT FILM
by Masaaki Osumi

(rating soon...)


1971-1972: SERIE 1
by Masaaki Osumi (Ep. 1-6,9,12)
by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata (Ep. 7,8,10,11,13-23)

_23 episodes: (rating soon...)


1977-1980: SERIE 2
by Hideo Nishimaki (Ep. 62, 91)
by Hideo Takayashiki (Ep. 141, 147)
by Ichinori Tanahashi & Kyosuke Mikuriya (Ep. 3-6, 10, 12)
by Noburo Ishiguro & Shigetsugu Yoshida (Ep. 112, 118, 135, 142, 152)
by Yagi Ishikura & Yasumi Mikamoto (Ep. 58, 75, 93)
by Hayao Miyazaki (Ep. 145, 155)

_52 first episodes/aired on TV in Europe/USA: from to
_79 first episodes with subtitles: (rating soon...)
_155 episodes Japaneses episodes: (Unavailable...)


1982: ARSENE ET CO (Lupin VIII)
French-Japanese co-production (production stopped at ep.1)

_Episode 1: "The Man From the Past" (without the voices)



1984-1985: SERIE 3
by Yuzo Aoki

_50 Japaneses episodes: (Unavailable...)</sub>


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LONG FEATURE MOVIES
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<sub>1978: Mystery of Mamo
Soji Yoshikawa




1979: The Castle of Cagliostro
Hayao Miyazaki




1985: Legend of the Gold of Babylon
Seijun Suzuki




1995: To Hell with Nostradamus
Shunya Ito




1996: Dead or Alive
Monkey Punch</sub>




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OAV
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<sub>1987: The Fuma Conspiracy
Masayuki Ōzeki




2002: Return of Pycal
Mamoru Hamatsu




2008: Green vs Red</sub>




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TV SPECIALS:
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<sub>1989: Bye-Bye Liberty Crisis
Osamu Dezaki




1990: Mystery of the Hemingway Papers
Osamu Dezaki




1991: Steal Napoleon's Dictionary
Osamu Dezaki




1992: From Russia With Love
Osamu Dezaki




1993: Voyage to Danger
Masaaki Osumi




1994: Burn, Zantetsuken! / Dragon of Doom
Masaharu Okuwaki




1995: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
Osamu Dezaki




1996: The Secret of Twilight Gemini
Gisaburō Sugii




1997: In Memory of the Walther P-38 / Island of Assassins
Toshiya Shinohara/Hiroyuki Yano




1998: Tokyo Crisis
Toshiya Shinohara




1999: Fujiko's Unlucky Days / The Columbus Files
hinichi Watanabe




2000: $1 Money Wars
Hideki Tonokatsu




2001: Alcatraz Connection
Hideki Tonokatsu




2002: Episode 0: First Contact
Minoru Ohara




2003: Operation: Return the Treasure
Jun Kawagoe




2004: Stolen Lupin
Hidehito Ueda




2005: An Angel's Tactics
Shigeyuki Miya




2006: Seven Days Rhapsody
Hajime Kamegaki




2007: Elusiveness of the Fog
Masuda Toshihiko




2008: Sweet lost night
Tetsuro Amino</sub>




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