Name: Lupin the Third: Episode 0: First Contact
Genre: Animation, TV Movie, Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 2002-07-26
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Kanichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Eiko Masuyama, Makio Inoue, Gorō Naya

Lupin the Third: Episode 0: First Contact backdrop

2002·Animation·1h 30m

7.1

★

The stickup that started it all! Lupin III and Fujiko are both after an ancient artifact Jigen is supposed to protect, while Goemon happens to be searching for his clan’s lost treasure nearby. Of course, Inspector Zenigata isn’t far behind. This is the story of our heroes’ very first meeting!

Directed by Minoru Ohara

police

thief

reporter

based on manga

gentleman thief

anime

police pursuit

IMDB

N/A

Cast

Kanichi Kurita

Arsène Lupin III (voice)

Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Daisuke Jigen (voice)

Eiko Masuyama

Fujiko Mine (voice)

Makio Inoue

Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)

Gorō Naya

Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)

Romi Park

Elenor (voice)

Shūichirō Moriyama

Galvez (voice)

Jurota Kosugi

Brad (voice)

Masaru Ikeda

Crawford (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Detective George McFly (voice)

Tamio Ohki

Hans Dollarhyde (voice)

Daisuke Egawa

Additional Voices

Crew

Yuji Ohno

Music

Shigeyuki Miya

Animation Director

Kazuhiko Kato

Original Story

Popular Reviews

8 reviews

rodimus

5.7★ · 02/17/24

Lupin the Third: Episode 0: First Contact

nightmare polycule origin story 😁😁😁

this one was a lot of fun even if fujiko received the unfortunate anime woman treatment that she receives sometimes. awesome neo from the matrix reference guy and Zenigata trying to angrily pronounce hamburger what’s not to love about this

Eclectic Sorcerer

8.0★ · 06/28/22

Liked this one

Eclectic Sorcerer

8.0★ · 06/28/22

Liked this one

Nezevrom

7.0★ · 03/20/26

Harris

6.0★ · 03/10/26