Lupin III is a Japanese manga series, written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It spawned a media franchise that includes several animated television series, television specials, theatrical and home video features as well as further manga titles.
The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels. Lupin and his gang travel throughout the world to steal treasures and escape from the law.
Lupin III was written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It was serialized by Futabasha in Weekly Manga Action in 94 chapters from August 10, 1967. Additional chapters known as Lupin III New Adventures were released from August 12, 1971.[1][2] Tokyopop licensed the series for North America, and released all 14 volumes between December 10, 2002 and July 6, 2004.[3][4] The Tokyopop edition is adapted from the Chuokoron Shinsha edition from 1989.[5]
Original serialization
Chapter no. |
English translation
Original Japanese title |
Magazine release date |
1 |
"The Dashing Entrance of Lupin III" |
August 10, 1967 (1967-08-10) |
2 |
"Prison Break" |
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3 |
TBA |
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4 |
TBA |
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5 |
"Suspense Zone" |
— |
6 |
TBA |
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7 |
"Magician" |
— |
8 |
TBA |
— |
9 |
TBA |
— |
10 |
"Crazy Lupin" |
— |
11 |
TBA |
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12 |
TBA |
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13 |
TBA |
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14 |
TBA |
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15 |
TBA |
January 11, 1968 (1968-01-11) |
16 |
TBA |
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17 |
TBA |
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18 |
TBA |
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19 |
TBA |
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20 |
TBA |
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21 |
"Cool Touch" |
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22 |
TBA |
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23 |
TBA |
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24 |
TBA |
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25 |
TBA |
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26 |
TBA |
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27 |
"Play Mate" |
— |
28 |
TBA |
— |
29 |
"Black Point" |
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30 |
TBA |
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31 |
TBA |
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32 |
TBA |
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33 |
TBA |
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34 |
TBA |
— |
35 |
"Happening" |
— |
36 |
TBA |
— |
37 |
"Lupin III and Arsène Lupin Showdown" |
September 5, 1968 (1968-09-05) |
38 |
TBA |
September 12, 1968 (1968-09-12) |
39 |
TBA |
September 19, 1968 (1968-09-19) |
40 |
TBA |
September 26, 1968 (1968-09-26) |
41 |
TBA |
— |
42 |
TBA |
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43 |
TBA |
— |
44 |
TBA |
— |
45 |
TBA |
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46 |
TBA |
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47 |
TBA |
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48 |
"One, Two, Three, Death, Five, Six" |
— |
49 |
TBA |
— |
50 |
"Fresh Man" |
June 6, 1968 (1968-06-06) |
51 |
TBA |
— |
52 |
TBA |
— |
53 |
TBA |
— |
54 |
"Shameless Man" |
— |
55 |
"Deadly Sins of Lupin" |
— |
56 |
"Dead Heat" |
August 8, 1968 (1968-08-08) |
57 |
"Triple Play" |
October 3, 1968 (1968-10-03) |
58 |
TBA |
October 10, 1968 (1968-10-10) |
59 |
TBA |
— |
60 |
"Rat" |
— |
61 |
TBA |
— |
62 |
TBA |
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63 |
TBA |
— |
64 |
TBA |
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65 |
TBA |
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66 |
"Lupin III vs. College Girls" |
— |
67 |
TBA |
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68 |
TBA |
— |
69 |
"Straight Flash" |
— |
70 |
TBA |
— |
71 |
"Lupin Storm" |
— |
72 |
"Oni" |
— |
73 |
TBA |
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74 |
TBA |
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75 |
TBA |
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76 |
TBA |
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77 |
TBA |
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78 |
TBA |
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79 |
TBA |
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80 |
TBA |
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81 |
TBA |
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82 |
TBA |
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83 |
TBA |
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84 |
TBA |
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85 |
TBA |
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86 |
TBA |
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87 |
TBA |
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88 |
TBA |
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89 |
TBA |
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90 |
TBA |
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91 |
TBA |
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92 |
TBA |
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93 |
TBA |
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94 |
"Farewell My Beloved Lupin!" |
May 22, 1969 (1969-05-22) |
Tokyopop release
No. |
Release date |
ISBN |
1 |
January 1, 2003 |
ISBN 1-59182-252-1 |
- 001. "Art of the Entrance"
- 002. "The Great Escape"
- 003. "Mystery Woman"
- 004. "To Catch a Weasel"
- 005. "Crime's a Disease"
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- 006. "Impression Impossible"
- 007. "The Hand is Quicker than the Spy"
- 008. "Zenigata Gets Lucky"
- 009. "Gather Ye Bad Men While Ye May"
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2 |
January 1, 2003 |
ISBN 1-59182-1045 |
- 010. "Educating Lupin"
- 011. "Hail to the King"
- 012. "Damned If You Do"
- 013. "To Catch a Killer"
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- 014. "Interview With a Lupin"
- 015. "Snowfall on Sisters"
- 016. "Lupin: Behind the Manga"
- 017. "A is for Action, B is for Bomb"
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3 |
March 1, 2003 |
ISBN 1-59182-1215 |
- 018. "Remember to Forget"
- 019. "No Mercy"
- 020. "School for Spies"
- 021. "Portrait of a Killer"
- 022. "Reversal of Fortune"
- 023. "The Tip of the Iceberg"
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- 024. "Flowers for Fujiko"
- 025. "Castle in the Mountains"
- 026. "One Thousand Victims"
- 027. "Playmates"
- 028. "Master Goemon"
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4 |
May 1, 2003 |
ISBN 1-59182-1223 |
- 029. "Black Point"
- 030. "Crme Douesn't Weigh"
- 031. "You Dirty Rats"
- 032. "Double the Pleasure"
- 033. "Lupin of Arabia"
- 034. "The Stealing Game"
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- 035. "Drunken Masters"
- 036. "Tough Love"
- 037. "Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin"
- 038. "Inheritance"
- 039. "Prodigy"
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5 |
July 8, 2003 |
ISBN 1-59182-1231 |
- 040. "A Chip Off the Gold Block"
- 041. "Head Like a Scroll"
- 042. "Testing One Two Three"
- 043. "A Day Without Killing"
- 044. "Smile for the Machine Gun"
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- 045. "Behind Every Bad Man"
- 046. "Books That Go Boom"
- 047. "One-Bullet Wonder"
- 048. "The Dream Sequence"
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6 |
August 5, 2003 |
ISBN 1-59182-124X |
- 049. "How to Succeed in Business"
- 050. "Theft of a Salesman"
- 051. "What a Skull Wants"
- 052. "The Mind is a Mansion"
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- 053. "Always Be Selling"
- 054. "The Company Man"
- 055. "Grand Theft Auto
- 056. "Triple Play"
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7 |
September 1, 2003 |
ISBN 1-59182-1258 |
- 057. "The World on a String"
- 058. "Camera Tricks"
- 059. "Medal of Dishonor"
- 060. "High Art"
- 061. "Death and Duality"
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- 062. "Double Your Guns"
- 063. "Collegial Damage"
- 064. "Campus Strife"
- 065. "A Course in Hypocrisy"
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8 |
October 7, 2003 |
ISBN 1-59182-1266 |
- 066. "Lupin vs. The Coeds"
- 067. "To Live and Die in Japan"
- 068. "First Person, Last Laughs"
- 069. "Straight Flush"
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- 070. "The Rat Clan and the Sea"
- 071. "To Old Acquaintance Being Shot"
- 072. "The Kiss of Death"
- 073. "The Think System"
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9 |
November 4, 2003 |
ISBN 1-59182-1274 |
- 074. "The Scottish Tragedy"
- 075. "Mr. Personality"
- 076. "How to Turn a Prophet"
- 077. "Couch Therapy"
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- 078. "Japan's Most Wanted"
- 079. "Love Doctor"
- 080. "Killing Time"
- 081. "Cross of Visions"
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10 |
December 9, 2003 |
ISBN 1-59182-1282 |
- 082. "Voter Revolt"
- 083. "Dead in a Box"
- 084. "The Lupin Who Loved Me"
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- 085. "Lupin's Song of Chivalry"
- 086. "Honor Among Thieves - Part I: Red Hot Air"
- 087. "Honor Among Thieves - Part II: Inspector Lupin"
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11 |
January 6, 2004 |
ISBN 1-59182-4893 |
- 088. "Blood Rage"
- 089. "Pink Diamonds"
- 090. "Cue the Trouble"
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- 091. "King of the Cave"
- 092. "Dead for Life"
- 093. "Death After Life"
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12 |
March 2, 2004 |
ISBN 1-59182-4907 |
- 094. "Front Page Blues"
- 095. "The Man with 20 Faces"
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- 096. "What You Can't See"
- 097. "Lupin Sucks"
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13 |
May 4, 2004 |
ISBN 1-59182-4915 |
- 098. "Rasputin and the Wager"
- 099. "Rasputin Returns"
- 100. "Three Wives and You're Out"
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- 101. "Payback Playback"
- 102. "Saint Goemon"
- 103. "A Treasure to Serve"
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14 |
July 6, 2004 |
ISBN 1-5918-24923 |
- 104. "Booty in a Bottle"
- 105. "Four of a Kind"
- 106. "The Better Half"
- 107. "Mah Jong Maniacs"
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- 108. "The Funeral March of Lupin III (First Movement)"
- 109. "The Funeral March of Lupin III (Second Movement)"
- "Lupin Tells All"
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Japanese editions
Power Comics
No. |
Release date |
ISBN |
01 |
September 25, 1974[6] |
— |
02 |
October 25, 1974[7] |
— |
03 |
November 25, 1974[8] |
— |
04 |
December 20, 1974[9] |
— |
05 |
July 10, 1975[10] |
— |
06 |
September 10, 1975[11] |
— |
07 |
February 10, 1976[12] |
— |
08 |
April 10, 1976[13] |
— |
09 |
June 10, 1976[14] |
— |
10 |
August 10, 1976[15] |
— |
11 |
September 10, 1976[16] |
— |
12 |
October 10, 1976[17] |
— |
13 |
November 10, 1976[18] |
— |
14 |
December 10, 1976[19] |
— |
100ten
No. |
Release date |
ISBN |
01 |
January 10, 1983[20] |
— |
02 |
January 10, 1983[21] |
— |
03 |
February 10, 1983[22] |
— |
04 |
February 10, 1983[23] |
— |
05 |
March 10, 1983[24] |
— |
06 |
March 10, 1983[25] |
— |
07 |
April 10, 1983[26] |
— |
08 |
April 10, 1983[27] |
— |
09 |
May 10, 1983[28] |
— |
10 |
May 10, 1983[29] |
— |
11 |
June 10, 1983[30] |
— |
12 |
June 10, 1983[31] |
— |
13 |
July 10, 1983[32] |
— |
14 |
July 10, 1983[33] |
— |
Aizouban
The order of chapters in this edition is altered slightly, with some chapters not included and multipart stories having less chapters.
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