LUPIN ZERO — Season 1
Before he became the Master Thief, before he reached global infamy, there was a boy whose decision changed everything...
About this season
Lupin III, a bored junior high schooler in Tokyo, takes an interest in a young Daisuke Jigen, a mysterious and impressive marksman. After striking up a conversation with Jigen at a nightclub, the latter concludes that Lupin is simply a privileged and naïve boy from a well-to-do family and doesn’t want anything to do with him. However, while helping the nightclub singer Yoko, who is being pursued by the yakuza, Jigen learns that Lupin is the grandson of a legendary thief…
Episodes (6)
1. Young Lupin Meets a Wolf
7.0Aired 16 December 2022 • 24 min
Teenage Arsène Lupin III meets Jigen for the first time in an epic encounter. However, the boys aren’t fast friends when they’re caught in a caper with a lady twice their age!
2. Hang Tight to the Treasure of the Train
8.0Aired 16 December 2022 • 24 min
While aboard a train, Lupin challenges Jigen in more ways than one. Lupin plots to take a necklace off Jigen’s hands, but will the heist be derailed by The Eleventh Daughter?
3. The Grandson of the First Vies for Succession
Aired 23 December 2022 • 24 min
Two mysterious figures approach Lupin with a threatening invitation. It turns out that they’re messengers of Arsène Lupin I, Lupin’s grandfather! But what game is afoot?
4. Claim the Whiskey Pipe
7.0Aired 30 December 2022 • 24 min
Lupin must lay low. He decides to build a secret base for Jigen and himself at school, however, making a hideout is more complicated than he expected...
5. The Man Who Operates in Secret
Aired 6 January 2023 • 24 min
Around Christmas, Lupin III meets a strange tattooed man. Meanwhile, a weapon has been stolen from a US military base by Lupin II.
6. Young Lupin Claims the Title of the Third
8.0Aired 13 January 2023 • 24 min
With minutes left until the atomic cannon is fired, Lupin takes a step toward becoming a great thief.