Lupin III: Pilot Film
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Lupin III: Pilot Film

ルパン三世 Pilot Film

Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Genres

  • Action
  • Comedy

Tags

all 7
  • Main CastPrimarily Adult Cast90
  • ActionGuns79
  • ActionFugitive79
  • Main CastMale Protagonist50
  • TraitsNudity40
  • DemographicShounen40
  • TraitsSamurai20

Genres: Action, Comedy. Tags: Primarily Adult Cast, Guns, Fugitive, Male Protagonist, Nudity, Shounen, Samurai.

#8833

Ranked

#6744

Popularity

6

Favorites

4.0K

Members

Episode Progress

Complete

1 / 1 episodes aired

All 1 episodes available

Movie1 / 1 epsFinished6.36
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Aired
Jan 1, 1969 –
Duration
12 min
Time to Complete
12m
Rating
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Studio
Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Alternative Titles

jaルパン三世 Pilot Film

Synopsis

Two years after the birth of the manga a pilot film was released. It was a brief film of only 13 minutes that had the purpose of assay the response to a possible future anime realization of Lupin III. The pilot opens with a challenge call from Lupin to Zenigata from a public phone. (Source: AniDB)

Synopsis

The Pilot was included on the 2012 release of Lupin III Part 1 DVD, by Discotek.

Franchise Timeline

Franchise Timeline

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Meitantei Conan Movie 29: Highway no Datenshi

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Detective Conan: The Gold-Star Answer

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70Current

Lupin III: Pilot Film

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Optional MOVIE

71

Lupin III

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72

Lupin III: Part II

TV1977

Optional TV

73

Lupin III: Pilot Film (1978)

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74

Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo

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Complete·Everything including OVAs, specials & side stories

  1. Case Closed
    1996
  2. Legendary Brave Swordsman Yaiba
    Optional TV1993
  3. Case Closed Movie 01: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
    Optional MOVIE1997
  4. Case Closed Movie 02: The Fourteenth Target
    Optional MOVIE1998
  5. Case Closed Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century
    Optional MOVIE1999
  6. Case Closed Movie 04: Captured In Her Eyes
    Optional MOVIE2000
  7. Detective Conan OVA 01: Conan VS KID VS Yaiba
    Optional OVA2000
  8. Case Closed Movie 05: Countdown to Heaven
    Optional MOVIE2001
  9. Detective Conan OVA 02: 16 Suspects
    Optional OVA2002
  10. Case Closed Movie 06: The Phantom of Baker Street
    Optional MOVIE2002
  11. Detective Conan OVA 03: Conan and Heiji and the Vanished Boy
    Optional OVA2003
  12. Detective Conan Movie 07: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital
    Optional MOVIE2003
  13. Detective Conan OVA 04: Conan and Kid and Crystal Mother
    Optional OVA2004
  14. Detective Conan Movie 08: Magician of the Silver Sky
    Optional MOVIE2004
  15. Detective Conan OVA 05: The Target is Kogoro! The Detective Boys' Secret Investigation
    Optional OVA2005
  16. Detective Conan Movie 09: Strategy Above the Depths
    Optional MOVIE2005
  17. Detective Conan: Conan vs. Kid - Shark & Jewel
    Optional MOVIE2005
  18. Detective Conan OVA 06: Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid!
    Optional OVA2006
  19. Detective Conan Movie 10: The Private Eyes' Requiem
    Optional MOVIE2006
  20. Detective Conan: Conan vs. Kid - Jet Black Sniper
    Optional MOVIE2006
  21. Detective Conan OVA 07: A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys
    Optional OVA2007
  22. Detective Conan Movie 11: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure
    Optional MOVIE2007
  23. Detective Conan: Black History
    Optional TV2007
  24. Detective Conan OVA 08: High School Girl Detective Sonoko Suzuki's Case Files
    Optional OVA2008
  25. Detective Conan Movie 12: Full Score of Fear
    Optional MOVIE2008
  26. Detective Conan Magic File 2: Kudou Shinichi - The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab
    Optional OVA2008
  27. Lupin III vs. Detective Conan
    Optional TV2009
  28. Detective Conan Movie 13: The Raven Chaser
    Optional MOVIE2009
  29. Detective Conan Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran - Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata
    Optional OVA2009
  30. Detective Conan OVA 09: The Stranger in 10 Years...
    Optional OVA2009
  31. Detective Conan OVA 10: Kid in Trap Island
    Optional OVA2010
  32. Magic Kaito
    Optional TV2010
  33. Detective Conan Movie 14: The Lost Ship in the Sky
    Optional MOVIE2010
  34. Detective Conan Magic File 4: Osaka Okonomiyaki Odyssey
    Optional OVA2010
  35. Detective Conan Movie 15: Quarter of Silence
    Optional MOVIE2011
  36. Detective Conan Magic File 5: Niigata - Tokyo Omiyage Capriccio
    Optional OVA2011
  37. Detective Conan vs. Wooo
    Optional ONA2011
  38. Detective Conan OVA 11: A Secret Order from London
    Optional OVA2011
  39. Detective Conan Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker
    Optional MOVIE2012
  40. Detective Conan Bonus File: Fantasista Flower
    Optional OVA2012
  41. Detective Conan OVA 12: The Miracle of Excalibur
    Optional OVA2012
  42. Detective Conan Movie 17: Private Eye in the Distant Sea
    Optional MOVIE2013
  43. Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie
    Optional MOVIE2013
  44. Detective Conan Movie 18: Dimensional Sniper
    Optional MOVIE2014
  45. Detective Conan: The Fugitive Kogorou Mouri
    Optional ONA2014
  46. Magic Kaito 1412
    Optional TV2014
  47. The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History
    Optional TV2014
  48. Meitantei Conan: Tantei-tachi no Starry Night
    Optional MOVIE2015
  49. Detective Conan: Happy New Year Special
    Optional SPECIAL2015
  50. Detective Conan Movie 19: The Sunflowers of Inferno
    Optional MOVIE2015
  51. Detective Conan Movie 20: The Darkest Nightmare
    Optional MOVIE2016
  52. Detective Conan Movie 21: The Crimson Love Letter
    Optional MOVIE2017
  53. Case Closed Movie 22: Zero the Enforcer
    Optional MOVIE2018
  54. Case Closed Movie 23: The Fist of Blue Sapphire
    Optional MOVIE2019
  55. Detective Conan: The Scarlet Alibi
    Optional MOVIE2021
  56. Detective Conan Movie 24: The Scarlet Bullet
    Optional MOVIE2021
  57. Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time
    Optional TV2022
  58. Detective Conan Movie 25: The Bride of Halloween
    Optional MOVIE2022
  59. Detective Conan: Love Story at Police Headquarters - Wedding Eve
    Optional SPECIAL2022
  60. Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa
    Optional TV2022
  61. Detective Conan: Ai Haibara's Story - Jet-Black Mystery Train
    Optional MOVIE2023
  62. Detective Conan: Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story - Case. Furuya Rei
    Optional TV2023
  63. Detective Conan Movie 26: Black Iron Submarine
    Optional MOVIE2023
  64. Detective Conan vs. Kid the Phantom Thief
    Optional MOVIE2024
  65. Meitantei Conan × McDonald's
    Optional TV2024
  66. Detective Conan Movie 27: The Million-Dollar Pentagram
    Optional MOVIE2024
  67. Detective Conan Movie 28: One-Eyed Flashback
    Optional MOVIE2025
  68. Meitantei Conan Movie 29: Highway no Datenshi
    Optional MOVIE2026
  69. Detective Conan: The Gold-Star Answer
    Optional TV2026
  70. Lupin III: Pilot Film
    Optional MOVIE1969
  71. Lupin III
    Optional TV1971
  72. Lupin III: Part II
    Optional TV1977
  73. Lupin III: Pilot Film (1978)
    Optional MOVIE1978
  74. Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo
    Optional MOVIE1978
  75. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
    Optional MOVIE1979
  76. Cat's Eye
    Optional TV1983
  77. Lupin III: Part III
    Optional TV1984
  78. Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
    Optional MOVIE1985
  79. Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy
    Optional MOVIE1987
  80. Lupin III: Goodbye Lady Liberty
    Optional TV1989
  81. Lupin III: The Hemingway Papers
    Optional TV1990
  82. Lupin III: Napoleon's Dictionary
    Optional TV1991
  83. Lupin III: From Siberia With Love
    Optional TV1992
  84. Lupin III: Voyage to Danger
    Optional TV1993
  85. Lupin III: Dragon of Doom
    Optional TV1994
  86. Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus
    Optional MOVIE1995
  87. Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
    Optional TV1995
  88. Lupin III: Dead or Alive
    Optional MOVIE1996
  89. Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini
    Optional TV1996
  90. Lupin III: Island of Assassins
    Optional TV1997
  91. Lupin III: Tokyo Crisis
    Optional TV1998
  92. Lupin III: The Columbus Files
    Optional TV1999
  93. Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar
    Optional TV2000
  94. Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection
    Optional TV2001
  95. Lupin III: Return of Pycal
    Optional OVA2002
  96. Lupin III Episode 0: The First Contact
    Optional TV2002
  97. Lupin III: Operation Return the Treasure
    Optional TV2003
  98. Lupin III: Swallowtail Tattoo
    Optional TV2004
  99. Lupin III: Angel Tactics
    Optional TV2005
  100. Detective Conan Movie 10: Requiem of the Detectives Recap
    Optional TV2006
  101. Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody
    Optional SPECIAL2006
  102. Lupin III: Elusiveness of the Fog
    Optional SPECIAL2007
  103. Lupin III: Green vs. Red
    Optional OVA2008
  104. Lupin III: Sweet Lost Night
    Optional TV2008
  105. Play the Lupin: Clips x Parts Collection
    Optional MUSIC2009
  106. Lupin III: The Last Job
    Optional TV2010
  107. Lupin III: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid
    Optional TV2011
  108. Lupin III 3DCG
    Optional SPECIAL2012
  109. Lupin III: Lupin Ikka Seizoroi
    Optional SPECIAL2012
  110. Lupin VIII
    Optional SPECIAL2012
  111. Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
    Optional TV2012
  112. Lupin III: The Secret Page of Marco Polo
    Optional TV2012
  113. Lupin Shanshei
    Optional OVA2012
  114. Lupin Shanshei Pilot
    Optional SPECIAL2012
  115. Lupin III: Princess of the Breeze
    Optional TV2013
  116. Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone
    Optional MOVIE2014
  117. Lupin the Third Part 4 Specials
    Optional SPECIAL2015
  118. Lupin the Third Part 4
    Optional TV2015
  119. Lupin III (2015): Italian Game
    Optional TV2016
  120. Lupin the Third: Goemon's Blood Spray
    Optional MOVIE2017
  121. Lupin the Third Part 5
    Optional TV2018
  122. Lupin the Third: Is Lupin Still Burning?
    Optional OVA2018
  123. Detective Conan: Amuro Secret Call
    Optional SPECIAL2018
  124. Lupin III: Goodbye Partner
    Optional TV2019
  125. Lupin the Third: Fujiko Mine's Lie
    Optional MOVIE2019
  126. Lupin III: Prison of the Past
    Optional TV2019
  127. Lupin III: The First
    Optional MOVIE2019
  128. Lupin the Third Part 6: The Times
    Optional TV2021
  129. Lupin the Third Part 6
    Optional TV2021
  130. Lupin Zero
    Optional ONA2022
  131. Lupin the 3rd vs Cat's Eye
    Optional ONA2023
  132. Lupin the IIIrd: Zenigata and the Two Lupins
    Optional ONA2025
  133. Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: The Immortal Bloodline
    Optional MOVIE2025

Platform Scores

MAL

6.36

Canonical
Rank #8833Votes 5.6K

AniList

61 / 100

Trend 0Popularity 4K

Kitsu

65 / 100

Rank #9386Users 1.3KRuntime 12m

AniList Trend

7

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Status Breakdown

3,975users
Completed2,92473.6%
Planning92823.3%
Watching541.4%
Dropped471.2%
Paused220.6%

Tags

Shows how closely each tag relates to this anime
Main Cast2
Primarily Adult Cast
90
Male Protagonist
50
Action2
Guns
79
Fugitive
79
Traits2
Nudity
40
Samurai
20
Demographic1
Shounen
40

Relations

1971
Lupin III

Lupin III

Parent StoryTV
Finished
·Fall 1971·23 eps
1971
Lupin III

Lupin III

SequelTV
Finished
·Fall 1971·23 eps
1978
Lupin III: Pilot Film (1978)

Lupin III: Pilot Film (1978)

Alt. VersionMovie
Finished
·1978·1 ep

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Lupin III: Pilot Film have?

Lupin III: Pilot Film is a movie consisting of exactly 1 episode.

Is Lupin III: Pilot Film worth watching?

Lupin III: Pilot Film has a score of 6.36/10 and was created to gauge audience interest in a potential future anime adaptation of the series.

What is the age rating for Lupin III: Pilot Film?

Lupin III: Pilot Film is rated R - 17+ due to its inclusion of violence and profanity.

What is the plot of Lupin III: Pilot Film?

The film features a challenge call from Lupin to Zenigata from a public phone and was produced two years after the birth of the manga.

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