Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection (2001)

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Reviewed 11 Aug 2025

Come for the anime Columbo and the San Fran capers, suffer through the cartoonish racism and sexism, stay for the absolutely wild third-act twist. There's also some nice if occasionally clunky music, some inventive chase scenes, and a few good Lupin–Zenigata momence, though they do tend to sideline everyone else (Jigen and Goemon's side-stories here feel very ā€œ00s-anime filler episodeā€ā€¦ gotta find something for the lads to do I guess).