Gemstone, the Mermaid's Scale, appears in a secret, underground auction. The queen of the underworld coerces Lupin into stealing the rock for her. Quickly discovering not only that the stone is a forgery, but that the real Mermaid's Scale is part of an unsolved riddle that leads to transcending mortality!
Direction
Takiguchi balances slapstick and genuine tension like a tightrope.
Writing
Riddle-plot rewards attention without punishing casual viewers.
Director
Teiichi Takiguchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2011 special was the first Lupin TV movie without original voice actor Yasuo Yamada, with Kanichi Kurita fully inheriting the role after years of understudying.
The 'mermaid scale' legend draws from Japanese ningyo folklore, where eating mermaid flesh grants immortality—famously explored in Rumiko Takahashi's Mermaid Saga, creating intertextual anime DNA.
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