Awesome / Lupin III <Pilot Film>

Animated short film

Signature Scene, indeed.

• The pilot's opening shot: the door squeaks open and a silhouette of a gunman steps out, bathed in yellow.
• Lupin replacing Zenigata's shogi piece with his own.
• Lupin making the phone call right outside the police station. Lampshaded by Zenigata:
  Zenigata: Don't make fun of me!
• Lupin escaping and leaving the shogi piece to gloat.
• Lupin kicking the Mook is pretty badass.
• The plane leaning onto the moving car and Lupin hopping off onto the hood.
• Lupin throwing dynamite into the car and (somehow) harmlessly jumping off a cliff into the water.
• The iconic scene where Lupin runs from gunfire under police spotlights.
• The narrator's comment during his introduction of Lupin.
  Narrator; There is no impossible in his vocabulary.
• Jigen shooting Lupin's poisoned glass.
  Jigen: It's better if you don't drink that sake.
• Jigen's shooting speed is 0.3 seconds.
• The narrator's commentary during his introduction of Jigen.
  Narrator: Lupin takes his hat off to his accuracy.
• Jigen reloading and shooting a Mook through a closed door.
• Lupin suspecting Fujiko could be the poisoner.
• Lupin throwing a knife through the curtains and Fujiko blocking it with a card.
• Fujiko shooting a machine gun through her PlayGirl magazine.
• The iconic shot of Fujiko riding her bike in sunset. This shot is homaged many times in the series.
• Fujiko sniping Lupin driving his Mercedes.
• The narrator's statement during his introduction of Fujiko.
  Narrator: Fujiko Mine is the woman to watch.
• Goemon escaping the waves on foot.
• Goemon meditating under a waterfall.
• Goemon turning to cut a leaf at the beginning of his introduction and cutting through it at the end.
• Goemon cutting through a tree with a katana.
• Jigen pulls a cop through the hole in the door and punches him. He then kicks another cop who's looking through the hole then kicks him down the stairs.
• Fujiko's minor Big Damn Heroes moment, where she blasts the gun out of the cop's hands before he could shoot Jigen.
• Jigen jumping the down a flight of stairs into the cop's face, grabbing him, then punching him.
• Jigen shooting the chandelier down.
• Goemon's declaration to Zenigata.
  Goemon: I will kill your Lupin.
• The Bandage Mummy officer who came out to announce their defeat turning out to be Lupin.
• Goemon cutting through Lupin, complimenting his own technique and instantly realizing he got the wrong guy.
  Goemon: It was surely an effective attack. (sheaths sword) But he was not Lupin.
• Lupin disguising as Kogorō Akechi, throwing rope through the window and tying it to the car bumper.
• Jigen and Fujiko escaping on the car-pulled kite.