Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie

There’s a secluded house in the desert where Fujiko Mine helps a man named Randy take care of his frail son Gene. It’d be idyllic, if it weren’t a lie. Randy’s embezzled a load of cash, and Fujiko couldn’t care less about the family. Or... is that the lie? When the corporation Randy stole from sends a bizarre man to kill him, Fujiko heeds Randy’s request to protect Gene, and goes beyond the pale for the boy. Still... could that be yet another lie? Gene knows where the money is, and refuses to say until he’s avenged his father. What will Fujiko do? Will her lies spin out of control? Or was every man just playing to her tune from the start? All things may not be what they seem in Takeshi Koike’s newest Lupin the IIIrd film, Fujiko’s Lie!

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1 eps · 2009

It trades cons and lies for a hallucinatory race, but keeps the same reckless, adult-cast energy and stylized violence.

Michiko & Hatchin 69%

22 eps · 2008

Swap Fujiko's cons for a fugitive road trip, and you get another sharp woman dragging a kid through danger while hiding her true feelings.

Virtua Fighter 68%

35 eps · 1995

The globe-trotting fights and shady conspiracies give you the same restless, adventure-hungry momentum without the deception games.

Black Cat 67%

23 eps · 2005

A cold gunman softened by an unlikely companion mirrors the way Fujiko's hard shell cracks around Gene.