Episode 0: The First Contact
| Lupin the 3rd Episode 0: First Contact | |
DVD cover | |
| ルパン三世 EPISODE:0 ファーストコンタクト (Rupan Sansei Episōdo Zero Faasuto Kontakuto) | |
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| Created by | Monkey Punch |
| Anime television film | |
| Directed by | Minoru Ōhara |
| Produced by | Hiromichi Ohishi Keiko Konori Yasumichi Ozaki |
| Written by | Shōji Yonemura Osamu Dezaki |
| Music by | Yuji Ohno |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
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| Original network | NNS (NTV) |
| Released | July 26, 2002 |
| Runtime | 92 minutes |
Lupin the 3rd: Episode 0: First Contact (ルパン三世 EPISODE:0 ファーストコンタクト, Rupan Sansei Episōdo Zero Faasuto Kontakuto) is the fourteenth Lupin III television special. It premiered on Nippon Television in 2002, as part of the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Lupin III TV series. The special depicts the first meeting of Lupin and the rest of his gang.