After four years since the first team-up special, Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie was released in Japan on December 7, 2013. The television special aired on NTV in 2009 and earned a 19.5% rating.
Lupin sets his sights on the legendary big jewel, the Cherry Sapphire, and Conan sets out to stop him. There is a certain mysterious Alan Smithee lurking in the background of the case. At the beginning, Ginzo Nakamori gets ready for a Kid heist by getting four trucks with huge, strong wind funnels on their roofs so that when Kid escapes, he will be blown to the nearby river. Kaitou Kid appears, steals the diamond, and as expected, is blown to the river. A large net tries to catch him but he dodges it and goes upriver in a boat.
Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie is currently the highest grossing film in the Detective Conan franchise, grossing up to over 4 billion yen.
The previous crossover event, Lupin III vs. Detective Conan, is heavily referenced in this movie, including one of its elements being used as a major plot device.
Another reference is made to Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure, where Miwako Sato referred to Lupin as her "first love". She reiterates this statement in this movie even as she tries to take him down.
