It was released on subtitled VHS and LaserDisc in North America by AnimEigo in 1994 under the "Rupan III" name, due to copyright concerns with Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin.

Lupin investigates using the information he's collected, with Jigen and Goemon skeptical based on the legends relating to the Tower of Babel and its connection to "Gods".

Arriving in Baghdad, the crew, plus Fujiko, make it to the excavation site run by Marciano, and using their information, Lupin sneaks his way into the ruins overnight.

After passing the boobytraps, he comes across a visage of a young Rosetta, claiming that she was sent to Earth by her “God” that appears every 76 years, which Lupin deduces is Hailey's Comet.

Marciano and the hitmen attempt to claim the treasure for themselves, but Lupin flies away and escapes, only to be shot down by Fujiko who, accompanied by Rosetta, takes the lion for herself.

As they attempt to stop their descent, Lupin reveals to Fujiko the secret behind the treasure of Babylon, that "God" had collected all the gold he could and planned to take it back with him, but dropped it, with it landing somewhere in New York.

The following night, Rosetta uses her candelabra to send a signal to Hailey's Comet from atop Madison Square, as a UFO emerges from it, and the giant golden Tower of Babel is unearthed from below.

AnimEigo released the film with English subtitles and Japanese dialogue under the title "Rupan III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon" on VHS and LaserDisc in the North America in 1995.

Mike Toole of Anime News Network stated that when he first watched The Legend of the Gold of Babylon in the 1990s, he hated it, having only known Lupin as the "smooth, gallant antihero" from The Castle of Cagliostro and The Plot of the Fuma Clan.

Whereas Legend of the Gold of Babylon's version of Lupin is closer to Monkey Punch's original "rough, drunken, lecherous crook."