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Lupin III's 5th Anime Series Reveals Staff, April Debut, Modern Setting
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The official website and Twitter account for the fifth Lupin III anime series launched and revealed the new project's staff, April premiere, and modern France setting of the story.
Yuichiro Yano is returning from the fourth series to direct Lupin the Third: Part 5 at Telecom Animation Film with character designer Hisao Yokobori. Ichiro Okouchi (Code Geass, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) is in charge of the series scripts.
The new series moves the setting to modern France. While Lupin will still use classic cars and traditional guns like the Walter P38, he will also employ the Internet, mobile devices, and other digital gadgets to take on his foes.
The series will air on NTV starting in April, and it will also stream on Hulu and other services. The Friday Road Show! television airing of Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro will debut footage from the new series on Friday.
TMS and Telecom Animation Film announced at Japan Expo in Paris last year that a fifth Lupin III series is in production. In the new series, Lupin III will travel to France — the home of his grandfather and namesake, Maurice Leblanc's master thief character Arsène Lupin. The visual above depicts the country's island commune Mont Saint-Michel.
Monkey Punch's Lupin III manga about the titular thief's escapades inspired four previous television anime series, several theatrical anime films, and a near-annual string of television anime specials. It also inspired the Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine television anime series and live-action adaptations, including 2014's live-action film.
For decades, Lupin III was renamed as Edgar in France, but starting at Japan Expo, the character is returning to his original Lupin III name in France.
Lupin III: Part IV, the first Lupin III television anime series in three decades to star the titular character, premiered in Japan in October 2015, after first premiering as Lupin III - L'avventura Italiana on Italian television on August 29, 2015. The story took place in Italy and San Marino, and it featured a blue-jacketed Lupin in his 20s.
Crunchyroll began streaming Lupin III: Part IV in January 2016. The television anime then premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block on June 17 with an English dub. The Lupin III Italian Game special aired on January 8, 2016, and TMS Entertainment premiered it in the United States at Anime Expo in July.
Source: Comic Natalie
