Lupin III: Jigen's Gravestone
| Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine | |
North American Blu-ray set, by Funimation
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LUPIN the Third ～峰不二子という女～ (Rupan za Saado ~Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna~) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Drama, Crime |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Sayo Yamamoto |
| Produced by | Seiji Okuda (executive producer) Naoki Iwasa Toshio Nakatani Yu Kiyozono |
| Written by |
Mari Okada (series composition) Itsuko Miyoshi (ep 2) Dai Satō (eps 3, 7, 10) Shinsuke Ōnishi (ep 5) Junji Nishimura (ep 8) |
| Music by | Naruyoshi Kikuchi |
| Studio | TMS/Po10tial |
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| Original network | NTV |
| Original run | April 4, 2012 – June 27, 2012 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Anime film | |
| Jigen's Gravestone | |
| Directed by | Takeshi Koike |
| Produced by | Yu Kiyozono |
| Written by | Yuuya Takahashi |
| Music by | James Shimoji |
| Studio | Telecom Animation Film |
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| Released | June 21, 2014 |
| Runtime | 51 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Goemon Ishikawa's Spray of Blood | |
| Directed by | Takeshi Koike |
| Produced by | Yu Kiyozono |
| Written by | Yuuya Takahashi |
| Music by | James Shimoji |
| Studio | Telecom Animation Film |
| Released | February 4, 2017 |
| Runtime | 54 minutes |
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (LUPIN the Third -峰不二子という女- Rupan za Saado Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna) is the fourth incarnation of TMS Entertainment's long-running anime television adaptation of the Lupin III manga series written by Monkey Punch. Directed by Sayo Yamamoto, it aired on NTV from April 4, 2012 to June 27, 2012. It focuses on the franchise's heroine, Fujiko Mine, as she undergoes various missions and encounters the rest of the Lupin III cast for the first time. Unlike the franchise's previous three televised anime, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine is more sexually oriented in order to capture the "sensuality" present in the original manga as well as darker and more serious. It is also the only installment in the franchise to be directed by a woman and the first in which Lupin is not the protagonist.
VAP released the anime on home video in four-disc DVD and Blu-ray box sets on September 19, 2012. Funimation simulcasted the series, with English subtitles, on their website and Nico Nico for North American audiences as it aired in Japan. They released The Woman Called Fujiko Mine in Blu-ray and Blu-ray/DVD sets on August 20, 2013, including an English-language dub. Manga Entertainment released a similar set in the United Kingdom on September 16, whereas Hanabee released it in Australasia in two parts, on October 16 and November 20.
In April 2011, it was reported that a new Lupin III animated television series would air in the fall on NTV. However, NTV then said the project was only a TV special (Blood Seal – Eternal Mermaid which aired in December), not a series. In 2012, Toho Cinemas announced that a promotional video for a "new television series premiering in April" would be shown at a Lupin 40th Anniversary event on March 18.Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine was announced a week later as a thirteen episode serial. The series was part of the 40th Anniversary of the Lupin animated series, and the 45th Anniversary of the original manga.
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