Lupin the Third Part 4
| Lupin the 3rd | |
Lupin the Third Part IV television poster
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ルパン三世 (Rupan Sansei) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Comedy-drama, Kaitō |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kazuhide Tomonaga (Chief director) Yūichirō Yano |
| Written by | Yūya Takahashi |
| Music by |
Yuji Ohno (Japanese broadcast) Papik (Italian broadcast) |
| Studio | Telecom Animation Film (TMS Entertainment) |
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Italia 1 (Italy) NTV (Japan) |
| Original run | August 30, 2015 – November 30, 2015 (Italy) October 1, 2015 – March 17, 2016 (Japan) |
| Episodes | 26 |
Lupin the Third: The Italian Adventure (ルパン三世 L'AVVENTURA ITALIANA?), also known as Lupin III Part IV, is the fifth incarnation of TMS Entertainment's long-running anime television adaptation of the Lupin III (ルパン三世 Rupan Sansei?) manga series written by Monkey Punch.
Most of the story takes place in Italy and San Marino, although some episodes are partly set elsewhere (e.g., France, Japan), with Lupin in his 20s wearing a blue jacket.
The series was announced at Mipcom in Cannes, France in October 2014 to be broadcast in Spring 2015 in Italy, but was delayed to August. The series was produced by Telecom Animation Film, with franchise veteran Kazuhide Tomonaga serving as chief director and Yoichiro Yane directing with scripts by Yūya Takahashi. Yuji Ohno returned as series composer. Tomonaga's aim was to mix the opposing elements of the franchise and combine them into a series that is both hardboiled and comical, realistic and fantastical.
The series received its world premiere in Italy on August 30, 2015 on the Italia 1 and Italia 1 HD channels, and a preview screening at Concordia theater in San Marino on August 29, 2015. The Japanese premiere was on October 1, 2015 on NTV and the series was made available on the J:Com and Hulu services in Japan on October 21. It ran for 26 episodes in Italy and 24 episodes in Japan. The opening theme for the Italian version of the series, "Lupin, un ladro in vacanza" (Lupin, a thief on holiday) is performed by Italian talent show hip-hop singer Moreno featuring Italian anime and cartoons themes veteran Giorgio Vanni. The opening theme for the Japanese version of the series "Theme from Lupin III 2015" is composed by Yuji Ohno and performed by You & The Explosion Band. The ending theme for the Japanese version of the series "I Won't Love You if You Don't Say It Right" (ちゃんと言わなきゃ愛さない Chanto Iwanakya Aisanai?) is performed by Enka singer Sayuri Ishikawa and features lyrics written by Tsunku. It was released as a single with additional tracks in Japan on October 1, 2015.
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