Ahead of the Japanese premiere in October, as we gaze longingly at the Italian broadcast its’ getting now, some additional details have surfaced about the show. We got the nod earlier about Yukiyo Fujii taking on the role of Rebecca in the series and now we’ve got some news on another new character with Nyx. Listed as an MI6 spit that has a bit of Bond-ism about him, it’s been revealed that he’ll be played by Shunsuke Sakuya. Sakuya has a solid list of credits to his name overall and was recently heard as Ishikawa in the new Ghost in the Shell: Arise OVA series. He also got a lot of fans for his performance as Dragon in the Ping Pong series last year.
As noted before, this will mark the first time since the Part III series ended back in 1985 that we’ve had a full on TV series for the property. We’ve had countless specials and movies since, and a renewed interest in the TV form through the 2012 series Lupin the 3rd: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, but now the title character and his group will get to shine again.
The series is taking place in Italy and San Marino, which is where it got its world premiere before the fall 2015 Japanese debut.
The series will have Kazuhide Tomonaga working as the chief director on the property, which is welcome as he was involved in some of the best parts of previous films, while Yuichiro Yano will be directing based on scripts by Yuuya Takahashi. The series is going to be animated at Telecom Animation Film. They’re not exactly a really well-known production company, but they’re heavily involved in backgrounds, finishing animation and a lot of secondary production assistance. They worked on the Inuyahsa TV series and were involved in the Brave Story feature as the primary animation production company. They have experience with this franchise as well, having been involved in several of the specials and a couple of the movies as well.
[Source: ANN]
