The spring 2018 anime series Lupin the Third: Part V delighted a lot of fans overall and gave us a good taste of a modern TV run for the property. Back in November 2020, we were teased about some special plans being put into place for the 50th-anniversary of the property and they started leaking out this past weekend as we covered. Now, TMS Entertainment has made the formal announcement of the series with Eiji Suganuma as the director working from the series composition by Takahiro Ohkura. Hiroki Marafuji is on board with the character designs and Yuji Ohno handling the music. TMS Entertainment is once again backing the animation production.
The series will debut as part of the fall 2021 season in October.
“The key visual was created by character designer Hiroki Marufuji. Accompanied by the catch phrase, “Lupin, Villain or Hero?”, the key visual uses black, white, and red tones to create a highly contrastive depiction of Lupin’s face and serves to highlight the duality and nuances of Lupin’s complex identity.
Engulfed in a painted white light, the right side of Lupin’s face, depicts a familiar carefree and gentle Lupin. The left side on the other hand, shows a face obscured by shadows, and provides a foreign and unique look at a more callous and colder Lupin.”
The Japanese cast from the most recent series includes Daisuke Namikawa as Goemon Ishikawa, Kanichi Kurita as Arsene Lupin III, Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Daisuke Jigen, Kouichi Yamadera as Inspector Zenigata, Miyuki Sawashiro as Fujiko Mine, Inori Minase as Ami Enan, Kenjiro Tsuda as Albert Dandorojii, and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Gorō Yadagarasu.
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Property Concept: His name is Lupin III. He is a gentleman thief whose grandfather was the renowned phantom thief Arsène Lupin.
When it comes to the art of thievery, there is nothing Lupin III cannot steal; whether it be jewels, works of art, hidden treasures, the secret to immortality, or the heart of a pretty girl.
Lupin’s partners are Daisuke Jigen, a great gunman; Goemon Ishikawa, a master swordsman; Fujiko Mine, a devilishly clever femme fatale. There is Inspector Zenigata, a relentless ICPO officer, consumed with an obsessive desire to apprehend the masterful thief.
2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the animated series, and thus Lupin is at it again!
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