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Lupin III's 5th Anime Series' Video Previews Inori Minase's Hacker Girl Role
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The official website for the fifth Hisao Yokobori, and additional broadcast and streaming details.
The video begins with the brilliant hacker girl Ami Enan uttering the phrase, "Hello, underworld." It also shows Lupin taking a smartphone selfie, and Zenigata's new detective subordinate Gorō Yadagarasu battling with Goemon and the others.
The new visual has Ami ing the familiar faces of Lupin, Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko. Yokobori notes that the visual features Lupin III wearing a monocle — an iconic element of Maurice Leblanc's original thief character Arsène Lupin.
The Hulu and other services listed on the website. The cast will appear at a stage event at the AnimeJapan convention during the March 24-25 weekend.
The anime's new characters include:
From left to right in images above:
- Inori Minase as Ami Enan, a brilliant hacker girl
- Kenjirō Tsuda as Albert Dandorojii, a mysterious man who knows Lupin's past
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Gorō Yadagarasu, an IO detective and Zenigata's subordinate
Miyuki Sawashiro (Fujiko) is singing the ending theme song "Seine no Kaze ni … (Adieu)."
The new series moves the setting to modern . 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.
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 — 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.
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For decades, Lupin III was renamed as Edgar in , but starting at Japan Expo, the character is returning to his original Lupin III name in .
Lupin III: Part IV, the first Lupin III television anime series in three decades to star the titular character, 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.
Anime Expo in July.
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