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Lupin the Third Part 5 Anime Streams Ending Sequence
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The official website for Miyuki Sawashiro (Fujiko).
The anime's official posted a clean version of the anime's opening sequence on Monday.
The Lupin the Third: Part 5 series will premiere in Hulu and other services listed on the website.
Crunchyroll will stream the series in Japanese with English subtitles as it airs in Japan. TMS Entertainment USA describes the anime:
Lupin the 3rd Part 5 (24 x 30-minute episodes) is going to reveal the secret life story of how Lupin III came to be the world's greatest thief. Lupin III, grandson of the infamous phantom thief Arsène Lupin, is a notorious thief who never fails in taking what he targets. Lupin works along with Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa, and Fujiko Mine. Despite dealing against Inspector Zenigata, who has dedicated his life to capturing Lupin, they continue to swiftly take their targeted treasures. The series will be based in , focusing on Lupin's roots and origin, something that has been kept a mystery for 50 years…until now!
The first episode, "Twin Tower no Shōjo" (The Girl of the Twin Towers), begins with Marco Polo, an underground shopping website where people can buy illicit items like drugs and guns. Lupin's target on this caper is the digital currency that the site earns on transactions. A key is needed to steal the digital currency, so Lupin infilitrates the Twin Towers, a massive server facility under heavy security. The key's guardian whom Lupin encounters is a genius hacker girl named Ami.
Yumiko Shirai oversaw the animation.
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
Yūichirō Yano is returning from the fourth series to direct Lupin the Third: Part 5 at Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) is in charge of the series scripts.
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.
Crunchyroll began Anime Expo in July.
Source: Anime! Anime! (Kōtarō Nakase)
