Lupin the 3rd Part IV: The Italian Adventure

Lupin the 3rd Part IV: The Italian Adventure, also known simply as Lupin the Third Part IV (Japanese: ルパン三世 PART IV, Hepburn: Rupan Sansei Pāto Fō),[3] is a Japanese anime television series animated by Telecom Animation Film. Part of the Lupin III franchise, it is the fifth anime television adaptation of the Lupin III manga series created by Monkey Punch. The series aired from August to November 2015 on Italia 1 in Italy, and from October 2015 to March 2016 on Nippon TV in Japan. It started airing in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in June 2017.

Lupin the 3rd Part IV:
The Italian Adventure
Promotional poster
ルパン三世 PART IV
(Rupan Sansei Pāto Fō)
GenreAdventure, comedy[1]
Anime television series
Directed byKazuhide Tomonaga (Chief director)
Yūichirō Yano
Produced byYu Kiyozono
Written byYūya Takahashi
Music byYuji Ohno (Japanese version)
Papik (International version)[2]
StudioTelecom Animation Film
Licensed by
Original networkItalia 1 (Italy)
Nippon TV (Japan)
English network
Original run August 30, 2015 – November 30, 2015 (Italy)
Episodes26

Plot

Most of the story takes place in Italy and San Marino, although some episodes are partly set elsewhere (e.g., France, Japan), with Lupin wearing a blue jacket.

Voice cast
CharacterJapaneseEnglish[4]Italian
Lupin IIIKanichi KuritaTony OliverStefano Onofri
Daisuke JigenKiyoshi KobayashiRichard EpcarAlessandro D'Errico
Goemon Ishikawa XIIIDaisuke NamikawaLex LangAntonio Palumbo
Fujiko MineMiyuki SawashiroMichelle RuffAlessandra Korompay
Inspector Koichi ZenigataKōichi YamaderaDoug ErholtzRodolfo Bianchi
Rebecca RosselliniYukiyo FujiiCassandra Lee MorrisGaia Bolognesi
Justin Person (Agent Nyx)Shunsuke SakuyaMichael McConnohieFabrizio Pucci
Robson ZuccoliJin YamanoiNeil KaplanGuido Di Naccio
Kou UragaEiji HanawaMichael SinterniklaasAndrea Lavagnino
Percival GibbonsShinshū FujiJB BlancPierluigi Astore
Leonardo da VinciKazuhiko InoueJamieson K. PriceMarco Baroni

Media

Manga

A manga adaptation by Naoya Hayakawa began publication on December 28, 2015.[5] Titled Lupin the Third Italiano (ルパン三世 ITALIANO, Rupan Sansei Itariāno), four volumes have been published by Futabasha as of November 28, 2016.[6]

Anime
Main article: List of Lupin the 3rd Part IV: The Italian Adventure episodes

The series received its world premiere in Italy on August 30, 2015 on the Italia 1 and Italia 1 HD channels,[7] and a preview screening at Concordia theater in San Marino on August 29, 2015.[8] The Japanese premiere was on October 1, 2015 on NTV and the series was made available on the J:Com and Hulu Japan services on October 21.[9][10] It ran for 26 episodes in Italy and 24 episodes in Japan. The main theme song for the Italian version of the series, "Lupin, un ladro in vacanza" (Lupin, a thief on holiday) is performed by Italian hip-hop singer Moreno featuring Giorgio Vanni.[11] The main theme song 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.[12] The series was released across DVD and Blu-ray releases by VAP in Japan between December 23, 2015 and July 20, 2016.[13]

Crunchyroll began streaming the series as Lupin the Third - Part 4 on January 7, 2016. All episode previously broadcast in Japan were added at the same time.[14] The series has been licensed by Anime Limited for the UK market and by Discotek Media for the North American market. The English dub, which was directed by Richard Epcar and Ellyn Stern,[15][4] started airing in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on June 18, 2017[16] and concluded on January 21, 2018. The dub, which was created as an adaptation of the Italian version, and the original Japanese version of the series have been released on home video separately in English-speaking markets due to the differences between the two versions. According to Anime Limited, these differences in video footage made it "simply not possible to include both language options" in one set.[17] Discotek released the English dub in North America on Blu-ray on May 29, 2018, and on DVD on June 26, 2018, while the subtitled Japanese version was released on Blu-ray on April 30, 2019. On July 1, 2017, Funimation also started streaming a simuldub of the series with episodes airing every Sunday.[18]

Production

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.[19]

Reception

Daryl Surat of Otaku USA magazine refers to Part 4 as the "grand unification of Lupin styles" due to combining elements from several different eras of the franchise; "a bit dangerous like the originals, a bit silly like the 1980s 'pink jacket' Lupin, a bit bizarre like The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, a bit 'gentleman thief with a heart of gold' like Hayao Miyazaki's Cagliostro interpretation."[20]

References
  1. "Lupin The 3rd Part4". Funimation. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  2. "Papik compone le musiche per Lupin III" (in Italian). June 8, 2015. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  3. "VAP ルパン三世連動購入キャンペーン" (in Japanese). VAP. Archived from the original on May 4, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  4. "Discotek Licenses Lupin III: Part IV for 2017 Release With English Dub". Anime News Network. November 1, 2016. Archived from the original on November 2, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  5. "ルパン三世 ITALIANO 1" (in Japanese). Futabasha. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
  6. "ルパン三世 ITALIANO 4" (in Japanese). Futabasha. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  7. "Lupin III - L'avventura italiana". RTI Mediaset. August 15, 2015. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  8. "LUPIN III presto al CONCORDIA con ben 2 episodi MADE in RSM". RTV San Marino. August 21, 2015. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  9. "On Air". TMS Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  10. Beveridge, Chris (October 22, 2015). "Lupin the 3rd Part Four' Anime Begins Hulu Distribution… In Japan". The Fandom Post. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  11. "Lupin, un ladro in vacanza - Single". Apple iTunes. August 28, 2015. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  12. "2015 Lupin III TV Anime's New Video, Ending Theme Revealed". Anime News Network. August 26, 2015. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  13. "「ルパン三世」待望の新シリーズのBlu-ray&DVDが2015年12月23日より全8巻、順次発売決定！". Animate.tv. October 1, 2015. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  14. "Crunchyroll to Simulcast Lupin III Part 4 Anime". Anime News Network. December 29, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  15. "Anime Limited Updates from MCM London Comic Con (Updated 3)". Anime News Network. May 29, 2016. Archived from the original on September 7, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  16. "Lupin III: Part IV to Premiere on Toonami with English Dub". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 20, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  17. "Lupin III: Part IV Released Monday". Anime News Network. June 10, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  18. "Archived copy". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  19. "New Lupin III Anime to Premiere This Fall With Original Composer (Update)". Anime News Network. April 20, 2015. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  20. Surat, Daryl (June 18, 2016). "A Look at Lupin the Third, Anime's Greatest Thief". Otaku USA. Archived from the original on June 22, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
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