Lupin III (anime)

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Lupin III


caption =
ja_name = ルパン三世
ja_name_trans = Rupan Sansei
genre = Action, Adventure, KaitōInfobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Masaaki Osumi (Ep. 1-6,9,12)
Hayao Miyazaki & Isao Takahata (Ep. 7,8,10,11,13-23)
studio = TMS
network = flagicon|Japan YTV
network_other = flagicon|Philippines GMA 7
flagicon|South Korea Tooniverse
flagicon|Italy Mediaset
first = 24 October 1971
last = 26 March 1972
episodes = 23

nihongo|"Lupin III"|ルパン三世|Rupan Sansei is the first anime made after the manga series of the same name, produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. A pilot film was made in 1969, but a full series was not made until 2 years later. Footage from the pilot film is used in the opening sequence for this series. Each Lupin series is easily identifiable by the color of Lupin's Jacket, In this series Arsène Lupin III wears a green jacket.

The series, based on the "Lupin III" manga written by Monkey Punch beginning in 1967,citeweb|url=http://www.lupinencyclopedia.com/manga|title="Lupin III" Encyclopedia - Manga|publisher=Luis A. Cruz|accessdate=2007-09-01] centers on the adventures of Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels. He is joined by Daisuke Jigen, Lupin's closest ally; Fujiko Mine, the "femme fatale" and Lupin's love interest who works against Lupin more often than with him; and Goemon Ishikawa XIII, a master swordsman and the descendant of Ishikawa Goemon, the legendary Japanese bandit. Lupin is often chased by Inspector Koichi Zenigata of the ICPO, the descendant of Zenigata Heiji. A rather cynical detective, Zenigata has made it his life's mission to chase Lupin across the globe in hopes of arresting him.

The series originaly did poor in the ratings and was cancelled after 23 episodes. However it did well in reruns leading to a new series in 1979.citeweb|url=http://www.lupinencyclopedia.com/anime/first_series|title="Lupin III" Encyclopedia - First Series|publisher=Luis A. Cruz|accessdate=2008-08-19]

Cast

Japanese voice cast
* Yasuo Yamada as Arsène Lupin III
* Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Daisuke Jigen
* Chikao Otsuka as Goemon Ishikawa XIII
* Yuukiko Nikaido as Fujiko Mine
* Goro Naya as Inspector Koichi Zenigata

See also

* List of "Lupin III" episodes
* "Lupin III Part II"
* "Lupin III Part III"

References

External links

* [http://www.lupinencyclopedia.com/anime/first_series "Lupin III" on LupinEncyclopedia.com]