Lupin the 3rd: A Woman Called Fujiko Mine

After 27 years of hiatus, TMS announced a new Lupin the 3rd series will air in Japan on April 4th, 2012. The new series will focus largely on Mine Fujiko and will focus on the Lupin gang’s earlier days. The tone and animation style are reminiscent of Monkey Punch’s original manga series.

FUNImation acquired the streaming rights to the series and currently has an English dub version int he works.

Teaser Trailer

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Details
Released by: Tokyo Movie Shinsa
Series Length: 13 Episodes
Director: Sayo Yamamoto
Animation Director: Takeshi Koike

Cast
Arsène Lupin the 3rd: Kanichi Kurita, Sonny Strait
Daisuke Jigen: Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Goemin Ishikawa the 13th: Daisuke Namikawa
Fujiko Mine: Miyuki Sawashiro
Inspector Koichi Zenigata: Koichi Yamadera, Richard Epcar

Character Model Sheets