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), is the fifth incarnation of TMS Entertainment's long-running anime television adaptation of Lupin IIImanga. The series received its world premiere in Italy on August 30, 2015 on the Italia 1 and Italia 1 HD channels,[1] and a preview screening at Concordia theater in San Marino on August 29, 2015.[2] The Japanese premiere was on October 1, 2015 on NTV and the series was made available on the J:Com and Hulu services in Japan on October 21.[3][4] It ran for 26 episodes in Italy and 24 episodes in Japan. The opening theme for the Italian version of the series, "Lupin, un ladro in vacanza" (Lupin, a thief on holiday) is performed by Italian talent show hip-hop singer Moreno featuring Italian anime and cartoons themes veteran Giorgio Vanni.[5] The opening theme 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.[6] The series has been licensed by Anime Limited for the UK market and by Discotek Media for the North American market. The dub, which was directed by Richard Epcar and Ellyn Stern,[7][8] started airing in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block started on June 18, 2017[9] and concluded on January 21, 2018.
Episode list
Int. No.
Jap. No.
Italian title / English title Original Japanese title
After receiving a mysterious invitation, Inspector Zenigata arrives in San Marino for Lupin's wedding to Rebecca Rossellini, a wealthy heiress and businesswoman. It's soon revealed that the marriage is a sham, and that Lupin plans to steal the Royal Crown of Liberty, a rare artifact given to women to wear on the day after their wedding. Zenigata unravels the plan after someone claiming to be Lupin sends him a message, and begins chasing the criminals. As this is happening, Fujiko attempts to steal the Crown by tying up and gagging a local administrator and stealing his identity. She is captured in the ensuing chase, and Lupin is forced to surrender the Crown in exchange for her release. Someone disguised as the local police captain then leaves with the Crown, but is cornered by Lupin. After removing their disguise, it is revealed that the mastermind behind the entire plot was Rebecca, and that she deliberately manipulated Lupin to serve as a distraction while she stole the Crown herself. She manages to escape with the artifact, while Lupin remarks that he should have made her sign divorce papers before she left.
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"Il falso fantasista" / The Fake Fantasista Transliteration: "Itsuwari no fantajisuta" (Japanese: 偽りのファンタジスタ)
Takuma Hirabayashi
Tomohiro Suzuki
August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)
October 8, 2015
June 25, 2017
Mauro Brozzi, a popular footballer, asks Lupin for help to steal a medical record from a dangerous criminal's well patrolled mansion that proves he's using doping in order to fight off his upcoming blindness. Lupin agrees, asking in exchange that Brozzi score a hat-trick in his last match before retirement, the final of the Coppa Italia.
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"0.2% possibilità di sopravvivere" / 0.2% Chance of Survival Transliteration: "Seizonritsu 0.2%" (Japanese: 生存率0.2%)
Yasumi Mikamoto Kazuhide Tomonaga
Yūya Takahashi
August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)
October 15, 2015
July 9, 2017
Lupin announces that he'll manage to steal a precious diamond from the Prince of England, who is currently in Italy to pay a visit to Rebecca. However, Lupin is forced to fight for his prize against Nyx, a well-trained member of the MI6 in charge of the Prince's protection (inspired by James Bond). At the decisive moment, forced to choose between protecting the prince or kill Lupin and Jigen, Nyx decides to obey to his duty, and the two escape safely; moreover, Lupin manages to steal the jewel.
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"Tiratore scelto" / With a Gun in My Hand Transliteration: "Waga te ni kenjū o" (Japanese: 我が手に拳銃を)
Hisaya Takabayashi
Tomohiro Suzuki
August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)
October 22, 2015
July 16, 2017
Jigen finds himself in a town where a dangerous boss, Eric, punishes anyone holding a firearm by wounding them so severely that they'll die an agonizing death. Despite having been forced to hand over his gun to a young female doctor in exchange for medical care, Jigen manages to fight against Eric and his gang, forcing them to kill each other.
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"La mano sinistra del mago" / The Magician's Left Hand Transliteration: "Mahōtsukai no hidarite" (Japanese: 魔法使いの左手)
Yoshitaka Nagaoka
Erika Yoshida
September 6, 2015 (2015-09-06)
October 29, 2015
July 23, 2017
Fujiko seems to fall in love with Luca, a young circus performer. But the truth is that Fujiko is simply pretending in order to lure him into revealing her all the magic tricks that he has learned from his recently deceased mentor, the famous magician Tony Belcastro. However the same tricks are also coveted by Tony's son and Lupin himself.
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OVA–1
"Zombie a Venezia" / Venice of the Dead Transliteration: "Venisu obu za deddo" (Japanese: ヴェニス・オブ・ザ・デッド)
Hiromichi Matano
Yūya Takahashi
September 6, 2015 (2015-09-06)
DVD/Blu-ray exclusive
July 30, 2017
Rebecca invites Lupin to one of her mansions, near Venice, in order to sign the papers for their divorce. Suddenly, a horde of zombies attack the islands, and the two barely manage to escape. At the end, Lupin discovers that it was simply a candid-camera for an upcoming film Rebecca is producing. To avoid having his face publicly revealed, Lupin tries to steal the film before its debut, but Rebecca manages to convince him to give it back by assuring that digital effects will be used to make Lupin himself a zombie, saving his privacy.
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"Fino al tramonto della luna piena" / Until the Full Moon Wanes Transliteration: "Mangetsu ga sugiru made" (Japanese: 満月が過ぎるまで)
Keiko Oyamada
Tatsurō Inamoto
September 6, 2015 (2015-09-06)
November 5, 2015
August 6, 2017
Zenigata is assigned to protect Elena Gotti, the famous wife of a recently deceased billionaire, Roberto Gotti. In fact it's said that she's the only one to know where Roberdo hid all his money, so her life is continuously threatened by many robbers, including Lupin. Elena was a poor girl forced into prostitution by her own father, until she met Roberto, which saved her; but when he found out that she had a lover he spread the false news about her knowing about his caveau's hideout before he died, in order to make her life a living hell. Zenigata manages to protect her from Lupin, but it's later revealed that she was really aware of the caveau's hideout, however, after having known Zenigata, she decides to use it for the good of Italy.
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"Il rapimento" / The Zapping Operation Transliteration: "Zappingu operēshon" (Japanese: ザッピング・オペレーション)
Hiroshi Ikehata
Yūya Takahashi
September 13, 2015 (2015-09-13)
November 12, 2015
August 13, 2017
Brigitte, Nyx's daughter (who, like her sisters and her mother, doesn't know about his father's true job), is kidnapped during a school trip by women smugglers that wants to sell her as a prostitute to her own father, who is currently working undercover. When Nyx finds out, he starts looking for her using his special abilities, a situation that alerts all the MI6's Roman division. In the meantime, Brigitte finds herself in company of Lupin and Jigen, who have casually stole the smugglers' car after a robbery.
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"Benvenuti all'albergo infestato" / Welcome to the Haunted Hotel Transliteration: "Hōnteddo hoteru e yōkoso" (Japanese: ホーンテッドホテルへようこそ)
Masaki Utsunomiya
Tomohiro Suzuki
September 13, 2015 (2015-09-13)
November 19, 2015
August 20, 2017
Lupin and Jigen go looking for a treasure in an old castle, converted into an hotel, which is said to be haunted by a ghost. Here, Lupin must face an aged woman thief and her two sons, but is helped by a little girl, Carla, who claims to be the owner's daughter. At the end, Lupin manages to find the treasure room, but in the meantime he finds out that Carla herself was the ghost (in the treasure room there are also her bones); however, since someone has been able to find the treasure, she can finally rest in peace.
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"Requiem per gli assassini" / Requiem for the Assassins Transliteration: "Koroshiya-tachi no rekuiemu" (Japanese: 殺し屋たちの鎮魂歌（レクイエム）)
Yoshitaka Nagaoka
Tatsurō Inamoto
September 13, 2015 (2015-09-13)
November 26, 2015
August 27, 2017
Some time ago Goemon had been hired with other killers by the young italian politician Leopoldo Flago in order to kill Samuel Decale, an African dictator, and his bodyguard, Zora, a legendary sniper. During the mission Goemon met Isabella, a young rookie killer, and they swore to protect each other until death. The mission succeeded, but now someone is killing all the killers involved in that mission, and this leads Goemon to fear that Zora is alive. So, the samurai goes looking for Isabella to protect her, but the truth is much more difficult to handle than he thought.
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"Nettare d'amore" / The Lovesick Pig Transliteration: "Koi wazurai no buta" (Japanese: 恋煩いのブタ)
Yōsuke Senbo
Erika Yoshida
September 20, 2015 (2015-09-20)
December 3, 2015
September 10, 2017
Lupin is invited by both Fujiko and Rebecca to a party where the collection of a recently deceased famous wine collector, Count McCalman, will be put on sale, and decides to accept both the invites trying to jump from a girl to the other during the party. In order to win Lupin's affection, the two girls challenge each other to find the legendary Nettare d'Amore (Love's Nectar), a very rare and precious wine. However, it's a really dangerous wine, connected to a dark secret.
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"Il sogno italiano (prima parte)" / The Dream of Italy, Part 1 Transliteration: "Itaria no yume zenpen" (Japanese: イタリアの夢 前篇)
Takuma Hirabayashi
Yūya Takahashi
September 20, 2015 (2015-09-20)
December 10, 2015
September 17, 2017
Rebecca is kidnapped by the MI6, and Robson calls for Lupin's help. Lupin finds out that the MI6 is looking for the researches of Rebecca's lost love, Kou, a young japanese scientist who died some time ago. Since the MI6's italian headquarter (located in the basement of the ancient Teatro di Marcello in Rome) is impregnable, Lupin manages to trick Nyx in order to make him escort Rebecca outside the building, but when Robson, to protect her mistress, threatens to hurt Nyx's family, the agent goes berserk, attacking his own companions when they try to stop him; then, despite being branded by the MI6 as a traitor, he starts searching for Lupin in order to exact his revenge.
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"Il sogno italiano (seconda parte)" / The Dream of Italy, Part 2 Transliteration: "Itaria no yume kōhen" (Japanese: イタリアの夢 後篇)
After his escape from Rome, Lupin manages to decrypt Kou's notes, suddenly finding himself in a sort of dream, where he meets Kou himself. He informs Lupin that this world, called Il Sogno Italiano (the Italian Dream) has the power to influence all mankind, and that someone killed him in order to find out his secrets. Therefore, when Lupin awakes, he and Rebecca go to San Marino to destroy his research notes, however they're found by Nyx, who uses his abilities to memorize Kou's notes before their destruction, then he tries to kill Lupin, but they're both captured by the MI6. Later, Zenigata manages to obtain Lupin's custody from the MI6, while Nyx manages to exchange Kou's research with his life and his family's safety.
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"La fine di Lupin III" / The End of Lupin the Third Transliteration: "Rupan sansei no saigo" (Japanese: ルパン三世の最期)
Keiko Oyamada
Yūya Takahashi
September 28, 2015 (2015-09-28)
December 24, 2015
October 1, 2017
Zenigata is able to stop several attempts by Lupin to escape from many Italian prisons, but the Italian government can't afford all the costs for such surveillance. So, to prevent him from escaping once and for all, Zenigata escorts Lupin to a single, impenetrable cell on a tiny island, under his personal surveillance. But not even this will prove enough to stop the King of Thieves. Meanwhile, a mysterious prisoner manages to escape from the MI6's headquarters in Rome.
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"Non spostate la Gioconda!" / Don't Move the Mona Lisa[11] Transliteration: "Mona Riza o ugokasu na" (Japanese: モナリザを動かすな)
Tomoya Takahashi
Tomohiro Suzuki
October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)
January 8, 2016
October 8, 2017
Lupin is out of money due to his long detention, so he decides to steal the Mona Lisa in Paris in order to sell it to a nationalist Italian millionaire. He manages to complete the theft, but he soon finds out he has stolen a fake, since the original Mona Lisa is in the hands of a corrupt French politician, Philippe, which is secretly using it to fund his political career. At the end, the real Mona Lisa returns to the Louvre, but Lupin manages to sell an incredible well-done replica casually found by Fujiko to the millionaire. Meanwhile, the man who created the perfect fake, looking at an Italian 1€ coin, believes he recognizes one of his sketches on it.
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"Sotto copertura al liceo" / High School Undercover![12] Transliteration: "Haisukūru sennyū daisakusen!" (Japanese: ハイスクール潜入大作戦！)
Keiko Oyamada
Yūya Takahashi Ryōsuke Fujisawa
October 12, 2015 (2015-10-12)
January 15, 2016
October 15, 2017
Lupin steals a precious diamond with the unique power to change the personality of anyone who looks at it, but during his escape the jewel ends up in a boy's backpack. To get it back, Lupin sneaks into the boy's high school as a new professor, and then finds out that the diamond has been found by a group of teachers that are planning to use it to build a bomb and free themselves from a blackmailer.
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"Il giorno libero di Lupin" / Lupin's Day Off Transliteration: "Rupan no kyūjitsu" (Japanese: ルパンの休日)
Yoshitaka Nagaoka
Erika Yoshida
October 19, 2015 (2015-10-19)
January 21, 2016
October 22, 2017
Lupin, Jigen and Goemon want to spend some time in the hills outside Rome, but they casually find a lost dog. The dog belongs to a rich woman who's ready to offer a big reward to anyone who will be able to bring it back to her. So, the trio starts a long journey to Messina, where they'll be able to fulfill their duty.
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"La marionetta assassina" / The Murdering Marionette Transliteration: "Minagoroshi no marionetto" (Japanese: 皆殺しのマリオネット)
Hiromichi Matano
Tatsurō Inamoto
October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25)
January 28, 2016
November 5, 2017
Lupin and his team are kidnapped by Greco, some sort of philanthropist who has sworn to rid the world of all criminals. Trapped in a giant underground basement, they're challenged to find a way to get out, but they are informed by Greco that one of them has been secretly brainwashed in order to become his personal puppet. Unable to find out who the puppet is that is trying to kill them all, Lupin and the others end up suspecting each other.
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"La prima cena" / The First Supper Transliteration: "Hajimari no bansan" (Japanese: 始まりの晩餐)
Nobuo Tomizawa Yoshitaka Nagaoka
Yūya Takahashi
November 2, 2015 (2015-11-02)
February 4, 2016
November 12, 2017
Strange paintings representing Lupin, his team and many other persons involved in the Sogno Italiano affair begin to appear all around Italy. In search for answers, Lupin and all the others represented people (Jigen, Goemon, Fujiko, Rebecca, Robson, Zenigata, Nyx and Gibbons, the high chief of the MI6's Italian division) meet in Santa Maria delle Grazie, where someone has prepared for them some sort of revisiting of Leonardo da Vinci's L'Ultima Cena. The mind beyond all this will prove to be Leonardo himself, cloned and resurrected by the MI6 thanks to Kou's research about the Sogno Italiano, which proves to be some sort of collective consciousness inside the mind of every man on Earth where all mankind's knowledge is housed. Leonardo claims to be surprised of how much Italy has changed since his time, and before his escape, he says that soon the country will know a new era.
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"Non svegliare il drago che dorme" / Dragons Sleep Soundly Transliteration: "Ryū wa shizuka ni nemuru" (Japanese: 龍は静かに眠る)
Takuma Hirabayashi
Tomohiro Suzuki
November 9, 2015 (2015-11-09)
February 11, 2016
November 19, 2017
Fox, a dangerous mercenary, manages to steal the "Dragon's Tail", a top secret list of all the MI6's secret agents around the world, taking it to his island. To take it back, Gibbons orders Nyx to retake his place in the secret service, or otherwise his family will be killed. However, Lupin too is looking for the Dragon's Tail, and during their fight the MI6, believing that Nyx has failed, decides to sterilize the whole island. Somehow Nyx and Lupin manage to escape alive from the island, and while Nyx secretly saves his family from MI6's killers, Lupin and Leonardo face Gibbon, with Lupin discovering that the Dragon Tail's theft had been commissioned by Leonardo in order to protect himself from the organization. Gibbons takes a shot at Leonardo, but is killed when his gun (sabotaged by Leonardo) backfires, and Leonardo decides to leave the Dragon's Tail to Lupin.
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"Per sentirti cantare ancora" / To Hear You Sing Again Transliteration: "Mou ichido, kimi no utagoe" (Japanese: もう一度、君の歌声)
Kenichi Maejima
Erika Yoshida
November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15)
February 18, 2016
December 3, 2017
Lupin steals an old Fiat 500 "Topolino" from a vintage cars' dealer, and Zenigata cannot arrest him because the car is extremely precious and could be damaged. The Fiat in fact belongs to an aged Italian singer, Nora Anita, who is now on the brink of death, and her husband has decided to sell anything that could make him remember her love when she'll be dead to avoid further suffering. However, the car seems to have some sort of independent will, forcing Lupin to travel to a peaceful place on the banks of a lake, a place used by Nora and her husband as their private love refuge in their youth. Nora, in her heart, wanted to feel for the last time all that peaceful and beautiful sensations, and this feeling had been "absorbed" by the car, giving her a proper consciousness.
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"Dal Giappone con amore" / From Japan with Love Transliteration: "Nippon yori ai o komete" (Japanese: 日本より愛をこめて)
Keiko Oyamada
Tatsurō Inamoto
November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15)
February 25, 2016
December 10, 2017
Shortly after having returned to Japan, Fujiko is kidnapped, and her abductor orders Lupin to come back to Japan as well, in order to steal a precious doll for him. At the end, they both discover that the kidnapping was a trap prepared for them by the Japanese detective Akechi Holmes, and Lupin is arrested. Fujiko instead manages to escape, and to restore her pride, she decides to help Lupin escape, taking advantage of the lack of coordination between Akechi and Zenigata.
While watching her last movie, inspired by a true story, Rebecca remembers the day when she and Lupin first met. Rebecca and Robson had been kidnapped by a stalker, and Lupin, who had recently arrived in Italy to meet Rebecca to prepare for the theft of the crown, was able to save them thanks to Zenigata's help.
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"Ti prenderò, Lupin" / I'm Going to Get You, Lupin Transliteration: "Lupin, itadaki ni mairimasu" (Japanese: ルパン、頂きに参ります)
Hiromichi Matano
Erika Yoshida
November 23, 2015 (2015-11-23)
March 3, 2016
January 7, 2018
Rebecca realizes she is truly in love with Lupin and announces to Italy that she'll be able to capture him. In the meantime, Lupin continues to break into various banks without stealing anything, and Rebecca understands that he's searching for something in particular. It's the beginning of a great battle between the two, with the final stand that will take place inside the last bank. At the end, Rebecca finds out that Lupin was in search of a single banknote in order to win a bet with Jigen, and they somehow manage to safely escape the police, even with Robson's help, proving to themselves to be quite a fine couple together. Despite this, at the end, Lupin decides to escape, and Robson, despite his concerns, decides to let Rebecca live as she pleases.
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"L'armonia del mondo (prima parte)" / World Dissection, Part 1 Transliteration: "Sekai kaibō zenpen" (Japanese: 世界解剖 前篇)
Yoshitaka Nagaoka
Yūya Takahashi
November 29, 2015 (2015-11-29)
March 10, 2016
January 14, 2018
Leonardo is ready to create his greatest masterpiece, the Armonia del Mondo (World's Harmony) and uses a futuristic device to entrap all the Italians inside the Sogno Italiano, replicating at the same time his consciousness in the mind of every inhabitant of Italy. Inside this dream, he defies every Italian to beat him in the thing he's most versed, and if the challenger prevails, he'll be able to wake up, or otherwise his/her consciousness will be "reprogrammed" based on Leonardo's own, with the final objective to create a nation of geniuses with the necessary knowledge to create a new world. Lupin, Jigen, Goemon, Fujiko, Nyx and Zenigata manage to defeat Leonardo, but when he arrives in San Marino, Lupin discovers that all the other Italians, starting from Rebecca, have instead failed, and soon they'll reawaken with new personalities. Lupin then uses Leonardo's device to replicate even his own consciousness inside Rebecca's mind, where Lupin and Leonardo fight for control.
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"L'armonia del mondo (seconda parte)" / World Dissection, Part 2 Transliteration: "Sekai kaibō kōhen" (Japanese: 世界解剖 後編)
Keiko Oyamada
Yūya Takahashi
November 30, 2015 (2015-11-30)
March 17, 2016
January 21, 2018
Inside Rebecca's mind, Lupin manages to defeat Leonardo, allowing Rebecca to maintain her original personality. However, Leonardo believes to have won nonetheless, since all the Italians should be again under his influence, but he soon finds out that Lupin has copied his consciousness not only in Rebecca's mind, but also in all the Italians' minds, and so he managed to defeat Leonardo concretely. Then, Leonardo starts to feel sick, since his artificial body is now close to death. Before his demise, Lupin comforts him, telling him that his mind will live forever in all the Italians, and in his mind as well, thanks to the Sogno Italiano, while his unprecedented contribution to all of mankind will be remembered forever. Some time later, with all the world accusing him for what happened in Italy, Lupin is forced to leave the country, but before taking off he has a final meeting with Rebecca. Rebecca promises to wait for him until he returns, and he allows her to keep the "Lupin" surname. The last image shows Lupin and his gang escaping from Zenigata, disappearing among the crowd in the Stazione Centrale in Milan.
