Lupin the Third Part IV, known as Lupin III - The Italian Adventure (Italian: Lupin III - L'avventura italiana) in Italy, is the fourth (fifth, if counting The Woman Called Fujiko Mine) television installment in the Lupin III franchise.
The series is produced by TMS Entertainment and animated by Telecom Animation Film. It began airing in Italy on August 30, 2015, and in Japan on October 1, 2015.
Dubbing History
The dub for Part IV was first announced on Twitter on November 1, 2016 by Discotek Media, who licensed the series for a 2017 home video release. The dub was directed by Richard Epcar and Ellyn Stern, and reunited Pioneer/Geneon's voice cast for Part II and The Mystery of Mamo, with the exception of Dan Lorge (Zenigata) who had retired from voice acting since and is replaced with Doug Erholtz.
The dub is based on the Italian dub of the series, which had various differences, mainly additional scenes and a different music score composed by Italian composer Papik, rather than the score by longtime Lupin composer Yuji Ohno. The latter in particular has received much backlash from fans. Because of this, the 24 episode count of the original Japanese version is extended to the Italian 26 Episodes (the 2 of which were released in Japan as a pair of OVAs).
The dub started airing on Adult Swim's Toonami Block on June 17, 2017.
Cast
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Voice Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsène Lupin III | Kanichi Kurita | Tony Oliver |
| Daisuke Jigen | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | Richard Epcar |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Daisuke Namikawa | Lex Lang |
| Fujiko Mine | Miyuki Sawashiro | Michelle Ruff |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Kōichi Yamadera | Doug Erholtz |
| Rebecca Rossellini | Yukiyo Fujii | Cassandra Lee Morris |
| Justin Person (Agent Nyx) | Shunsuke Sakuya | Michael McConnohie |
| Robson Zuccoli | Jin Yamanoi | Neil Kaplan |
| Kou Uraga | Eiji Hanawa | Robbie Daymond |
| Percival Gibbons | Shinshū Fuji | J.B. Blanc |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Kazuhiko Inoue | Jamieson Price |
Episodic Characters
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Voice Actor | Ep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick | Hiroshi Tsuchida | Lucien Dodge | 1 |
| Lionello | Kazuyoshi Azuma | Jamieson Price | |
| Marco Zoff | Hajime Odagiri | Steve Kramer | |
| Mauro Brozzi | Fuminori Komatsu | Terrence Stone | 2 |
| Riccardo Mondini | Takaya Hashi | Doug Erholtz | |
| Leo | Kenji Nomura | Michael Sorich | |
| Prince James | Hidemitsu Shimizu | Robbie Daymond | 3 |
| Eric Urgiani | Yohei Tadano | Jamieson Price | 4 |
| Nino | Tadashi Miyazawa | Steve Kramer | |
| Livia | Sayaka Ohara | Laura Post | |
| Luca | Kenji Nojima | Lucien Dodge | 5 |
| Ringmaster | Shigeru Ushiyama | Michael McConnohie | |
| Tony Belcastro | Tomisaburou Horikoshi | Christopher Corey Smith | |
| Elena Gotti | Atsuko Tanaka | Ellyn Stern | 7 |
| Cesare Albertini | Rikiya Koyama | Jamieson Price | |
| Roberto Gotti | Kinryu Arimoto | Christopher Corey Smith | |
| Nadine | Yuki Kazu | Laura Post | 8, 20 |
| Bridgette | Motoko Kumai | Marieve Herington | 8, 13, 14, 20 |
| Adolfo | Issei Futamata | Richard Cansino | 9 |
| Carla Gautieri | Misaki Kuno | Brianna Knickerbocker | |
| Belladonna | Ryōko Shiraishi | Erin Fitzgerald | 10 |
| Leopold Fargo | Junpei Morita | Jeff Nimoy | |
| Guido Cesario | Mitsuru Ogata | Steve Kramer | 11 |
| Chief | Katsuhisa Hōki | Richard Epcar | 14 |
| Philip Casper | Manabu Muraji | Steve Kramer | 15 |
| Baldini | Katsumi Cho | Tony Oliver | |
| Mario | Tokuyoshi Kawashima | Michael Sinterniklaas | 16 |
| Ricky | Satoshi Nakao | Todd Haberkorn | |
| Principal | Shōzō Sasaki | Steve Kramer | |
| Moreno | Atsuki Tani | ||
| Franco | Takuya Kirimoto | Doug Erholtz | |
| Greco | Takanori Okuda | Jeff Nimoy | 18 |
| Fox | Kōji Ishii | Michael Sorich | 20 |
| Glenn | Masaomi Yamahashi | Richard Cansino | |
 
| Martin | Yoshisada Sakaguchi | Michael Sorich | 21 |
 
| Nora Anita | Hana Takeda | Ellyn Stern | |
| Kosuke Holmes Akechi | Setsuji Satō | Spike Spencer | 22 |
| Yoshio Watson Obayashi | Tomo Muranaka | Brianna Knickerbocker | |
| Mayu Hanasaki | Tamako Miyazaki | ||
| Pietro Panini | Mitsuaki Kanuka | Todd Haberkorn | 23 |
Additional Voices
- Tyler Bunch
- Richard Cansino
- Robbie Daymond
- Richard Epcar
- Doug Erholtz
- Erin Fitzgerald
- Todd Haberkorn
- Neil Kaplan
- Steve Kramer
- Michael McConnohie
- Cassandra Lee Morris
- Jeff Nimoy
- Tony Oliver
- Laura Post
- Jamieson Price
- Christopher Corey Smith
- Michael Sorich
- Spike Spencer
- Ellyn Stern
- Terrence Stone
Notes
- The regular end credits do not credit the dub cast, though on the DVD a credit scroll is played at the end of the episode playlist which properly credits the cast.
- Michael Sinterniklaas is mis-credited as Kou Uraga.
Transmission
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-2018 | Cartoon Network (Toonami) | United States | 
|
Video Releases
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discotek Media | 2018 | 
| The Complete Series | A DVB-T | United States |
|
| 3 Discs | ||||||
| The Complete Series | 1 NTSC | ||||
| 4 Discs | ||||||
External Links
- Lupin the Third Part IV (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Lupin the Third Part IV at the Internet Movie Database
