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Lupin The Third Part 4
''Lupin the 3rd Part IV: The Italian Adventure'', also known simply as or , 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 Television in Japan. It started airing in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in June 2017. 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 Media Manga A manga adaptation by Naoya Hayakawa began publication on December 28, 2015. Titled , four volumes have been published by Futabasha as of November 28, 2016. Anime The series received its world premiere in Italy on August 30, 2015 on the Italia 1 channel, and a preview scr ...
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Adventure Fiction
Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement. Some adventure fiction also satisfies the literary definition of Romance (prose fiction)#Definition, romance fiction. History In the introduction to the ''Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction'', Critic Don D'Ammassa defines the genre as follows: D'Ammassa argues that adventure stories make the element of danger the focus; hence he argues that Charles Dickens's novel ''A Tale of Two Cities'' is an adventure novel because the protagonists are in constant danger of being imprisoned or killed, whereas Dickens's ''Great Expectations'' is not because "Pip's encounter with the convict is an adventure, but that scene is only a device to advance the main plot, which is not truly an adventure." Adventure has been a common theme (literature), theme since the earliest days of written fiction. Indeed, the standard plot of Heliodorus, and so durable as to be still alive in Adventu ...
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Lupin III (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It follows the escapades of master thief Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels. ''Lupin III'' began serialization in ''Weekly Manga Action'' in August 1967 and has spawned a media franchise that includes several manga, seven animated television series, six theatrically-released animated films, two live-action films, twenty-six animated television specials, two musicals, and numerous music CDs and video games. The manga was released in North America by Tokyopop between 2002 and 2004. Premise The predominately episodic chapters of the manga follow the crimes of Lupin III, grandson of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin. Considered the world's greatest thief, Lupin is known for announcing his intentions to steal valuable objects by sending a calling card to the owners of his desired items. A master of disguise and ruthless killer who is often hired ...
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Lex Lang
Lex Lang is an American voice actor and voice director, who has provided voices and served as a director for a number of animations and video games. He is best known for voicing Doctor Neo Cortex in the '' Crash Bandicoot'' franchise, Suguru Geto in '' Jujutsu Kaisen'', Ecliptor in '' Power Rangers in Space'', and Goemon Ishikawa in '' Lupin the Third''. Early life Lang was born in Hollywood, California, and began performing at 7 years old, hosting a radio show and being the master of ceremonies for Seagram's National Comedy Competition. Throughout high school, Lang acted in various theatre productions at the Community Theatre in Scottsdale, Arizona. His stage credits include '' The Fantastiks'', '' Bus Stop'', '' The Apple Tree'', '' Of Mice and Men'', and '' Cinderella''. While attending college, he performed stand-up comedy and did impressions for various clubs including The Comedy Store, Dr. Giggles, The NFL Cub, Anderson's Fifth Estate and The Improv. He would perf ...
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Daisuke Namikawa
is a Japanese actor and singer associated with Stay Luck. He began acting as a child and is sometimes mistaken with Daisuke Hirakawa, as their names only differ by one character when written in kanji. Despite his wide range of roles, he usually plays young heroes, such as Mikage in '' 07-Ghost'', Fay D. Flourite in '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'', Jellal Fernandes and his counterpart Mystogan in '' Fairy Tail'', Rokuro "Rock" Okajima in '' Black Lagoon'', Jack The Ripper in '' Black Clover'', Keita Ibuki in '' Black God'', Goemon Ishikawa XIII in later installments of '' Lupin the Third'', and Yu Narukami in ''Persona 4''. He has also been cast as anti-heroes or antagonists, such as Ulquiorra Cifer in '' Bleach'', Hisoka Morow in '' Hunter × Hunter (2011)'', Kei Kurono in '' Gantz'', Eustass Kid in '' One Piece'', Dr. Genus in '' One Punch Man,'' Chōsō in '' Jujutsu Kaisen'', Tōru Oikawa in '' Haikyuu!!'', Kishō Arima in '' Tokyo Ghoul'', and Momoshiki Otsutsuki in ...
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Goemon Ishikawa XIII
is a fictional character created by Monkey Punch for his manga series ''Lupin III'', which debuted in ''Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967. Goemon is a thirteenth generation descendant of the renegade samurai Ishikawa Goemon. He is famous for a reticent personality coupled by apparent unlimited skill in martial arts and swordsmanship with his sword , known in the anime as . A partner with Arsène Lupin III and Daisuke Jigen, he tends to join their exploits only on a when-interested basis. Creation Goemon is unique to the series as he was the only character not there from the beginning. Monkey Punch stated that, as none of the existing cast seemed especially Asian, he added Goemon as "a very traditional Japanese male character" to balance the manga. As such, Goemon was primarily based on the character Kyūzō, the master swordsman of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film ''Seven Samurai''; from the role came Goemon's strict demeanor and fast draw blade, as well as the long-faced count ...
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Richard Epcar
Richard Epcar is an American voice actor, voice director, and writer who has voiced over 1,200 characters in animation, video games and anime. Some of his major roles include Raiden in the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise, The Joker in several projects (including ''Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe'', '' Injustice: Gods Among Us'', '' Injustice 2'' and ''Mortal Kombat 11''), Yhwach and Zangetsu in ''Bleach'', Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo in ''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'', Etemon and Myotismon in ''Digimon'', Batou in ''Ghost in the Shell'', Xehanort/Ansem in '' Kingdom Hearts'', Joseph Joestar in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders'' and '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable'', Black Ghost/Skull in '' Cyborg 009'', Akuma in ''Street Fighter V'' (replacing Dave Mallow), Daisuke Jigen in ''Lupin the Third'', Andrall in '' Gormiti Nature Unleashed'', and Hercules in ''Pluto''. He and fellow voice actress Ellyn Stern own and operate Epcar Entertainment, a voice-over production serv ...
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Kiyoshi Kobayashi
was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. He was attached to the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. He was a graduate of the arts department of Nihon University. He was best known for his role as Daisuke Jigen in the '' Lupin the Third'' series, voicing the character for over 50 years. He also voiced roles in '' Humanoid Monster Bem'' (as Bem), the ''Droopy'' cartoons (as the Wolf) and '' Shazzan'' (as Shazzan); Kobayashi was the official dub-over voice of James Coburn and Lee Marvin for Japan. History Since junior high school, Kobayashi had excelled in English and had vague aspirations of becoming a writer in the future. After graduating from high school, he took the entrance examination for the University of Tokyo, but failed because he took the French literature course instead of the English literature course due to the trend at the time, and also failed in his re-take the following year. Therefore, he was still open for admission after that ...
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Daisuke Jigen
is a fictional character created by Monkey Punch for his manga series ''Lupin III'', which debuted in ''Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967. Jigen is the marksman, aide-de-camp and best friend of Arsène Lupin III. Along with colleague Goemon Ishikawa XIII, he joins Lupin in pursuit of riches acquired typically by theft. Traveling across the globe, Jigen has garnered fame as a gunman with wildly capable speed and accuracy. Creation and conception According to Monkey Punch, Jigen was created as a New York raised American gangster based on actor James Coburn, especially his role in ''The Magnificent Seven''. When the series was adapted into animation, the role was portrayed by Kiyoshi Kobayashi, the voice actor responsible for dubbing many of Coburn's roles into Japanese. The character's name comes from Monkey Punch's love for the word "dimension," which translates to "jigen" in Japanese. In an interview with ''Mainichi Shimbun'', he stated the name is a corruption of the Japan ...
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Tony Oliver
Tony Oliver is a Puerto Rican voice actor and voice director. He is best known for voicing Rick Hunter from ''Robotech'', Lancer from '' Fate/stay night'', and Arsène Lupin III from '' Lupin the Third''. He helped produce the live action shows '' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and '' VR Troopers''. ''Power Rangers'' casting criticism In the Investigation Discovery series ''Hollywood Demons'', Oliver said it was a "mistake" to cast an Asian actress to play the Yellow Ranger and a Black actor to play the Black Ranger in ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers''. When the casting was originally done, Oliver said that "none of us erethinking stereotypes". However, Walter Emanuel Jones, who played the Black Ranger, responded by defending the casting decision of that character. He wrote on Instagram, "I understand the impulse to address what might be seen as cultural insensitivity, but calling it a 'mistake' would dismiss the impact it had on countless people around the world who ...
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Kanichi Kurita
is a Japanese Impressionist (entertainment), Impressionist, comedian and Voice acting in Japan, voice actor. A veteran Impressionist, he is known in Japan as "One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Impressionists". His most famous role as a voice actor is Lupin III (character), the titular character of the anime series ''Lupin the Third''. Career Kurita was originally a company employee, but when he went to karaoke with his colleagues and sang, he was praised for his singing voice, which resembled that of singer Hiromi Go, and he began to emulate his singing voice and gestures. In 1983, Kurita appeared on an amateur audition program and was scouted because of his impersonation skills, and made his debut as a professional impersonator in 1984. While performing impersonations of various singers and actors, Kurita also began imitating Lupin III (character), Arsène Lupin III from the ''Lupin the Third'' series. This led to Kurita becoming friends with Yasuo Yamada, who played Lupin. I ...
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Arsène Lupin III
, referred to in some English adaptations as Arsène Lupin III, is a fictional character created by Kazuhiko Kato aka Monkey Punch as the protagonist for his manga series ''Lupin the Third'', which debuted in ''Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967. Lupin is the grandson of fictional gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, created by Maurice Leblanc. Acknowledged across the globe as the world's number one thief, Lupin is a master of disguise and deduction, marksmanship, and inventor of numerous handy gadgets. His fun-loving, foolhardy incongruity covers a brilliant mind always extemporizing and re-evaluating. As such, he has been responsible for heists no right-minded individual would believe possible. While occasionally arrested and jailed, typically by his Interpol, ICPO nemesis Koichi Zenigata, Inspector Koichi Zenigata, he always succeeds in escaping unharmed. The original manga differs significantly compared to the family-friendly anime incarnations through its explicit depictions ...
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