Lupin III: Part IV was the first Lupin III television anime series in three decades to star the titular character, and it premiered in Japan in October 2015, after first premiering as Lupin III – L’avventura Italiana on Italian television in August 2015.
Monkey Punch’s Lupin III manga about the titular thief’s escapades inspired five previous main television anime series, the Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine television anime series, several theatrical anime films, and a near-annual string of television anime specials.
TMS Entertainment and Sentai Filmworks announced on Friday that it will screen the first two episodes of the Lupin the 3rd Part 6 television anime series in Japanese with English subtitles and the world premiere of the English dubbed first episode of Lupin III Part 1 in theaters from October 22-28 in select U.S. theaters.
Toei Animation pitted the original Lupin against Holmes in the 1981 television special, Lupin vs. Holmes.