Lupin the 3rd Part IV (2015) [English Dubbed Version] - Complete Series

The bluray set (3 discs) is perfect and very well working. Very good HD images and Audio 2CH in English. The only thing that does not work for me, here in Italy, is the Subtitles display in English but I don't care about this. Maybe this can be a problem for who needs to read. Anyway, I cannot tell if the problem is caused by my Bluray Reader (Samsung) or because of a different standard between the UK version and the Italian Bluray Discs. I enjoy the product and can tell it's really well done. So sad that this beautiful "Italian Adventure" has not been released, by now, in Italian Language, but this English set is perfect.

A great return to form for the first proper Lupin series in a few decades. It does a decent job of mixing episodic heists with elements of a serialized story arc that leads to the season finale. I highly recommend picking up a copy for yourself.

Arrived very early very happy with it Packard well

Lupin The Third: Part IV is a fantastic action romp that newcomers and long-time fans of the infamous thief can enjoy without any trouble. The animation is top-notch, the artstyle takes the best character designs of each main protagonist over the years, the music is memorable as standard of the series, and the overall story is one of the best in the main series (taking into account it veers off into episodic territory from time to time). As for the English dub, which is the main reason most of you will be buying this version in particular, it is done by Epcar Entertainment, and features my favourite cast out of all the dubs so far for the Lupin III franchise. Tony Oliver as Lupin, Richard Epcar as Jigen, Michelle Ruff as Fujiko, Lex Lang as Goemon, and Doug Erholtz as Zenigata. Pretty much the cast most fans of the franchise will be familiar with if they've seen the Disco-tek Media dubs over the years. Each actor naturally fits into their role, and the new characters are handled with just as much professionalism and care as the main cast. We have Cassandra Lee Morris (Morganna from Persona 5, Toki from SMTV Apocalypse and Alora from Spyro) as Lupin's wife Rebecca, long-time voice actor Michael McConnohie as the MI6 agent Nyx, and Jamieson Price as Leonardo friggin' DaVinchi. Fun all around. If all of this isn't a glowing enough recommendation, I don't know what is. For a series that takes place exclusively in Italy this time, it manages to squeeze a lot out of the setting, and deliver one of Lupin III's very best adventures. Much like a lot of other Lupin series and films, no prior knowledge is needed of the franchise to get into this one, as Lupin's gang and their role in the story is introduced to the audience in a very brief and quaint manner. If you're looking for action and adventure, you can't go wrong here, especially when the production values are this high.

The review above gives a good indication as to the quality of the show overall, and whilst I would certainly recommend this show to anyone looking for a fun romp, there are a few things that should be noted. First of all, the music score is different from the Japanese version, so anyone expecting the amazing sounds of Yuji Ohno might be a little disappointed. The music they use here is by no means bad, and I did find the English opening title catchy if overlong, but I have no idea why such iconic tracks like the Lupin theme and Samba Temperado were cut. This also effects the opening and ending themes, obviously. For some reason, every episode also begins with a character profile. I can understand doing this for the 1st episode, but shouldn't I know who Lupin is by the time I get to episode 26? Then there's the dub. I for the most part think it's decent, particularly the new voice actors for Nyx and Zenigata. The original geneon voice actor for Zenigata didn't return for this series, but I think the new voice fits in well. He doesn't try to ape the original voice too much, and voices Zenigata as more semi-serious rather than a complete buffoon. It has also been quite a long time since the red jacket dub, but most of original the voice actors don't sound like they've aged a bit. However, part of me felt that the English dub wasn't always translated that well or that the voice actors weren't allowed to adlib too much. Sometimes it felt like the voice actors were reading straight off the script and not really thinking about what they were saying. I find it difficult though to give this show a bad review simply because of these small things. The show is very high quality in terms of animation and story, and has many strong standalone episodes as well as an overall story arc which feeds into the series as it goes along. I still found the show very enjoyable when watching through it again in the dub format. This review was mainly to point out how this DVD release differs slightly from the original Japanese version.

Lupin the 3rd as a whole . Is a masterpiece, this season of it was superbly animated and should blow you away with how well they did for each episode . It is consistently amazing , very episodic whole still following a story and timeline. You may think this is a romance heavy season and you'll be surprised within the first episode or 2

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Good tv serie and good quality