Lupin the 3rd, known as Lupin III - The Italian Adventure (Italian: Lupin III - L'avventura italiana) in Italy, is the fourth animated television adaptation of the Lupin III (ルパン三世, Rupan Sansei) manga series written by Monkey Punch.
Most of the story takes place in Italy and San Marino, although some episodes are partly set elsewhere (e.g., France), with Lupin in his 20s wearing a blue jacket.
The series was announced at Mipcom in Cannes, France in October 2014 to be broadcast in Spring 2015 in Italy. Telecom Animation Film is producing the series, with franchise veteran Kazuhide Tomonaga serving as chief director and Yoichiro Yane directing with scripts by Yūya Takahashi. Yuji Ohno returns in his role as series composer. Tomonaga's aim was to mix the opposing elements of the franchise and combine them into a series that is both hardboiled and comical, realistic and fantastical.
