Meet Young Lupin and Jigen in New Character Trailers for LUPIN ZERO Anime

 

The first two episodes of the Lupin the Third prequel anime series LUPIN ZERO premiered today on DMM TV’s online streaming service and to introduce the young whippersnappers two character trailers featuring young Lupin and Jigen were released showing the pair being rambunctious in their school days.

 

 

 

The story of LUPIN ZERO is set in the 1960s, the same year as Monkey Punch’s original Lupin the Third started serialization in Futabasha’s Weekly Action magazine. It tells a nostalgic yet new original story about young Lupin who is still a nobody and travels around Japan during its period of rapid economic growth. Lupin, a junior high school student, is trained by his grandfather in the art of stealing, but he cannot decide whether to become a law-abiding citizen or a thief in the future. While spending his days in boredom, he meets a classmate, Jigen, who draws a gun against delinquent students. He has been traveling around with his mercenary father and is already familiar with the use of guns. Lupin and Jigen happen to run into trouble over a certain woman, and they end up working together.

 

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LUPIN ZERO is directed by Daisuke Sako at TMS Entertainment. The series is being streamed on DMM.TV in Japan every Friday starting December 16 with the first two episodes of the six already launched. Sentai Filmworks is releasing the series in English on HIDIVE.

 

Source: Comic Natalie

 

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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.