List of Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine episodes explained

Season Name:	Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
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Num Episodes:	13
Network:	NTV

is a 2012 Japanese anime series based on Monkey Punch's Lupin III manga. Produced by TMS Entertainment and Po10tial, the series aired on NTV between April 4, 2012 and June 27, 2012.^{[1] [2]} It focuses on the franchise's heroine, Fujiko Mine, as she undergoes various missions and encounters the rest of the Lupin III cast for the first time. Unlike the franchise's previous three televised anime, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine is more sexually oriented in order to capture the "sensuality" present in the original manga as well as darker and more serious. It is also the first in which Lupin is not the protagonist.

Sayo Yamamoto is the director of the series, making it the first Lupin title to be directed by a woman, and Takeshi Koike was the character designer and animation director.^[3] Mari Okada was the main writer of the series,^[3] although Itsuko Miyoshi (ep 2), Dai Satō (ep 3, 7, 10), Shinsuke Ōnishi (ep 5) and Junji Nishimura (ep 8) served as episode writers. The opening theme is by Naruyoshi Kikuchi, who also wrote the in-show music,^[3] and Pepe Tormento Azcarar feat. Ichiko Hashimoto, while the ending theme is "Duty Friend" by NIKIIE.

VAP released the anime on home video in four-disc DVD and Blu-ray box sets on September 19, 2012.^{[4] [5]} Funimation simulcasted the series, with English subtitles, on their website and Nico Nico for North American audiences as it aired in Japan.^[6] On July 28 at Otakon 2012, they announced that they also acquired the home video rights to the series.^[7] They released The Woman Called Fujiko Mine in Blu-ray and Blu-ray/DVD sets on August 20, 2013, including an English-language dub.^[8] Manga Entertainment released a similar set in the United Kingdom on September 16,^{[9] [10]} whereas Hanabee released it in Australasia in two parts, on October 16 and November 20.^[11]

See also

Other Lupin III lists:

• List of Lupin III Part I episodes
• List of Lupin III Part II episodes
• List of Lupin III Part III episodes
• List of Lupin III Part IV episodes
• List of Lupin III Part V episodes
• List of Lupin III Part 6 episodes
• List of Lupin III television specials

External links

• Official website
• Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine at NTV
• Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine at Funimation
• Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine on Hulu

Notes and References

1. Web site: LUPIN the Third ～峰不二子という女～ ｢大泥棒VS女怪盗｣#1 . . Japanese . 2012-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190825/http://www.ntv.co.jp/program/detail/2188690.html . 2012-04-05 . dead .
2. Web site: New Lupin III TV Anime's Staff, Cast, Title Revealed . . 2012-04-20.
3. Web site: Funimation Reveals Dub Casts for Fujiko Mine, Eureka 7 AO, Michiko & Hatchin Anime . . 2013-05-16.
4. Web site: Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine DVD Box . cdjapan.co.jp . 2013-05-22.
5. Web site: Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine Blu-ray Box . cdjapan.co.jp . 2013-05-22.
6. Web site: Funimation to Simulcast New Lupin III TV Anime Series . . 2012-04-20.
7. Web site: Funi Adds Seikishi, Yamato: R, One Piece: Strong World, Fairy Tail Film, Akira . . 2012-07-29.
8. Web site: Funimation Delays Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine by 3 Weeks . . 2013-08-09.
9. Web site: Manga Entertainment Acquires K-ON! Movie, Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine . . 2013-05-18.
10. Web site: No Delay for UK Release of The Woman Called Fujiko Mine . . 2013-08-09.
11. Web site: Hanabee Announces Third Surprise Announcement - Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine . . 2013-09-01.