The official Twitter for LUPIN ZERO, the forthcoming new web anime depicting the boyhood of the characters of the popular anime franchise Lupin the Third, announced its two leading voice cast today – Tasuku Hatanaka (Denki Kaminari in My Hero Academia) as Lupin, a 13-year-old middle school student, and Shunsuke Takeuchi (Alexander Yamato in KING OF PRISM) as his partner, Daisuke Jigen.

And it was also confirmed that the anime will start streaming on December 16. Its streaming platforms will be announced at a later date.

The web anime 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.

Source: “LUPIN ZERO” official Twitter

Original work: Monky Punch © TMS