City Hunter

City Hunter
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Ryo Saeba (left) and Kaori Makimura (right)
シティーハンター
(Shitī Hantā)
Genre
Manga
Written byTsukasa Hojo
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runFebruary 26, 1985December 2, 1991
Volumes35 (List of volumes)
Further information
Anime television series
Directed byKenji Kodama
StudioSunrise[a]
Licensed by
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
English network
Original run April 6, 1987 March 28, 1988
Episodes51 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
City Hunter 2
Directed byKenji Kodama
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
English network
Original run April 8, 1988 July 14, 1989
Episodes63 (List of episodes)
Anime film
.357 Magnum
Directed byKenji Kodama
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
ReleasedJune 17, 1989 (1989-06-17)
Runtime87 minutes
Anime television series
City Hunter 3
Directed byKenji Kodama
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
English network
Original run October 15, 1989 January 21, 1990
Episodes13 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Bay City Wars
Directed byKenji Kodama
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
ReleasedAugust 25, 1990 (1990-08-25)
Runtime45 minutes
Anime film
Million Dollar Conspiracy
Directed byKenji Kodama
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
ReleasedAugust 25, 1990 (1990-08-25)
Runtime43 minutes
Anime television series
City Hunter '91
Directed byKiyoshi Egami
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
English network
Original run April 28, 1991 October 10, 1991
Episodes13 (List of episodes)
Anime television film
The Secret Service
Directed byKenji Kodama
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
English network
  • NA: Anime Network
ReleasedJanuary 5, 1996 (1996-01-05)
Runtime90 minutes
Anime television film
Goodbye My Sweetheart
Directed byKazuo Yamazaki
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
ReleasedApril 25, 1997 (1997-04-25)
Runtime88 minutes
Anime television film
Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba
Directed byMasaharu Okuwaki
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
ReleasedApril 23, 1999 (1999-04-23)
Runtime91 minutes
Anime film
The Movie: Shinjuku Private Eyes
Directed byKenji Kodama
Written byYoichi Kato
Music byTaku Iwasaki
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2019 (2019-02-08)
Runtime95 minutes
Anime film
The Movie: Angel Dust
Directed byKenji Kodama
Written byYasuyuki Mutō
Music byTaku Iwasaki
Studio
  • Sunrise
  • The Answer Studio
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2023 (2023-09-08)
Runtime94 minutes
Live-action film
Directed byYūichi Satō
Written byTatsuro Mishima
Licensed byNetflix
ReleasedApril 25, 2024 (2024-04-25)
Runtime104 minutes
Adaptations and spin-offs
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City Hunter (Japanese: シティーハンター, Hepburn: Shitī Hantā) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1985 to 1991, with its chapters collected in 35 tankōbon volumes. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Sunrise Studios in 1987. The anime series was popular in numerous Asian and European countries.

City Hunter spawned a media franchise consisting of numerous adaptations and spin-offs from several countries. The franchise includes four anime television series, three anime television specials, three made-for-television animated films, two animated feature films for theatrical release (Shinjuku Private Eyes in February 2019 and Angel Dust in September 2023), several live-action films (including City Hunter, a Hong Kong film starring Jackie Chan, and Nicky Larson et le Parfum de Cupidon, a French film), video games, and a live-action Korean TV drama. It also had a spin-off manga, Angel Heart, which in turn spawned its own anime television series and a live-action Japanese TV drama.

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