City Hunter(TV show/series, 1987-1991)

Name: City Hunter
Genre: Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Released: 1987
Rating: 3.9

Original title: "シティーハンター" (Japanese/JA)

FSK: 16+ years

| 25min per episode | Genres: Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Scripted Reality in 4 seasons with 140 episodes

Rating: 3.9/5 (with 20 votes)

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, five animated feature films (including a film released in February 2019 and in September 2023), several live-action films (including a Hong Kong film starring Jackie Chan and 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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About City Hunter

Ryo Saeba works the streets of Tokyo as the City Hunter. He's a "sweeper" and with his sidekick Kaori Makimura, he keeps the city clean. People hire the City Hunter to solve their dangerous problems, which he does with a Colt Python. When Ryo's not working on a case, he's working on getting the ladies, and Kaori must keep him in check with her trusty 10 kg hammer.

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City Hunter Seasons and Episodes

04/28/1991Season 4 - 13 episodes

#1 | 04/28/1991Big Revival of the Funny Pair! The Beauty Fallen from the Sky

A plane carrying drugs and a wanted woman crashes into Ryo's apartment which forces him and Kaori to sleep on the same bed.

#2 | 05/05/1991Farewell Kaori! Orders to capture City Hunter

Kaori overhears a phone conversation between Ryo and Saeko after which she realises that she has rented her room to a detective whose motive is to arrest Ryo.

#3 | 05/12/1991Combination of puzzlement & recovery! Memories are a distant light

Ryo comes across a stuntwoman named Yuki who is trying to get her memory back by performing dangerous stunts. She believes Yuki is being hypnotised by someone.

#4 | 05/26/1991Love is also an A-license. The beautiful wheelman visiting the store!

Ryo is chased by the police as they think he is the underwear thief. He escapes with the help of Miyuki.

#5 | 06/16/1991Fear! Shinjuku Ghost Story!! The Wandering Soul of a Beautiful Woman (Part 1)

Ryo stumbles upon a pretty ghost named Ami Asaka who tells him that she was murdered by a serial killer. She hires him to protect her younger sister.

#6 | 06/30/1991Farewell Requiem Your Visage, Once Again (Part 2)

Ryo comes clean about the fact that he pretended to be Ami's fiance to get close to Mami which infuriates her. She gets a letter from Ami who asks her to trust him.

#7 | 07/21/1991Revenge of the beautiful woman! The sorrowful blues for Ryo

#8 | 07/28/1991Looking for gunpowder smoke. . . City Hunter dies at dawn!

#9 | 08/04/1991Ishuin Hayato's peaceful day

#10 | 09/22/1991My Love For Tonight Only Cinderella Story in the City

#11 | 10/10/1991A Trigger Covered with Scratches! The Detective Saeko Loved

#12 | 10/10/1991Memories of the Necklace Incident Ryo, a Bad Girl & Makimura

#13 | 10/10/1991Lullaby requiem. The young nobleman who came from a distant country

Kaori befriends an Austrian orphan, Hans Zeigfried who is a professional killer and dying from a fatal disease. Kaori is abducted by Hans' enemies.

10/15/1989Season 3 - 13 episodes

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04/02/1988Season 2 - 63 episodes

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04/06/1987Season 1 - 51 episodes

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01/01/1996Specials - 3 episodes

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Additional Information

Official websites:

www.hojo-tsukasa.com

Production country: Japan

Derivative works/Adaptions: "City Hunter" (find it on Amazon), "City Hunter: .357 Magnum" (movie, 1989), "City Hunter: Bay City Wars" (movie, 1990), "City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy" (movie, 1990), "City Hunter Special: The Secret Service" (movie, 1996), "City Hunter: Goodbye My Sweetheart" (find it on Amazon), "City Hunter Special: The Death of Vicious Criminal Saeba Ryo" (movie, 1999), "City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes" (movie, 2019), "City Hunter" (movie, 1993), "City Hunter" (TV show/series, 2011-), "Nicky Larson and the Cupid's Perfume" (movie, 2019), "Saviour of the Soul" (movie, 1991)

Made by: Sunrise

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)

Translated into 11 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 04/06/1987

Last episode released on: 10/10/1991

Appearing Characters: Ryo Saeba

Creator: Tsukasa Hōjō

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Cazador"

"시티헌터 TV판"

"시티헌터TV판(1987)"

"Нікі Ларсон"

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