The staff behind the anime film based on Tsukasa Hojo’s City Hunter manga series released a new trailer and the film’s title of City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust / Gekijо̄ban City Hunter: Tenshi no Namida.
The trailer previews the film’s ending theme song “Get Wild” by TM Network, which is the same song as the anime’s original ending. The film is being directed by Kenji Kodama who’s been the director of the franchise since its initial anime and will be directing it at Sunrise and The Answer Studio Co. Yasayuki Muto of Deadman Wonderland is writing the screenplay.
The film focuses on the past of Ryo Saeba and his former partner Hideyuki Makimura, as well as the Angel Dust drug which is a cause for many plot points in the series.
▍City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust Trailer
▍About City Hunter
City Hunter is a manga series created by Tsukasa Hojo, and was published in Weekly Shonen Jump between 1985 to 1991 with 35 volumes.
The series follows Ryo Saeba, a private detective who works to clean up Tokyo of crime, while also being a known sweeper, someone that’s always chasing pretty girls with a lax attitude. He works with his friend Makimura in a business called “City Hunter”, which does all manners of jobs so long as you contact them by writing the letters XYZ at Shinjuku.
One day Ryo’s partner Makimura is murdered and he’s left to take care of his sister, Kaori. The two hit it off despite Kaori often being offended by Ryo’s endless pursuit of other women, and they work together throughout various missions.
The series has been adapted into multiple anime series, seven films, multiple spin-off series, and even a live-action movie in 1993 starring Jackie Chan, which is very loosely based on the events of the manga but in Hong Kong.
▍City Hunter The Movie Staff and Production
Original Story: Tsukasa Hojo
Director: Kenji Kodama
Screenplay By: Yasuyuki Muto
Production: SUNRISE The Answerstudio
Domestic Distribution: ANIPLEX
▍City Hunter The Movie Cast
■ Ryo Saeba – CV: Akira Kamiya
■ Kaori Makimura – CV: Kazue Ikura
■ Saeko Nogami – CV:Harumi Ichiryusai
■ Umibozu – CV: Tessho Genda
■ Miki – CV:Mami Koyama