Weekly Shonen Jump’s classic manga City Hunter (シティーハンター) is releasing a new anime after 28 years of absence!
The latest work City Hunter The Movie (劇場版シティーハンター) is an anime film made for release in 2019 Spring. It is a brand new story about the series’ protagonists – Ryo Saeba and Akira Kamiya.
The voice artists for Ryo and Akira, Kaori Makimura and Kazue Ikura, will both reprise their roles and star in the movie. Kenji Kodama is directing it at Sunrise while Yoichi Kato is writing the scenarios.
Serialised from 1985 to 1991, City Hunter is written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo (北条 司). The story revolves around Ryo, a dandy private detective also dubbed the City Hunter, and his partner Akira, a not-so-feminine girl who secretly likes Ryo. It has been adapted into multiple anime works in Japan and even live action drama/film in Hong Kong and Korea.
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