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Collector guides, cover censuses, and edition answers, documented issue by issue. Every page answers one specific question, completely.

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CITY HUNTER

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The City Hunter Manga Gallery
All 35 Jump Comics volumes of Tsukasa Hojo’s City Hunter documented: every volume title, release month and ISBN from 1986 to 1992, with volume 1’s cover pictured…
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The History of City Hunter
City Hunter’s history: the 1983 tryout stories, the February 1985 Weekly Shonen Jump debut, the hardboiled-to-comedy pivot Shueisha itself describes, the 1991…
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What is Angel Heart?
Angel Heart explained: Hojo’s parallel-universe continuation of City Hunter, launched in Weekly Comic Bunch in 2001, the Glass Heart premise, its two seasons,…
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What is the City Hunter XYZ edition?
City Hunter’s editions explained: the 35 Jump Comics volumes, the 18-volume bunkoban, Tokuma’s 32-plus-XYZ Complete Edition, the 12-volume XYZ edition of 2015,…
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How was the City Hunter anime made?
The City Hunter anime: Sunrise’s four series and 140 episodes, director Kanetsugu Kodama, Akira Kamiya’s defining Ryo, the 30,000-set Complete DVD box, and the…
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What are the City Hunter anime movies?
The City Hunter anime films: .357 Magnum, Bay City Wars, Million Dollar Conspiracy, the three TV specials, Shinjuku Private Eyes (2019) and Angel Dust (2023).
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Why is “Get Wild” so famous?
TM Network’s Get Wild: the April 8, 1987 single, the intro that starts under the episode’s final scene, Oricon No. 9, Get Wild Day, 100 million streams, and Get…
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What are the City Hunter live-action movies?
City Hunter in live action: Jackie Chan’s 1993 Hong Kong film, the unofficial Saviour of the Soul and Mr. Mumble, the 2011 Korean drama, Philippe Lacheau’s…
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What City Hunter video games are there?
City Hunter’s games: Sunsoft’s 1990 PC Engine title, the sole console adaptation for 36 years, Ryo’s guest turn in Jump Force, and the 2026 Clouded Leopard / Red…
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How does Tsukasa Hojo draw?
Tsukasa Hojo’s method: technical-design training, the 1979 Space Angel Tezuka Award story he tells on himself, editor Nobuhiko Horie, the Cat’s Eye page-a-day…
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Is City Hunter’s Shinjuku the real Shinjuku?
City Hunter’s Shinjuku: the real Kabukicho and station east exit, the message board where clients wrote XYZ, the Cat’s Eye café, and how the 2019 and 2024 films…
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Why is City Hunter called Nicky Larson in France?
Nicky Larson explained: the anime’s October 1990 Club Dorothée premiere, the renamed and rewritten French dub, Césari’s theme, the faithful French manga, and…
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How can you tell a first printing of City Hunter?
Identifying first printings of City Hunter’s Jump Comics volumes: the colophon test, the three ISBN blocks that date the run, the obi, and Japan’s…
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What did Tsukasa Hojo draw before City Hunter?
Before City Hunter: Cat’s Eye (1981 to 1985), Hojo’s first hit, the Kisugi sisters, the TMS anime, and the stitches between the two series, from the café name to…
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What does XYZ mean in City Hunter?
XYZ in City Hunter explained: the chalk code on the Shinjuku Station message board meaning “no way back”, Ryo’s filter for taking a case, and how the letters…
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Who is Ryo Saeba?
Ryo Saeba documented: the plane-crash orphan raised as a guerrilla, the one-hole shot and his Colt Python .357 Magnum, Kaori and the 100-ton hammer, Akira…
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