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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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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).
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
