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Boner Cheering Screening at Tokyo theater is latest sign of returning to post-pandemic (ab)normal
- Casey Baseel
Feb 22, 2023 - Tweet
Relaxed regulations will allow fans to cheer as live-action version of anime’s greatest pervert gets wild, tough, and hard.
- Japan
- (anime • City Hunter • crazy • funny • Live action • manga • movie theaters • movies • Nicky Larson • weird)
Live-action City Hunter is Netflix’s newest nostalgic-anime-to-live-action project
- Casey Baseel
Dec 16, 2022
Hit anime/manga is being adapted into live-action in Japan for the first time.
- Japan
- (anime • City Hunter • Live action • manga • Netflix)
City Hunter is getting a brand-new anime movie, bringing back two fan-favorite sounds【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 9, 2022
Could there be a better present for fans for City Hunter’s 35th birthday?
- Japan
- (Akira Kamiya • anime • City Hunter • Get Wild • manga • movies • video)
Our reporter breaks her Takarazuka virginity with an all-female performance of City Hunter
- Katy Kelly
Sep 6, 2021
Battling first-timer nerves, we take a seat at the renowned Takarazuka theater.
- Japan
- (City Hunter • hobby • Hyōgo Prefecture • K. Masami • SNJO • stage • Takarazuka Revue • theater)
Anime’s greatest pervert inspires all-female stage play in Japan with Takarazuka City Hunter
- Casey Baseel
May 11, 2021
Wherever you find trouble and beautiful women, you can expect to find Ryo Saeba too.
- Japan
- (anime • City Hunter • Live action • manga • musicals • plays • stage plays • takarazuka • Takarazuka Revue)
Over 130,000 Japanese netizens rank the Top 20 anime opening themes of all time
- Shannon
Sep 20, 2020
You’ll never guess what’s at the top, or maybe you will. (You probably will.)
- Japan
- (Anime Song Election • anime songs • Attack on Titan • City Hunter • Demon Slayer • Digimon Adventure • LiSA • Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Japanese office workers getting boost by giving themselves anime ending theme at end of workday
- Casey Baseel
Sep 19, 2020
Get Wild taikin puts a swaggering period on the end of the day, and Guren shukkin helps on the other end.
- Japan
- (anime • anime songs • Attack on Titan • City Hunter • clever • Get Wild • J-Pop • life hacks • music)
Secret otaku certification test: Can you see the anime cosplay hidden in this Uniqlo store?
- Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2019
Who knew Uniqlo was such a good place to hunt for an an iconic anime costume?
Pervert trigger-happy anime vigilante becomes poster boy for Japanese police recruitment campaign
- Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2019
City Hunter wants you to join the Osaka Prefectural Police, but is he really the right spokesman?
- Japan
- (ads • anime • City Hunter • crazy • funny • Osaka • Osaka Prefectural Police • police • Recruitment • Ryo Saeba • weird)
He’s back! Beloved City Hunter enchants and thrills in new feature length anime【SoraReview】
- Kay
Feb 11, 2019
Ryo Saeba, aka City Hunter, comes back in a long-awaited feature-length anime movie after 20 years, and his antics are as outrageous as ever!
- Japan
- (anime • City Hunter • movies • review • Ryo Saeba • Shinjuku Private Eyes)
Why can’t anime heroes dodge the attacks from angry female characters who swing hammers at them?
- Casey Baseel
Jan 31, 2019
One of the trope’s pioneers explains why the star of his hit anime can go toe-to-toe with criminals, but gets smacked around by his female partner.
- Japan
- (anime • City Hunter • funny • manga)
City Hunter returns to the big screen, fans prepare to “Get Wild” over ending theme!
- Kay
Dec 13, 2018
Ryo Saeba, aka City Hunter, is returning as a feature-length anime, and best of all, they’re keeping the same ending theme, “Get Wild”, from the old TV series!
New City Hunter anime movie announced, reunites iconic voice cast and director【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2018
Anime’s greatest P.I./mercenary returns 20 years after his series ended.
Photos from live-action French adaptation of anime City Hunter dazzle Japanese fans
- Koh Ruide
Jul 18, 2018
When the actors look like they just stepped out of an anime, things are off to a good start.
- Europe, Japan
- (anime • City Hunter • Live action • movies • Nicky Larson)
Hit anime City Hunter to get live-action adaptation — in France!
- Kay
Jul 17, 2017
Our favorite manga PI and sniper Ryo Saeba, aka City Hunter, will be coming to the big screen in 2019 from France!
- Europe, Japan
- (anime • City Hunter • Live action • manga • movies • Nicky Larson • Philippe Lacheau)
Brand new City Hunter animation to be released celebrating manga rerelease, City Hunter XYZ
- KK Miller
May 29, 2015
Quick! What do Jackie Chan, Lee Min-ho and Akira Kamiya have in common? They have all played Ryo Saeba, the main character of action/comedy series City Hunter. What better way to celebrate the acclaimed manga by Tsukasa Hojo than a 30th Anniversary Edition of the City Hunter comic along with a brand new original animation DVD to go along with it?
Fans should break out their wallets, though, because it’s not going to be as easy as walking into the shop and buying the disc.
- Japan
- (anime • City Hunter • City Hunter XYZ • manga • Tsukasa Hojo)
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