Ordinary: Kana Confirms Delivery of Tsukasa Hojo’s Metropolis Hunter, Cat’s Peek Manga in Omnibus Editions

Abrams ComicArts‘ Kana imprint confirmed with ANN on Thursday that it has licensed Tsukasa Hōjō‘s Metropolis Hunter and Cat’s Peek manga, and plans to begin each and every series in omnibus editions in print. Kana is using fresh English translations for the begin.

Metropolis Hunter will begin in a deluxe omnibus version containing the main three quantity of the original manga. The first omnibus begin will include six pages of corpulent-colour inserts. The first omnibus quantity will begin on September 9 and can fair retail for US$26.99. The e book can contain 582 pages in paperback with a dust jacket. Pre-speak information is available on Abrams’ online page.

Kana describes the manga:

James Bond meets Lupin the Third! A common cocktail of exhausting-boiled motion and raunchy comedy, manga traditional Metropolis Hunter follows outstanding marksman and compassionate sleazeball Ryo Saeba as he sweeps corruption from the lavish 80s Tokyo nightlife, one execrable at a time.

Taking on underground queer jobs, from the bodyguard of a dazzling madame to a vengefully hired assassination of a depraved flesh presser, readers prepare the Metropolis Hunter by fleet-wit thrills and smoldering dramas.

The Metropolis Hunter Ryo Saeba takes on the dirty work of cleaning up Tokyo’s nightlife with his heart of gold oldschool on his sleeve.

The manga has offered over 50 million volumes worldwide.

Cat’s Peek will begin in a deluxe omnibus version moreover on September 9. The first omnibus begin will include the main three volumes of the original manga. The begin can contain 16 corpulent-colour insert pages, and forty eight pages of two-colour inserts. The paperback begin can contain 602 total pages and a dust jacket, and can fair retail for US$26.99. Pre-speak information is available on Abrams’ online page.

Kana describes the manga:

Café homeowners by day, art thieves by evening, the three sisters Rui, Ai, and Hitomi contain high-possibility lives outside of their day jobs. Hitomi especially desires to preserve her secret under wraps, since she’s dating Toshio—the police officer assigned to acquire the Cat’s Peek thief!

Cat’s Peek’s targets are easy to space: They’re all art gadgets authored by acclaimed genius painter Heinz. What museums don’t know is that this artist is the missing father to the three “Cat’s Peek” siblings.

Because the sisters reclaim one share after one other, spreading their infamous identify, a conspiracy step by step begins to demonstrate itself. How can their father attain out of hiding when the bloodthirsty syndicate that betrayed him to steal his work and reputation—many of whom had been as soon as his closest apprentices and art collectors—are serene so noteworthy in the art world?

When Cat’s Peek tightropes one other canvas out of a intently guarded demonstrate, the law enforcement officials are pressed to apprehend the thief. Can the sisters ogle the actual fact about their missing father? Or will they be apprehended by Hitomi’s enormous identify-crossed lover Toshio or killed by the looming syndicate responsible for the father’s disappearance.

Because the heists continue, the stakes handiest salvage greater.

Hojo’s Metropolis Hunter manga ran from 1985 to 1991 and has 35 volumes. The manga inspired four television anime series, one earlier anime film, and a number of other video and television specials including a 2015 original anime DVD. The original anime premiered in April 1987. The Metropolis Hunter: Shinjuku Personal Eyes anime film opened in Japan in February 2019, and the Metropolis Hunter The Movie: Angel Mud film opened in September 2023. The manga inspired a brand fresh Eastern live-motion film that launched on Netflix worldwide in April 2024.

Coamix and Imagineer‘s MangaHot app and online page is publishing the Metropolis Hunter manga in English digitally.

Hojo’s Cat’s Peek manga ran from 1981 to 1985, and inspired two television anime seasons by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. The first 36-episode season aired between 1983-1984, and the 2nd 37-episode season aired from 1984-1985. Coamix released the manga in English on it and Imagineer‘s MangaHot app and online page last July.

The manga is inspiring a brand fresh anime in September.

The franchise inspired the Lupin III vs. Cat’s Peek cel-sad CG crossover anime that debuted in January 2023 worldwide completely on Amazon Prime Video.

The manga inspired a live-motion French series that premiered on the French channels TF1 and TF1+ on November 11. The series debuted on Amazon Prime Video on December 18 internationally. The series is getting a 2nd season on French channel TF1.

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