posted on by Alex Mateo
Movie opened in Japan in September 2023

© TSUKASA HOJO/COAMIX, 2023 CITY HUNTER MOVIE COMMITTEE
Cry! Studios announced on Monday that this can launch City Hunter franchise‘s original anime movie City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dirt (Gekijо̄ban City Hunter: Tenshi no Namida) on Blu-ray Disc from Anime Limited in North The usa on July 14.
The movie opened in Japan in September 2023.
Returning insist actors include Akira Kamiya as Ryo Saeba, Kazue Ikura as Kaori Makimura, Harumi Ichiryūsai as Saeko Nogami, Tesshō Genda as Umibozu, and Mami Koyama as Miki. Additionally returning in the movie are the three Kisugi thief sisters from the Cat’s Stare anime. Keiko Toda and Chika Sakamoto are returning from the original Cat’s Stare television anime as Hitomi and Ai. Rica Fukami plays Rui. (Toshiko Fujita, who played Rui in the original Cat’s Stare anime, handed away in December 2018.) Ryōta Yamasato from comedian duo Nankai Sweets voices a man who hits on Angie and invites her on a date. Sekai of the FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE band plays the visitor role of a suspect with a mohawk during a flashback for Saeko Nogami of the Metropolitan Police Division’s Special Investigation Division.
City Hunter franchise director Kenji Kodama directed the original movie at Break of day and The Respond Studio Co., Ltd. Yasuyuki Mutō (Deadman Wonderland) wrote the screenplay. Aniplex is distributing the movie.
The movie revolves around the previous of Ryo Saeba and the loss of life of his dilapidated partner Hideyuki Makimura. It additionally revolves around Angel Dirt, which turned into once additionally indispensable in the original collection.
TM Community performs the opening theme song “Whatever Comes” and ending theme song “Get Wild” (the original anime collection’ ending theme song).
The original anime movie commemorates the television anime’s thirty fifth anniversary.
Hojo’s City Hunter manga ran from 1985 to 1991 and has 35 volumes. The manga inspired four television anime collection, one earlier anime movie, and several other video and television specials including a 2015 original anime DVD. The original anime premiered in April 1987. The City Hunter: Shinjuku Non-public Eyes anime movie opened in Japan in February 2019, and the City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dirt movie opened in September 2023. The manga inspired a brand original Japanese are living-action movie that launched on Netflix worldwide in April 2024.
Coamix and Imagineer‘s MangaHot app and site is publishing the City Hunter manga in English digitally. Abrams ComicArts‘ Kana imprint licensed the manga, and plans to launch the collection in omnibus editions in print. Kana is using original English translations for the launch.
Source: Press launch
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