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City Hunter (manga)

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©1985 by Tsukasa Hojo/North Stars Pictures, Inc.


Alternative title:
City Hunter, Nicky Larson (French)
シティーハンター (Japanese)
城市獵人 (Chinese (Taiwan))
시티헌터 (Korean)
Genres: action, comedy, drama, romance
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Ryo Saeba is a "sweeper" in the city of Tokyo. His works as a trouble shooter, cleaning the streets of vermin, and helping out desperate people. Sometimes he's a bodyguard, sometimes he's an assassin, whatever Ryo does he does it well. In fact his only flaw is his hormones—he loves the ladies and sometimes turns into an idiot when he's near them. Thankfully he's got people like his partner Kaori Makimura to keep him in check.
User Ratings: 65 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 9 votes (sub:5, Eng:2, raw:1, dub:1)
 Excellent: 17 votes (Eng:5, sub:2, dub:2, others:8
4 French
1 French edited dub
1 Mandarin
1 German
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 12 votes (Eng:8, dub:1, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Italian
)
 Good: 14 votes (Eng:4, sub:3, others:7
3 French
2 French dubbed
1 Indonesian
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 8 votes (Eng:4, ?:1, dub:1, sub:1, others:1
1 French
)
 So-so: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 178 users, rank: #493 (of 7042)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.754 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.71, rank: #1660 (of 7928)
Weighted mean: 7.636 (Very good−), rank: #2176 (of 7928) (seen all: 8.22 / seen some: 7.54 / won't finish: 3.73)
Bayesian estimate: 7.639 (Very good−), rank: #1181 (of 3557)
Number of tankoubon: 35
Chapter titles: We have 337
Vintage:
1985-02-26 to 1991-11-19 (Weekly Shonen Jump, 1985 #13 - 1991 #50)
1996-05 (Spain - Normal Editorial)
2004-07 (Spain - Ediciones Mangaline)
Release dates: We have 128
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 21-27 (Sep 25, 2025)
City Hunter PC Engine Game Gets 'Revival Version' on February 26 (Sep 24, 2025)
Exclusive: Kana Confirms Release of Tsukasa Hojo's City Hunter, Cat's Eye Manga in Omnibus Editions (Apr 17, 2025)
Amazon Lists Releases of Cat's Eye, City Hunter Manga in English in Print from Kana (Apr 11, 2025)
Japanese Live-Action City Hunter Film Launches on Netflix on April 25 (Feb 8, 2024)
Shout! Factory Releases 1993 City Hunter Live-Action Film on Blu-ray Disc in April (Jan 31, 2023)
City Hunter Manga Gets 1st Japanese Live-Action Film for Netflix (Dec 14, 2022)
Coamix's MangaHot Service Publishes Tsukasa Hojo's City Hunter Manga in English (Mar 28, 2022)
Discotek Licenses Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san, Tales of Phantasia, As Miss Beelzebub Likes It, Yowamushi Pedal New Generation, More Anime (Dec 13, 2021)
TM Network Band Returns After 6 Years (Oct 1, 2021)
City Hunter Manga Gets Musical by Takarazuka Revue's Snow Troupe (Dec 22, 2020)
French Live-Action City Hunter Film Nicky Larson Sells 1 Million Tickets in 2 Weeks (Mar 3, 2019)
French Live-Action City Hunter Film Nicky Larson Previewed in TV Spots (Jan 25, 2019)
New City Hunter Anime Film Reveals Title, New Trailer, Additional Cast (Dec 12, 2018)
New City Hunter Anime Film Reveals Teaser Video, More Returning Cast (Aug 1, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 23-29 (May 2, 2018)
City Hunter Gets Spinoff Manga About Umibōzu (Apr 30, 2018)
Sunrise Animates New City Hunter Film for Spring 2019 (Mar 19, 2018)
Pop Team Epic Anime Casts Mikako Komatsu, Sumire Uesaka (Nov 29, 2017)
City Hunter Manga Gets French Live-Action Film by Philippe Lacheau (Updated) (Jul 14, 2017)
City Hunter Gets Spinoff Manga About Fan Reborn Into Manga's World (May 26, 2017)
City Hunter Manga Gets New Chinese Live-Action Film (Oct 11, 2016)
City Hunter Spinoff Angel Heart Gets Live-Action Show (Jul 15, 2015)
City Hunter's 'Motion Graphic Anime' Reunites TV Anime's Cast (Jun 24, 2015)
City Hunter Manga Gets New Original Anime DVD (May 23, 2015)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, May 19-25 (May 27, 2014)
Weekly Wrapup 23/Oct - 29/Oct (Oct 30, 2011)
Live-Action Korean City Hunter's N. American DVD Slated (Sep 1, 2011)
Korean City Hunter Show Licensed for U.S. Hulu Streaming (May 25, 2011)
City Hunter Manga Gets Live-Action Korean TV Series (Sep 12, 2010)
New Live-Action City Hunter Reportedly Heading to USA (Dec 23, 2008)
City Hunter Hammer Tops Yahoo! Japan Charity Auctions (Feb 1, 2008)
Slam Dunk, Vagabond's Inoue to Visit NYC in November (Oct 12, 2007)
First Slam Dunk Basketball Scholarship Awarded (Oct 3, 2007)
Korean Actor to Star in Japanese/Korean City Hunter (Aug 27, 2007)
Manga Artists File Lawsuit Against Manga Download Site (Mar 14, 2007)
Tsukasa Hojo at BAAF (May 8, 2003)
New Gutsoon! Graphic Novels in June (Mar 18, 2003)
ADV Street Dates (Mar 11, 2003)
Sequential Tart: August Updates (Aug 6, 2002)
AX 2002: Anime Expo Opening Ceremonies (Jul 6, 2002)
Raijin Comics Details (May 20, 2002)
Sega-Shinchosha Weekly Manga Magazine Venture (May 16, 2002)
This Week's Anime and Manga Releases (Dec 12, 2001)
Shounen Jump Founder and Editor-In-Chief Passes Away (Nov 28, 2001)
January Merchandise Releases (Nov 17, 2001)
This Week's Anime and Manga Releases (Oct 31, 2001)
November Merchandise Releases (Sep 16, 2001)
New Manga in Japan (May 15, 2001)
New Tsukasa Hojo Manga to appear in Weekly Bunch (May 7, 2001)
Convention report:
Anime Central 2003 - Friday Industry Panels (May 26, 2003)
Interest:
Used Car Magazine Car Sensor Hires City Hunter for New Commercials (Sep 8, 2025)
February 26 Declared City Hunter Day For 40th Anniversary (Feb 28, 2025)
City Hunter Creator Answers Age-Long Question: 'Why Doesn't Ryō Just Dodge Kaori's Hammer?' (Feb 2, 2019)
Live-Action Korean & Taiwanese Adaptations of Manga You Might Not Know About (Jun 10, 2014)
City Hunter's Ryō Saeba Underwear Offered with Magazine (Oct 25, 2011)
Interview:
Interview with Cat's Eye, City Hunter Manga Legend Tsukasa Hōjō (Oct 27, 2025)
Press Release:
Kana to Publish Iconic Manga Classics City Hunter and Cat's Eye by Legendary Mangaka Tsukasa Hojo (Apr 17, 2025)
Other articles: Show:
The Fall 2025 Manga Guide - City Hunter (Oct 23, 2025)
The Most Popular Anime Series According to Netflix's Data Drop (Dec 19, 2023)
The Fall 2019 Anime Preview Guide - No Guns Life (Oct 10, 2019)
This Week in Games - The Last Remaining Secrets of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nov 1, 2018)
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Dragon Ball (Mar 10, 2011)
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Ima, kore ga hoshiin da! - I Want It, Manga Style! (Dec 31, 2002)
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Graphic novel
    City Hunter (GN 1) 2003-06-18 (from $17.50)
    City Hunter - [Omnibus] (GN 1) 2025-09-23 (from $25.49)
    City Hunter (GN 2) 2003-08-19 (from $59.95)
    City Hunter - [Omnibus] (GN 2) 2026-01-13 (from $29.99)
    City Hunter (GN 3) 2003-10-15 (from $17.89)
    City Hunter - [Omnibus] (GN 3) 2026-05-05 (from $29.99)
    City Hunter (GN 4) 2003-12-15 (from $19.21)
    City Hunter (GN 5) 2004-04-28

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher:
Coamix (since 2000-06)
Shinchosha (since 2000-06)
Shueisha
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Shunji Harigaya (Vol. 1)
Translation: David Evelyn (Manga Hot)

Design: Shawn Dahl (Kana)
Director Of Sales: Hideki Yamamoto
Editing:
Jonathan Tarbox (vol. 1-5)
Kristiina Korpus (Kana)
Sam Kondo
Editor-in-Chief: Tadashi Negishi
Editorial Assistant: Kai Obinata (Kana)
Editorial Cooperation:
Sheldon Drzka (Vols 4-5)
Susumu Sakurai
General Manager: Yukihiro Kashimura
Lettering: Kai Kyou (Kana)
Managing Editor: Nate Lee (Kana)
Production Design: Maggie Vicknair (Kana)
Production manager: Sarah Masterson Hally (Kana)
Publisher: Nobuhiko Horie
Retouch: Joshua Baldwin (Kana)
Retouch Assistance: David Evelyn (Kana)
Senior Manager: Michael Palmieri
(none)
English companies
Art Direction: SPAZIO ARANCIA (Vols 2-5)
Distributor: Kana
Editorial Cooperation: C.P.U.Go (Vols 1-3)
Editorial Production: Coamix
Licensed by:
Abrams ComicArts (Kana, 2025)
Gutsoon! Entertainment (defunct)
Online Distribution: MangaHot
Printing:
TOPPAN (USA; Vols 1-2)
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (H.K.; Vols 3-5)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Editor: Panini Comics
Publisher: J'ai Lu
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Translation:
Angel Palacios Sousa (Mangaline)
Kayoko Nadabe (Mangaline)
Publisher:
Arechi Manga (Spain; 2020)
Ediciones Mangaline (Spain)
Mangaline Comics
Norma Editorial (Spain)
Panini Comics (Mexico; Colombia; Chile; Peru)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation:
Anna Maria Maggi (vol. 18-39, Star Comics)
Fabrizio Magri (vol. 1-17, Star Comics)
Rieko Fukuda (Star Comics)

Adaptation:
Barbara Rossi (vol. 1-17, Star Comics)
Giovanni Mattioli (vol. 18-39, Star Comics)
Lettering:
Annalisa Bassi (vol. 1-2, Star Comics)
Sabrina Daviddi (vol. 3-13, Star Comics)
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher:
Edizioni Star Comics (1996-1999)
Planet Manga (2010-2013) 
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Egmont Manga & Anime (Egmont Manga and anime)
German cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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