As it gets closer to the premiere of Ryo Saeba’s next big adventure, the official website for City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust revealed the newest collaboration involving Lupin the 3rd and Tama & Friends.
In a new announcement from the City Hunter Film’s website, there will be a special collaboration for the upcoming movie. Joining the guest appearances of the Kisugi Sisters from the iconic manga series created by Tsukasa Hojo, Cat’s Eye, will be Monkey Punch’s Lupin the 3rd and Sony Creative’s Tama & Friends.
According to the announcement, Lupin and Jigen will make their appearance in a scene where Ryo Saeba and Kaoru Makimura are in the middle of a car chase with Pirarchu and Espada. Meanwhile, Tama from Tama & Friends will make an appearance on Kaoru’s smartphone, who is searching for Angie’s cat at her request.
Available for Pre-Order: City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust – Original Soundtrack.Four new cast members were announced in June. Miyuki Sawashiro (Kamen Rider Decade, Lupin The Third, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) as Angie, Kenyuu Horiuchi (Cowboy Bebop, FUUTO PI, Naruto: Shippuden) as Shin Kaibara, Tomokazu Seki (Psycho-Pass, One Piece, Doraemon) as Pirarucu, and Subaru Kimura (Kamen Rider REVICE, The First Slam Dunk, Doraemon) as Espada. It will also feature the return of Akira Kamiya as Ryo Saeba, Kazue Ikura as Kaori Makimura, Harumi Ichiryūsai as Saeko Nogami, Tesshō Genda as Umibozu, Mami Koyama as Miki, and Cat’s Eye Keiko Toda as Hitomi, Chika Sakamoto as Ai, and Rica Fukami as Rui (Rui’s original voice actor, Toshiko Fujita passed away in December 2018.) Kenji Kodama will be directing the film at Sunrise and the Answer Studio Co. Ltd. Yasuyuki Mutō is writing the screenplay, and Aniplex is distributing the film. The film is set to debut in Japan on September 8th, but it was confirmed recently that it will have a limited western release that will be available in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and North America in 2024.
Tsukasa Hojo’s City Hunter manga ran from 1985 to 1991 and has 35 volumes. The manga inspired four television anime series, one anime film, several videos, and television specials including a 2015 original anime DVD. ADV Films released most of these anime projects in North America. The original anime premiered in April 1987. The City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes anime film opened in Japan in February 2019. The City Hunter anime, and films currently streaming on Crunchyroll.
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