A brand newCity Huntermovie will soon be released in Japanese theaters, and it’ll have a different feel to it thanShinjuku Private Eyesaccording to original author Tsukasa Hojo.
Aniplex has announced on June 19, 2025, that a brand newCity Huntermovie is in production.City Hunteris originally a manga by Tsukasa Hojo serialized starting 1985 in Shonen Jump, depicting Ryo Saeba, a sweeper and bodyguard, and his assistant Kaori Makimura. The series got its first anime back in 1987. This new movie celebrates the 35th anniversary of the anime and will be a sequel to theCity Hunter Shinjuku Private Eyesmovie released in 2019.
Everything we Know About the New City Hunter Movie
In the newCity Huntermovie, protagonist Ryo Saeba will again be voiced by Akira Kamiya, a legendary seiyuu who was also the first voice actor for Kenshiro inHokuto no Ken, and for Ryoma Nagare inGetter Robo. At 74 years old, Akira Kamiya doesn’t do much voice acting anymore but always comes back to voice Ryohimself since the original anime. Moreover, the ending theme song of the movie is againGet Wild, the most iconic ED theme song of the original anime, by Tetsuya Komuro and TM Network.
The Japanese press releasealso included comments from Tsukasa Hojo, Akira Kamiya and Tetsuya Komuro. Most notably, Tsukasa Hojo mentioned that this new movie will have a different feel to it when compared toShinjuku Private Eyes. you’re able to check out the trailer below.
City Hunter New Movie Announcement Trailer
Tsukasa Hojo’s Manga was a Major Influence on Shonen
If not for the influence of manga likeCity HunterorGolgo 13, there would have been noBlack Cat,noSakamoto Days,and noSpy x Family. City Hunterheavily contributed to popularizing gunfight shonen manga featuring cool assassins with supernatural skills and senses. You should definitely give the series a try if you never did.
Additionally, theCity Hunteranime was also one of the series that popularized having the Ending theme fading in, with the first notes of the song playing over the final scenes of an episode. This is whyGet Wildand all the Ending theme songs ofCity Hunterare so iconic. The same technique was later used in many different genres of anime fromKodomo no OmochatoMobile Suit Gundam Seed,alongside the newJoJo’s Bizarre Adventureanime by David Production, with theRoundaboutfade-in of Part 1 and 2 becoming an internet meme.
