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City Hunter

Studio: Sunrise , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mystery

Ryo Saeba works the streets of Tokyo as the City Hunter. He's a "sweeper" and with his sidekick Kaori Makimura, he keeps the city clean. People hire the City Hunter to solve their dangerous problems, which he does with a Colt Python. When Ryo's not working on a case, he's working on getting the ladies, and Kaori must keep him in check with her trusty 10 kg hammer.



Tags: Crime , Episodic , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Slapstick , Urban , Male Protagonist , Detective , Assassins , Shounen , Yakuza , Mafia , Cars , Nudity , Boxing , Gambling

City Hunter 2

Also known as City Hunter 2.

Studio: Sunrise , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery

Ryo Saeba is a "sweeper" know as the City Hunter. He and his sidekick Kaori Makimura are hired to solve problems that the police can't (or won't) handle. When he's not keeping the streets of Tokyo clean, Ryo is chasing the ladies, and Kaori chases after him with a giant anti-ecchi hammer.



Tags: Guns , Episodic , Crime , Mafia , Slapstick , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Detective , Assassins , Cars , Police , Male Protagonist , Military , Ninja , Adoption , Crossdressing , Yakuza , Politics , Delinquents , Wrestling , Super Power , Swimming , Age Gap , Terrorism , Memory Manipulation , Royal Affairs

Lupin III

Also known as Lupin the 3rd.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy

Hard-boiled, cocky, classy and silly. These words only begin to describe the amazing master thief Lupin the Third. With the help of some quick gunplay by his partner Jigen, Lupin takes on the world in elaborate heists, classic car chases, and nasty explosions. Fujiko, a buxom redhead with a penchant for betrayal, always gets tangled up in Lupin's capers. The stoic but swift swordsman Goemon is just as inclined to kill Lupin as he is to help him. And Lupin can never seem to lose the relentless Tokyo Police Inspector Zenigata. What sort of trouble will this band of misfits get into next?



Tags: Seinen , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Episodic , Crime , Male Protagonist , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Mafia , Detective , Cars , Police , Samurai , Travel , Crossdressing , Football , Yakuza , Prison

City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes

Also known as City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes.

Studio: Sunrise , Aniplex , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mystery

Ryo Saeba is a sniper and private eye ("sweeper") based in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, who possesses unrivaled marksmanship and an over-the-top obsession for the opposite sex. He and his partner Kaori Makimura serve as bodyguards and perform other duties for his clients. Their latest client is Ai Shindo, a model who's being attacked by mysterious people and unknowingly holds the key to a vast city-wide conspiracy.



Tags: Urban , Shounen , Police , Guns , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Crossover

GREAT PRETENDER

Also known as Great Pretender.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Fuji TV , Production I.G , Toho , BS Fuji , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Thriller

Self-styled “Japan's greatest swindler” Makoto Edamura is mainly targeting elder people and occasional foreign travelers. But when he tries to scam an apparently clueless French tourist in Tokyo, he can't possibly imagine that what looked like just another ordinary job is going to take him all the way to Los Angeles, tied upside-down on the famous Hollywood sign… And he is yet to find out what fate awaits him!



Tags: Crime , Foreign , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Urban , Work , Language Barrier , Mafia , Acting , Triads , Filmmaking , Drawing , Drugs , Gangs , Heterosexual , Aviation , Guns , Bisexual , Slavery , Tomboy , Detective , Episodic , War , Mahjong , Baseball , Tanned Skin , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , Football , Terrorism

Angel Heart

Studio: Aniplex , TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance

A young Taiwanese assassin codenamed "Glass Heart" committed suicide by jumping off a building, and her heart was pierced by metal fence. Miraculously, her life was saved by heart transplantation. During her recovery she began to experience strange dreams, which lead her to Japan looking for the donor of her heart, who happens to be Kaori Makimura, former partner of City Hunter Ryo Saeba.

The author mentioned in the first tankoubon volume that Angel Heart only shares the same characters of City Hunter but not it's continuation. The events are all parallel universe, therefore it has nothing to do with City Hunter.

Tags: Police , Alternate Universe , Guns , Shounen , Age Gap , Assassins , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Gangs , Female Protagonist

City Hunter: Angel Dust

Also known as City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust.

Studio: Aniplex , Sunrise , The Answer Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

A movie project to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the City Hunter TV anime.

Ryou Saeba is known as City Hunter, the top 'sweeper' within the underworld. Based in Shinjuku as a private detective, he and his partner Kaoru Makimura take on a variety of clients. Their latest case is provided by Angie, a filmmaker, with a simple request - to find her missing cat. Ryou is thrilled by Angie's beautiful looks while Kaori is thrilled by the hefty reward...

Meanwhile, Saeko Nogami of the Metropolitan Police investigates an invention of the biotech company Zoltech - a dark technology that turns soldiers on the battlefield into superhumans. Created at the request of a mysterious underworld organization, this invention is the newest version of Angel Dust, which once almost destroyed Ryou and sent his partner Hideyuki Makimura to his death.

Can these two cases possibly be linked? There's clearly more to Angie's request than she's willing to share, and the truth around Angel Dust is about to launch Ryou into a fateful showdown with links to Ryou's very origin as a sweeper...

The Final Chapter Begins.



Tags: Urban , Shounen , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Cars , Trains , Ships , CGI , Motorcycles , Tragedy

Magic Kaito 1412

Also known as Magic Kaito 1412.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

Kaito Kuroba, a normal teenage student whose father is often absent. When his father dies under mysterious circumstances, he is made aware of his father's secret identity; a famous international criminal known as International Criminal 1412: the Phantom Thief, and that he was murdered by a mysterious organization for refusing to aid them in retrieving the "Pandora Gem"; a mystical stone said to shed a "tear" during the passing of a particular comet (often called the 'Volley Comet'), the consumption of which bestows immortality.

He vows to prevent the organization from gaining immortality, and assumes his father's identity as he begins his quest for the gem. His only clues as to the gem's location are that it glows red under the full moon and that it is a doublet: a gem hidden within a larger gem. Thus, it would have to be a relatively large one with a bizarre history, and always stored in a place that never receives moonlight. He thus researches and steals famous priceless gems with odd histories from incredibly well-defended areas, and always returns them after the very next full moon.


Tags: Episodic , Magic , Crossover , Heterosexual , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Detective , School , Urban , Mafia , Female Protagonist

D.N.Angel

Also known as D.N.Angel.

Studio: Xebec , ADV Films , Kadokawa Shoten , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Niwa Daisuke is your average teenager, until his fourteenth birthday. He tries to declare his love to the girl of his dreams, but fails. Suddenly, whenever he thinks about this girl he turns into the legendary phantom thief known as Dark Mousy. Daisuke's mother, very much aware of this, makes him turn into Dark and steal valuable works of art for a purpose unknown to Daisuke. As the story unfolds, he learns why, and about his classmate who seems to have the same ability.



Tags: Magic , Dissociative Identities , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , School , Crime , Twins , Foreign , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Henshin

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

Studio: Toei Animation , TV Asahi , Toei Agency
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

A normal looking high school girl on the outside, Kusakabe Maron is actually the reincarnation of Jeanne d' Arc. With the help of the angel, Fin Fish, Maron works as the thief Jeanne at night to seal the demons that reside in pieces of artwork, preying upon the weak hearts of the owners. She is branded as a thief due to the fact that the artworks disappear after she seals the demons. One day, a new neighbor and classmate appears, as well as a rival in her night job, the thief Sinbad. With her own best friend being the detective's daughter, out to capture her and the appearance of her new rival, Maron's work is anything but easy.

Tags: Demons , Magic , Henshin , Reincarnation , Angels , Detective , Episodic , Shoujo , Police , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Rehabilitation , Denpa , Gods , Estranged Family , Urban , Time Manipulation , School , Historical , Primarily Teen Cast , Athletics , Body Horror , Acrobatics , Hikikomori , Photography , Crossdressing