City Hunter (1987 TV series)

City Hunter
シティーハンター
(Shitī Hanta)
Anime television series
Directed byKenji Kodama
Music by
  • Ryoichi Kunoshi (1–26)
  • Tatsumi Yano (6–51)
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
English network
Original run April 6, 1987 March 28, 1988
Episodes51
Anime television series
City Hunter 2
Directed byKenji Kodama
Music byTatsumi Yano
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
English network
Original run April 8, 1988 July 14, 1989
Episodes63
Anime film
City Hunter: .357 Magnum
Directed byKenji Kodama
Written byAkinori Endo
Music byTatsumi Yano
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
ReleasedJune 17, 1989 (1989-06-17)
Runtime87 minutes
Anime television series
City Hunter 3
Directed byKenji Kodama
Written byYasushi Hirano
Music byTatsumi Yano
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
English network
Original run October 15, 1989 January 21, 1990
Episodes13
Anime film
City Hunter: Bay City Wars
Directed byKenji Kodama
Written byYasushi Hirano
Music byTatsumi Yano
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
ReleasedAugust 25, 1990 (1990-08-25)
Runtime45 minutes
Anime film
City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy
Directed byKenji Kodama
Written byShoji Tonoike
Music byTatsumi Yano
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
ReleasedAugust 25, 1990 (1990-08-25)
Runtime43 minutes
Anime television series
City Hunter '91
Directed byKiyoshi Egami
Music byTatsumi Yano
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
English network
Original run April 28, 1991 October 10, 1991
Episodes13
Anime television film
City Hunter: The Secret Service
Directed byKenji Kodama
Written by
  • Akinori Endo
  • Kenji Kodama
Music byTatsumi Yano
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
English network
  • NA: Anime Network
ReleasedJanuary 5, 1996 (1996-01-05)
Runtime90 minutes
Anime television film
City Hunter: Goodbye My Sweetheart
Directed byKazuo Yamazaki
Written byTatsumi Yano
Music byMasara Nishida
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA:
    • ADV Films (former)
    • Discotek Media
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
ReleasedApril 25, 1997 (1997-04-25)
Runtime88 minutes
Anime television film
City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba
Directed byMasaharu Okuwaki
Written byNobuaki Kishima
Music byTatsumi Yano
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
Original networkNNS (YTV, NTV)
ReleasedApril 23, 1999 (1999-04-23)
Runtime91 minutes
Video game
DeveloperSunsoft
PublisherSunsoft
PlatformPC Engine
Released
  • JP: March 2, 1990

City Hunter (シティーハンター, Shitī Hanta) is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga series City Hunter by Tsukasa Hojo. Produced by Sunrise, the series aired on Yomiuri TV, Nippon Television and their affiliates from April 6, 1987 to March 28, 1988. It was later followed up by a sequel, City Hunter 2 (シティーハンター 2, Shitī Hanta 2) airing from April 1988 to July 1989 for 61 episodes. Another sequel, City Hunter 3 (シティーハンター 3, Shitī Hanta 3) aired from October 1989 to January 1990 while the final television entry, City Hunter '91 (シティーハンター '91, Shitī Hanta '91) aired from April to October 1991. It has spanned three films, two sequel television specials and a video game by Sunsoft in 1990 for the PC Engine.