Episode 78 - City Hunter by Tsukasa Hojo

All you need to do to hire the service of the City Hunter is to write XYZ on the bulletin board of Shinjuku station and they’ll do the rest.... These Sweepers are guns for hire, with no case to big or small: anything goes...

This week I'm joined once again by Tom to discuss the '80s cult classic City Hunter by Tsukasa Hojo! While the series debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1985, it's living proof that manga and the magazine have changed a lot in that time, and this one's definitely more of a seinen title!

After really rolling up our sleeves and getting into the aspects that really haven't aged well with the book (see Ryo's pervy side), we get into discussing the nostalgic action movie feel the book offers and gush about how incredible Hojo's art is.

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Show Notes:

Other Manga:

Akira (and the podcast episode)

Trigun Maximum (and the podcast episode)

Fist of the North Star (and the podcast epiosde)

Gun Smith Cats

Cat's Eye

Movies / TV:

City Hunter 1993 (with Jackie Chan)

City Hunter 2024 (modern Nexflix Reboot)

Lethal Weapon

Dirty Harry

Miami Vice

Thanks to Juliano Zucareli for our theme music!

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