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City Hunter
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1985 to 1991, with its chapters collected in 35 volumes. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Sunrise Studios in 1987. The anime series was popular in numerous Asian and European countries. ''City Hunter'' spawned a media franchise consisting of numerous adaptations and spin-offs from several countries. The franchise includes four anime television series, three anime television specials, three made-for-television animated films, two animated feature films for theatrical release ('' Shinjuku Private Eyes'' in February 2019 and '' Angel Dust'' in September 2023), several live-action films (including '' City Hunter'', a Hong Kong film starring Jackie Chan, and '' Nicky Larson et le Parfum de Cupidon'', a French film), video games, and a live-action Korean TV drama. It also had a spin-off manga, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Hunter (TV Series)
''City Hunter'' () is a 2011 South Korean television series based on the Japanese manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo, starring Lee Min-ho, Park Min-young, Lee Joon-hyuk, Kim Sang-joong, Kim Sang-ho, Hwang Sun-hee, Goo Hara, Chun Ho-jin, and Lee Kwang-soo. It premiered on May 25, 2011, on SBS and finished broadcasting on July 28, 2011. This show was successful in Europe and paved way for Lee Min-ho's popularity in Europe. Synopsis In 1983, the South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan and his delegates are visiting Burma when a bomb planted by North Korean agents explodes, killing some high-ranking officials. This historical event is called the Rangoon bombing (also known as the Rangoon incident). To strike back, five South Korean officials plan a covert operation, codenamed "Operation Cleansweep", to enter North Korea and kill several top members of the North's high command. Lee Jin-pyo ( Kim Sang-joong) and Park Moo-yeol ( Park Sang-mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that was previously published in a serialized format. Manga typically contain a handful of chapters, and may collect multiple volumes as a series continues publication. Major publishing Imprint (trade name), imprints for of manga include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other Jump (magazine line), ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Magazine Comics, Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics, and Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion, Shōnen Champion Comics. Manga Increasingly after 1959, manga came to be published in thick, phone book, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology list of manga magazines, manga magazines (such as ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or ''Weekly Shōnen Jump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
JOIX-DTV (channel 10), branded as , is the Kansai region flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned by the , itself a subsidiary of Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings. FYCS is partially controlled by the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate and forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Nippon Television Holdings, the owners of Kantō region flagship Nippon Television, which owns a 20% share in the company. Founded as on February 13, 1958, and renamed Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation on August 1, the station started broadcasting on August 28 as the first TV station to be affiliated with Nippon Television Network Corporation. Its studios are located in the Osaka Business Park district of Osaka. It also claims the highest viewing ratings in the Kansai region as of 2024. History Early years Nippon TV applied for TV broadcasting licenses in Osaka and Nagoya after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Heart (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo published in the '' Weekly Comic Bunch'' from 2001 throughout 2010. After the cancellation of ''Bunch'', the manga was renewed in '' Monthly Comic Zenon'' under the title of ''Angel Heart: 2nd Season'', which ran from 2010 to 2017. An animated television series based on the manga aired in Japan from October 3, 2005, to September 25, 2006. The author mentioned in the first ''tankōbon'' volume that ''Angel Heart'' shares the same characters as '' City Hunter'' but is not its continuation. Plot A young woman stands on top of a building in Shinjuku as she receives a call from her handler. The handler, who calls her "Glass Heart", congratulates her with a job well done regarding her latest kill, which he refers to as her 50th. Glass Heart recounts the day's events. She had just killed a man sitting on a park bench with a silenced gun. As she was leaving the park, a small girl runs in with some ice cream and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Larson Et Le Parfum De Cupidon
''Nicky Larson et le parfum de Cupidon'' (; ; also known as ''City Hunter'') is a 2018 French action comedy film directed by Philippe Lacheau who also co-wrote the screenplay with Julien Arruti and Pierre Lacheau. It is an adaptation of the Japanese manga and anime series '' City Hunter'' (known as ''Nicky Larson'' in France) by Tsukasa Hojo, who agreed to the adaptation after reading the script. The film features Philippe Lacheau, Élodie Fontan, Tarek Boudali and Julien Arruti in lead roles, along with Didier Bourdon, Kamel Guenfoud, Sophie Mousel and Pamela Anderson in supporting roles. It was first released on 6 February 2019. Synopsis Nicky Larson is an unusual private investigator, as talented a street fighter as he is a sniper. He is often called on to solve problems that no one can solve. Aided by his partner Laura, he offers multiple services to his customers, more or less dangerous. But, as professional and famous as he is, he has a major flaw: his particularly exacerb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Hunter (film)
''City Hunter'' () is a 1993 Hong Kong action comedy film written and directed by Wong Jing. The film stars Jackie Chan, Joey Wong, Kumiko Goto, Chingmy Yau, Gary Daniels, Leon Lai and Richard Norton. It is an adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name by Tsukasa Hojo, first serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' between 1985 and 1991. Chan plays Ryo Saeba, a womanizing private investigator hired to retrieve the wayward daughter of a news magnate. In the process, he and his partner/love interest Kaori (Wong) find themselves on a cruise ship taken over by terrorists. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong by Golden Harvest on Chinese New Year 1993. Plot Ryo Saeba is a private investigator known as the "City Hunter". His assistant is Kaori Makimura, the younger sister of his late partner Hideyuki, who with his dying words made the womanizing detective swear that he would never seduce her. In spite of this, Kaori has fallen madly in love with Ryo, and is up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saviour Of The Soul
''Saviour of the Soul'' (Chinese: 魔宮奇俠; released in the Philippines as ''The Good and the Bad'') is a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts film, martial arts Hong Kong action cinema, action film, directed by Corey Yuen, and starring Andy Lau, Anita Mui and Aaron Kwok. The film adapts elements from the Japanese manga series ''City Hunter'', including its characters, but with a mostly different plot; the manga later received an official adaptation with Jackie Chan's ''City Hunter (film), City Hunter'' in 1993. ''Saviour of the Soul II'' was released in 1992, but both films are not related to each other. ''Saviour of the Soul'' is the first film produced by lead actor Lau's film company, Teamwork Motion Pictures. Plot Ching (Andy Lau), May-kwan (Anita Mui) and Siu-chuen (Kenny Bee) are famous mercenaries who capture wanted criminals for a living. However, they are involved in a love triangle, as Siu-chuen is in love with May-kwan and has proposed to her, but May-kwan is in love wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple languages. Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. began its pioneering DVD-by-mail movie rental service, Netflix is the most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service, with 301.6 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries as of 2025. By 2022, "Netflix Original" productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing of mobile games through its flagship service. As of 2025, Netflix is the 18th most-visited website in the world, with 21.18% of its traffic coming from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 6.01%, Canada at 4.94%, and Brazil at 4.24%. History Launch as a mail-based renta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūichi Satō
is a Japanese film director. Filmography *''Pray File:Prayers-collage.png, 300px, alt=Collage of various religionists praying – Clickable Image, Collage of various religionists praying ''(Clickable image – use cursor to identify.)'' rect 0 0 1000 1000 Shinto festivalgoer praying in front ...'' (2005) *''Simsons'' ( ja) (2006) *'' Kisaragi'' (2007) *''Guardian Angel'' ( ja) (2009) *''A Man on the Verge at a Black Company'' ( ja) (2009) *'' Strawberry Night'' (2013) *'' Poison Berry in My Brain'' (2015) *'' Kasane: Beauty and Fate'' (2018) *''You, I Love'' (2018) *'' The Master Plan'' (2021) *'' City Hunter'' (2024) *''6 Lying University Students'' (2024) References 1962 births Japanese film directors Living people Film people from Tokyo {{Japan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taku Iwasaki
is a Japanese composer and arranger. His hometown is Tokyo, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... He is a graduate of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Works Anime *'' The Irresponsible Captain Tylor'' (OVA series (theme songs composition, etc.); 1995, 1996) *'' Now and Then, Here and There'' (1999) *'' Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal'' (1999) *'' R.O.D -Read or Die-'' (2001) *'' The SoulTaker'' (2001) *'' Sadamitsu the Destroyer'' (2001) *'' Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection'' (2001) *'' Go! Go! Itsutsugo Land'' (2001) *'' GetBackers'' (2002) *'' Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō'' (2002) *'' Witch Hunter Robin'' (2002) *'' R.O.D the TV'' (2003) *'' Yakitate!! Japan'' (2004) *'' Black Cat'' (2005) *'' Angel Heart'' (2005) *'' Binchō-tan'' (2006) *'' Ō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuo Yamazaki
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, wrestling instructor and commentator who is known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and shoot-style promotions Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan), Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and UWF International (UWFi). He is signed as a commentator for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Professional wrestling career New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1982–1984) An amateur wrestling, amateur wrestler and high school judoka in his youth, Yamazaki's professional wrestling career began in May 1982 in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He wrestled his debut match on May 6 against Black Cat (wrestler), Kuroneko. During this time, he was also a student of Satoru Sayama, better known as Tiger Mask, who trained Yamazaki extensively in shoot wrestling and kickboxing. He also trained under NJPW's head submission grappling instructor Yoshiaki Fujiwara. Whenever Kuniaki Kobayashi stripped Sayama of his mask, Yamazaki was always the first to help remask hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KQEH
KQEH (channel 54), branded on-air as KQED Plus, is a PBS member television station licensed to San Jose, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The station is owned by KQED Inc., alongside fellow PBS station KQED (channel 9) and NPR member KQED-FM (88.5) in San Francisco. The three stations share studios on Mariposa Street in San Francisco's Mission District and transmitter facilities atop Sutro Tower; until January 17, 2018, KQEH's transmitter was located atop Monument Peak. History The station first signed on the air on October 19, 1964, as KTEH, originally intended to serve the South Bay. In the late 1990s, KTEH bought KCAH in Watsonville, which was founded in 1989 to serve as the PBS station for the Santa Cruz– Salinas– Monterey market. Before being acquired by KQED, KTEH maintained a Technical Volunteer program, which allowed volunteers to learn how to operate cameras, audio, shading, directing, and other production and technical respo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
