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Anime Limited Will Release City Hunter: Angel Dust in U.K. and Ireland Cinemas in 2024

Anime Limited has announced on Twitter that it will release the City Hunter franchise's new anime film, City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust (Gekijо̄ban City Hunter: Tenshi no Namida) in U.K. and Ireland cinemas in 2024. Anime Limited will also release the film in North America.

The film will open in Japan on September 8 2023. Its new characters and cast include

• Miyuki Sawashiro as Angie, an overseas movie producer. Angie came to Japan to shoot a movie of her cat traveling throughout Japan, but the cat ran off, so she seeks City Hunter's help
• Kenyuu Horiuchi as Shin Kaibara, a battle-scarred mercenary leader who once raised the orphaned Ryō as a warrior
• Tomokazu Seki as Pirarucu, a member of the "Wetworks" assassination team
• Subaru Kimura as Espada, a member of the "Wetworks" assassination team

Returning in the film are the three Kisugi thief sisters from the Cat's Eye anime. Keiko Toda and Chika Sakamoto are returning from the original Cat's Eye television anime as Hitomi and Ai. Rica Fukami plays Rui. (Toshiko Fujita, who played Rui in the original Cat's Eye anime, passed away in December 2018.)

City Hunter franchise director Kenji Kodama is directing the new film at Sunrise and The Answer Studio Co., Ltd. Yasuyuki Mutō (Deadman Wonderland) is writing the screenplay. Aniplex is distributing the film.

The film will revolve around the past of Ryo Saeba and the death of his old partner Hideyuki Makimura. It will also revolve around Angel Dust, which was important in the original series.

Returning voice actors include Akira Kamiya as Ryo Saeba, Kazue Ikura as Kaori Makimura, Harumi Ichiryūsai as Saeko Nogami, Tesshō Genda as Umibōzu, and Mami Koyama as Miki.

The film commemorates the television anime's 35th anniversary.

Tsukasa Hōjō's City Hunter manga ran from 1985 to 1991 and has 35 volumes. The manga inspired four television anime series, one anime film, and several video and television specials including a 2015 original anime DVD.

The original anime premiered in April 1987. The City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes anime film opened in Japan in February 2019.

The MangaHot app and website describes the manga's story:

Ryo Saeba, a.k.a. City Hunter. A sweeper who fulfills all his client's needs. He'll do anything from bodyguarding to contract killing, but he'll only take the job if a pretty woman is involved, or the client's sincerity makes his heart tremble. Together with his partner Kaori Makimura, the kid sister of his late best friend, Ryo fights the evil haunting the shadows of the city!!