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City Hunter is a franchise that I’ve never had any interest in checking out. Stil, it is pretty visible in a lot of retro anime sort of areas…
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396 – Manga in Motion 54 – City Hunter Anime
For part 3 of our City Hunter Multimedia Retrospective, we watch the original 1987 anime! dakazu also discusses his discomfort with reading Hokuou Kizoku to Moukinzuma no Yukiguni…
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Spiraken Manga Review Ep 617: City Hunter Omnibus
In this episode, Xan revisits a legendary seinen series originally reviewed way back in Episode 102 by former co-host Kal. City Hunter by Tsukasa Hojo follows Ryo Saeba, a "Sweeper" who cleans…
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City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes was screened at Anime Boston 2019. These are the transcripts of the Q&A sessions that took place, featuring director Kenji Kodama, screenwriter Yoichi…
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Pokemon Sun and Moon – Episode 36
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Ten Years of Being Pretty and Curecure
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