February 26, 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the original publication of Tsukasa Hojo’s City Hunter manga in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump manga magazine, and to celebrate an art exhibition will be staged from November 22 – December 28, 2025, at the Ueno Royal Museum venue in Tokyo, Japan. New key art (below) has also been published to commemorate the anniversary.
City Hunter was originally serialized from February 26, 1985 – December 2, 1991, and it was also released in 35 collected volumes in Japan. The series has inspired several anime and live-action film adaptations as well as the spin-off manga, Angel Heart. Discotek Media publishes the anime adaptation on home video in the United States and Crunchyroll streams it, describing the story as follows:
Ryo Saeba, the legendary City Hunter, is a first-class sweeper for hire, taking on jobs from protecting beautiful women to taking out bad guys permanently. He can be a private detective or hitman, whatever the case calls for, and it often requires the use of his superhuman marksmanship. But even so, Ryo can’t do it alone. His partner is Kaori Makimura, the younger sister of his murdered best friend. Kaori serves as his assistant, while also protecting their attractive clients from Ryo’s “mokkori” advances with her trusty supply of 100 ton hammers.
Source: Comic Natalie
