Danica Davidson
May 20, 2025 
The movie City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust (a.k.a. Gekijоban City Hunter: Tenshi no Namida in Japanese) debuted in September 2023, and now it’s coming out on Blu-ray in America thanks to Shout! Factory and Anime Limited.
The disc is available for pre-order, and will ship by July 15.
This movie marks the 35th anniversary of the City Hunter TV anime series. The original manga series concluded with 35 volumes, and it’s been licensed by Abrams’ new imprint Kana. (Check out Otaku USA’s interview with Kana’s editor here.)
The film’s opening theme song is titled “Whatever Comes” and its ending theme song is “Get Wild,” same as the original anime series. Both songs are performed by TM Network. Longtime City Hunter director Kenji Kodama was also in the director’s seat for this latest iteration.
Shout Factory gave this description for the plot:
City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust Plot
Ryo Saeba is known as City Hunter, the top ‘sweeper’ within the underworld. Based in Shinjuku as a private detective, he and his partner Kaoru Makimura take on a variety of clients. Their latest case is provided by Angie, a filmmaker, with a simple request – to find her missing cat. Ryo is thrilled by Angie’s beautiful looks while Kaori is thrilled by the hefty reward…
Meanwhile, Saeko Nogami of the Metropolitan Police investigates an invention of the biotech company Zoltech – a dark technology that turns soldiers on the battlefield into superhumans. Created at the request of a mysterious underworld organization, this invention is the newest version of Angel Dust, which once almost destroyed Ryo and sent his partner Hideyuki Makimura to his death.
Can these two cases possibly be linked? There’s clearly more to Angie’s request than she’s willing to share, and the truth around Angel Dust is about to launch Ryo into a fateful showdown with links to Ryo’s very origin as a sweeper…
Source: ANN
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
