Shout! Studios has announced that City Hunter: Angel Dust anime film will release in North America via Blu-ray on July 14, 2025. The film initially released in Japan in September 2023.
The film commemorates the 35th anniversary of the original City Hunter anime. It also features returning cast members, including Akira Kamiya as Ryo Saeba, Kazue Ikura as Kaori Makimura, and more. The manga, written by Tsukasa Hojo, lasted from 1985 to 1991. The anime series would later premiere in 1987. Since then, several movie adaptations have released, including a live-action one available on Netflix. The original City Hunter anime is available to watch on Crunchyroll. Shout! Studios describes the upcoming release of the City Hunter: Angel Dust Blu-ray as follows:
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…
