City Hunter – XYZ – Sweeper for hire!

It’s been more than a year since the announcement of the CITY HUNTER TV Series and all I could find on the interweb was an empty page on IMDB for this new series. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345839/

From the looks of things it will definately been released 2010 but when exactly? Who knows?

I read an interesting article on AnimeNation – “Could City Hunter earn an American Resurgence“  and below are some of the interesting quotes from the article

“City Hunter has never really caught on in America”

But according to my visitors stats to my site a large majority are from America.

“That’s not to say that the upcoming live action television series has no potential.”

Yes we all hope so too!

“(although, granted, Jackie Chan’s City Hunter movie isn’t especially good, and while Madam City Hunter is a respectable action film, it has very little relation to creator Hojo Tsukasa’s original City Hunter.)”

Even though I do love Jackie Chan’s movies, I do agree that he wasn’t a very good Ryo. He focused way too much on being funny and the outcome was way too over the top.

“It’s a lighthearted action series that typically concentrates more on character personalities and situational comedy than serious, exhilarating action. That’s precisely what may make a live action television series adaptation successful and attractive to mainstream American television viewers.”

“While City Hunter isn’t an especially dated anime, it still can’t overcome the American stigma of being an old anime in an American market that typically avoids anime produced before 1990.”

With the evolving toys, gadgets, cars and not to mention pretty women, I’m sure there is a combination that will win our hearts! Can you imagine Ryo in one of those new Mini Cooper S with JCW kits? Come on who wouldn’t love that??

“I’d be very pleased to see the upcoming live action City Hunter television series spark a revitalization for the earlier anime and manga, but I don’t anticipate that occurring. I think that the City Hunter franchise has proven itself to be a title that doesn’t quite inspire the enthusiasm of average Americans.”

With fingers cross we all hope that the producers will get the chemistry right and make a series that will be appreciated by all audience types!