Overview
Ryo Saeba works the streets of Tokyo as the City Hunter. He's a "sweeper" and with his sidekick Kaori Makimura, he keeps the city clean. People hire the City Hunter to solve their dangerous problems, which he does with a Colt Python. When Ryo's not working on a case, he's working on getting the ladies, and Kaori must keep him in check with her trusty 10 kg hammer.
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Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1: One Cool Sweeper: XYZ is a Dangerous Cocktail
Apr 06, 1987
When there is a spate of random shootings in Shinjuku, a sister of one of the victims wants Ryo to catch the killer and bring him to justice. But Ryo...
Episode 2: Please Kill Me: Crosshairs Don't Become a Pretty Girl
Apr 12, 1987
Ryo's client is a daughter of a known scientist who developed a deadly microbe that could render humanity sterile. His client wants him to prote...
Episode 3: Love Don't Leave Me: A Ten Count to Tomorrow
Apr 20, 1987
A boxer is killed over a fight for a championship title, and Ryo must deal with the victim's rival obsessed with glory. At the same time, he mus...
Episode 4: Lady Vanish: Boutique of the Shadows
Apr 27, 1987
Ryo's partner Hideyuki is frantic over the disappearance of her sister Kaori as a spate of abductions of women have swept Shinjuku. As he is try...
Episode 5: Goodbye Makimura: A Tearful Birthday on a Rainy Night
May 04, 1987
Hideyuki is killed on Kaori's birthday as he refuses to do a request for the head of a powerful crime syndicate. Ryo must avenge his death.
Episode 6: No Romance for this Actress: The Last Shot for Hope
May 11, 1987
As Kaori takes over as Ryo's new partner, Ryo is called upon to solve a string of incidents involving actress Yumiko Sato. As he delves deep int...
Episode 7: A Gunshot to set the Heart Aflutter: Sad Lonely Girl
May 18, 1987
Ryo's client is a man who wants to fake his own death to be free from a powerful politician so he could be reunited with his daughter. The man a...
Episode 8: A One-Hole-Shot to a Lovely: Hands Off My Lady Detective
May 25, 1987
A Police detective named Saeko Nogami hires Ryo to obtain a crown containing a microchip which has stolen top secret plans inside. While Ryo agrees t...
Episode 9: The Gambling Queen: A Bet for Wonderful Love
Jun 01, 1987
Ryo must protect a lovely casino dealer as she prepares for a showdown with a rival syndicate in order to win her freedom. Meanwhile, Ryo is pitted a...
Episode 10: One Dangerous Tutor: Home-Cooking from the Heart for a Sukeban
Jun 08, 1987
Ryo is tricked into doing bodyguard work for the daughter of a Yakuza Boss being stalked by a biker team. Ryo realizes that the daughter is the leade...
Episode 11: That Pretty Girl in Tights Prefers the Tulips
Jun 15, 1987
Ryo is requested to assist a female thief in stealing a black tulip from a fraudulent psychic. Kaori finds out that the psychic's butler has a c...
Episode 12: Kids Get Special Treatment: A Beautiful Lady from a Dangerous Land
Jun 22, 1987
Ryo must protect a woman and a young boy from another country from being abducted by foreign agents. Kaori soon discovers that the young boy's a...
Episode 13: She's Getting Married at Age Sixteen: A Hot Kiss with a Pop Idol
Jun 29, 1987
Ryo is assigned to protect young pop idol Nagisa from an unknown fanatic, however he is more interested in her female manager. However, it turns out ...
Episode 14: My Foe is a Beautiful Lady?: The Biggest Woman Trap in History
Jul 06, 1987
Saeko enlists the help of Ryo to solve the dissappearances of beautiful women in Shinjuku. The stakes are even higher when Kaori, mistaken for a beau...
Episode 15: Ryo's an Instructor at a Women's School?: To Protect a Sweet Young Lady
Jul 13, 1987
Ryo is requested to protect the daughter of a dead tycoon who claims that Ryo had saved her from kidnappers once before. As Ryo tries to find out who...
Episode 16: One Frisky Stewardess: Ryo - Self Defense Instructor
Jul 20, 1987
An old friend of Kaori's is being stalked by strange characters who are after strange looking watches that were slipped into her bag. Despite Ka...
Episode 17: Summer's Lovely Designer: Ryo has a Thing for the Super-High-Leg Type
Jul 27, 1987
Ryo is recruited by a famous fashion designer's assistant after her designs were stolen by her boss.
Episode 18: A Divine Prophecy on a Summer's Evening: Shrine Maiden gets first lesson in love
Aug 03, 1987
Corrupt businessman, an incompetent assassin, and a old lady complicates Ryo's job to protect a beautiful psychic.
Episode 19: A Beach to Remember: An Audition full of Danger
Aug 10, 1987
Ryo is asked to investigate threats made to women attending an audition for a film featuring a handsome actor. One of these ladies attending this audi...
Episode 20: Her Ladyship Leaves the Mountain: One Long Day for Ryo
Aug 17, 1987
Ryo is hired to defend a jungle princess from members of her own tribe intent in breaking their isolation from the modern world.
Episode 21: Faceless Snipers: Ryo's and Saeko's Dangerous Game
Aug 24, 1987
When Ryo finds himself in a hotel with Saeko, he is forced to accept a job to protect a former newspaper magnate from hitman that he hired himself.
Episode 22: Ryo Plays Cupid: Here's to Diamonds
Aug 31, 1987
While snooping around a lingerie show, Ryo comes across a woman who stole a beautiful diamond necklace from a wealthy young man. The woman asks Ryo to...
Episode 23: Buzz Buzz Buzz go the Killer Bees
Sep 07, 1987
A bride literally falls into Ryo's lap and along with it, some goons hired by the jilted groom. While trying to sneak up on her during the middle...
Episode 24: A Rosy Hospital Stay?: An Angel in White in Danger
Sep 14, 1987
In order to find out who is targeting a nurse who is due to be the recipient of a large inheritance, Ryo breaks his foot and ends up in the same hospi...
Episode 25: An International Relationship of Love: My Counterpart is a Blonde Beauty
Sep 21, 1987
Ryo teams up with a beautiful American agent to find out who is smuggling tanks from Japan.
Episode 26: What is Love?: Ryo's course in Proper Romance
Sep 28, 1987
When a father requests the services of City Hunter to protect his daughter from someone stalking her at work, he finds out that the stalker IS City Hu...
Episode 27: Ryo & Umibozu's Sweet Daddy Longlegs Story (Part 1)
Oct 05, 1987
Umibozu returns to ask Ryo to help him protect Maki, the daughter of his old mentor. Ryo learns of the story of Daddy Longlegs and that Umibozu has be...
Episode 28: Ryo & Umibozu's Sweet Daddy Longlegs Story (Part 2)
Oct 12, 1987
Umibozu reveals that the man after Maki is Snake, a former comrade who betrayed Umibozu and her father. The final showdown between Umibozu and Snake t...
Episode 29: A 500 Yen Job: A Cute Little Girl wins Ryo's Heart
Oct 19, 1987
A young girl manages to convince Ryo to help her idol, a budding children's author, from corporate bullies representing a publishing firm. The pr...
Episode 30: Ryo's Rival In Love: Give Me Kaori
Oct 26, 1987
A nephew of a missing wealthy explorer seeks Ryo's services to protect him from his aunt who seeks to obtain his uncle's fortune. However, t...
Episode 31: Fast Paced Romance: A Girl's Love Closing in Fast
Nov 02, 1987
Ryo and Kaori come across two opposing jobs involving the same people. Kaori is hired by a member of a Biker Gang who wants her to pretend to be his g...
Episode 32: Don't Die Ryo: Hard Boiled Magnum
Nov 09, 1987
When Ryo is hired by Saeko to bait a well known assassin, the assassin takes notice and issues a formal challenge to Ryo.
Episode 33: Go For It Umibozu: One, Hard-Boiled First Love Concerto
Nov 16, 1987
Umibozu is injured while protecting a female pianist with whom he has affection for. He enlists the help of Ryo to help protect the girl from a corrup...
Episode 34: Shock! Ryo's a Papa Don't Wake that Sleeping Child
Nov 23, 1987
A young girl comes up to Ryo claiming that he is her father. But this is all a ruse by a desperate mother to protect her from her late husband's ...
Episode 35: A Vision Newscaster Ryo's Mokkori Scandal Report
Nov 30, 1987
Ryo is assigned to protect a famous reporter as she tries to cover a report involving a corrupt politician and Yakuza.
Episode 36: A College Girl Plays Hardball for Love! Someone is Trying to Kill Me
Dec 07, 1987
Ryo must try to ascertain whether or not the adopted daughter of a wealthy tycoon is trying to kill herself. The daughter, however, maintains that it ...
Episode 37: Shinjuku Honor All the Way! The Kimono Beauty Wants To Be My Student (Part One)
Dec 14, 1987
When Hoodlums try to harass the owner of Otora's cafe into selling her business, Ryo intervenes with the help of a young girl who claims to be a ...
Episode 38: Shinjuku Honor All the Way! The Kimono Beauty Wants To Be My Student (Part Two)
Dec 21, 1987
Cast away from the Hanafubuki Gumi, Kitoo and the other hoodlums plot to kill Kikunosuke's father and their former leader. Meanwhile, Kikunosuke,...
Episode 39: Princess from the Moon! Amnesia Gives Ryo Headaches
Dec 28, 1987
Ryo runs into a woman who claims she has amnesia and gets notoriously drunk after one sip. Ryo deduces that the girl is not actually suffering from me...
Episode 40: One Sexy Partner! After Shower Compensation
Jan 04, 1988
Ryo is hired by a female "sweeper" who works for the insurance industry. Their goal is to recover a very expensive diamond stolen from a bus...
Episode 41: Saeko's Little Sister is a Private Eye A Passionate Lady's Big Secret (Part One)
Jan 11, 1988
A new private investigation agency opens next door and it is run by Reika Nogami, Saeko Nogami's younger sister. While Ryo makes constant advance...
Episode 42: Saeko's Little Sister is a Private Eye A Passionate Lady's Big Secret (Part Two)
Jan 18, 1988
Reika explains to Ryo about how a corrupt police officer is interfering with narcotics investigations, and how her former partner was killed by the Ya...
Episode 43: Utako's Cookie Anniversary Moles on Her Chest and a Love Poem
Jan 25, 1988
Ryo is requested to protect a famous poet from an increasing number of stalkers following her. When Ryo finds out that the men following her are not o...
Episode 44: We Asked One Hundred Kids, They said, "Ryo's Our Hero."
Feb 01, 1988
Two brothers have a handful as they deal with a pervert supposedly after their sister who works as a hairstylist. But when they discover a hidden stas...
Episode 45: Three Sisters are Calling! Ryo's Skiing Heaven
Feb 08, 1988
Ryo is requested to take care of three sisters at a ski resort.
Episode 46: Picking Pockets is a Thrill Pick Pockets for Tomorrow!
Feb 15, 1988
Ryo and Kaori run into Mariko, an old friend of Kaori's and an aspiring pickpocket. Out of concern for her friend, Kaori asks Ryo to try to convi...
Episode 47: Mokkori is the Best Medicine?! A Pool Shot to a Pretty Hustler's Heart
Feb 22, 1988
Ryo is hired by Yuri, daughter of a famous pool player while she prepares for a match that may determine the fate of her father's pool club. Ryo ...
Episode 48: O Spring Come Soon to Love's Widow Take Off Those Clothes of Mourning
Feb 29, 1988
A Job referral from Saeko has Ryo protect the widow of a dead tycoon from an unknown extortionist. At the same time, the butler realizes that only Ryo...
Episode 49: Sister in Doubt Mokkori is Her Guide to Love?
Mar 07, 1988
Ryo runs into a young beautiful nun who has lost her cross after a night in the town.
Episode 50: The Deadliest Enemy! Ryo and Kaori's Final Match (Part One)
Mar 14, 1988
Kaori has a recurring nightmare regarding Ryo's impending death. Meanwhile, Umibozu narrowly escapes death at the hands of three siblings who are...
Episode 51: The Deadliest Enemy! Ryo and Kaori's Final Match (Part Two)
Mar 28, 1988
With Kaori Kidnapped by the three assassin siblings, the Lodos Mafia issues a formal challenge to Ryo. Ryo, with the help of Umibozu, infiltrates the ...
