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City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust Opens in Hong Kong in December

Southeast Asian media distributor Medialink Group Limited began streaming a Chinese- and English-subtitled trailer for the City Hunter franchise's new anime film City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust (Gekijо̄ban City Hunter: Tenshi no Namida) on Wednesday. The trailer reveals that Medialink will open the film in Hong Kong in December.

The film opened in Japan on September 8, and ranked at #1 in its opening weekend. The film sold 210,000 tickets for 324,949,388 yen (about US$2.21 million) in its first three days. The film has earned a cumulative total of 892,312,582 yen (about US$5.95 million) as of October 1.

Returning voice actors include Akira Kamiya as Ryo Saeba, Kazue Ikura as Kaori Makimura, Harumi Ichiryūsai as Saeko Nogami, Tesshō Genda as Umibōzu, and Mami Koyama as Miki. Also returning in the film are the three Kisugi thief sisters from the Cat's Eye anime. Keiko Toda and Chika Sakamoto are returning from the original Cat's Eye television anime as Hitomi and Ai. Rica Fukami plays Rui. (Toshiko Fujita, who played Rui in the original Cat's Eye anime, passed away in December 2018.)

City Hunter franchise director Kenji Kodama directed the new film at Sunrise and The Answer Studio Co., Ltd. Yasuyuki Mutō (Deadman Wonderland) wrote the screenplay. Aniplex is distributing the film.

The film revolves around the past of Ryo Saeba and the death of his old partner Hideyuki Makimura. It also revolves around Angel Dust, which was also important in the original series.

TM Network performed the opening theme song "Whatever Comes" and ending theme song "Get Wild" (the original anime series' ending theme song).

The new anime film commemorates the television anime's 35th anniversary.

Source: Medialink Hong Kong YouTube channel