City Hunter the Movie" Stage Greeting Report! Congratulatory message from Takashi Utsunomiya of TM NETWORK also arrived!

City Hunter the Movie <Shinjuku Private Eyes>," which has been showing as a blockbuster hit since Friday, February 8, 2019, held a big hit thank-you speech at Shinjuku Wald 9 on Saturday, February 16, 2019.

City Hunter," a legend in the world of manga, has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide and continues to enjoy great popularity around the world. He is a top-notch marksman and the underworld's No. 1 scavenger, but he is also an unparalleled lover of women. Tsukasa Hojo's hard-boiled, sometimes comedic manga depicts the exploits of these two men. The TV anime series, produced by Sunrise, began airing in 1987 and has become a blockbuster hit with 140 episodes, three specials, and three film versions.
A new feature-length animation "City Hunter the Movie: Shinjuku Private Eyes" will be screened in theaters on February 8, 2019 (Friday). The original cast, including Akira Kamiya as Akira Saeba and Kazue Ikura as Kaoru Makimura, have "miraculously" reunited for the voice cast, and the original story written especially for this film is also attracting a lot of attention.
⇒ The original story written especially for this film is attracting a great deal of attention ! The new "City Hunter the Movie" will be released in 2019! The key visual and SP movie will also be released!
⇒Schedule of Anime Movie Screening

The "Legend of City Hunter" that began at the end of the Showa period is shining again as a "new legend" this year as the Heisei period will soon come to an end. The film, which opened on 251 screens nationwide, drew 179,980 viewers and grossed 257,118,420 yen over the two days of Saturday and Sunday! During the 4 days of its opening 《2/8(Fri.)～2/11(Mon., holiday)》, it was a "sturdy" blockbuster hit, recording 324,824 audiences and 451.596,920 yen in box-office revenue! It ranked first among animated films in the weekend box-office revenue ranking.

In response to the blockbuster success, a big hit thank-you speech was held today, February 16 (Sat) at Shinjuku Wald 9, where Akira Kamiya, Kazue Ikura, Shunsui Ichiryuusai, Kanetsugu Kodama (general director), producer Michihiko Suwa (YTV), producer Masuro Ueda (Skyfall), producer Naohiro Ogata (Sunrise) took the stage. Sunrise) took the stage.
Here is the official report from the event.

Official Report】 ※Titles omitted

A big hit thank-you stage greeting was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 on February 16 (Sat), with Akira Kamiya, Kazue Ikura, Shunsui Ichiryuusai, Kanetsugu Kodama (general director), producer Michihiko Suwa (YTV), producer Masuro Ueda (Skyfall), and producer Naohiro Ogata (Sunrise) on stage.

Kamiya, Ikura, and Ichiryuusai appeared from the audience and were greeted with loud applause and cheers from the audience. You're the one who called me here," using a line from the film, and the audience was instantly excited.

Asked about the reaction to the film's release one week after its premiere, Director Kodama commented, "I've received a great response from people in the industry. Ikura, who currently teaches at a voice actor school, said with a smile, "My students have started to look up to me (laughs), which makes me very proud (laughs).Kamiya said, "I'm on Twitter, and I was relieved to see a tweet yesterday that said, 'I went to see the show with a strict eye, but it was interesting and fun' (lol). Now it's becoming a third generation. I have to work a little harder (laughs).
Ueda joked, "I've been scouring the Internet and destroying people who write bad things about me (laughs). I am so happy to have received congratulatory speeches from so many people. Thank you very much.

Asked about behind-the-scenes stories from the production and postrecording sessions, General Director Kodama said, "This time, I wanted to depict the city of Shinjuku. In the previous series, you didn't depict Shinjuku in a way that you could recognize specific places. But this time, since it is a movie, I tried to show the places where Saeba Akane lives, where he is, and where he can go to visit," he commented. In response to this, Suwa started talking about Bus Terminal Shinjuku, and General Director Kodama revealed how the bus terminal appeared in the film, saying, "It wasn't in the script originally, but Suwa-san suddenly asked me to fight at the bus terminal (laugh). Kamiya commented on his acting.

Kamiya commented on his performance, "I was given a DVD containing only the voice of Saeba Akira, and I thought that the voice of Akira Saeba in the movie was different from the voice in the reruns, so I decided to reshoot the beginning of the movie to make it sound more like the original version so that everyone would not feel uncomfortable. I wanted to make the beginning of the movie more like the time, so that people would not feel uncomfortable.
Ichiryuusai shared a story about the recording session, "This time, young people were looking at us the whole time we were performing, and their eyes were stuck in my back (laugh).
Ogata also told his seniors, Suwa and Ueda, "Suwa-san and Ueda-san are retiring from the industry this time, so I made the film with that in mind (laugh)," to which Suwa and Ueda responded with a quip.

The audience cheered when the MC told them that Takashi Utsunomiya of TM NETWORK had sent a congratulatory message to celebrate the film's big success.

[Comment by Takashi Utsunomiya of TM NETWORK]
Once again, congratulations on the release of "City Hunter the Movie". I am very happy to hear that the staff, including Mr. Hojo, unanimously adopted the original "Get Wild" for the ending song of this City Hunter. I am very honored and grateful to have been involved in this production as well. I hope many people will continue to see this work.
TM NETWORK Takashi Utsunomiya

Movie Information】 ※Titles omitted
City Hunter the Movie: Shinjuku Private Eyes

<Cast>
Akira Kamiya, Kazue Ikura, Marie Iide, Koichi Yamadera, Harusui Ichiryusai, Tetsuaki Genda, Maomi Koyama, Yoshitada Otsuka, Yoshimi Tokui (Tutorial)

<Staff
Original Story : Tsukasa Hojo
General Director : Kanetsugu Kodama
Screenplay : Yoichi Kato

Chief director：Teruo Sato, Naohiko Kyogoku
Character Design：Kumiko Takahashi, Yoshihito Hishinuma
Chief Animation Director：Yoshihito Hishinuma
Art Director：Hiro Kato (Tonyan)
Color Designer：Yuichi Kuboki
Director of Photography：Yuichiro Nagata
Editing: Daisuke Imai (JAYFILM)
Music: Taku Iwasaki
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Sound Production: AUDIO PLANNING U
Animation Production: SUNRISE
Distributor: Aniplex

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