# Where to Watch City Hunter

**City Hunter streams on Crunchyroll — the original 1987 series, all 51 episodes of Tokyo's smoothest sweeper-for-hire. Ryo Saeba's blend of deadly marksmanship and hopeless skirt-chasing is one of anime's great double acts, and it's aged into pure comfort viewing.**

## Where to Watch

- [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/city-hunter)

Crunchyroll carries the original series legally — a genuine treat for a show of this vintage. Sequel seasons continue Ryo's caseload beyond it.

## Synopsis

Need a problem solved in Tokyo that the police can't touch? Leave a message for XYZ on the station board and the City Hunter takes the case. Ryo Saeba is a 'sweeper' — bodyguard, detective, hitman when it comes to it — with a Colt Python, superhuman aim, and exactly one weakness: every beautiful woman in the city. Keeping him professional is his partner Kaori, whose hundred-kilo hammer descends from the sky whenever Ryo's flirting crosses the line, which is constantly. Case by case, the show mixes slick gunplay, real tenderness, and some of the best running gags of its era.

## Fast Facts

- **Format:** TV
- **Episodes:** 51
- **Premiered:** 1987
- **Studio:** nippon sunrise
- **Score:** 7.6

## Watch Order

Start with this 1987 original — it's the beginning, and the sequels follow on directly. The episodic structure means you can also just enjoy it case by case.

- City Hunter 2 — sequel

## If You Liked This

- **[Cowboy Bebop](https://hozuna.com/anime/cowboy-bebop)** — The other impossibly cool episodic gunslinger — Bebop traded Tokyo neon for space jazz, but Spike and Ryo share a tailor and a philosophy.
- **[Great Pretender](https://hozuna.com/anime/great-pretender)** — Stylish capers, charming scoundrels, and a con-artist's tour of gorgeous cities — Great Pretender is the modern show with City Hunter's DNA.
- **[Trigun](https://hozuna.com/anime/trigun)** — A legendary gunman who plays the fool until the moment he absolutely doesn't — Vash and Ryo are brothers in deflection.
- **[Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2](https://hozuna.com/anime/attack-on-titan-season-3-part-2)** — 
- **[Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc](https://hozuna.com/anime/chainsaw-man-reze-arc)** — 
- **[Re:Zero Season 4](https://hozuna.com/anime/re-zero-season-4)** — 
- **[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood](https://hozuna.com/anime/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood)** — 
- **[Hunter x Hunter](https://hozuna.com/anime/hunter-x-hunter)** — 

## FAQ

### Where can I watch City Hunter?

The original 1987 series streams on Crunchyroll.

### How many episodes is City Hunter?

The original series runs 51 episodes, with sequel seasons continuing from there.

### Is City Hunter episodic or serialized?

Mostly episodic — client-of-the-week cases with recurring characters — which makes it easy to dip into at any pace.