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City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust - New PV

City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust will hit theaters in Japan on September 8, 2023.

Poster

Cast

Akira Kamiya as Ryō Saeba

Kazue Ikura as Kaori Makimura

Hideyuki Tanaka as Hideyuki Makimura

Harumi Ichiryūsai as Saeko Nogami

Tesshō Genda as Umibōzu

Mami Koyama as Miki

Keiko Toda as Hitomi Kisugi

Chika Sakamoto as Ai Kisugi

Rica Fukami as Rui Kisugi

Tomokazu Seki as Pirarucu

Subaru Kimura as Espada

Miyuki Sawashiro as Angie

Kenyuu Horiuchi as Shin Kaibara

Staff

Chief Director: Kenji Kodama

Director: Kazuyoshi Takeuchi

Screenplay: Yasuyuki Mutō

Music: Taku Iwasaki

Original creator: Tsukasa Hojo

Character Design: Kumiko Takahashi, Seigo Kitazawa

Art: Junichi Taniguchi

Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki

Cgi Director: Takuji Gotō

Director of Photography: Shinji Saitō

Color design: Shiho Kuriki

Editing: Daisuke Imai

Insert Song Performance: TM Network ("DEVOTION;" "Kimi no Sora o Mite Iru")

Theme Song Performance: TM Network (OP; ED)

I know I’m just a white guy (Aussie) who’s been to Japan a few times, but I have to say that 7/11 feels like a genuine part of the daily life and everyman culture there.  It’s on this level that I get that the brand can do this sort of branded content - they are playing into everyday Japanese life and therefore life stories.

Even still, there’s no denying that these are thinly veiled ads. You are meant to feel affinity for 7/11, making them the choice over Lawsons or Family Mart. Why? Because, again, they are part of life and the best life stories…right? 

When brands insinuate themselves into consumers’ lives on this level, it’s always murky. They are trying to be a ‘lovemark’, something so intrinsic to who you are that you define yourself by utilising their products/services. But who really has that level of attachment to a store?

"Road to You ~Kimi e to Tsuzuku Michi~" animated short (The Answer Studio)

-Staff-

Director: Hiroshi Kawamata

Original Character Designer: Shin Takahashi

Character Designer: Kenichi Tsuchiya

Chief Animation Director: Kenichi Tsuchiya

Music: Keina Suda

Animation Producton: The Answer Studio

-Cast-

Hiroshi Kamiya

Miyuki Sawashiro

Atsuki Tani

Minami Tsuda

Masumi Asano

Kenji Nojima

City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust - Official Trailer (with English captions)

City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust will hit theaters in Japan in Fall 2023.

Poster

Cast

Akira Kamiya as Ryō Saeba

Kazue Ikura as Kaori Makimura

Harumi Ichiryūsai as Saeko Nogami

Mami Koyama as Miki

Tesshō Genda as Umibōzu

Staff

Chief Director: Kenji Kodama

Screenplay: Yasuyuki Mutō