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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · 1d

We're back with another episode of MokkoriPlay, our City Hunter podcast, & today we've finished City Hunter III!

Wait a minute, you mean to tell me for the last two seasons, we thought this guy's name was Robert, but it turns out the whole time his name was ROBART!?

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City Hunter III, episode 13. A headstone with the name ROBART HARRISON. A dozen roses are placed at the base. Subtitles read, "I swore on his grave".

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · 11d

We want to thank @abramskana.bsky.social for sending along review copies of both the Cat's Eye and City Hunter manga. We dive into both really hard this episode. So glad these are finally available to English-speaking readers!

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · 11d

So you heard there was a re-release of the City Hunter game coming as well as a recent re-release of the manga in English, huh?

Sounds like the perfect time to resurrect MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast!

We're back, and wow, 2025 has had SO MUCH CITY HUNTER NEWS!
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Volume one of the Cat's Eye and City Hunter manga released in English by Kana.

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year from your friends at MokkoriPlay, our City Hunter podcast!

Let's start the new year right with some good fireworks: just two dudes bein' bros and blowing up helicopters.

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Screenshot from City Hunter 3, episode 12. Black and white scene of one man with a machine gun and another man on a motorcycle with a handgun, both guns pointed up at the sky where a nearby helicopter is exploding.

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Dec 28

Also in this episode:

Screenshot of Ryo Saeba from City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes. Text: "Ryo Saeba - Natural Enemy of the Helicopter".

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Dec 28

Merry belated Christmas from MokkoriPlay, your one & only City Hunter podcast!

Aside from wrapping up a Christmas-themed two-parter, we've a very famous scene from the show in which Ryo & Kaori pretend to get married as a decoy. But it's still very special to Kaori!

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Scene from City Hunter III, episode 11. A man in a tux, bow tie, and glasses is standing next to a woman in a wedding dress with a rose veil holding a bouquet of flowers. Subtitles: "from those who would tie the sacred bonds of holy matrimony".

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Dec 25

Merry Christmas from MokkoriPlay, the ONLY City Hunter-themed podcast!

We recorded an episode today, featuring yet another great Christmas episode. @joshknight1st.bsky.social is editing it during his winter break! It may not land right on Christmas, but it'll be ready to go soon. Happy Holidays!

Screenshot from City Hunter 3, episode 11. A man in a Santa suit carrying an oversized bag, smiling and shouting, "Hello! Merry Christmas!"

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Dec 18

We missed Monday, but we're still here this week for our Christmas-themed two-parter of MokkoriPlay, our City Hunter podcast!

Okay, this has shown up in the show enough times for me to start to wonder... is Fiber Noodle a real thing or not!?

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A screenshot from City Hunter III, episode 10. An advertisement for what appears to be an instant noodle cup called Fiber Noodle is displayed on a large outdoor TV, with a Santa Claus caricature holding up the oversized cup. Several people are looking up at the TV.

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Dec 3

We're back with a #MokkoriPlay episode for Saeba Monday! Our City Hunter podcast is back in action!

Somehow, Ryo took the shock of a live electric wire while standing in the rain and survived. The definition of too stupid to die.

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Screenshot from City Hunter III, episode 9. A man getting electrocuted. You can see his skeletal structure.

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Oct 22

Recorded over a week ago, but we're here for #MokkoriMonday this week! New episode of MokkoriPlay, our City Hunter podcast! Some photos from my Japan trip in the YouTube version!

Wait a minute! Where did this lady get this poster of Kaori and Ryo from!?

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Screenshot from City Hunter 3, episode 8. An unseen person is behind a TV, with someone on the TV saying, "You bastards think you can hit me?" On the back wall of the viewer's room is a poster of Ryo and Kaori from City Hunter.

The poster on the back wall of the room from the previous photo featuring Ryo and Kaori of City Hunter

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Sep 11

Hey, I know it's the middle of the night, but we have a new episode of MokkoriPlay, our City Hunter podcast!

Whoops, here's the reason why we were two days late this week.

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Screenshot from City Hunter 3, episode 7. Kaori stands in a room full of technical equipment, tangled up in electrical cords and looking very embarrassed.

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Sep 3

Guess what! After a crazy hiatus, we made it back for Mokkori Monday, with a new episode of MokkoriPlay, our City Hunter podcast!

Hope you're ready for cats, weird words getting misspelled, and LASERS!

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City Hunter 3, episode 6. Umibozu (a man with a mustache and a broken pair of sunglasses) is falling over and dropping a bag of groceries. On screen is a tube of condensed milk, and a bag of nuts that says "Nats".

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Jun 25

We're on time for #MokkoriMonday this week! We have a new episode of MokkoriPlay, our City Hunter podcast!

I'm not gonna lie, this wasn't the best episode of City Hunter. But actually, our reaction to really weird writing is pretty funny!

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Screenshot from City Hunter 3, episode 5. Ryo hits a criminal over the head with a wooden mallet. Subtitles say, "Never mind, just stay asleep a while longer."

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Jun 19

Super busy at the moment, but I've got just barely enough time to say we've got a new episode of MokkoriPlay out, our City Hunter podcast!

This week's episode discusses some really incredible in-between frames.

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A woman listening to a phone with someone screaming on the other end into her ear

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · May 28

It's #MokkoriMemorialMonday! We have a new episode of MokkoriPlay, our City Hunter podcast!

This week, another dude has no idea who he's messing with, and Ryo is practically clowning this guy, as usual.

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Screenshot from City Hunter 3, episode 3. A man speaks to a person that is not visible from this side of the camera. The person he's speaking to is holding up a picture that is visible to the camera, which is of the main character Ryo Saeba making a funny face, sticking his tongue out, with his hands up in the air. The man that is visible is subtitled saying, "I hear he's number one in the area. Are you afraid too?"

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · May 21

Additional screenshot for you all, Ryo clearly enjoys his Nintendo Famicom.

City Hunter 3, episode 2. The main character Ryo plays a video game on what appears to be a Nintendo Famicom controller. Subtitle: "Yes! Stage six clear!"

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · May 21

Hey, #MokkoriMonday is back! Here's a brand new episode of MokkoriPlay, our City Hunter podcast!

This week, there is no escaping Ryo as he leaps into action.

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City Hunter 3, episode 2. Ryo cartoonishly leaps at an attractive office woman.

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · May 14

Thought this was interesting. Streaming versions of City Hunter 3 still seem to be the ADV versions with hard subs burned in. On Blu-ray this screenshot says "1 Ton," but ADV's "Konpeitou" is really more accurate. It's a weapon that looks like these sugar candies called Konpeito!

A man being hit with a large metal ball resembling the ball at the end of a mace/morning star. On the giant metal ball in Japanese is written the words "こんぺいと一号", with a subtitle that says "Konpeitou 1". A woman standing to the side has pulled a rope that has lowered the metal ball on top of the man, and she looks at the damage in shock.

Three bags of Japanese konpeito sugar candies. The bag on the left features a picture Naruto from "Naruto Shippuden". The middle bag features a picture of Sakura from "Naruto Shippuden". The bag on the right is a plain bag with cute mascot animals printed on the front.

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · May 14

A day late, but we're here! Time for MokkoriPlay, our City Hunter podcast! It's the first episode of City Hunter 3!

I literally just caught this single frame that goes by in under a second as Kaori throws a hammer--"Congrats for Part 3!" @JoshKnight1st

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A still image of a bright red stamp that says "祝 Part 3" (congratulations part 3), from City Hunter 3, episode 1

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · May 7

Took us an extra week but #MokkoriMonday is back & we talk about the new Netflix City Hunter for our City Hunter podcast, MokkoriPlay!

Please don't be intimidated, we were very excited & the episode is long. But this adaptation is worth it!

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Screenshot from the ending of the Netflix City Hunter movie. The main character Ryo dodges his partner Kaori swinging an oversized prop hammer at him in his apartment.

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Apr 23

I was torn on which image to use for the main tweet this week. Here's three others I liked. The eyecatch for this episode was great. But also, here's a knockoff logo for Maxell audio cassette tapes, and Sunrise sneakily squeaking their logo into the background.

Eyecatch for City Hunter II, episode 63. Ryo looks seriously into the camera and points a .357 Magnum at the viewer.

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Apr 23

Just in time for the end of #MokkoriMonday, we have a new episode of MokkoriPlay, our City Hunter podcast!

We've now wrapped up all of City Hunter II, just days before the Netflix movie drops! A very nice ending to the season, too.

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Kaori and Ryo walking down the sidewalk in a sunny, green park. Some buildings are behind them in the far distance, and a takoyaki stand is in the middle ground behind them.

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Apr 17

It's not Monday, but we DO have another episode of MokkoriPlay--our City Hunter podcast--ready to go!

It's the next-to-last episode of City Hunter II, and Ryo is very grateful that Kaori has finally given him a birthday!

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Ryo Saeba kisses Kaori Makimura on the forehead. Kaori has a look of unexpected shock on her face.

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Apr 11

If we don't tell them, how will they ever know?

AVA (a Twitter bot): "L I N K I N B I O"

Kaylyn: "W A T C H C I T Y H U N T E R"

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MokkoriPlay: A City Hunter Podcast @mokkoriplay.bsky.social · Apr 11

Back from Anime Las Vegas!

We are late, but we finally have a new episode of MokkoriPlay, our City Hunter podcast!

We talk a lot about the first in the three-part conclusion to City Hunter II, plus talk about the latest Netflix trailer. Jam packed!

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Josh cosplaying as Ryo and Kaylyn cosplaying as Kaori from City Hunter. Photograph by James Rulison, Anime Las Vegas 2024

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