Cat's Eye | |
The eighth volume of the Jump Comics edition, depicting the three Kisugi sisters.
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キャッツ アイ (Kyattsu Ai) |
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Genre | Action, drama, crime, kaitō |
Manga | |
Written by | Tsukasa Hojo |
Published by | Shueisha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Original run | 1981 – 1985 |
Volumes | 18 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yoshio Takeuchi |
Produced by | Norio Hatsukawa Shunzo Kato |
Music by | Kazuo Otani |
Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Licensed by | |
Original network | NTV |
English network | |
Original run | July 11, 1983 – March 26, 1984 |
Episodes | 36 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Kenji Kodama |
Produced by | Norio Hatsukawa Shunzo Kato |
Music by | Kazuo Otani |
Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Licensed by | |
Original network | NTV |
Original run | October 8, 1984 – July 8, 1985 |
Episodes | 37 |
Manga | |
Written by | Tsukasa Hojo (story) Sakura Nakameguro (scenario) |
Illustrated by | Shin Asai |
Published by | Tokuma Shoten |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Zenon |
Original run | October 25, 2010 – January 25, 2014 |
Volumes | 8 |
Cat's Eye (Japanese: キャッツ♥アイ Hepburn: Kyattsu Ai?, stylized as CAT'S♥EYE) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1981 to 1985, and collected into 18 tankōbon by Shueisha. The story follows the adventures of the three Kisugi sisters, Hitomi, Rui and Ai, who are art thieves trying to collect all the works belonging to their missing father.
The manga was made into a televised anime series originally broadcast in 1983 to 1984 on NTV, with a second season ending in 1985. It has also received two live-action adaptations; a TV movie in 1988 and a theatrical film in 1997.
Cat's Eye is one of Weekly Shōnen Jumps best-selling manga series of all time, with over 18 million copies sold. The anime has also aired in a number of countries outside Japan, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Philippines, and China. In 2007, ImaginAsian broadcast the first season of the first anime on ImaginAsian TV, and then gave the first half of the series its first North American home video release. Right Stuf Inc. announced that they licensed the entire series in 2013 and will release it on DVD under their Nozomi label. As of 2014, the entire anime series is currently available on North American DVD.