Yup, this series has aged pretty badly. It used to be huge in the country where I live (Italy) when I was a middle school kid to the point that schoolmates of mine used to proudly mimick the antics of Ryo Saeba trying to be 100% him in all regards, pervyness included. And, as of now, like it happened with other series popular in the same span of years in the same place (I'm talking in particular about Tsurikichi Sanpei), it has aged awfully in its original, fansubbed form that I've recently watched because of the presence of a Seiyuu I'm a fan of in the cast (Rika Fukami), meaning that what this series amounts is nothing more than a badly done clone of the third and fourth seasons of Rupan Sansei Part II, which I guess were extremely popular when this was made but of which I'm not a particular fan of barring some acceptably written/interesting episodes like the one with the gang of Rupan Sansei running away from Moscow where Fujiko Mine steals the show. And not only it's a badly done clone but, worst of all, it's a boring ASF clone with cheap copies of the most beloved Rupan Sansei characters minus what made them interesting or relevant in the first place (in particular, the cloned Fujiko Mine by the name of Saeko is simply ridicolous in comparison to the original Rupan Sansei eternal, worship-worthy love Goddess and master thief) and storylines repeated over and over and over with the hope that the music and the sex stuff - once again, like Kimagure Orange Road, removed from the equation thanks to the kiddifying censorships in the west. Again, how this series ever survived in the first place?! - alone would have made up for the complete lack of ideas from the production team, which it didn't. Boring, unfunny on the longer run, with a mediocre chara where almost all the men for some reason look like the protagonist, how this spawned three seasons total and one spinoff (Angel's Heart) when already at the incredible amount of twenty episodes this whole IP had already lost all its reasons to be is completely beyond me. As a person who had fond memories of this, I can't recommend enough to avoid it with no remorse whatsoever, even if you're a fan of the Seiyuu cast involved.
Review of City Hunter
