Mother Keeper - Recommendations

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2023

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2019

Ryo Saeba is a sweeper based in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, who possesses unrivaled marksmanship and an over-the-top obsession for the opposite sex. He and his partner Kaori Makimura serve as bodyguards and perform other duties for his clients. Their latest client is Ai Shindo, a model who's being attacked by mysterious people and unknowingly holds the key to a vast city-wide conspiracy.

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 1997

City Hunter Ryo Saeba's new client is Emi, a stage star who is looking for her long lost brother. But soon after starting, they are attacked by an international criminal mastermind known as the Professor, and it becomes clear that the case is going to be more exciting than just a sappy reunion. When someone of the Professor's caliber is in town, the police get worried – for a reason. But what is his real purpose for coming to Tokyo, and what is his connection to Emi? Ryo Saeba and his friends are once again in the thick of the action, and the fates of the city and Emi lie in their hands.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1989

Yet again, the City Hunter team is desperate for work. After Kaori flat out rejects the "work proposals" Ryo receives from a lady friend with rather questionable motives, their dry spell ends only when a famous foreign pianist comes to Falcon's cafe looking for their help: her father, long thought to be dead, might be living underground in Japan. The only clue, an old medallion that belonged to the client's mother, does not seem promising but surprises always come up when the City Hunter starts investigating...

• TV (13 eps)
• 1991

It's XYZ's last stand, as legendary sweeper Ryo Saeba takes a final tour of Shinjuku. With his partner Kaori by his side, Saeba will take on his biggest cases yet. Ghosts of he past swirl among Cinderella rhapsodies, sorrowful revenge, and mokkori (of course!) loom around every corner. All the while, one final showdown with a fierce foe from a faraway land awaits...

• TV (13 eps)
• 1989 - 1990

Famed sweeper Ryo Saeba's back on the streets of Shinjuku, keeping the streets safe from the dregs of humanity. With his long-suffering partner Kaori by his side, Ryo faces down his greatest challenges yet in ten all-new adventures. The stakes are high, the action is tense, and Kaori's hammer is mighty, as Ryo attempts to bring justice (and maybe find a little mokkori) in this mad, mad world.

• TV (63 eps)
• 1988 - 1989

The City Hunter's adventures continue with a complicated case of protecting an up-and-coming young idol from a stalker. Normally this would be like letting the fox guard the hen house, but fortunately even an infamous pervert like Ryo does not go for minors. But when the same culprit goes after Kaori as well, even Ryo is shaken. He finally has to get serious, even if his choice of methods is characteristically unorthodox.

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 1999

The City Hunter Ryo Saeba has been without customers for four months, so his partner Kaori is understandably overjoyed when a customer finally contacts them. As the customer happens to be the striking Mega City TV newscaster Sayaka, Ryo has trouble containing his excitement too. But while it seems not even Kaori's wrath can dissuade Ryo from his lecherous antics, things take a more serious turn when they have to escape a seemingly endless stream of hired killers who come after them. And when Sayaka's employers set Ryo up as a kidnapper and killer, Ryo has no choice but to get to the bottom of this weird case!

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1990

A large new hotel complex is opening and the City Hunter team is invited. Unfortunately for Ryo, he forgot the address so he's doomed to walk the streets starving, while Kaori and Miki get to hog the free food. However, the complex is controlled by a state-of-the-art supercomputer, which attracts a group of terrorists who take the whole building hostage. It's up to Ryo and Umibouzu to shoot their way in to get their share of the food... and stop the terrorists before they can complete their sinister plan!

• TV (51 eps)
• 1987 - 1988

Ryo Saeba and Kaori Makumura are private detectives who make up the City Hunter team -- problem solvers who can be hired by writing 'xyz' in a certain train station. Ryo's uncanny accuracy with a gun is surpassed only by his lecherous tendencies, while Kaori provides the sideline support -- usually in the form of a 50,000 kg mallet to keep Ryo's ecchiness under control!