History Trivia / CatsEye

** Once again, averted Retro Crush (and [[https://twitter.com/tmsanime/status/1240661809176039425 TMS]]) has announced that [[https://twitter.com/retrocrush_tv/status/1240760209154375682 they'll be streaming it]] and both seasons are on [[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085WH64V4/ Amazon Prime Video]]. (with [=RightStuf=]'s translation)

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Creator/ToshikoFujita and Creator/ChikaSakamoto would eventually reunite in 1999 as [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Taichi Yagami and Agumon]].

* NamesTheSame:
** Juzo the same name of a famous Japanese science-fiction author.
** According to WordOfGod Shin is not the BigBad of ''Manga/CityHunter'', only a different criminal mastermind with his same face, antics, fashion sense and one more crippled leg more.
** Crossing over with HilariousInHindsight, we have Hitomi. [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive How many other Japanese-German girls with that name do you know?]]

** For the heroines' appearance in ''Anime/CityHunterShinjukuPrivateEyes'', Hitomi and Ai's voice actresses, Creator/KeikoToda and Creator/ChikaSakamoto respectively, return to their roles. The role of Rui was [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] to [[TalkingToHerself Toda]] due to her original VA, Creator/ToshikoFujita being very ill during production and eventually died at the tail end of 2018.

* ActingForTwo: Drew Barrymore plays Amanda in the third story, briefly appears as James Woods's character's daughter in the first story, and appears as a girl in a commercial that the cat sees on a TV in the second story.

* TheOtherDarrin: While the Italian dub of ''Manga/CityHunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes'' brought back the original Italian dub voice actors for Ryo, Kaori, Saeko and Umibozu. All other returning characters were voiced by different actors, the Kisugi sisters' included. This is understandable since the Kisugi sisters' original Italian VA's are now busy with other projects and likely would've been too expensive to hire.

** For the heroines' appearance in ''Manga/CityHunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes'', Hitomi and Ai's voice actresses, Creator/KeikoToda and Creator/ChikaSakamoto respectively, return to their roles. The role of Rui was [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] to [[TalkingToHerself Toda]] due to her original VA, Creator/ToshikoFujita being very ill during production and eventually died at the tail end of 2018.
** Ditto for the French dub of the same movie, they managed to get all of the Kisugi sisters' French voice actresses in addition to the French dub cast of ''City Hunter'' (except for [[TheOtherDarrin Umibozu and Miki]] once again) to reprise their roles and interestingly enough, Ai Kisugi's French voice actor, Annabelle Roux was Miki's replacement VA in the 2nd season of ''City Hunter''.

** Pretty much every female PhantomThief is at least somewhat based on the Kisugi sisters. The most prominent expies are Kasumi Aso from ''Manga/CityHunter'' (a professional thief who only steals on commission and for good reasons, who looks like Hitomi and ''ends up working at the Cat's Eye cafe'' for good measure) and Alex from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' (based mostly on Ai's personality, with her same name in the French dub).

** WordOfGod states that there was a prologue that helped explained the cat's motivations. The cat originally had a family in North Carolina. The parents woke up to find their daughter dead and believe that the cat stole her breath in the night. While the father tries to revive their daughter, the mother takes her husband's gun and chases the cat away from the house. It ended up being cut from the film against the director's wishes because they believed it was "too silly." The film also originally ended with the cat being EvilAllAlong and stealing Amanda's breath. This was changed to a HappyEnding for unknown reasons (presumably due to FridgeLogic).

* BreakawayPopHit: The anime and manga is basically a CultClassic in its home country of Japan - outside of the scattered congregation of fans, most Japanese folks don't even remember it[[note]]Which makes sense, since the anime targeted young adults in the early 80s, much of which are grandparents by now[[/note]]. The theme song on the other hand, went on to become a staple in {{Karaoke Box}}es, lounges and bars in Japan, with reports claiming that it is often requested at least once a night at any given karaoke venues, and the generation who are unaware of the anime are still familiar with the song lyrics.

** Once again, averted Retro Crush (and [[https://twitter.com/tmsanime/status/1240661809176039425 TMS]]) has announced that [[https://twitter.com/retrocrush_tv/status/1240760209154375682 they'll be streaming it on their eventual streaming service]] and the first season is on [[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085WH64V4/ Amazon Prime Video]]. (with [=RightStuf=]'s translation)

** PIKACHU! MYSTERIOUS GIRL![[note]]A meme originating from South America, due to the [[{{Mondegreen}} common mishearing]] of the last two line of the chorus of the theme song, properly ''"We got you! Mysterious Girl!"''[[/note]]

* ColbertBump: Due to popular youtuber WebVideo/{{Techmoan}} bringing up the theme song of the anime on his channel during his review of a portable karaoke system, videos of the theme song on Youtube suddenly surged in popularity, with many of the videos swarmed with irrelevant comments by said youtuber's subscribers.

* BreakawayPopHit: The anime and manga is basically a CultClassic in it's home country of Japan - outside of the scattered congregation of fans, most Japanese folks don't even remember it[[note]]Which makes sense, since the anime targeted young adults in the early 80s, much of which are grandparents by now[[/note]]. The theme song on the other hand, went on to become a staple in {{Karaoke Box}}es, lounges and bars in Japan, with reports claiming that it is often requested at least once a night at any given karaoke venues, and the generation who are unaware of the anime are still familiar with the song lyrics.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod states that there was a prologue that helped explained the cat's motivations. The cat originally had a family in North Carolina. The parents woke up to find their daughter dead and believe that the cat stole her breath in the night. While the father tries to revive their daughter, the mother takes her husband's gun and chases the cat away from the house. It ended up being cut from the film against the director's wishes because they believed it was "too silly." The film also originally ended with the cat being EvilAllAlong and stealing Amanda's breath. This was changed to a HappyEnding for unknown reasons (presumably due to FridgeLogic).