FINISHED
Cat's Eye
36 Episodes
25 min each
SUMMER 1983
Synopsis
The three Kisugi sisters —Rui, Hitomi and Ai— during the day run a small cafe called "Cat's Eye". To discover the whereabouts of their father, the artist Michael Heintz, who has disappeared, Hitomi and her sisters rob art galleries as the smart and mysterious thief "Cat's Eye" in the hope that his works can give them clues about his vanishing. The crucial point is that Hitomi has a relationship with Toshi, a police inspector who has sworn to catch "Cat's Eye" —and of course he has no idea about Hitomi's double life.
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Mystery
Romance
Format
Unknown
Episodes
36
Per Episode
25 min
Source
Unknown
Episodes
73 / 36 Episodes
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Episode 1
You're a Sexy Thief
After Cat's Eye pull a heist and evade Toshi's efforts to capture them yet again, Kacho gives him an ultimatum. With his career as a police officer at stake, Toshi vows to put romance and marriage on hold until he apprehends Cat's Eye. Even though Hitomi sympathizes with Toshio's predicament and is affected by it, to get back all of their father's art collection is the only way for the Kisugi sisters to figure out the mystery of his disappearance.
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Episode 2
Welcome to the Police
Kagawa Shunzo, a private collector who claims to have a painting that Cat's Eye might steal, asks Toshio for help but is found dead thereafter. Cat's Eye become the chief suspect of his murder. With Nagaishi's help, the Kisugi sisters must do what it takes to clear Cat's Eye's name and reputation.
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Episode 3
Be Careful of the Mini-Devil
While guarding an emerald targeted by Cat's Eye, Toshio discovers by accident that his nemesis is in fact a woman. As a rattled Hitomi makes her escape, Kazumi, member of a newspaper club at Ai's school, catches her flight on camera. Ai frantically tries to stop the film from being developed but fails. While Cat's Eye finalizes their plans to steal the emerald, Kazumi pursues her suspicions. The Kisugi sisters must therefore outwit Toshio and Kazumi to keep their identity from being exposed.
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Episode 4
The Challenger Smells Like Paris
Lupin's Bride, a rival thief from Paris, arrives and challenges Cat's Eye by targeting the same art pieces. The Kisugi sisters must outsmart Lupin's Bride and evade the traps the Inunari Precinct has devised in order to prevent some of their father's art collection from being taken out of the country.
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Episode 5
Night Flight Is a Dangerous Scent
Toshio gets a new partner in Detective Asatani. Young and talented, Asatani has no trouble working the Cat's Eye case. She even has a suspect in mind: Hitomi. It's going to take the creativity of all three Kisugi sisters to put her off the scent.
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Episode 6
Feeling A Bit Like Lovers
There's trouble in paradise when Toshio spoils a romantic moment with Hitomi worrying over Cat's Eye's next heist. Preoccupied with their fight and trying to work up the nerve to kiss Hitomi, catching Cat's isn't exactly the first thing on Toshio's mind.
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Episode 7
Make The Love Sign Glamorous
Hitomi's birthday plans are ruined when the serial bomber Toshio's been chasing strikes a museum during her party. Toshio will go to any lengths to catch the bomber and make up with Hitomi, but he may not be able to pull it off alone.
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Episode 8
Far and Away Tottoccino
Cat's targets one of a set of paintings by an Italian master, but they get more than they bargained for when a foreign embassy also wants the paintings to unearth the clues to a Medici treasure they're said to contain.
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Episode 9
A Very Strange Chase
Toshio decides the only way to outwit Cat's is to steal their target first. With their roles reversed, Hitomi and Toshio set out on a chase across Yokohama that ends at the bottom of a well. Now thief and detective must work together to escape.
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Episode 10
Do You Like Dog Food?
Between forgeries, lecherous department store owners, and killer dogs, Cat's Eye and Inunari Station have problems in spades. It'll take plans set in motion by both thieves and police to pull off this heist and bring the corrupt businessman to justice.
11
Episode 11
A Dangerous American Seduction
Hitomi tags along when Toshio mounts a sting operation on an illegal mafia-run casino. Finding one of her father's long-missing paintings in the lobby, Hitomi uses her wiles to try and win it back. But all is not as it seems.
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Episode 12
A Splendid European Seduction
Hitomi awaits her big roulette game for her father's painting aboard the Queen Scheherazade. Meanwhile, Rui infiltrates the ship by posing as a dancer and works to install herself as the dealer for Hitomi's game. But who will Hitomi be playing?
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Episode 13
Don't Go, My Love
Toshio has a chance to become an inspector, but in order to take the promotion he has to move away for a year. He asks Hitomi to come with him, but can either of them leave Cat's Eye behind?
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Episode 14
Cleopatra's Ransom
When Toshio and Asatani get kidnapped by the owners of Cat's Eye's latest target, an Egyptian gem called “Cleopatra's Tear”, it's up to Hitomi to save them.
15
Episode 15
The Leotard Flies at Midnight
Rui goes undercover to get close to a millionaire art collector who's recently purchased one of her father's paintings. But when he decides to add Rui herself to his collection, stealing the painting is the least of Cat's Eye's problems.
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Episode 16
Monday is the Time to Smile
Cat's is about to pull off a tricky heist, outwitting the security cameras at the bank where their latest target is guarded. But a power outage cuts off oxygen to the vault and puts Toshio and Hitomi in danger.
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Episode 17
Bullets Suit the Death God
Toshio loses his confidence when Ai gets shot and a vigilante murders her shooter. Now Hitomi has to steal a painting from the killer and restore Toshio's confidence all while avoiding becoming the next victim.
18
Episode 18
Cornered
A routine heist goes sour when the detectives of Inunari Station prove unusually difficult to shake off. Cornered with nowhere to run, Hitomi and Ai's only means of escape is to pose as pro wrestlers.
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Episode 19
Good Evening Just to You
To steal the “Mongolian Hawk” Cat's Eye has to infiltrate Inunari Station itself. Toshio and the chief are confident they can catch the thieves in the act. But what about the curse? And why are there two Asatanis?
20
Episode 20
Lovers' Holiday
It looks like Toshio and Hitomi will finally get a vacation. But their intimate road trip is interrupted when they pick up a pair of stranded teens who turn out to be copy-“Cat's”, on the run from the police.
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Episode 21
I Want to Meet You Just Once
Hitomi is despondent when she loses a necklace from her father during her last job. After Toshio picks it up and tries to contact Cat's to return it, Hitomi has to arrange a meeting with him - without actually meeting him face to face.
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Episode 22
Visitor on a Snowy Day
Trouble abounds for Hitomi when the little girl she saves during a heist turns out to be Toshio's cousin. Convinced she's going to marry Toshio herself, Yukiko proves a major pain. Worst of all, she claims to remember Cat's face!
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Episode 23
Winter is Love's Warmth
History repeats and causes strife among the Kisugi sisters when Ai falls for the son of the director of the museum that houses Cat's next target.
24
Episode 24
Santa Came Falling From the Sky
Hitomi and Rui steal the perfect gift for Ai, a recording their father made for their mother. But when a mistake puts it in the hands of a local DJ, Cat's has to scramble to save Christmas before their secret is outed on national radio.
25
Episode 25
When the Bell Tolls Twelve
To steal the “Ice Queen” from a ski resort, Hitomi must contend with its owner's pampered princess of a daughter who won't give up her birthday present without a fight.
26
Episode 26
From Runan Island With Love
Cat's set out to steal a painting from the reclusive president of a shady global syndicate by infiltrating his private island. But it turns out he has plans of his own, and this time Cat's may find themselves in over their heads.
27
Episode 27
A Close Call in Runan
Outmaneuvered by Kaibara and forced to break into a military ship, Hitomi is plunged into a desperate situation that could cost her not only her own life, but those of Toshio and her sisters.
28
Episode 28
Lost Memory
When Ai turns up after a job gone wrong with no painting, amnesia, and a band of assassins out for her head, Hitomi and Rui must jog her memory without letting a clueless Ai spill the beans about Cat's to Toshio, who she now believes to be her father.
29
Episode 29
Make the Show Magnificent
Barrista, thief, and...model? Hitomi has to pose as a model to steal a necklace from the catwalk in the middle of a fashion show. And when Asatani gets her teeth into Cat's Eye, this job may turn out to be Hitomi's final curtain call.
30
Episode 30
The Athletic Club Smells of Death
A local health club magnate who beats Cat's to one of their father's paintings turns out to be operating a ring of stolen art auctions, and he'll literally kill to add the trio's collection to his catalogue.
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Episode 31
It Began With a Kiss
Slim Suspense, an international jewel thief, nabs Cat's Eye's next target, but when Toshio and Hitomi catch him in the act, he turns out to be more interested in stealing Hitomi's heart than the gem.
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Episode 32
The Art Museum is Full of Danger
Stealing the virtually unguarded “Purple Orpheus” seems like a walk in the park to Hitomi and Ai, but Rui's suspicions prove well-founded when the entire museum turns out to be a trap.
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Episode 33
The Target is a Proposal
The chief plots to make Toshio steadier by encouraging him to propose to Hitomi, but when Toshio's first attempt falls flat, he becomes determined not to make another until he's taken Cat's Eye down a peg.
34
Episode 34
Have You Seen Heinz?
Toshio has a hunch that he might find out Cat's Eye's identities if he investigates the works of art that they've stolen in the past. Rui, Ai and Hitomi need to act fast before Toshio discovers the truth about Heinz!
35
Episode 35
Unleash Cat's Secrets!
Toshio has discovered a painting named “Wind” that's more than it seems. There's a picture of Japan hidden beneath the painting's surface, and with it, Toshio intends to learn all about Heinz' past!
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Episode 36
A Man Who Knew Heinz
Daigo is a wealthy man who owns a giant ship called the Mermaid, and inside he guards Heinz' painting by the same name. Cat's Eye targets the “Mermaid,” but little do they know that Daigo is targeting them!
37
Episode 37
The She-Cat From France
38
Episode 38
A Soaking Dance at Midnight
39
Episode 39
Angels’ Ransom
40
Episode 40
A Scare in the Dark
41
Episode 41
The Hunter Wore a Badge
42
Episode 42
The Stolen “I Love You”
43
Episode 43
The Good Life
44
Episode 44
The Magnificent Trap
45
Episode 45
Cap-race-io of Love
46
Episode 46
The Most Dangerous Game
47
Episode 47
The Gift is Dad’s Wine
48
Episode 48
A Mystery for a Winter Night
49
Episode 49
Yokohama Bay Blues
50
Episode 50
For You, the Tear of the Stars
51
Episode 51
Fake Wedding Bells
52
Episode 52
Beware of Sweet Invitations
53
Episode 53
Farewell, Winter Seagull
54
Episode 54
The Woman the Chief Fell For
55
Episode 55
The Inunari Police Triumvirate
56
Episode 56
Uneasy Feelings About a Transfer Student
57
Episode 57
A Requiem for the Villains
58
Episode 58
Toshio Falls in Love with a Phantom Woman
59
Episode 59
Romance Out of the Blue
60
Episode 60
Enthusiasm is a Must for April Fools’
61
Episode 61
Capricious Scramble
62
Episode 62
The Halftime of Love
63
Episode 63
Don’t Cry, Inunari Trio
64
Episode 64
Goodbye to My Mommies
65
Episode 65
A Toast to Travel in the Golden Years
66
Episode 66
Dancing Belongs in the Starry Skies
67
Episode 67
The Splendid Leotard
68
Episode 68
Head Over Heels for Hitomi
69
Episode 69
Heartbreak Over Cat’s
70
Episode 70
To the Southern Cross, with Love
71
Episode 71
Your True Face is a Silhouette
72
Episode 72
Just One Chance to Steal
73
Episode 73
Curtain Call of Love
Characters
Voice Actors
Keiko Toda (japanese)
Hitomi Kisugi
Main
Voice Actors
Toshiko Fujita (japanese)
Rui Kisugi
Main
Voice Actors
Chika Sakamoto (japanese)
Ai Kisugi
Main
Voice Actors
Yoshito Yasuhara (japanese)
Toshio Utsumi
Supporting
Voice Actors
Yoshiko Sakakibara (japanese)
Mitsuko Asatani
Supporting
Voice Actors
Kenji Utsumi (japanese)
Kachou
Supporting
Staff
Tsukasa Houjou
Original Creator
Yoshio Takeuchi
Chief Director
Junichi Iioka
Series Composition
Akio Sugino
Character Design
Hirokata Takahashi
Director of Photography
Yoshihisa Tsurubuchi
Editing
Comments
Information
Aired
Jul 10, 1983
to Mar 25, 1984
Season
SUMMER 1983
Source
Unknown
Format
Unknown
Studios
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
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