4 things to know about Cat's Eyes, the adaptation of the famous manga by TF1

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This Monday, November 11, viewers were able to discover on TF1 the first two episodes of a new event series: Cat's Eyes. And if this name brings back mysterious memories, that's normal, since it is the adaptation, into a TV series, of a very famous Japanese cartoon from the 1980s, broadcast at the time on FR3. A series that features three sisters who, at nightfall, turn into thieves to steal the works that belonged to their father, a German artist named Michael Heintz, who disappeared without a trace several years earlier, during the troubled period of the Second World War.

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A pure nostalgic legacy of the series broadcast on FR3

After the film adaptation of Nicky Larson (by Philippe Lacheau), it is now the turn of a another part of our childhood to see itself transposed to the screen, not in a feature film but in a series. A French adaptation “, which also retains the “S” of Cat's Eyes, present in the French adaptation of this Japanese series broadcast between 1983 and 1985, and which has a total of 73 episodes.

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Note that this TV adaptation also keeps the first names of the French version of the manga. We therefore find here the sisters of the Chamade family, namely Cyllia, Tam and Alexia, instead of Rui, Ai and Hitomi Kisugi in the Japanese version. And for the record, it was a certain Michel Catz, a French producer and screenwriter, who was behind this series.

A very promising start with a peak of 5.1 million viewers!

And while one might have thought it was a flop, the fault in particular was due to a somewhat “forgotten license” in 2024, the first episode of Cat's Eyes broadcast this Monday, November 11, brought together up to 5.1 million viewers in front of the TF1 channel, enough to surpass the show L'Amour est dans le Pré on M6, generally the ratings leader on Monday evenings.

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If the audience was there for this first double broadcast, it will be interesting to see if the series manages to retain its audience. Indeed, the series will have a total of 8 episodes, and the first two have already divided viewers, many of whom point the finger at a weak production, with many sequences shot in the studio, some going so far as to evoke “a setting of a daily series in access“. Ouch…

Lots of nods to the 80s

In the first episode of Cat’s Eyes, we could hear the song Girls Just Want To Have Funby Cindy Lauper, not to mention a musical representation of Paris by Edith Piaf. For director Alexandre Laurent, it is a desire to color the series with iconic titles from the 1980s.

On this subject, the series' credits (almost) repeat the words of the original credits, this time with a main theme performed by Anne Sila, a TF1 artist” as the consecrated expression goes, since the latter was discovered in the show The Voice.

Soon a crossover with the series … Lupin ?

It was at the beginning of the year 2021, Netflix created the event with the broadcast of its brand new series: Lupin. The series, which ran for a total of 3 seasons, is inspired by the universe and character of Arsène Lupin, created by French novelist Maurice Leblanc, through the adventures of Assane Diop, played by Omar Sy. On the manga scene, the character is also known for the manga Lupin III, by Monkey Punch, in which we follow the adventures of Arsène Lupin's grandson.

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Also, in 2023, fans of the 80s (and others) were able to discover a crossover that was original to say the least, namely Lupin III vs Cat’s Eye. This feature film allows the universes of the manga Lupin (or Edgar de la Cambriole) to be combined with the manga featuring the three sisters created by Tsukasa Hôjô. It remains to be seen whether this will give rise to a future mix of universes on the big screen, in “live action” this time.

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