The story follows the adventures of the three Kisugi sisters — Hitomi, Rui and Ai, who are formidable art thieves trying to collect all the works belonging to their missing father.

Cat's Eye is one of Weekly Shōnen Jump's best-selling manga series of all time, with over 20 million copies sold.

Hitomi's fiancé is Toshio Utsumi, a clumsy young police officer who is investigating the Cat's Eye case.

At the end of the series, Heinz leaves a note for his daughters stating that he cannot reveal himself yet because the mafia may kill him, but he may appear in five years' time.

After losing a final bet to Cat's Eye, Cranaff decides to atone for his sin by setting fire to the museum, killing himself.

The anime was directed by Kōbun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita, with Keisuke Ide serving as assistant director, Shūji Kuzuhara writing the scripts, Yuji Ohno and Kazuo Otani composing the music, and Haruhisa Nakata and Junko Yamanaka designing the characters.

[24] In 2023, the Kisugi sisters appeared in the animated film City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust, with Keiko Toda, Rika Fukami, and Chika Sakamoto reprising their roles.

On March 9, 2023, the newspaper Le Parisien reported that a French live-action drama version of the series was in development for TF1 and would be directed by Alexandre Laurent.

[29] The first season, which consists of eight 49–59 minutes episodes, premiered in France on TF1 on November 11, 2024, and internationally on December 18 on Amazon Prime Video.

He also criticized the ending for not being as satisfying as the manga's, but over noted that "most of all, the oceans of guilt, and flashes of passion, that lurk just below the surface of the Hitomi/Toshio relationship, and very occasionally pop into view, are fascinating.

She praised the first season for its animation, voice acting, character development, and story, but criticized the plot for being too repetitive and the soundtrack for being too grating after a while.

For season two, she called it "campy fun", and praised the increased role for Ai, the voice acting, as well as the catchy ending theme.