Someone need to make a comparision of this remake to the original...

I also only watched the remake so far but I'm interested in watching the original for that very reason. The show must be quite different based of how much they donis connected to modern technology in the remake.

The old one has far better and charming art, like for example, women don't look like men. Old one is also goofier and more cartoony, the girls are more clumsy, and is like they stumble into success with their heists.

Here are few points I feel differ the original and new version after 3 episodes.
1. 2025 version has much faster pace, its heist after heist, with little interactions between characters to fill in the time. Original mostly is one heist per episode.
2. 2025 version heists are mostly hightech break-in, original heists are mostly distraction + undercover, sisters didnt face the police until much later, and were all under different disguise
3. 2025 version portrait sisters just as art thieves, original had hints everywhere sisters were secretly rich & influential.

The '81-'85' manga is the original that both the 1st anime and the new 2nd anime are based on. The manga was of course highly successful and influential, but Tsukasa-sensei has called it a practice manga in hindsight. There are various notable sudden shifts in tone or essentially retcons as the manga progresses. For example, in the manga it's only Toshio at first who is quickly joined by Asatani. Hirano, Takeuchi, and Unno all joined later. Shirai isn't in the manga at all. Similarly, there were no hints that the Kisugi sisters were rich till quite a bit later after Nagaishi joins the manga cast, and even then not immediately.

Presumably Tsukasa-sensei made things up along the way and continued the threads that worked. The reason the Kisugi sisters steal wasn't brought up till quite a bit later either.

The 1st anime didn't have Hirano, Takeuchi, or Unno at all. So seeing them in animation now is quite fun for me personally. Similarly, Kamiya is in the manga but didn't appear in the 1st anime.


The 2nd anime's pace feels a bit more like the manga to me. (Not disagreeing with what you said, just adding to it.)


Ai engineering various gadgets is still consistent with both the manga and the 1st anime, but the tech in the 2nd anime is contemporary and more capable all around. So Ai's tech appearing that much more advanced compared to the 1st anime might just be a result of that.


There are hints of that in the 2nd anime when they go to see Nagaishi for example. Might be more relevant to heists later.

The manga and 1st anime have a very strong 80s aesthetic in my opinion. Seeing the Kisugi sisters with smartphones in the 2nd anime is always jarring to me personally. But overall the 2nd anime is quite fun and charming. I enjoy seeing some characters from the manga come to live that were missing in the 1st anime.

Oh yeah, the Kisugi sisters' allure was much more of a focus in the manga (though deliberately no panty shots) and the 1st anime. It wasn't the focus, but they didn't shy away from showing the girls' fantastic derrières for example. The 2nd anime feels like it's deliberately very tame outside of the OP and the ED and I think it's worse for it because the sex appeal of Cat's♥Eye is part of the charm. Similarly, Kamiya in the manga makes comments about Hitomi's appearance or . That's just completely gone in the 2nd anime. Kamiya having a crush on Hitomi, Hirano having a crush on Rui, and Takeuchi having a crush on Ai is established virtually immediately when they appear in the manga and comes up frequently and mostly played for comedy. But that seems to be entirely missing in the 2nd anime. Well, of course it's completely missing in the 1st anime because none of those characters appear there. You might enjoy that more in the 2nd anime, but regardless it's quite the change.

Perhaps most jarring is that in the first episode when Hitomi avoids the laser defense system. In both the manga and the 1st anime, they fire a rope to the other side close to the ground to allow Hitomi to stay below the lasers without touching the ground (which has an electric current going through it). And while not oggling it like in more ecchi focused manga or anime, it does provide a nice view of her derrière from various angles. In the 2nd anime, she jumps over it and is out of frame for most of the jump.


I'd say the heists are a fairly faithful adaption for contemporary tech and minus the fanservice.


I wouldn't go so far as to say they look like men, but yeah I agree the characters look a lot better in the 1st anime. I find only the 2nd anime ED really matches it.

The '81-'85' manga is the original that both the 1st anime and the new 2nd anime are based on. The manga was of course highly successful and influential, but Tsukasa-sensei has called it a practice manga in hindsight. There are various notable sudden shifts in tone or essentially retcons as the manga progresses. For example, in the manga it's only Toshio at first who is quickly joined by Asatani. Hirano, Takeuchi, and Unno all joined later. Shirai isn't in the manga at all. Similarly, there were no hints that the Kisugi sisters were rich till quite a bit later after Nagaishi joins the manga cast, and even then not immediately.

Presumably Tsukasa-sensei made things up along the way and continued the threads that worked. The reason the Kisugi sisters steal wasn't brought up till quite a bit later either.

The 1st anime didn't have Hirano, Takeuchi, or Unno at all. So seeing them in animation now is quite fun for me personally. Similarly, Kamiya is in the manga but didn't appear in the 1st anime.


The 2nd anime's pace feels a bit more like the manga to me. (Not disagreeing with what you said, just adding to it.)


Ai engineering various gadgets is still consistent with both the manga and the 1st anime, but the tech in the 2nd anime is contemporary and more capable all around. So Ai's tech appearing that much more advanced compared to the 1st anime might just be a result of that.


There are hints of that in the 2nd anime when they go to see Nagaishi for example. Might be more relevant to heists later.

The manga and 1st anime have a very strong 80s aesthetic in my opinion. Seeing the Kisugi sisters with smartphones in the 2nd anime is always jarring to me personally. But overall the 2nd anime is quite fun and charming. I enjoy seeing some characters from the manga come to live that were missing in the 1st anime.

Oh yeah, the Kisugi sisters' allure was much more of a focus in the manga (though deliberately no panty shots) and the 1st anime. It wasn't the focus, but they didn't shy away from showing the girls' fantastic derrières for example. The 2nd anime feels like it's deliberately very tame outside of the OP and the ED and I think it's worse for it because the sex appeal of Cat's♥Eye is part of the charm. Similarly, Kamiya in the manga makes comments about Hitomi's appearance or . That's just completely gone in the 2nd anime. Kamiya having a crush on Hitomi, Hirano having a crush on Rui, and Takeuchi having a crush on Ai is established virtually immediately when they appear in the manga and comes up frequently and mostly played for comedy. But that seems to be entirely missing in the 2nd anime. Well, of course it's completely missing in the 1st anime because none of those characters appear there. You might enjoy that more in the 2nd anime, but regardless it's quite the change.

Perhaps most jarring is that in the first episode when Hitomi avoids the laser defense system. In both the manga and the 1st anime, they fire a rope to the other side close to the ground to allow Hitomi to stay below the lasers without touching the ground (which has an electric current going through it). And while not oggling it like in more ecchi focused manga or anime, it does provide a nice view of her derrière from various angles. In the 2nd anime, she jumps over it and is out of frame for most of the jump.


I'd say the heists are a fairly faithful adaption for contemporary tech and minus the fanservice.


I wouldn't go so far as to say they look like men, but yeah I agree the characters look a lot better in the 1st anime. I find only the 2nd anime ED really matches it.

The '81-'85' manga is the original that both the 1st anime and the new 2nd anime are based on. The manga was of course highly successful and influential, but Tsukasa-sensei has called it a practice manga in hindsight. There are various notable sudden shifts in tone or essentially retcons as the manga progresses. For example, in the manga it's only Toshio at first who is quickly joined by Asatani. Hirano, Takeuchi, and Unno all joined later. Shirai isn't in the manga at all. Similarly, there were no hints that the Kisugi sisters were rich till quite a bit later after Nagaishi joins the manga cast, and even then not immediately.

Presumably Tsukasa-sensei made things up along the way and continued the threads that worked. The reason the Kisugi sisters steal wasn't brought up till quite a bit later either.

The 1st anime didn't have Hirano, Takeuchi, or Unno at all. So seeing them in animation now is quite fun for me personally. Similarly, Kamiya is in the manga but didn't appear in the 1st anime.


The 2nd anime's pace feels a bit more like the manga to me. (Not disagreeing with what you said, just adding to it.)


Ai engineering various gadgets is still consistent with both the manga and the 1st anime, but the tech in the 2nd anime is contemporary and more capable all around. So Ai's tech appearing that much more advanced compared to the 1st anime might just be a result of that.


There are hints of that in the 2nd anime when they go to see Nagaishi for example. Might be more relevant to heists later.

The manga and 1st anime have a very strong 80s aesthetic in my opinion. Seeing the Kisugi sisters with smartphones in the 2nd anime is always jarring to me personally. But overall the 2nd anime is quite fun and charming. I enjoy seeing some characters from the manga come to live that were missing in the 1st anime.

Oh yeah, the Kisugi sisters' allure was much more of a focus in the manga (though deliberately no panty shots) and the 1st anime. It wasn't the focus, but they didn't shy away from showing the girls' fantastic derrières for example. The 2nd anime feels like it's deliberately very tame outside of the OP and the ED and I think it's worse for it because the sex appeal of Cat's♥Eye is part of the charm. Similarly, Kamiya in the manga makes comments about Hitomi's appearance or . That's just completely gone in the 2nd anime. Kamiya having a crush on Hitomi, Hirano having a crush on Rui, and Takeuchi having a crush on Ai is established virtually immediately when they appear in the manga and comes up frequently and mostly played for comedy. But that seems to be entirely missing in the 2nd anime. Well, of course it's completely missing in the 1st anime because none of those characters appear there. You might enjoy that more in the 2nd anime, but regardless it's quite the change.

Perhaps most jarring is that in the first episode when Hitomi avoids the laser defense system. In both the manga and the 1st anime, they fire a rope to the other side close to the ground to allow Hitomi to stay below the lasers without touching the ground (which has an electric current going through it). And while not oggling it like in more ecchi focused manga or anime, it does provide a nice view of her derrière from various angles. In the 2nd anime, she jumps over it and is out of frame for most of the jump.


I'd say the heists are a fairly faithful adaption for contemporary tech and minus the fanservice.


I wouldn't go so far as to say they look like men, but yeah I agree the characters look a lot better in the 1st anime. I find only the 2nd anime ED really matches it.