This Monday, November 11, TF1 is kicking off “Cat’s Eyes”, the series adapted from the famous cult manga.
Constance Labbé, Camille Lou and Claire Romain play the Chamade sisters born from the imagination of Tsukasa Hôjô.
The Japanese mangaka trusted the French teams to give new life to his heroines.
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“Cat’s Eyes”: the event series shows its claws on TF1
This is an adaptation highly anticipated by fans. TF1 unveils this Monday Cat’s Eyesthe series inspired by the famous manga by Tsukasa Hôjô created in 1981 and popularized in France thanks to the animated series Signé Cat’s Eyesbroadcast for the first time on France 3 in September 1986. We follow the adventures of Alexia, Tam and Cilia, three burglar sisters who try to recover the art collection of their father, who mysteriously disappeared.
Courted by numerous European and American producers, Tsukasa Hôjô decided to trust Benjamin Dupont-Jubien and Mehdi Sabbar, the producers of the series, and Michel Catz, its screenwriter and creator, to bring his characters to life in flesh and blood. heroines. “Between the moment they artistically validated the first document and the moment we signed it, 5 years passed!”confided Mehdi Sabbar in the presentation file for the series which tells how the three sisters became thieves. An approach that pleased the mangaka.
The idea of seeing what the French would do with it, in Paris and today, appealed to me
Tsukasa Hôjô
“I really liked this initial premise and since it was about telling a new story. I didn’t want the series to stick too closely to that of the manga. I simply wanted my work to be freely adapted to the content”admit Tsukasa Hôjô. “On the other hand, I was very attached to respecting certain rules which seemed essential to me”continues the author. The Cat’s Eyes do not kill and they only steal paintings that are linked to their father.
The charm of the capital also worked on Tsukasa Hôjô. “I really wanted to see the Cat’s Eyes evolve in all the incredible settings that Paris has to offer. I was also very curious to discover how we could bring these heroines that I drew a little while ago up to date. time now. The idea of seeing what the French would do with it, in Paris and today, appealed to me.”he admits.
The actresses who play the three sisters are excellent and very endearing.
Tsukasa Hôjô
What did he think of Camille Lou, Constance Labbé and Claire Romain? “The actresses who play the three sisters are excellent and very endearing. More generally, I find the series very successful, because it manages to offer a new look at this story!”enthuses the author who even came to visit the French teams.
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“He came to the set twice”told us Constance Labbé, who plays Sylia Chamade. “The producers went to present the first episodes to him in Japan. He really liked it, he was especially very happy with what the three of us had managed to create and the love stories which are a little more developed than in the manga, he’s a romantic. It’s not him who defines himself that way, it’s me who says it!
