"Cat's Eye" is a song by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Anri. It served as the opening for the anime series of the same name. A new version of the song titled "Cat's Eye (New Take)" was included on Anri's studio album Timely!!, released on December 5, 1983. Since then, it has become the theme song for the entire franchise, being included in other adaptations such as the 1997 Cat's Eye film, Lupin the 3rd vs. Cat's Eye and was also used as a leitmotif for the titular trio in City Hunter: Angel Dust.
Anri would re-record the song in 1997 for that year's live-action Cat's Eye film. Anri again would re-record the song in 2023, for Lupin the 3rd vs. Cat's Eye which was released on the same day that the film released.[1]
"Cat's Eye" is the sole single from Japanese pop group, MAX's album Be MAX. It was released on May 12, 2010 through Avex subsidiary, Sonic Groove. Their version of the song has been given a Eurobeat arrangement, a nod to the group's initial claim to fame. The single is released in two editions, a CD+DVD and an Enhanced CD. The latter includes a digest of a concert filmed on February 27, 2010.[2]
Beginning in January, MAX launched a one-night monthly genre themed concert series entitled MAX Monthly Live VIP at Akasaka BLITZ in Tokyo. Media coverage from the event announced that the group was in the midst of recording material for a release in May to coincide with the group's 15th anniversary.[3] In February, the group held a Eurobeat themed concert where they performed "Cat's Eye" for the first time.[4] Online store listings for a new single followed shortly after, but confirmation of "Cat's Eye" as the actually a-side was not confirmed until April 7 by their management company, Vision Factory.[2]
