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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}} | |||
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title_name=Hunter × Hunter | |||
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|image=Hunter x Hunter Volume 1.jpg | |||
| image = Hunter × Hunter vol. 1.png | |||
| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|]}} volume cover, featuring ] above a large frog | |||
|ja_name= ハンター×ハンター | |||
| alt = The image depicts a cartoon, wide-eyed, smiling boy with black, spiky hair and boots sitting atop a large frog. The logo "Jump Comics" are displayed in the top left-hand corner; the word "Hunter" is displayed twice in the background; and the logo "Hunter × Hunter" (ハンター×ハンター) is shown below the characters in green, yellow, and red lettering. The kanji symbols for the author Yoshihiro Togashi (冨樫 義博) border the bottom of the image in red bubbles. | |||
|ja_name_trans=Hunter × Hunter | |||
| genre = {{ubl|]<ref name="VizOfficial">{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/hunter-x-hunter|title=Official Website for Hunter x Hunter|publisher=]|access-date=October 26, 2017|archive-date=March 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307190106/https://www.viz.com/hunter-x-hunter|url-status=live}}</ref>|]<ref name="VizOfficial"/>|]<ref name="JT-1000-Manga"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Carter|first=Justin|title=The Hunter x Hunter Manga May Be Coming Back|url=https://gizmodo.com/hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-yoshihiro-togashi-1848968835|website=]|access-date=August 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620104050/https://gizmodo.com/hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-yoshihiro-togashi-1848968835|archive-date=June 20, 2024|date=May 24, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with ]. --> | |||
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{{Infobox animanga/Print | ||
| type = manga | |||
title= | |||
| author = ] | |||
| publisher = ] | |||
|illustrator=] | |||
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA = ]}} | |||
|publisher= ] ]<br> | |||
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|]}} | |||
] ] | |||
| imprint = ] | |||
| magazine = ] | |||
| magazine_en = {{English manga magazine|NA = ]}} | |||
|last_run= | |||
| first = March 3, 1998 | |||
|num_volumes=23 full volumes and still going | |||
| last = | |||
|manga_distributor= | |||
| volumes = 38 | |||
| volume_list = List of Hunter × Hunter chapters | |||
}} | }} | ||
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{{Infobox animanga/Video | ||
| type = film | |||
title= | |||
| title = Hunter × Hunter – Jump Super Anime Tour 98 | |||
|director=] | |||
| director = ] | |||
|studio=] | |||
| producer = {{ubl|Ken Hagino|Tetsuo Daitoku}} | |||
|network=]<br />] | |||
| writer = Hiroshi Hashimoto | |||
|first_aired=] ] | |||
| studio = ] | |||
|last_aired=] ] | |||
| released = July 26, 1998 | |||
|num_episodes=62 | |||
| runtime = 26 minutes | |||
}} | }} | ||
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{{Infobox animanga/Video | ||
| type = tv series | |||
title=Related works | |||
| director = ] | |||
|content=Hunter × Hunter: Original Video Animation<br />Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island<br />Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island Final | |||
| producer = {{ubl|Shunichi Kosao|Keiichi Matsuda|Daisuke Kawakami}} | |||
| writer = Nobuaki Kishima | |||
| music = ] | |||
| studio = ] | |||
| licensee = {{English anime licensee | |||
| NA = Viz Media | |||
}} | }} | ||
| network = ] (]) | |||
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}} | |||
| network_en = {{English anime network | |||
'''''Hunter × Hunter''''' (pronounced "Hunter Hunter") is a ] by ] about a 12-year-old boy named ''Gon Freecss'' (ゴン=フリークス), and his quest to find his father, ''Ging Freecss''. <!-- Do '''NOT''' change to 'Gin' or 'Jin', please refer to talk page before changing the way character names are spelt-->Ging is a ''Hunter'', which in the setting of ''Hunter × Hunter'' means that he is a member of society's elite, with pretty much total license to go anywhere or do anything. Hunter x Hunter started running in ] in ] in the 14th issue of 1998. | |||
| US = ] | |||
}} | |||
| first = October 16, 1999 | |||
| last = March 31, 2001 | |||
| episodes = 62 | |||
| episode_list = Hunter × Hunter (1999 TV series) | |||
}} | |||
{{Infobox animanga/Video | |||
| type = ova | |||
| title = Hunter × Hunter OVA | |||
| director = {{ubl|Satoshi Saga (1–8)|Yukihiro Matsushita (9–16)|Takeshi Hirota (17–30)}} | |||
| producer = | |||
| writer = Nobuaki Kishima | |||
| music = Toshihiko Sahashi | |||
| studio = Nippon Animation | |||
| first = January 17, 2002 | |||
| last = August 18, 2004 | |||
| runtime = | |||
| episodes = 30 | |||
| episode_list = List of Hunter × Hunter OVA episodes | |||
}} | |||
{{Infobox animanga/Video | |||
| type = tv series | |||
| director = ] | |||
| producer = {{ubl|Toshio Nakatani|Naoki Iwasa (1–58)|Tomoko Yoshino (1–75)|Tetsuto Motoyasu (1–87)|Akira Shinohara (1–99)|Manabu Tamura (1–123)|Atsushi Kirimoto (59–148)|Hiroyuki Okino (88–100)|Kenichi Sakurai (100–148)|Ai Morikawa (124–148)}} | |||
| writer = {{ubl|] (1–58)|] (39–148)}} | |||
| music = ] | |||
| studio = ] | |||
| licensee = {{English anime licensee|AUS=]{{efn|Through ].}}|NA=Viz Media|]/]|]}} | |||
| network = ] (]) | |||
| network_en = {{English anime network|US= ] (])|SEA = ]}} | |||
| first = October 2, 2011 | |||
| last = September 24, 2014 | |||
| episodes = 148 | |||
| episode_list = Hunter × Hunter (2011 TV series) | |||
}} | |||
{{Infobox animanga/Other | |||
| title = Anime films | |||
| content = | |||
* '']'' (2013) | |||
* '']'' (2013) | |||
}} | |||
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}} | |||
'''''Hunter × Hunter''''' (pronounced "hunter hunter"<ref name="SJ-28"/>) is a Japanese ] series written and illustrated by ]. It has been serialized in ]'s ] magazine '']'' since March 1998, although the manga has frequently gone on extended hiatuses since 2006. Its chapters have been collected in 38 {{Transliteration|ja|]}} volumes as of September 2024. The story focuses on a young boy named ] who discovers that his father, who left him at a young age, is actually a world-renowned ], a licensed professional who specializes in fantastical pursuits such as locating rare or unidentified animal species, ], surveying unexplored enclaves, or hunting down lawless individuals. Gon departs on a journey to become a Hunter and eventually find his father. Along the way, Gon meets various other Hunters and encounters the paranormal. | |||
==Characters== | |||
*{{Main|Hunter × Hunter characters}} | |||
''Hunter × Hunter'' was adapted into a 62-episode ] television series by ] and directed by ], which ran on ] from October 1999 to March 2001. Three separate ]s (OVAs) totaling 30 episodes were subsequently produced by Nippon Animation and released in Japan from 2002 to 2004. A second anime television series by ] aired on ] from October 2011 to September 2014, totaling 148 episodes, with two animated theatrical films released in 2013. There are also numerous audio albums, ]s, ], and other media based on ''Hunter × Hunter''. | |||
{{anime-char-stub}} <!--all the links go to the page for hxh main characters. Except Kuroro which goes to the Genei Ryodan main page. Some brief descriptions for the main characters are needed here--> | |||
The manga has been licensed for English release in North America by ] since April 2005. Both television series have been also licensed by Viz Media, with the first series having aired on the ] in 2009 and the second series broadcast on ]'s ] programming block from April 2016 to June 2019. | |||
===Gon Freecs=== The main character of Hunter x Hunter, Gon is the son of a legendary hunter Ging Freeces. He has never met his father - having grown up with his aunt Mito. At the age of 11, Gon sets off to become a Hunter and follow in his fathers footsteps, hoping that he'd someday be able to find his father. | |||
''Hunter × Hunter'' has been a huge critical and financial success and has become one of the ] of all time, having over 84 million copies in circulation by July 2022. | |||
===Killua Zoldyck=== | |||
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==Synopsis== | ||
===Setting=== | |||
{{Nihongo|Hunters|ハンター|Hantā}} are licensed, elite members of humanity who are capable of tracking down secret treasures, rare beasts, or even other individuals, and can also access locations that regulars cannot.<ref name="protoc">{{cite magazine|author1=Matsuda, Miyako|author2=Pelletier, Claude J.|magazine=]|publisher=]|title=Anime Stories: Hunter X Hunter|issue=66|date=June 2001|pages=64–5|issn=0835-9563}}</ref> To obtain a license one must pass the rigorous annual Hunter Examination run by the ], which has a success rate of less than one in a hundred-thousand.<ref>{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=1|date=April 5, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=2|title=An Encounter in the Storm|isbn=978-1-59116-753-2}}</ref> A Hunter may be awarded up to three stars: a single star for making "remarkable achievements in a particular field"; they may then be upgraded to two stars for "holding an official position" and mentoring another Hunter up to single star level; and finally upgraded to three stars for "remarkable achievements in multiple fields".<ref>{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=32|date=April 1, 2014|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=331|title=Day of Reckoning|isbn=978-1-4215-5912-4}}</ref> | |||
{{Nihongo4|Nen|念}} is the ability to control one's own life energy or aura, which is constantly emitted from them, knowingly or not. There are four basic Nen techniques: {{Nihongo4|Ten|纏}} maintains the aura in the body, strengthening it for defense; {{Nihongo4|Zetsu|絕}} shuts the aura flow off, useful for concealing one's presence and relieving fatigue; {{Nihongo4|Ren|練}} enables a user to produce more Nen; and {{Nihongo4|Hatsu|發}} is a person's specific use of Nen.<ref>{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=6|date=January 3, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=47-48|title=The Invisible Wall; Hisoka's Terms|isbn=978-1-4215-0185-7}}</ref> Nen users are classified into six types based on their Hatsu abilities; {{Nihongo4|Enhancers|強化系|Kyōkakei}} strengthen and reinforce their natural physical abilities; {{Nihongo4|Emitters|放出系|Hōshutsukei}} project aura out of their bodies; {{Nihongo4|Manipulators|操作系|Sōsakei}} control objects or living things; {{Nihongo4|Transmuters|変化系|Henkakei}} change the type or properties of their aura; {{Nihongo4|Conjurers|具現化系|Gugenkakei}} create objects out of their aura; and {{Nihongo4|Specialists|特質系|Tokushitsukei}} have unique abilities that do not fall into the previous categories.<ref>{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=7|date=March 7, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=60|title=Passing the Exam|isbn=978-1-4215-0332-5}}</ref> A Nen user can enter into a {{Nihongo4|Contract|誓約|Seiyaku}} where, by pledging to follow certain {{Nihongo4|Limitations|制約|Seiyaku}}, their abilities are strengthened in relation to how strict they are. An example of this is Kurapika who, in order to have an unbreakable chain that will fully restrain members of the Phantom Troupe, offered his life, should he use it on anyone other than its members.<ref>{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=9|date=July 5, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=83|title=September 2nd: Part 5|isbn=978-1-4215-0644-9}}</ref> | |||
===Kurapika Kuruta=== | |||
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===Plot=== | ||
{{main|List of Hunter × Hunter characters{{!}}List of ''Hunter × Hunter'' characters}} | |||
The story follows a young boy named ], who was told all his life that both his parents were dead. But when he learns from ], an apprentice of his father ], that he is still alive and has since become an accomplished Hunter, Gon leaves his home on {{Nihongo|Whale Island|くじら島|Kujira Tō}} to take the {{Nihongo|Hunter Examination|ハンター試験|Hantā Shiken}} in order to become a Hunter like him.{{sfn|Thompson|2007|p=42}}<ref name="exorg">{{cite web|author=Takahashi, Rika|title=Hunter x Hunter|url=http://www.ex.org/4.1/26-manga_hunterxhunter.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991006000351/http://www.ex.org/4.1/26-manga_hunterxhunter.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 6, 1999|publisher=EX.org|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref><ref name="annreview1">{{cite news|author=Martin, Theron|date=January 12, 2009|title=Hunter x Hunter DVD Set 1 - Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-1|website=]|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707025554/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-1|url-status=live}}</ref> During the exam, Gon meets and befriends three of the other applicants: ], the last remaining member of the Kurta clan who wishes to become a Hunter in order to avenge his clan and recover their scarlet-glowing eyes that were plucked from their corpses by a band of thieves known as the ]; ], a prospective physician who, in order to pay for medical school, desires the financial benefits that Hunters receive; and ], another twelve-year-old boy who has left his former life as a member of the world's most notorious assassin family.<ref name="exorg"/><ref name="annreview1"/><ref name="protoc"/> Among many other examinees, Gon continuously encounters ], a mysterious and deadly ] who takes an interest in him. After many trials together, Gon and his friends end up passing the exam except for Killua, who fails after killing another applicant due to the influence of his brother, Illumi, and runs away to his family's estate in shame. | |||
After Gon and the others convince Killua to rejoin their side, Leorio and Kurapika depart temporarily for their own personal reasons, while Gon and Killua set for the {{Nihongo|Heavens Arena|天空闘技場|Tenkū Tōgijō}}, a skyscraper where thousands of martial artists compete daily in fighting tournaments, seeking to improve themselves and gain monetary rewards.<ref name="annreview3">{{cite news|author=Kimlinger, Carl|date=September 14, 2009|title=Hunter x Hunter DVD Set 3 - Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-3|website=]|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622124525/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-3|url-status=live}}</ref> There they meet Zushi, a fellow Heavens Arena applicant, who has a kung fu master named Wing who trains them in utilizing Nen, a ]-like life energy used by its practitioners to manifest ], and is also considered to be the final requirement to pass the Hunter Exam. Sometime later, Gon and his friends reunite again in {{Nihongo|Yorknew City|ヨークシンシティ|Yōkushin Shiti}} where they have a clash with the Phantom Troupe. During the occasion, two from the band of thieves are killed by Kurapika and he is forced to give up the chance of hunting down the rest in order to rescue Gon and Killua from being captured, but not without succeeding in sealing the powers of their leader, ]. | |||
===Kuroro Lucifer=== | |||
A few days later, Gon and Killua achieve their objective and begin playing '']'', an extremely rare and expensive video game with Nen-like properties following some clues about Ging's whereabouts.<ref name="annreview4">{{cite news|author=Kimlinger, Carl|date=September 26, 2009|title=Hunter x Hunter DVD Set 4 - Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-4|website=]|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706133028/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-4|url-status=live}}</ref> While exploring the game, it is revealed that its scenario is actually set somewhere in the real world, created with Nen by a team led by none other than Ging himself. Outclassed by the challenges in the game at first, they are soon joined and trained by ], an experienced teacher of Nen and kung fu master. With Biscuit's help, Gon and Killua train their Nen and learn to shape their abilities to their traits. Killua takes a short break from Greed Island to apply for the Hunter Examination again, this time passes with success. The trio then complete the game together against all odds and Gon obtains the right to choose the artifacts from the game necessary to reunite with his father. | |||
Gon decides to have Killua accompany him to meet his father using the artifacts, but the duo are sent to meet Kite instead. They decide to help with Kite's research of a man-sized ] queen, an insect that devours other creatures and then gives birth to progeny that inherit the characteristics of the different species it has eaten. The queen washes up onto an island nation called the Neo-Green Life (N.G.L.) Autonomous Region, where she quickly develops a taste for humans and builds a colony powerful enough to overcome the population, especially after her offspring learn the power of Nen from consuming Hunters. Upon facing the Royal Guard of the Chimera Ants, Kite sacrifices himself to allow Gon and Killua to flee and alert the Hunter Association. After weeks of preparation, the Association sends a team of some of their most powerful Hunters, including ], the president of the Association himself to defeat the Ants and their king ], whose subjects secretly overthrew the government of the nearby {{Nihongo|Republic of East Gorteau|東ゴルトー共和国|Higashi Gorutō Kyouwakoku}} as part of their plan of subduing all of mankind. Despite losing to Meruem in combat, Netero ends up killing him with a bomb implanted in his body that poisons him to death soon after. Meanwhile, Gon has a showdown with Neferpitou, the Ant who killed Kite. After overusing Nen to exact his revenge, he is hospitalized and in critical condition. After the Chimera Ant incident is resolved, the Hunter Association's top echelons ], from which Ging is a member, begin the process of choosing Netero's replacement as Chairman, while Killua returns home to ask for his younger sister ] to save Gon's life. His family is unwilling to risk losing Alluka or having her dangerous powers used against them, but after evading his older brother Illumi's attempts to intercept him, Killua manages to bring Alluka to Gon's side and have him fully restored. He then attempts to seal away Alluka's alter ego which grants them their power (Nanika, likely a creature from the Dark Continent), but at the last moment decides to revert the process rather than seal away Nanika Alluka's only other friend. Killua then parts ways with Gon to travel the world with Alluka, while Gon himself finally meets his father and learns the true nature of his quest. | |||
==Story Arcs== | |||
Some time later, Netero's son ] assembles an expedition to the {{Nihongo|Dark Continent|暗黒大陸|Ankoku Tairiku}}, the forbidden, vast area outside of the known world; he is sponsored by the Kingdom of Kakin. Fearing that the expedition may bring disaster, just like in all previous attempts, the world's five greatest powers accept that Kakin join their ranks in exchange for full authority over its findings. To accompany Beyond and ensure his compliance, the Zodiacs decide to watch over him and invite Kurapika and Leorio to join them, replacing Ging and former Vice-Chairman Pariston Hill, who assembled their own Dark Continent exploration teams by Beyond's request. Meanwhile, Chrollo regains his powers and fulfills Hisoka's wish to have a duel with him, which ends with Hisoka defeated and nearly killed. After reviving through Nen, Hisoka starts killing off the Phantom Troupe members one by one, who have boarded Kakin's ship to the Dark Continent to rob it. Aboard the ship, Nasubi, the king of Kakin, starts a battle to the death between his heirs to decide his successor. Kurapika, who also infiltrated the ship with other Hunters, takes part in the succession war as the bodyguard of Fourteenth Prince Wobble, Kakin's youngest prince and a toddler. Kurapika's personal objective, however, is to retrieve the last batch of scarlet eyes of the Kurta Clan in custody of Tserriednich, Kakin's Fourth Prince. | |||
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===Hunter Test Story Arc=== | |||
In the first major story arc, Gon takes a series of bizarre tests to become a ''Hunter'' himself, which include such things as navigating a deadly jungle, hunting other applicants, killing a wild boar, and making ]. During the ''Hunter Test'', Gon meets and befriends three of the other applicants, Kurapika, Killua and Leorio. | |||
==Production== | |||
Another of the applicants in the ''Hunter Test'' is Hisoka, a complex villain who uses playing cards as weapons, and who views Gon as an "unripe fruit" that he will take great pleasure in killing once he's grown up enough to present a challenge. | |||
Author ] explained that one of his hobbies was collecting objects of all sorts, so he was inspired to create a ] involving collecting titled "(something) Hunter".<ref name="title">{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|title=Hunter × Hunter Creation Secrets|volume=6|date=January 3, 2006|publisher=]|page=26|isbn=978-1-4215-0185-7|author-link=Yoshihiro Togashi}}</ref> He came up with the final name ''Hunter × Hunter'' while watching the television ] '']'', in which the hosts often repeat what they say to make the audience laugh.<ref name="title"/> The "×" in the title is silent.<ref name="SJ-28">{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Say It Like You Mean It|magazine=] No. 28|volume=3|issue=4|page=16|location=Canada|publisher=]|date=April 2005}}</ref>{{sfn|Thompson|2007|p=492}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Clements|first1=Jonathan|author-link1=Jonathan Clements|last2=McCarthy|first2=Helen|author-link2=Helen McCarthy|date=2015|title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Century of Japanese Animation|edition=3rd|pages=324|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E03KBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1425|publisher=]|isbn=978-1611720181|access-date=October 8, 2022|archive-date=October 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008155757/https://books.google.com/books?id=E03KBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1425|url-status=live}}</ref> As with his previous series, '']'', Togashi used ] and ''Kabura'' pens for his illustrations but began using an ] to color them.<ref name="interview">{{cite magazine|title=Interview: Yoshihiro Togashi|magazine=]|date=May 2003|publisher=Viz Media|location=San Francisco, CA|volume=1|issue=5|issn=1545-7818}}</ref> Togashi uses few or no assistants in the manga's production;{{sfn|Thompson|2007|p=154}} however, fellow ] and future wife ] assisted Togashi in adding ] to single-color pages for the first volume.<ref>{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=1|date=April 5, 2005|title=Togashi and Naoko|publisher=Viz Media|page=164|isbn=978-1-59116-753-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Takeuchi, Naoko|date=January 1999|script-title=ja:武内直子姫の社会復帰ぱーんち!!(Round 2)|trans-title=Princess Naoko Takeuchi's Return to Society Punch!! (Round 2)|journal=]|publisher=]|language=ja|author-link=Naoko Takeuchi}}</ref> With the birth of their first son early in its publication, Togashi felt that this personal aspect of his life would be a great influence on his work, particularly the manga's theme of a young boy searching for his father.<ref name="interview"/> | |||
There have been several instances in which Togashi has apologized to readers in ]'s ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for low-quality artwork and promised to redraw portions of the chapters for their ''tankōbon'' (collected volume) releases.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=]|publisher=Shueisha|script-title=ja:9月1日(4)|trans-title=September 1st: Part 4|series=Hunter × Hunter|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|date=February 15, 2000|issue=11|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Weekly Shōnen Jump|publisher=Shueisha|script-title=ja:9月3日(17)|trans-title=September 3rd: Part 17|series=Hunter × Hunter|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|date=October 24, 2000|issue=47|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Weekly Shōnen Jump|publisher=Shueisha|script-title=ja:9月10日(3)|trans-title=September 10th: Part 3|series=Hunter × Hunter|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|date=July 31, 2001|issue=35|language=ja}}</ref> In addition, the publication history of the ''Hunter × Hunter'' manga has been plagued with hiatuses since 2006, in which serialized chapters would be separated by extended periods of time.<ref>{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=February 12, 2006|title=Hunter X Hunter Interupted |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-02-12/hunter-x-hunter-interupted|website=]|access-date=December 5, 2009|archive-date=January 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113220243/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-02-12/hunter-x-hunter-interupted|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ハンター×ハンター:1年8カ月ぶり連載再開|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Resumed serialization for the first time in 1 year and 8 months|url=http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/manga/archive/news/2007/10/20071006mog00m200013000c.html|website=]|access-date=June 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217115520/http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/manga/archive/news/2007/10/20071006mog00m200013000c.html|archive-date=December 17, 2007|language=ja|date=October 6, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=August 27, 2008|title=Hunter X Hunter Manga to Restart on October 6|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-27/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-restart-on-october-6|website=]|access-date=2010-04-09|archive-date=March 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330030424/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-27/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-restart-on-october-6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-02-24/graphs-charts-chronicle-hunter-x-hunter-manga-many-hiatuses/.99046|title=Graphs, Charts Chronicle Hunter x Hunter Manga's Many Hiatuses|date=February 24, 2016|website=]|access-date=April 17, 2016|archive-date=April 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410115246/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-02-24/graphs-charts-chronicle-hunter-x-hunter-manga-many-hiatuses/.99046|url-status=live}}</ref> After returning from a two-year-long hiatus in June 2014,<ref>{{cite web|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-22/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-resume-in-june|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga to Resume in June|date=April 22, 2014|website=]|access-date=April 23, 2014|archive-date=April 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425195029/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-22/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-resume-in-june|url-status=live}}</ref> and joining the English-language '']'' lineup, the manga went on another just two months later.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-04/hunter-hunter-manga-hiatus-continues-until-further-notice/.78384|title=Hunter × Hunter Manga Hiatus Continues Until Further Notice|date=September 4, 2014|website=]|access-date=November 21, 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203031013/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-04/hunter-hunter-manga-hiatus-continues-until-further-notice/.78384|url-status=live}}</ref> The series returned from this hiatus on April 18, 2016,<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga's Return Slated for April 18|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-03-16/hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-slated-for-april-18/.99845|date=March 16, 2016|website=]|access-date=March 16, 2016|archive-date=March 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319013704/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-03-16/hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-slated-for-april-18/.99845|url-status=live}}</ref> however, just over two months later, ''Hunter × Hunter'' began another hiatus on June 4, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Hunter × Hunter Manga Goes On Indefinite Hiatus|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-30/hunter-hunter-manga-goes-on-indefinite-hiatus/.103791|date=June 30, 2016|website=]|access-date=April 22, 2017|archive-date=July 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716143320/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-30/hunter-hunter-manga-goes-on-indefinite-hiatus/.103791|url-status=live}}</ref> It came back on June 26, 2017,<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Resumes on June 26|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-30/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-on-june-26/.116676|date=May 30, 2017|website=]|access-date=May 30, 2017|archive-date=June 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601225948/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-30/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-on-june-26/.116676|url-status=live}}</ref> and just over two months later, on August 31, the series went on hiatus again, planning to return by the end of that year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes on Hiatus With Plans to Return By End of Year|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-31/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-on-hiatus-with-plans-to-return-by-end-of-year/.120769|website=]|access-date=November 30, 2019|date=August 31, 2017|archive-date=May 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508104932/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-31/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-on-hiatus-with-plans-to-return-by-end-of-year/.120769|url-status=live}}</ref> The series came back on January 29, 2018,<ref>{{cite web|last=Piselli|first=Justin|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Resumes in Shonen Jump on January 29|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-03/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-in-shonen-jump-on-january-29/.124753|website=]|access-date=September 24, 2020|date=December 3, 2017|archive-date=April 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404161118/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-03/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-in-shonen-jump-on-january-29/.124753|url-status=live}}</ref> before going on hiatus again on April 9 of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-01/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus/.129767|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes Back on Hiatus|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=April 1, 2018|website=]|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-date=May 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526134155/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-01/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus/.129767|url-status=live}}</ref> After a five-month hiatus, the manga resumed publication from September 22 to November 26, 2018, before entering another hiatus.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Returns From 5-Month Hiatus on September 22|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-04/hunter-x-hunter-manga-returns-from-5-month-hiatus-on-september-22/.136334|website=]|access-date=September 4, 2018|date=September 4, 2018|archive-date=September 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904232953/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-04/hunter-x-hunter-manga-returns-from-5-month-hiatus-on-september-22/.136334|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes Back on Hiatus in December|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-25/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus-in-december/.139890|website=]|access-date=November 30, 2019|date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605045058/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-25/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus-in-december/.139890|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」次号より休載、冨樫義博「次の10週分ネームは出来ている」|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/309416|website=]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 30, 2019|language=ja|date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130050630/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/309416|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
===Zoldyck Family & Celestial Tower Story Arcs=== | |||
The second story arc involves Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio springing Killua from his parents' mansion. At the end of the second story arc, Leorio leaves for medical school and becomes a professional doctor while Kurapika leaves to find work as a ''Hostess'', taking both characters out of the story. In the third story arc, Gon and Killua go to the Celestial Tower, a 251-floor building where people can compete in fighting tournaments around the clock for cash. It is here they meet the ] master Wing, who teaches them about '']'', a ]-like energy that can be used to manifest superhuman powers. They fight in the tournament to gain money and experience. Hisoka defeats another powerful Nen user, Kastro, who was able to create and use a double made by his Materialization and Manipulation Nen ability. Hisoka loses both arms in the battle but Machi, a fellow Nen user, uses her Nen ability to sew them back on. Gon battles Hisoka and is able to land a few hits, but loses in the end. | |||
In May 2022, Togashi created a ] account where he teased that the series would resume publication.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Teases Hunter x Hunter Manga's Return (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-24/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-hunter-x-hunter-manga-return/.185983|website=]|access-date=May 27, 2022|date=May 24, 2022|archive-date=May 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527053506/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-24/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-hunter-x-hunter-manga-return/.185983|url-status=live}}</ref> In July of that same year, Togashi revealed that he was unable to sit in a chair for two years due to his back and hip problems, but was able to resume drawing by doing so while laying down;<ref>{{cite news|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-07-04/yoshihiro-togashi-addresses-his-health-problems-in-art-exhibition-message/.187362|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Addresses His Health Problems in Art Exhibition Message|work=]|date=July 7, 2022|access-date=July 7, 2022|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706235930/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-07-04/yoshihiro-togashi-addresses-his-health-problems-in-art-exhibition-message/.187362|url-status=live}}</ref> in August, Togashi posted that he decided to increase his staff, adding that the background effects for chapter 399 were done according to his request, and that chapter 400 would follow once he had handed in his specifications for it.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Hunter x Hunter's Yoshihiro Togashi: "I've Decided to Increase My Staff"|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-08-30/hunter-x-hunter-yoshihiro-togashi-ive-decided-to-increase-my-staff/.189157|website=]|access-date=August 31, 2022|date=August 31, 2022|archive-date=August 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830234511/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-08-30/hunter-x-hunter-yoshihiro-togashi-ive-decided-to-increase-my-staff/.189157|url-status=live}}</ref> The series resumed publication on October 24, 2022, after a three-year-and-eleven-month hiatus; the longest the series has ever had.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:冨樫義博「HUNTER×HUNTER」連載再開!約3年11カ月ぶり|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/497040|website=]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 11, 2022|language=ja|date=October 11, 2022|archive-date=October 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011012450/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/497040|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Resumes After Almost 4 Years on October 24|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-10/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-after-almost-4-years-on-october-24/.190697|website=]|access-date=October 11, 2022|date=October 10, 2022|archive-date=October 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017222242/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-10/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-after-almost-4-years-on-october-24/.190697|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」連載再開!ジャンプリミックスから「冨樫義博クロニクル」発売|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/498672|website=]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 24, 2022|language=ja|date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024000410/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/498672|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 26, 2022, it was announced that the manga would once again enter on hiatus. The ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' editorial department published a letter which said that they had consulted with Togashi and decided that the manga should not follow a weekly serialized format going forward, and that once they knew concrete details of its return and how it would be serialized, they would reveal the details in the magazine.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes Back on Hiatus|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-25/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus/.193300|website=]|access-date=December 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225191122/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-25/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus/.193300|archive-date=December 25, 2022|date=December 25, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 9, 2023, Togashi tweeted that chapter 401 was completed, but the form of publication was not decided at the time.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『H×H』作者・冨樫氏、久々にツイッター更新で原稿の進捗状況報告「机での作業時間が少しずつ増えて」 掲載形態は決まらず|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2270924/full/|website=]|access-date=March 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309163333/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2270924/full/|archive-date=March 9, 2023|language=ja|date=March 9, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Dempsey|first=Liam|title=Hunter x Hunter Mangaka Yoshihiro Togashi Reveals Completion of Next Chapter|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/03/08/hunter-x-hunter-magaka-yoshihiro-togashi-reveals-completion-of-next-chapter|website=]|access-date=March 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310182716/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/03/08/hunter-x-hunter-magaka-yoshihiro-togashi-reveals-completion-of-next-chapter|archive-date=March 10, 2023|date=March 9, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 1 of the same year, Togashi made his first tweet in nearly seven months, which contained the phrase "Start over" in English, as well as an image depicting the bottom right corner of a page with a ruler below.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『H×H』作者・冨樫義博、7ヶ月ぶりにSNS更新 原稿公開で「Start over」 投稿10分でトレンド入り|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2297023/full/|website=]|access-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001195040/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2297023/full/|archive-date=October 1, 2023|language=ja|date=October 2, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Teases Return of Hunter x Hunter Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-02/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-return-of-hunter-x-hunter-manga/.203032|website=]|access-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002115140/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-02/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-return-of-hunter-x-hunter-manga/.203032|archive-date=October 2, 2023|date=October 2, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 1, 2024, Togashi made another tweet, sharing a photo with the number 5 on the corner of a page, stating that he was working on chapter 405; the following day, he posted a picture of two more pages, numbered 6 and 7 respectively.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Teases Hunter x Hunter Manga's Return Again|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-02/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-again/.210440|website=]|access-date=May 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502202728/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-02/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-again/.210440|archive-date=May 2, 2024|date=May 2, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 22 of the same year, Togashi made posts stating that instructions for the backgrounds were ready for his assistants for chapters 409 and 410; Togashi also teased progress for up to chapter 416 a week prior.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cayanan|first1=Joanna|last2=Mateo|first2=Alex|title=Shueisha Lists Hunter x Hunter Manga Volume 38 for Release on September 4; Yoshihiro Togashi Teases More New Chapters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-22/shueisha-lists-hunter-x-hunter-manga-volume-38-for-release-on-september-4-yoshihiro-togashi-teases-/.213474|website=]|access-date=July 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723000541/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-22/shueisha-lists-hunter-x-hunter-manga-volume-38-for-release-on-september-4-yoshihiro-togashi-teases-/.213474|archive-date=July 23, 2024|date=July 22, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The series resumed in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 7 to December 9, 2024, before entering another hiatus.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」10月7日発売のジャンプ45号より掲載!38巻の書影も初公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/587187|website=]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=August 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819134846/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/587187|archive-date=August 19, 2024|language=ja|date=August 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Resumes in Weekly Shonen Jump on October 7|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-19/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-in-weekly-shonen-jump-on-october-7/.214474|website=]|access-date=August 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819133741/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-19/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-in-weekly-shonen-jump-on-october-7/.214474|archive-date=August 19, 2024|date=August 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」約1年9カ月ぶりの最新話が本日発売のジャンプに|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/594170|website=]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006151525/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/594170|archive-date=October 6, 2024|language=ja|date=October 7, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:白井カイウ×天野洋一のノワールアクション読切「APPLE」がジャンプに|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/602822|website=]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209044837/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/602822|archive-date=December 9, 2024|language=ja|date=December 9, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
===Genei Ryodan Story Arc=== | |||
{{main|Genei Ryodan}} | |||
The fourth story arc reunites the four main characters for the world's largest auction in a sprawling metropolis called ''Yorknew City''. While Gon, Killua, and Leorio try different methods to make enough money to buy '']'', a "Joystation" video game that could help Gon find his father, Kurapika takes center-stage. This story arc introduces the ''Genei Ryodan'' ("Phantom Brigade"), a group of thieves who, among many other crimes, slaughtered all the other members of Kurapika's clan. Kurapika crosses paths with them while working as a bodyguard for a teenage girl named Neon, who has a clairvoyant Nen ability. He spends the rest of the arc balancing his bodyguard duties with his goal to hunt down the ''Genei Ryodan''. | |||
In November 2023, on ]'s ] ''{{ill|Iwakura and Yoshizumi Show|ja|イワクラと吉住の番組}}'', Togashi announced that he had planned four possible scenarios for the series' finale through a handwritten letter which was read aloud during the program.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER:冨樫義博が裏話を直筆回答、結末にも言及 "櫻坂愛"に関有美子も感無量 「イワクラと吉住の番組」|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231114dog00m200035000c.html|website=]|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120205016/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231114dog00m200035000c.html|archive-date=November 20, 2023|language=ja|date=November 14, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER:冨樫義博が"衝撃の結末"に言及 「イワクラと吉住の番組」特集後編 今夜放送|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231121dog00m200015000c.html|website=]|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121105736/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231121dog00m200015000c.html|archive-date=November 21, 2023|language=ja|date=November 21, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Only the fourth abandoned ending ("ending D") was revealed, stating that it could be considered the ending in case he dies before finishing the manga. This ending takes place after a time skip, years into the future, featuring Gon's granddaughter, Gin. Togashi expressed a desire to create a satisfying enough conclusion so he would not have to resort to endings A, B, or C. Togashi stated that the readers' reactions would be 80% positive on ending A, even split on ending B, and 90% negative on ending C. While acknowledging ending A as a "safe", noncontroversial option, Togashi personally preferred ending C, despite expecting significant criticism from fans.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Togashi Yoshihiro Reveals Hunter x Hunter Manga's Possible Ending in Case He Passes Away|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-21/togashi-yoshihiro-reveals-hunter-x-hunter-manga-possible-ending-in-case-he-passes-away/.204708|website=]|access-date=November 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122030720/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-21/togashi-yoshihiro-reveals-hunter-x-hunter-manga-possible-ending-in-case-he-passes-away/.204708|archive-date=November 22, 2023|date=November 21, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
By the end of the ''Genei Ryodan'' story arc, Kurapika has directly killed Ubogin, indirectly killed Pakunoda (via a deadly Nen ability which killed her when she broke the conditions he had set onto her), and "sealed" Kuroro Lucifer's ''nen'' ability (via the same ability he used on Pakunoda). The latter two are accomplished via an unsteady alliance with Hisoka, who betrays the Genei Ryodan in exchange for a chance to fight Kuroro Lucifer. Once Kuroro's powers are "sealed", Hisoka completely loses interest and walks away. | |||
==Media== | |||
===Greed Island Story Arc=== | |||
===Manga=== | |||
{{main|Greed Island}} | |||
{{main|List of Hunter × Hunter chapters{{!}}List of ''Hunter × Hunter'' chapters}} | |||
Gon, Killua, and Leorio return to help Kurapika at the end of the third story arc, after which Leorio and Kurapika leave again, returning the focus to Gon and Killua. The fifth story arc concerns Gon and Killua's adventures on ''Greed Island'', the seemingly-magical video game that sucks its players physical bodies into its own world. It is later revealed that the game is actually set on an island in the real world (the physical game set is actually just a teleporting device), created and ran by a group of powerful Nen users who are led by none other than Gon's own father Ging. The ''Greed Island'' story arc is very video-game-like. The game ''Greed Island'' runs on a complex card-based gaming system. The goal of the game is to collect a number of set cards, although almost everything in the game, from food to money, can be turned into cards. There are cards capable of doing anything, from making people pregnant regardless of gender, granting wishes, and magic ''spell cards'' that can warp you to specific towns. Inside ''Greed Island'' Gon and Killua are joined by ''Biscuit'' (nicknamed "Biske"), a 57-year-old woman who looks like a 12-year-old girl, and is a master and experienced teacher of Nen. She continues the Nen training Wing gave to Gon and Killua during the Celestial Tower arc. | |||
Written and illustrated by ], ''Hunter × Hunter'' started its serialization in ]'s ] magazine '']'' on March 3, 1998.{{efn|The series debuted in the magazine's 14th issue of 1998 (] March 16),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazines/321850|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ 1998/03/16 表示号数14|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=]|language=ja|trans-title=Weekly Shonen Jump 1998/03/16 Number of indications 14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111318/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazines/321850|archive-date=March 6, 2019}}</ref> released on March 3 of that same year.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Contents|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1155195898|magazine=]|publisher=]|issue=13|year=1998|access-date=June 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625182139/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1155195898|archive-date=June 25, 2023|language=ja|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|quote={{lang|ja|次号No.14は3月3日火発売!! やっと読める! 冨樫義博先生の「HUNTER×HUNTER」 新連載!!}}|url-status=live}}</ref>}} Shueisha has compiled most of the chapters into individual {{Transliteration|ja|]}} volumes. The first volume was released on June 4, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER 1|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-872571-9|publisher=]|access-date=September 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124000123/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-872571-9|archive-date=January 24, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> As of September 4, 2024, 38 volumes have been released.<ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER 38|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884279-0|publisher=]|access-date=September 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903161428/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884279-0|archive-date=September 3, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> The series has also been published in a {{Transliteration|ja|]}} edition that aims to recreate the manga as it was originally serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in the same size and with the color pages. Eleven volumes were released between December 9, 2011, and April 18, 2014, covering up to the Election story arc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111039-1|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 総集編 Treasure 1|publisher=]|access-date=April 22, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614075714/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111039-1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111071-1|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 総集編 Treasure 11|publisher=]|access-date=April 22, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614081149/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111071-1|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In April 2005, ] began publishing the manga in English in North America.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 1|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=4658|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018174623/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=4658|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2006|publisher=]|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref> They market the series as part of their "Shonen Jump Advanced" line for older teens and young adults.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 20, 2004|title=Shonen Jump Advanced Line Targets Older Teens|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6166.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=2010-11-09|archive-date=August 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803203050/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6166.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Thirty-six volumes have been released in North America as of August 6, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/hunter-x-hunter-volume-36/product/5990|title=Hunter x Hunter, Volume 36|publisher=]|access-date=June 4, 2019|archive-date=June 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604071545/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/hunter-x-hunter-volume-36/product/5990|url-status=live}}</ref> Viz included the ''Kurapika's Memories'' chapters in the December 17 and 24, 2012 issues of their digital English magazine '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/welcome-to-hunter-x-hunter-1347|title=Welcome to HUNTER x HUNTER|publisher=]|date=December 17, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=November 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128133812/https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/welcome-to-hunter-x-hunter-1347|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 22, 2014, it was announced that ''Hunter × Hunter'' would be joining the digital English magazine ''Weekly Shonen Jump''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shonenjump.viz.com/node/2076|title=Hunter x Hunter's Joining SJ!|date=April 22, 2014|publisher=]|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=April 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424164857/http://shonenjump.viz.com/node/2076|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2024, Viz Media announced a 3-in-1 edition, with the first volume set to be released on February 18, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Viz Media Licenses Beyblade X, Mujina Into the Deep, Firefly Wedding, The Climber, More Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-01/viz-media-licenses-beyblade-x-mujina-into-the-deep-firefly-wedding-the-climber-more-manga/.211428|website=]|access-date=June 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601060854/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-01/viz-media-licenses-beyblade-x-mujina-into-the-deep-firefly-wedding-the-climber-more-manga/.211428|archive-date=June 1, 2024|date=June 1, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hunter x Hunter (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/manga-books/manga/hunter-x-hunter-3-in-1-edition-volume-1/product/8207|publisher=]|access-date=November 15, 2024}}</ref> | |||
Also during this arc, Killua's little sister, Kalluto, joins the ''Genei Ryodan''; replacing Hisoka as member number 4. (See ] section of this article for details regarding ''Kalluto's'' gender) | |||
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====Spin-offs==== | ||
{{Nihongo|''Kurapika's Memories''|クラピカ追憶編|Kurapika Tsuioku-hen}}, also known as "volume 0", a two-part manga Togashi wrote to act as a prequel to the first animated film, ], was published in the December 3 and 10, 2012 issues of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-20/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-run-2-part-kurapika-tsuioku-hen|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga to Run 2-Part 'Kurapika Tsuioku-hen'|date=November 20, 2012|website=]|access-date=November 20, 2012|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410023555/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-20/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-run-2-part-kurapika-tsuioku-hen|url-status=live}}</ref> One million copies of the volume were given to the first movie-goers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Hunter x Hunter Moviegoers to Get Manga 'Volume 0'|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-28/hunter-x-hunter-moviegoers-to-get-manga-volume-0|website=]|access-date=February 26, 2023|date=November 28, 2011|archive-date=December 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225013032/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-28/hunter-x-hunter-moviegoers-to-get-manga-volume-0|url-status=live}}</ref> '']'' author ] created a 69-page ] of a manga chapter depicting the past of ''Hunter × Hunter''{{'}}s Hisoka. The storyboard was released digitally via '']'' on June 2, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-03/tokyo-ghoul-ishida-draws-69-page-chapter-for-hunter-hunter-character-hisoka/.102821|title=Tokyo Ghoul's Ishida Draws 69-Page Chapter for Hunter × Hunter Character Hisoka|date=June 3, 2016|website=]|access-date=June 3, 2016|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808212337/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-03/tokyo-ghoul-ishida-draws-69-page-chapter-for-hunter-hunter-character-hisoka/.102821|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
After leaving ''Greed Island'', Gon and Killua meet up with Kaito, the Hunter who told Gon about Ging and Hunters in the very first chapter. They are all hired to investigate a strange insect leg that washed up on a beach. Genetic testing determines that the leg belongs to an abnormally large queen ''Chimera Ant'', an insect that eats other insects and animals, and then gives birth to children that are combinations of all the different insects and animals it has eaten. The queen ''Chimera Ant'' itself just happens to wash up on the shore of an island inhabited by a ] culture, and proceeds to wipe most of them out and spawn hundreds of offspring before Gon, Killua, and Kaito arrive. The three very powerful Royal Guards are introduced. They develop Nen abilities. One of the Royal Guards, Nefelpitou, fights Kaito and decapitates him. Kaito is later brought back, but he is zombie-like and unable to recognize Gon and Killua. | |||
===Anime=== | |||
Netero, Morau, and Novu arrive as reinforcements. However, they are unable to stop the birth of the king. The queen dies because the king ripped himself out of her stomach too early. Many of the ants stop being loyal to the King, proclaiming themselves kings, and two even join the Hunters side. | |||
====1999 series==== | |||
{{main|Hunter × Hunter (1999 TV series){{!}}''Hunter × Hunter'' (1999 TV series)}} | |||
The first ''Hunter × Hunter'' ] adaptation was produced by the company ] and directed by ], who had previously directed the '']'' television series.<ref name="annreview2">{{cite news|author=Kimlinger, Carl|date=May 8, 2009|title=Hunter X Hunter DVD Box Set 2 - Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-2|website=]|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=July 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705030500/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-2|url-status=live}}</ref> A total of 62 episodes of ''Hunter × Hunter'' were broadcast on the Japanese ] network ] from October 16, 1999, to March 31, 2001, during the same Saturday evening timeslot as the anime version of Togashi's previous series '']''.<ref name="protoc"/><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER オフィシャルホームページ|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Official Homepage|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/na/hunter/index.htm|publisher=]|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916064021/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/na/hunter/index.htm|archive-date=September 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Takahashi, Rika|year=1999|title=Weekly Jump 1999 Issue 37-38|url=http://www.ex.org/4.6/26-manga_jump1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000526152744/http://www.ex.org/4.6/26-manga_jump1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 26, 2000|publisher=EX.org|access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref> Additionally, ''Hunter × Hunter'' has aired on the ] station ].<ref name="animax">{{cite web|script-title=ja:再放送情報|trans-title=Repeat Information|url=http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova3/topnews/topnews_animax.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031855/http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova3/topnews/topnews_animax.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ハンター× ハンター 作品トップ ANIMAX|url=http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?code=NN00015102|publisher=]|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917143804/http://animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?code=NN00015102|archive-date=September 17, 2010}}</ref> Although it closely follows the manga, the violence in the anime version is lessened for younger audiences.<ref name="protoc"/> ] has released all episodes of the series in Japan on ] in 13 separate volumes between September 20, 2000, and September 19, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER セルDVD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Sell DVD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/dvd01.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040611163128/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/dvd01.html|archive-date=June 11, 2004}}</ref> | |||
Viz Media licensed the ''Hunter × Hunter'' anime for distribution in the ] market, with English voice-work handled by ] at ] in ], ], Canada.<ref name="annreview1"/><ref name="annanime1">{{cite news|date=April 21, 2008|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-21/viz-plans-hunter-x-hunter-release-in-dvd-season-boxes|title=Viz Plans Hunter X Hunter Release in DVD Season Boxes|website=]|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622173043/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-21/viz-plans-hunter-x-hunter-release-in-dvd-season-boxes|url-status=live}}</ref> The series was released on four DVD boxed sets from December 9, 2008, to December 1, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hunter x Hunter Box Set 1 (DVD Box Set)|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7488|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222162812/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7488|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2008|publisher=]|access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=8381|title=Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 4 (DVD Box Set)|publisher=]|access-date=October 10, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110609115801/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=8381|archive-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref> Starting with the second set, Viz partnered with ] to distribute the DVDs.<ref>{{cite news|date=December 17, 2008|title=Viz to Distribute Anime through Warner, iTunes Canada|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-17/viz-to-distribute-anime-through-warner-itunes-canada|website=]|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623010435/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-17/viz-to-distribute-anime-through-warner-itunes-canada|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Hunter × Hunter'' began airing in the United States on the ] in the spring of 2009.<ref>{{cite news|date=April 6, 2009|title=Funimation Channel Adds Viz Anime Starting in Late Spring (Updated)|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-06/funimation-channel-adds-viz-anime-starting-late-spring|website=]|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623202844/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-06/funimation-channel-adds-viz-anime-starting-late-spring|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
As a side story to the main plotline centered around Gon and Killua, one of the children of the queen ''Chimera Ant'', Zazan, started a colony near ''Ryuuseigai'' (City of the Shooting Stars); the place that is the origin of the ''Genei Ryodan''. Half of the group: Phinx, Feitan, Shalnark, Shizuku, Bonorenof and Kalluto travel to the Ryuuseigai to halt the invasion. Upon reaching the colony, the team splits up, agreeing that whoever defeats Zazan will be the temporary leader of the ''Genei Ryodan'' until ''Kuroro Lucifer'''s return. | |||
=====Original video animations===== | |||
The ants move into East Goruto and begin the process of "selecting" humans that have the capability to gain Nen powers. This causes many deaths as only a small amount of humans are able to gain Nen powers. | |||
{{main|List of Hunter × Hunter OVA episodes{{!}}List of ''Hunter × Hunter'' OVA episodes}} | |||
When the ''Hunter × Hunter'' anime covered most of its source material by 2001, Nippon Animation made the decision to end the adaptation rather than continue it with ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2005/09/27/ask-john-why-does-anime-use-filler-episodes/|title=Ask John: Why Does Anime Use Filler Episodes?|author=Oppliger, John|access-date=October 10, 2018|date=September 27, 2005|publisher=]|author-link=John Oppliger|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320051814/http://www.animenation.net/blog/2005/09/27/ask-john-why-does-anime-use-filler-episodes/|archive-date=March 20, 2012}}</ref> Due to fans' unsatisfied reactions to the conclusion of the television series, three subsequent OVAs were produced by Nippon Animation. These carried the plot from where the broadcast left off during the Yorknew City arc and covered the Greed Island arc.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 26, 2001|title=Upcoming Anime in Japan|last=Philips|first=George|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-09-26/upcoming-anime-in-japan|website=]|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619081040/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-09-26/upcoming-anime-in-japan|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=]|last1=Clements|first1=Jonathan|author1-link=Jonathan Clements|last2=McCarthy|first2=Helen|author2-link=Helen McCarthy|page=291|year=2006|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|isbn=1-933330-10-4|edition=Revised and Expanded}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=December 7, 2001|title=News: Hunter X Hunter OVAs Announced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-12-07/hunter-x-hunter-ovas-announced|website=]|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619075630/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-12-07/hunter-x-hunter-ovas-announced|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Matsuda, Miyako|magazine=Protoculture Addicts|publisher=Protoculture Inc.|title=Anime & Manga News: Japan|issue=75|date=March–April 2003|page=5|issn=0835-9563}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=November 26, 2003|title=News: New Hunter X Hunter OVA|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-11-26/new-hunter-x-hunter-ova|website=]|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612031326/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-11-26/new-hunter-x-hunter-ova|url-status=live}}</ref> The first OVA series was directed by Satoshi Saga and ran for eight episodes in four released volumes from January 17 to April 17, 2002.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER セルDVD (OVA)|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Sell DVD (OVA)|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova01.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040611125008/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova01.html|archive-date=June 11, 2004}}</ref> The second OVA series, ''Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island'', was directed by Yukihiro Matsushita and ran for eight episodes in four released volumes from February 19 to May 21, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER セルDVD (OVA 2)|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Sell DVD (OVA 2)|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova02.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=April 19, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708100302/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova02.html|archive-date=July 8, 2009}}</ref> The third OVA series, ''Hunter × Hunter: G.I. Final'', was directed by Makoto Sato and ran for 14 episodes in seven released volumes from March 3 to August 18, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER セルDVD (OVA 3)|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Sell DVD (OVA 3)|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova03.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624090832/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova03.html|archive-date=June 24, 2011}}</ref> After the original anime's initial run on Animax, the OVAs were aired successively.<ref name="animax"/><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ハンター × ハンター グリードアイランド編|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Greed Island Episode|url=http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?program=NN00015859|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518061131/http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?program=NN00015859|archive-date=May 18, 2007|publisher=Animax|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref> Viz has shown no intention of releasing English versions of the OVAs.<ref>{{cite web|author=Smith, David|date=April 19, 2008|title=NYCC 08: Viz Media Speaks|url=http://anime.ign.com/articles/868/868004p1.html|website=]|access-date=April 19, 2008|archive-date=August 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811131426/http://anime.ign.com/articles/868/868004p1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
====2011 series==== | |||
Currently, Gon, Killua, Morau, Knuckle, Shoot, Novu, and Netero are about to attack the 3 royal guards and the King in the King's palace. However, it has been strongly suggested that something will go wrong with the plan. | |||
{{main|Hunter × Hunter (2011 TV series){{!}}''Hunter × Hunter'' (2011 TV series)}} | |||
A new ''Hunter × Hunter'' anime adaptation was announced in July 2011. Instead of continuing the story from the OVA series, it restarts the story from the beginning of the manga in an attempt to adapt it more accurately. The series is directed by ], produced by ], scripted by ], and character designs were created by Takahiro Yoshimatsu. The series began airing Sunday mornings on ] starting October 2, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|date=August 1, 2011|title=2011 Hunter x Hunter Anime to Retell Story From Start|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-08-01/2011-hunter-x-hunter-anime-to-retell-story-from-start|website=]|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706190151/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-08-01/2011-hunter-x-hunter-anime-to-retell-story-from-start|url-status=live}}</ref> It switched to airing at 1:29 am on Tuesday nights from October 8, 2013, onwards.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 25, 2013|title="Hunter x Hunter" Anime Moves to Late Night|last=Green|first=Scott|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/09/25-1/hunter-x-hunter-anime-moves-to-late-night|publisher=]|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=April 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407121820/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/09/25-1/hunter-x-hunter-anime-moves-to-late-night|url-status=live}}</ref> The series ended on September 23, 2014, after 148 episodes.<ref>{{cite news|date=August 17, 2014|title=Megumi Han: Hunter x Hunter Anime to End at Episode 148|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-17/megumi-han-hunter-x-hunter-anime-to-end-at-episode-148/.77699|website=]|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426231824/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-17/megumi-han-hunter-x-hunter-anime-to-end-at-episode-148/.77699|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
An hour after each episode aired in Japan, American website ] provided English subtitled ]s in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 30, 2011|title=Crunchyroll to Stream New Hunter x Hunter Anime|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-30/crunchyroll-to-stream-new-hunter-x-hunger-anime|website=]|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903122950/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-30/crunchyroll-to-stream-new-hunter-x-hunger-anime|url-status=live}}</ref> The series started airing on ] on April 24, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Animax Captures The New Hunter X Hunter Anime Series For Asia|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2012-04-12/animax-captures-the-new-hunter-x-hunter-anime-series-for-asia|website=] via ]|access-date=December 22, 2021|date=April 12, 2012|archive-date=December 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223013235/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2012-04-12/animax-captures-the-new-hunter-x-hunter-anime-series-for-asia|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 9, 2015, ] announced their license to the series at their panel at ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-09/viz-media-adds-2011-hunter-x-hunter-anime/.93993|title=Viz Media Adds 2011 Hunter x Hunter Anime|website=]|date=October 9, 2015|access-date=April 28, 2020|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025002755/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-09/viz-media-adds-2011-hunter-x-hunter-anime/.93993|url-status=live}}</ref> They would release the anime on DVD/Blu-ray with an English dub. On April 1, 2016, it was announced that the series would premiere on ]'s ] programming block, which began airing on April 17, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-02/adult-swim-toonami-to-run-hunter-x-hunter-tv-anime/.100577|title=Adult Swim's Toonami to Run Hunter x Hunter TV Anime|website=]|date=April 1, 2016|access-date=April 1, 2016|archive-date=April 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403125752/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-02/adult-swim-toonami-to-run-hunter-x-hunter-tv-anime/.100577|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Hunter x Hunter" To Be Broadcast On Toonami|last=Green|first=Scott|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/02/hunter-x-hunter-to-be-broadcast-on-toonami|date=April 2, 2016|publisher=]|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=April 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424151459/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/02/hunter-x-hunter-to-be-broadcast-on-toonami|url-status=live}}</ref> ] acquired the series for distribution in Australia and New Zealand,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://b2b.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?method=view&releaseId=53102|title=Hunter X Hunter Part 1 (Eps 1-26) (Blu-Ray)|publisher=]|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625024047/http://b2b.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?method=view&releaseId=53102|url-status=live}}</ref> and made the series available on ].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=AnimeLab|author=AnimeLab|author-link=AnimeLab|number=1275579487070179329|title=The hunt is complete… Hunter X Hunter is coming to AnimeLab this Friday in Sub and Dub! 🏹❌|date=June 24, 2020|access-date=July 6, 2020}}</ref> ] began streaming the series in the United Kingdom and Ireland on July 17, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://animeuknews.net/2020/07/funimation-uk-ie-to-stream-hunter-x-hunter-2011-anime-series/|title=Funimation UK/IE to stream Hunter x Hunter (2011 anime series)|date=July 13, 2020|publisher=Anime UK News|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719105123/https://animeuknews.net/2020/07/funimation-uk-ie-to-stream-hunter-x-hunter-2011-anime-series/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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===Films=== | |||
==Types of Hunters== | |||
{{main|Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge{{!}}''Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge''|Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission{{!}}''Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission''}} | |||
Before the first anime television series was created, a short film adaptation of ''Hunter × Hunter'' was shown as part of the 1998 "Jump Super Anime Tour" alongside similar adaptations of '']'' and '']''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Oda, Eiichiro|year=2007|title=One Piece 10th Treasures|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|page=30|author-link=Eiichiro Oda}}</ref> Produced by ] and directed by ], it depicts the early events of the manga up to Gon's ocean voyage from Whale Island. | |||
After a canditate becomes a fully-fledged Hunter, they may choose to specialize in one particular area. The following is a list of the different types of Hunters that have appeared in the manga. These titles seem to be unofficial - so that any Hunter can name themselves accordingly to what they have choosen to hunt. | |||
A film adaptation by the second television anime's staff called '']'', featuring an original story, was announced in March 2012. It was released on January 12, 2013, by ].<ref name="animekonfilm">{{cite web|title=Hunter x Hunter Anime Film Announced|url=http://www.animekon.com/news-1453-Hunter-x-Hunter-Anime-Film-Announced.html|publisher=Animekon|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727230752/http://www.animekon.com/news-1453-Hunter-x-Hunter-Anime-Film-Announced.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-20/hunter-x-hunter-film-1st-main-visual-unveiled|title=Hunter x Hunter Film's 1st Main Visual Unveiled|date=July 20, 2012|website=]|access-date=July 22, 2012|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614100909/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-20/hunter-x-hunter-film-1st-main-visual-unveiled|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-22/hunter-hunter/phantom-rouge-film-teaser-streamed|title=Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge Film's Teaser Streamed|date=July 22, 2012|access-date=July 6, 2020|website=]|archive-date=July 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705170338/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-22/hunter-hunter/phantom-rouge-film-teaser-streamed|url-status=live}}</ref> It centers around Gon and his friends efforts to retrieve Kurapika's eyes which were stolen by Omokage, Hisoka’s predecessor in the Phantom Troupe. The film is based on an unpublished story manga creator Yoshihiro Togashi wrote around 10 years before.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 2, 2012|title=Hunter x Hunter Film's Full Trailer, 2nd Teaser Streamed|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-02/hunter-x-hunter-film-full-trailer-2nd-teaser-streamed|website=]|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024191847/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-02/hunter-x-hunter-film-full-trailer-2nd-teaser-streamed|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
*'''Blacklist Hunters''' - The profession for the brave and determined upholders of justice, they have the heavy duty of tracking down the most dangerous and wanted criminals. Kurapica has expressed his interest in becoming a Blasklist Hunter. | |||
A second film, titled '']'', was announced following the first one's debut. The film has some focus on Netero, the chairman of the Hunter Association as Gon and his friends discover the dark secrets behind his past. The movie was released on December 27, 2013,<ref name="secondfilm">{{cite news|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-07/second-hunter-x-hunter-film-to-premiere-on-december-27|title=Second Hunter x Hunter Film to Premiere on December 27|date=7 August 2013|website=]|access-date=February 20, 2013|archive-date=March 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302154410/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-07/second-hunter-x-hunter-film-to-premiere-on-december-27|url-status=live}}</ref> and the DVD and Blu-ray was released on July 23, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hxh-movie.jp|title=HUNTER x HUNTER -The LAST MISSION-|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111090548/http://www.hxh-movie.jp/index.html|archive-date=January 11, 2013}}</ref> At the Japanese box office, ''Phantom Rouge'' grossed $12,595,288,<ref>{{cite web|title=Gekijoban Hunter × Hunter|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fGEKIJOUBANHUNTER01&country=JP&wk=2013W2&id=_fGEKIJOUBANHUNTER01&p=.htm|website=]|access-date=September 30, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094438/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fGEKIJOUBANHUNTER01&country=JP&wk=2013W2&id=_fGEKIJOUBANHUNTER01&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''The Last Mission'' grossed {{¥|850 million}}<ref name="kinema">{{cite journal|journal=]|date=March 5, 2015|script-title=ja:2015年3月下旬 映画業界決算特別号|volume=1684|issue=March 2015|page=90|publisher=Kinema Junposha}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|850|JPN|year=2013}} million|long=no}}), bringing both films' total Japanese box office gross to {{US$|{{#expr:12.595288+8.71 round 2}} million|long=no}}. | |||
*'''Treasure Hunters'''- They scour the world in search of rare and valuable booty, especially suited for those with a sense of adventure and a liking towards the unknown. Gon can be said to be a Treasure Hunter. | |||
===CDs=== | |||
*'''Culinary Hunters''' - Suited for the gastronomically inclined, the goal of a Culinary Hunter is to find and collect rare ingredients, and to bring these flavours to live by using new and creative styles of cooking. Menchi, an examiner in the second test, is an example of a Culinary Hunter. | |||
The ] for the first ''Hunter × Hunter'' anime and three OVA series was composed by ]. A large number of audio CDs for the franchise have been released by Marvelous Entertainment. The three-volume ] for the anime television series contains 129 instrumental and vocal songs. The ''Original Video Animation Hunter × Hunter Sound Trax'' for the first OVA series contains 18 songs and the ''Original Video Animation Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island Original Sound Tracks'' for the second OVA series contains 30 songs.<ref name="soundtracks">{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER サントラCD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Soundtrack CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/sound.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040611162859/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/sound.html|archive-date=June 11, 2004}}</ref> In addition, character-specific and story arc drama CDs and a 17-volume ] titled ''Hunter × Hunter R'' have been published throughout the anime adaptations' release period.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER キャラクターCD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Character CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/chara.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601195419/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/chara.html|archive-date=June 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER ドラマCD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Drama CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/dorama.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210518/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/dorama.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER ラジオCD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Radio CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/radio.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210545/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/radio.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref> | |||
===Musicals and stage plays=== | |||
*'''Archaeological Hunters''' - For those fascinated in bringing ancient cultures and structures to life. Ging, Gon's father, is one example of a Archaeological Hunter who has made significant contributions to this area of study. Satotz, the examiner of the first test, was also an Archaelogical Hunter. | |||
A ], titled {{Nihongo|''Musical Hunter × Hunter''|ミュージカル ハンター×ハンター}}, was performed at the {{ill|Space Zero|ja|スペース・ゼロ}} theater in Tokyo from December 2000 to January 2001.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ミュージカル「ハンター×ハンター」公演決定!!|url=http://www.mmv.co.jp/news.html|publisher=]|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001205165400/http://www.mmv.co.jp/news.html|archive-date=December 5, 2000|language=ja|date=November 1, 2000}}</ref> It is an original story that appears to take place between the end of the Yorknew City story arc and the beginning of the Greed Island arc. A second musical, {{Nihongo|''Musical Hunter × Hunter: The Nightmare of Zaoldyeck''|ミュージカル ハンター×ハンター ナイトメア・オブ・ゾルディック}}, was performed during August 2002 at the Space Zero in Tokyo and at the ] in Osaka.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ミュージカル「HUNTER×HUNTER」the nightmare of ZAOLDYECK公演決定!!|url=http://www.mmv.co.jp/news/2002/0517.html|publisher=]|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602093241/http://www.mmv.co.jp/news/2002/0517.html|archive-date=June 2, 2002|language=ja|date=May 17, 2002}}</ref> It is a retelling of when Kurapika, Leorio, and Gon go to fetch Killua back from his family estate after the end of the Hunter Exam arc. Both musicals have received separate DVD and audio CD releases, as well as a dual DVD release from Marvelous Entertainment.<ref name="soundtracks"/><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER ミュージカル セルDVD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Musical Sell DVD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/musical.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210235/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/musical.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER CD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/cd01.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210314/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/cd01.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref> | |||
A stage play, titled {{Nihongo|''Real Stage Hunter × Hunter: "A Longing for Phalcnothdk: A Spider's Memory"''|リアルステージ ハンター×ハンター「A Longing for Phalcnothdk 〜蜘蛛の記憶〜」}}, was performed 16 times at the Theater Sun-mall in Tokyo during August 2004.<ref name="longing">{{cite web|script-title=ja:MMV: リアルステージ「HUNTER×HUNTER」|trans-title=MMV: Real Stage: Hunter × Hunter|url=http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/realstage_hunter/|publisher=]|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=November 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104032243/http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/realstage_hunter/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:MMV: リアルステージ「HUNTER×HUNTER」|trans-title=MMV: Real Stage: Hunter × Hunter|url=http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/realstage_hunter/q&a.html|publisher=Marvelous Entertainment|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=April 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404160418/https://www.marv.jp/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:リアルステージ ハンター×ハンター「A Longing for Phalcnothdk 〜蜘蛛の記憶〜」|trans-title=Real Stage Hunter × Hunter: "A Longing for Phalcnothdk: A Spider's Memory"|url=http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova3/topnews/topnews_040805.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712231808/http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova3/topnews/topnews_040805.html|archive-date=July 12, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The play is a retelling of the Phantom Troupe finale in the Yorknew City arc. It received a DVD release in Japan on December 10, 2004.<ref name="longing"/> | |||
*'''Wildlife Hunters'''- These are the people who feel a deep love for nature; whose job as a Wildlife Hunter involves the study and preservation of undiscovered aniaml species. | |||
Another stage play, ''Hunter × Hunter: The Stage'', was performed at the Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo from May 12–28, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Gets Stage Play in May 2023|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-17/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-stage-play-in-may-2023/.193053|website=]|access-date=December 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204095219/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-17/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-stage-play-in-may-2023/.193053|archive-date=December 4, 2023|date=December 17, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> A second stage play, ''Hunter × Hunter: The Stage 2'', was performed at the Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo from March 16–31, 2024, and at the ] Dramacity in Osaka from April 16–14.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Gets 2nd Stage Play in March 2024|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-04/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-2nd-stage-play-in-march-2024/.205035|website=]|access-date=December 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204063818/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-04/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-2nd-stage-play-in-march-2024/.205035|archive-date=December 4, 2023|date=December 4, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> A third stage play, ''Hunter × Hunter: The Stage 3'', is set to run at the Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo in May 2025 and at the Sky Theater MBS in Osaka in June.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:舞台「HUNTER×HUNTER」第3弾はG.I.編!ゴン役の大友至恩が卒業、新キャストに西山蓮都|url=https://natalie.mu/stage/news/603419|website=]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212100217/https://natalie.mu/stage/news/603419|archive-date=December 12, 2024|date=December 12, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Gets 3rd Stage Play in May–June 2025|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-12/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-3rd-stage-play-in-may-june-2025/.218922|website=]|access-date=December 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213032236/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-12/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-3rd-stage-play-in-may-june-2025/.218922|archive-date=December 13, 2024|date=December 12, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
*'''Music Hunters''' - Definitely catered to the musically talented, they are the ones who have choosen the pursuit of rare musical pieces. Senritsu is a Hunter of this category. | |||
===Video games=== | |||
==Hunter license description== | |||
There are ten Japan-exclusive video games based on ''Hunter × Hunter'', many of which are either developed or published by ] or ]. They range from ] and ] to ] and ]s. These include titles for the ],<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER〜意志を継ぐ者〜|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Will Successor|url=http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN01.html|publisher=]|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726124631/http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN01.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER〜それぞれの決意〜|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Determination of Each|url=http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN02.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726124640/http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN02.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER〜導かれし者〜|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Chapters of the Chosen|url=http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN03.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726124701/http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN03.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER G・I|url=http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN04.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=March 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325194353/http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN04.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER ハンターの系譜|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M739867|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=]|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240915060119/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M739867|archive-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 禁断の秘宝|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Forbidden Treasures|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M739869|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=]|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240915060444/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M739869|archive-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER みんな友だち大作戦!!|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Mission Friends Together!!|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/software/a8nj/index.html|publisher=]|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516005103/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/software/a8nj/index.html|archive-date=May 16, 2012}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 幻のグリードアイランド|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Vision of Greed Island|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M723628|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=]|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240915061805/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M723628|archive-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 奪われたオーラストーン|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: The Stolen Aura Stone|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M722627|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=]|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240915061322/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M722627|archive-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 龍脈の祭壇|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Altar of Dragon Vein|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M723240|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=]|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240915062254/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M723240|archive-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
'''Appearance'''<br> | |||
A Hunter licence is in the form of a normal card. It is slightly thicker and has inbuilt computer chips. The front shows your Hunter rank, and the back has a magnetic strip with a unique serial number that identifies each individual to their licence. It works similar to a credit card, with card machines that can swipe and read the licence. The license also comes with a range of extra benefits. Although these benefits can only be used by the true owner of a license, the Hunter License is still a valuble collector's item, and can be sold for great deals of money (enough money to support himself for at least 7 generations in luxury!) | |||
A game based on the second anime adaptation was released on the ] on September 20, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=Spencer|date=March 30, 2012|title=Hunter X Hunter Wonder Adventure Lets You Switch Fight With Fists Or A Skateboard|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/30/hunter-x-hunter-wonder-adventure-lets-you-switch-fight-with-fists-or-a-skateboard/|publisher=Siliconera|access-date=April 3, 2012|archive-date=April 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402194915/http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/30/hunter-x-hunter-wonder-adventure-lets-you-switch-fight-with-fists-or-a-skateboard/|url-status=live}}</ref> Characters from the franchise have appeared along with other ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' properties in the ]s '']'' and '']'' for the ], '']'' for the ] and ],<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:キャラクター紹介|trans-title=Character Index|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ajsj/char12.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306092750/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ajsj/char12.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=JUMP ULTIMATE STARS|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ajuj/character/chara_26.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306105551/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ajuj/character/chara_26.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and '']'' for ], ] and ].<ref name=JumpForceadds>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Jump Force Adds Gon, Hisoka, Sanji, Blackbeard as Playable Characters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-20/jump-force-adds-gon-hisoka-sanji-blackbeard-as-playable-characters/.135614|website=]|access-date=September 15, 2018|date=August 21, 2018|archive-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915122334/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-20/jump-force-adds-gon-hisoka-sanji-blackbeard-as-playable-characters/.135614|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
'''Benefits'''<br> | |||
With regards to the numerous benefits, first and foremost is the unparalleled fame and recognition a licence holder can enjoy, being one of the few in the world who owns a licence. | |||
Next comes the material benefits, which include: | |||
*1. having a hefty 95% discount on all public services (e.g. hotel lodging, food, transport, etc.). Furthermore, all such services are provided at 1st class. | |||
*2. unrivaled freedom to travel around the world. They are granted access to 90% of countries that are normally restricted to outsiders, and access to 70% of areas that are normally deemed 'forbidden'. | |||
*3. no legal responsibility for killing people (this basically means Hunters can get away with murder.) | |||
In December 2023, ] and ] announced a 3-on-3 tag team-based ] video game based on the manga,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2023/12/bushiroad-games-and-eighting-announce-hunter-x-hunter-fighting-game|title=Bushiroad Games and Eighting announce Hunter x Hunter fighting game|last=Romano|first=Sal|website=Gematsu|date=December 15, 2023|access-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216031949/https://www.gematsu.com/2023/12/bushiroad-games-and-eighting-announce-hunter-x-hunter-fighting-game|archive-date=December 16, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Bushiroad, Eighting Reveal Hunter x Hunter Fighting Game|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-15/bushiroad-eighting-reveal-hunter-x-hunter-fighting-game/.205564|website=]|access-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216031804/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-15/bushiroad-eighting-reveal-hunter-x-hunter-fighting-game/.205564|archive-date=December 16, 2023|date=December 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> titled ''Hunter × Hunter: Nen × Impact''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Bushiroad, Eighting Officially Reveal Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game in Video|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-06/bushiroad-eighting-officially-reveal-hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-in-video/.206199|website=]|access-date=January 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106095031/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-06/bushiroad-eighting-officially-reveal-hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-in-video/.206199|archive-date=January 6, 2024|date=January 6, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> It is set to be released for the ], ], and ] (via ]). A ] was available to play at the ] 2024 event on April 27.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game Releases for PS5, Switch, PC via Steam|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-08/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-releases-for-ps5-switch-pc-via-steam/.208450|website=]|access-date=March 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308120745/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-08/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-releases-for-ps5-switch-pc-via-steam/.208450|archive-date=March 8, 2024|date=March 8, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> ] will publish the game in North America.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game Reveals Bisky Trailer, Release This Year|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-07/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-reveals-bisky-trailer-release-this-year/.211679|website=]|access-date=July 1, 2024|date=June 7, 2024|archive-date=June 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608211547/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-07/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-reveals-bisky-trailer-release-this-year/.211679|url-status=live}}</ref> It was planned to be released in 2024; however, it has been delayed to 2025 due to the implementation of ] in the game—a mechanism that avoids the ] during online matches.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game's Release Delayed to 2025|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-30/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-release-delayed-to-2025/.216175|website=]|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930141257/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-30/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-release-delayed-to-2025/.216175|archive-date=September 30, 2024|date=September 30, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
'''Ranks'''<br> | |||
Upon passing the Hunter Exam, candidates will recieve a standard Hunter License. However, Hunters can be awarded with stars for significant contributions to society. | |||
*1 star - given to hunters who have made a significant contribution to a part of society. | |||
*2 star - given to hunters who have made significant contributions to several fields. | |||
*3 star - given to hunters who have made extraordinary contributions to society over several fields. This is the rarest and most difficult rank to obtain, and is considered a great honour. The number of 3-star hunters is only about 10. | |||
===Other merchandise=== | |||
==Nen== | |||
A series of three film books based on the first anime series and authored by Nobuaki Kishikan has been released by Shueisha from December 3, 1999, to August 24, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703091-1|publisher=]|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801200000/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703091-1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER/2|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703098-9|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=October 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007164525/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703098-9|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER/3|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703105-5|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801200015/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703105-5|url-status=live}}</ref> A guidebook to the anime titled {{Nihongo|''Hunter × Hunter Characters Book: World × Character × Blessing''|Hunter × Hunter キャラクターズブック World × Character × Blessing}} was published by Shueisha in January 2001.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 21, 2005|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER キャラクターズブック紹介|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Characters Book|url=http://blog.livedoor.jp/togasiyosihiro/archives/50059633.html|publisher=]|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024110546/http://blog.livedoor.jp/togasiyosihiro/archives/50059633.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A guidebook to the manga titled {{Nihongo|''Hunter × Hunter: Hunters Association Official World and Character Guide''|Hunter × Hunter ハンター協会公式発行ハンターズ・ガイド}} was published by the company on June 4, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER × HUNTER ハンター協会公式発行ハンターズ・ガイド|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Hunters Association Official World and Character Guide|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873701-6|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=June 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629153224/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873701-6|url-status=live}}</ref> There is also an extensive ] by Bandai,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:カードダス ハイパーバトル ハンター×ハンター パート4 カードダス ハイパーバトル ハンター ハンター パート4|trans-title=Carddass Hyper Battle Hunter × Hunter Part 4|url=http://catalog.bandai.co.jp/item/4902425786315000.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728023351/http://catalog.bandai.co.jp/item/4902425786315000.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ] and trading figures,<ref>{{cite web|title=1/8 Gon Freecss Action Doll|url=http://www.hlj.com/product/OTH081|publisher=HLJ|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=October 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010053806/http://www.hlj.com/product/OTH081|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER グッズネット|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Goods Net|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/goods.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818042405/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/goods.html|archive-date=August 18, 2010}}</ref> and various other ]s.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER最新グッズ情報!!|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Latest Goods Information!!|url=http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova2/topnews/goods01.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031854/http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova2/topnews/goods01.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER最新グッズ情報!!|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Latest Goods Information!!|url=http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova2/topnews/goods03.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031855/http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova2/topnews/goods03.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ハンター×ハンター デスクトップアクセサリ Vol.1|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Vol.1 Desktop Accessories|url=https://www.marv.jp/titles/av/1889/|publisher=]|language=ja|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-date=July 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707005314/https://www.marv.jp/titles/av/1889/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
{{main|Nen}} | |||
==Reception== | |||
Nen is the living aura produced by all living beings, and the ability to use nen is what makes Hunters, and people like the Genei Ryodan so powerful. | |||
===Manga=== | |||
The series ranked fourth on ]'s '']'' list of best manga of 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=December 8, 2011|title=Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2012 Voters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-08/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2012-voters|access-date=2022-04-04|website=]|language=en|archive-date=March 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317131234/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-08/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2012-voters|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2014, readers of ]'s '']'' magazine voted ''Hunter × Hunter'' as the eleventh ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''{{'}}s greatest manga series of all time.<ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Scott|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/11/13-1/da-vinci-magazine-asks-japanese-readers-to-name-greatest-shonen-jump-manga|title="Da Vinci" Magazine Asks Japanese Readers to Name Greatest "Shonen Jump" Manga|website=]|date=November 13, 2014|access-date=November 13, 2014|archive-date=October 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010182152/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/11/13-1/da-vinci-magazine-asks-japanese-readers-to-name-greatest-shonen-jump-manga|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, the series ranked seventh on ''Da Vinci''{{'}}s 19th annual "Book of the Year" list.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Rafael Antonio Pineda|title=Kingdom Manga Tops Da Vinci Ranking|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-06/kingdom-manga-tops-da-vinci-ranking/.154037|website=]|access-date=December 6, 2019|date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=March 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317003757/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-06/kingdom-manga-tops-da-vinci-ranking/.154037|url-status=live}}</ref> On ]'s Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, ''Hunter × Hunter'' ranked eleventh.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日『国民15万人がガチで投票!漫画総選挙』ランキング結果まとめ! 栄えある1位に輝く漫画は!?|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746|website=animate Times|publisher=]|access-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103023119/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746|archive-date=January 3, 2021|language=ja|date=January 3, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
====Sales==== | |||
An individual becomes sensitive to his/her nen once their shouko (points of the body where energy flows from) are opened. Learning to control this energy, however, is no simple task. The study of nen begins with several basic techniques, as well as a range of more advanced techniques that require experience and high endurance. | |||
The ''Hunter × Hunter'' manga has been largely commercially successful; having sold over 60.6 million collected volumes in Japan by February 2012, making it Shueisha's eighth best-selling manga series.<ref name="60mil">{{cite news|last=Nelky|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-23/top-10-shonen-jump-manga-by-all-time-volume-sales|title=Top 10 Shonen Jump Manga by All-Time Volume Sales|date=October 23, 2012|website=]|access-date=April 30, 2014|archive-date=October 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008192850/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-23/top-10-shonen-jump-manga-by-all-time-volume-sales|url-status=live}}</ref> This number had grown to 66.3 million copies by 2014.<ref name="66million">{{cite web|script-title=ja:Shueisha Media Guide 2014 少年コミック誌・青年コミック誌|trans-title=Boy's & Men's Comic Magazines|url=http://adnavi.shueisha.co.jp/mediaguide/2014/pdf/boys.pdf|publisher=]|access-date=October 8, 2016|page=2|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430025858/http://adnavi.shueisha.co.jp/mediaguide/2014/pdf/boys.pdf|archive-date=April 30, 2014}}</ref> The manga had over 72 million copies in circulation by December 2018;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.livedoor.com/lite/article_detail/15804816/|script-title=ja:3位は『NARUTO』、平成元年以降連載「漫画発行部数」TOP10|date=December 28, 2018|publisher=Live Door|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401012737/http://news.livedoor.com/lite/article_detail/15804816/|url-status=live}}</ref> over 79 million copies in circulation by November 2021;<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:USJ『HUNTER×HUNTER』と初コラボ決定、アトラクション登場 念能力など世界観再現で来年3月から期間限定開催|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2215541/full/|access-date=November 28, 2021|website=]|language=ja|date=November 29, 2021|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128155522/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2215541/full/|url-status=live}}</ref> and over 84 million copies in circulation by July 2022.<ref>{{cite magazine|script-title=ja:冨樫義博展の開催が決定。『ハンターハンター』『幽遊白書』『レベルE』など名作原画が一挙公開。冨樫先生直筆メッセージも到着|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202207/04267131.html|magazine=]|access-date=July 4, 2022|language=ja|date=July 4, 2022|archive-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704032606/https://www.famitsu.com/news/202207/04267131.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Several individual volumes have topped ]'s list of the best-selling manga in Japan during their release week; such as volumes 30 through 36.<ref>Chart references: | |||
*{{cite news|date=May 11, 2012|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, April 2–8|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-11/japanese-comic-ranking-april-2-8|website=]|access-date=April 23, 2017|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423152350/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-11/japanese-comic-ranking-april-2-8|url-status=live}} | |||
*{{cite news|date=December 12, 2012|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, December 3–9|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-13/japanese-comic-ranking-december-3-9|website=]|access-date=April 23, 2017|archive-date=November 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104094841/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-13/japanese-comic-ranking-december-3-9|url-status=live}} | |||
*{{cite news|date=January 8, 2013|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, December 24–30|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-08/japanese-comic-ranking-december-24-30|website=]|access-date=April 23, 2017|archive-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518103644/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-08/japanese-comic-ranking-december-24-30|url-status=live}} | |||
*{{cite news|date=June 8, 2016|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, May 30-June 5|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-08/japanese-comic-ranking-may-30-june-5/.102990|website=]|access-date=April 23, 2017|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423162658/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-08/japanese-comic-ranking-may-30-june-5/.102990|url-status=live}} | |||
*{{cite news|date=July 6, 2017|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, June 26-July 2|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-06/japanese-comic-ranking-june-26-july-2/.118505|website=]|access-date=February 19, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219042754/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-06/japanese-comic-ranking-june-26-july-2/.118505|url-status=live}} | |||
*{{cite news|date=February 7, 2018|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, January 29-February 4|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-07/japanese-comic-ranking-january-29-february-4/.127494|website=]|access-date=February 19, 2018|archive-date=February 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214034732/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-07/japanese-comic-ranking-january-29-february-4/.127494|url-status=live}} | |||
*{{cite news|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-10/japanese-comic-ranking-october-1-7/.137976|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, October 1–7|website=]|date=October 10, 2018|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126051023/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-10/japanese-comic-ranking-october-1-7/.137976|url-status=live}}</ref> Volumes 24, 27, and 30 through 34 were some of the top-selling volumes for their respective years.<ref>Chart references: | |||
*{{cite news|date=December 31, 2007|title=Japanese Comic Ranking: Top 10 Manga of 2007|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-31/japanese-comic-ranking-top-10-manga-of-2007|website=]|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202101225/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-31/japanese-comic-ranking-top-10-manga-of-2007|url-status=live}} | |||
*{{cite news|date=November 30, 2010|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2010 (Part 1)|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2010-part-1|website=]|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=February 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220042248/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2010-part-1|url-status=live}} | |||
*{{cite news|date=December 2, 2012|title=50 Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2012|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/50-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2012|website=]|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620013411/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/50-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2012|url-status=live}} | |||
*{{cite news|date=December 1, 2013|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2013|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2013|website=]|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518104629/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2013|url-status=live}} | |||
*{{cite news|date=November 30, 2016|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2016|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2016/.109353|website=]|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503161311/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2016/.109353|url-status=live}} | |||
*{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-06/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2017/.124895|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2017|website=]|date=December 6, 2017|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=December 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207100011/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-06/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2017/.124895|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Hunter × Hunter'' was the eighth best-selling manga series of both 2012 and 2013, with 3.4 and 4.6 million copies sold those years respectively.<ref>{{cite news|title=10 Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2012|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/10-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2012|website=]|date=December 2, 2012|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217015738/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/10-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2013|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2013|website=]|date=December 1, 2013|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=March 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320070310/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In North America, volumes 23 through 27 have ranked within the top 300 best-selling graphics novels list of sales estimates by ].<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 29, 2008|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--November 2008|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13916.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308142538/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13916.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=March 9, 2009|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--January 2009|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14313.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=April 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418125956/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14313.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=May 11, 2009|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--March 2009|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14744.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505124011/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14744.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=February 14, 2010|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--January 2010|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16811.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502073207/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16811.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=April 12, 2011|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--March 2011|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/19838.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503213706/http://icv2.com/articles/news/19838.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
====Critical reception==== | |||
The most important ability of a nen user is their 'Hatsu.' This is their special ability - the unique manisfistation of their aura. Nen-users carefully create their own Hatsu ability to enhance their own strengths, resulting in abilities that uniquely represent the nen-user. Although every nen-user's ability will be different, nen-users can be split into some general 'groups.' | |||
The ''Hunter × Hunter'' manga has received much praise for its plot and characters. In his 2007 book '']'', ] described its storyline as "an almost random collection of psych-outs, battles, puzzles, and trickery" that works on both a chapter-by-chapter basis and a larger scale. Thompson elaborated that with all the goals and subplots of each of the main characters, the story could seemingly go on forever and is unpredictable enough to hold reader interest.{{sfn|Thompson|2007|p=154}} In a different review for '']'' in 2012, Thompson wrote that it was hard to summarize the story because "it is every ] in one, with training sequences, tournament battles, a crime-mystery story arc, and a virtual-reality, ]-style story arc". But unlike most {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga, he called ''Hunter × Hunter'' "incredibly dense." Examples being its fictional nen ability, which is explained "so thoroughly that you almost think it could exist," and the little challenges and games the characters face; "Over and over Togashi invents some little closed system or rules just so the heroes can break them; if he ever wants to change careers, I'd suggest game designer." Thompson praised the character art as great, pointing out how instead of alternating between realistic and ] like other artists, Togashi has cartoony and realistic characters interacting in the same panels. Thompson did note how the artwork during its magazine run is often "sketchy" and missing backgrounds, but that Togashi goes back and fixes it for its collected ''tankōbon'' release. Mentioning Togashi's love of gore he stated "the whole manga is about the mixture of childish adventure and creepy, adult themes" and noted how some panels later in the manga are apparently censored for gore by being covered with ].<ref name="JT-1000-Manga">{{cite web|author=Thompson, Jason|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)|date=April 26, 2012|title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga – Hunter x Hunter|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2012-04-26|website=]|access-date=February 18, 2018|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125184651/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2012-04-26|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Reviewing the first story arc, Chris Sims of ] called ''Hunter × Hunter'' one of the most "fun, ridiculous, and ludicrously violent comics I've ever read." He stated that while it has every idea about {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga in force, what sticks out the most is the violence. Sims summed it up as "full of clever setups and characters that, while simple to the point of almost seeming one-dimensional at times, still manage to be solid and entertaining based on their reaction to the increasingly strange, increasingly deadly events around them".<ref>{{cite news|date=February 4, 2016|title=Battle Royale at Hogwarts: The Wide-Eyed Optimism And Ludicrous Violence Of 'Hunter X Hunter'|url=http://comicsalliance.com/hunter-x-hunter-review/|work=]|access-date=February 18, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031219/http://comicsalliance.com/hunter-x-hunter-review/|url-status=live}}</ref> Charles Solomon, a writer for '']'' and '']'', praised the moral seriousness of Gon, a quality that gives the protagonist "an appeal his relentlessly upbeat counterparts lack".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=]|author=Solomon, Charles|date=July 24, 2005|title=It's only natural for them to be superheroes|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=R7|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/871400751.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+24%2C+2005&author=Charles+Solomon&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=R.7&desc=It%27s+only+natural+for+them+to+be+superheroes%3B+Fullmetal+Alchemist+Volumes+1-2+Hiromu+Arakawa+Viz%3A+192+pp.%2C+paper%2C+%249.99+each+Negima!+Volumes+1-6+Ken+Akamatsu+Del+Rey%3A+224+pp.%2C+paper%2C+%2410.95+each+Hunter+X+Hunter+Volumes+1-3+Yoshihiro+Togashi+Viz%3A+184+pp.%2C+paper%2C+%247.99+each|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718134715/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/871400751.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+24,+2005&author=Charles+Solomon&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=R.7&desc=It's+only+natural+for+them+to+be+superheroes;+Fullmetal+Alchemist+Volumes+1-2+Hiromu+Arakawa+Viz:+192+pp.,+paper,+$9.99+each+Negima!+Volumes+1-6+Ken+Akamatsu+Del+Rey:+224+pp.,+paper,+$10.95+each+Hunter+X+Hunter+Volumes+1-3+Yoshihiro+Togashi+Viz:+184+pp.,+paper,+$7.99+each|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=July 26, 2005|title=Anime & Manga in NY, LA Times|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/7267.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=June 11, 2011|archive-date=October 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003160126/http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/7267.html|url-status=live}}</ref> '']'' gave a positive review to the first volume of the manga, stating that Togashi "shows a deft touch" with its standard story, calling his artwork "clear and graceful", and mentioning that his characters are "endearing and complex".<ref>{{cite magazine|date=April 11, 2005|title=Hunter X Hunter: Vol. 1.(Brief Article)(Book Review)|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76703705.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105234333/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76703705.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|magazine=]|access-date=June 11, 2011}}</ref> While Rika Takahashi of EX.org and ] of '']'' found the art style in ''Hunter × Hunter'' to be much simpler than Togashi's two previous serializations, '']'' and '']'', both reviewers appreciated the intricate narrative and characters.<ref name="exorg"/><ref name="protoc"/> | |||
As powerful as nen may seem, a fundamental concept of nen is that everything must be within human boundaries. A nen-user may choose to materialize a sword with his nen; but no matter how sharp and hard he makes his sword, he will never be able to materialize a sword that can cut through anything. Such a sword would be deemed to be 'beyound human boundaries.' However, since nen is powered by a nen-user's will, conditions can be added onto abilities to strength them if the nen-user is determined enough. For example, a sword may be able to cut through anything given a very strict set of conditions are met. | |||
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====1999 series==== | |||
*The manga is currently published in Japan in ], and past episodes have been compiled into a set of 23 ] and growing. The manga is currently being published in the ] by ]. | |||
The first ''Hunter × Hunter'' anime series has enjoyed much more modest popularity than its manga source. '']'' listed it as having a Japanese ] of 10.5 for the fourth quarter of 2000.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Fukunaga, Gen|date=June 1, 2001|title=Anime in America.|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76703705.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105234333/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76703705.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|magazine=]|access-date=April 22, 2014|author-link=Gen Fukunaga}}</ref> The show's viewership was ranked number six among the top ten anime television series in Japan for February 2001.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=March 14, 2001|title=Japanese TV Top Ten Anime|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/225.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=June 11, 2011|archive-date=January 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106231315/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/225.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The series was voted as the 16th best anime of 2000 in the ], but rose to fourth place the following year.<ref>{{cite magazine|script-title=ja:第22回アニメグランプリ |trans-title=22nd Anime Grand Prix since (2000 June issue)|url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_2000.html|magazine=]|language=ja|access-date=June 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410004053/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_2000.html|archive-date=April 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|script-title=ja:第23回アニメグランプリ |trans-title=23rd Anime Grand Prix since (2001 June issue)|url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_2001.html|magazine=Animage|language=ja|access-date=June 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213081230/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_2001.html|archive-date=December 13, 2010}}</ref> In 2001, the staff of the magazine listed ''Hunter × Hunter'' as the 94th most important anime of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2001/01/16/animage-lists-most-important-anime-ever/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320051821/http://www.animenation.net/blog/2001/01/16/animage-lists-most-important-anime-ever/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 20, 2012|title=Animage Lists Most Important Anime Ever|author=Oppliger, John|access-date=June 11, 2011|date=January 16, 2001|publisher=AnimeNation}}</ref> In a 2006 web poll conducted in Japan by the network ], the ''Hunter × Hunter'' television series was voted 28th best anime of all time.<ref>{{cite news|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-13/japan's-favorite-tv-anime|title=News: Japan's Favorite TV Anime|access-date=February 2, 2008|format=Poll Results|website=]|date=October 13, 2006|archive-date=December 14, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20061214144804/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-13/japan's-favorite-tv-anime|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, Mania.com's Briana Lawrence listed ''Hunter × Hunter'' at number nine of the website's "10 Anime Series That Need a Reboot".<ref>{{cite web|author=Lawrence, Briana|date=February 16, 2010|title=10 Anime Series That Need a Reboot|url=http://www.mania.com/10-anime-series-need-reboot_article_120621.html|publisher=Mania.com|access-date=June 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810132840/http://www.mania.com/10-anime-series-need-reboot_article_120621.html|archive-date=August 10, 2011}}</ref> | |||
Critical reception for the first ''Hunter × Hunter'' television adaptation has been generally favorable. Miyako Matsuda of ''Protoculture Addicts'', Carl Kimlinger of the '']'', and Derrick L. Tucker of '']'' all expressed positive views of the series' narrative and characters.<ref name="protoc"/><ref name="annreview2"/><ref name="themreview">{{cite web|author=Tucker, Derrick L.|title=Hunter X Hunter|url=http://themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=609|publisher=]|access-date=June 11, 2011|archive-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611082352/http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=609|url-status=live}}</ref> Matsuda admired the adventure-filled world of ''Hunter × Hunter'' and the practical character qualities of friendship, effort, and victory inserted by Togashi.<ref name="protoc"/> Beginning with the second Viz DVD volume, Kimlinger summarized, "Togashi's plotting is canny and occasionally insightful and Furuhashi's visuals inventive yet attuned to the measured pacing of the series. Together they create a ''shonen'' action series that is both fun to watch and curiously respectful of its audience's intelligence. A strange combination indeed."<ref name="annreview2"/> Tucker admitted to being "bewitched" by the series mainly due to the remarkable and original characters, especially the interplay between the vastly different personalities of the Phantom Troupe members.<ref name="themreview"/> Kimlinger gave particular praise to the characteristics of the complex villain Hisoka and the deep, emotional transformation of Kurapika in the latter half of the series.<ref name="annreview3"/><ref name="annreview4"/><ref name="annreview2"/> Theron Martin of ''Anime News Network'', found the first fifteen episodes entertainment, and stated "Gon also inherits Goku's inherent likability, some of the "part of the challenge is figuring out what the challenge is" bits are rather clever, and setting up a situation where a tournament proctor is actually called out for being in the wrong is a nice twist. It does also have some fun moments".<ref name="annreview1"/> | |||
*An early ''Hunter × Hunter'' OVA was shown only at the 1998 Jump Super Anime Tour. | |||
The art and animation of the ''Hunter × Hunter'' anime have also been commended by the press. Kimlinger and Tucker were impressed by the art direction of ''Hunter × Hunter'', the former of whom critiquing the adaptation of Togashi's work by Furuhashi as having "understated energy and flair, making the most of the era's (1999) mix of traditional and CG animation to bring Gon and friends' physical feats to fluid, exhilarating life."<ref name="annreview2"/><ref name="themreview"/> Martin faulted both the artwork and the subtle differences in character design. "The artistry not only shows its age but, in fact, looks older than it actually is," the reviewer commented, "hearkening back to a day when digital coloring and CG enhancements were not ubiquitous and allowances for a rougher look were greater." Opinions of the series' sound and music have been somewhat mixed. Martin positively noted the soundtrack as the strongest production point of ''Hunter × Hunter'', and was satisfied with both the English translation of the script and Ocean's voice overs.<ref name="annreview1"/> Tucker found the music satisfactory and improved as the series progressed, but did not think it lived up to its potential.<ref name="themreview"/> Kimlinger agreeably felt the musical score to be appropriate in most instances, but criticized the English dub as "a letdown since day one".<ref name="annreview3"/><ref name="annreview4"/> | |||
*An anime of ''Hunter × Hunter'' was broadcast on ] from mid October 1999 to March 2001, and ran for 62 episodes. The anime series removed the vast quantities of gore and severed limbs that filled the manga, added new scenes like the "Battleship Island" test in the ''Hunter Test'', and fleshed out both the main characters and a few minor characters. The televised anime ended just before the end of the ''Genei Ryodan'' story arc. Three subsequent ]s have carried the story through the end of the ''Genei Ryodan'' story arc (8 episodes), and through the ''Greed Island'' story arc (8 episodes, released from February through April 2003, and 14 episodes, released from March through August 2004). The anime is produced in English in ] by ]. | |||
====2011 series==== | |||
*There has been three musicals, the third of which very little is known about. In the musicals, Killua, Gon, Leorio, Kurapika, and Hisoka, are all played by their japanese voice actors; | |||
Madhouse's 2011 adaptation was met with near-universal critical acclaim. Adrian Marcano from ] considered ''Hunter x Hunter 2011'' to be one of the greatest anime series ever. He said that the anime set itself apart with one of the greatest story arcs in anime history in which the villain, not the hero, takes the anime to instant classic status. He also said that, "It is in the 2011 version where we see probably one of the best story arcs in anime history: the Chimera Ant Arc."<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817203023/https://www.inverse.com/article/25030-hunter-x-hunter-greatest-anime|date=August 17, 2017}}. Inverse. Author - Adrian Marcano. Published 12 December 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.</ref> According to ''Movie News Guide'' and ''Latin Post'', the Madhouse's 2011 version received more viewers not only in Japan but also around the world, particularly in North America.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817162103/https://www.movienewsguide.com/hunter-x-hunter-latest-updates-erica-mendez-reveals-gon-freecs/322147|date=August 17, 2017}}. MovieNewsGuide. Author - Alka Vishnoi. Published 10 January 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817163257/http://www.latinpost.com/articles/130648/20170104/interview-erica-mendez-voice-behind-gon-hunter-x.htm|date=August 17, 2017}}. LatinPost. Author - Staff Writer. Published 04 January 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.</ref> Nick Creamer held similar sentiments, writing "the show's fantastic aesthetics elevate it above almost everything out there – in direction, in sound design, in pacing, in animation, in basically every relevant aesthetic metric, Hunter x Hunter triumphs. That it's been maintaining this level of quality for well over a hundred episodes is nothing short of astonishing."<ref name=top30>{{cite web|last=Creamer|first=Nick|title=Top 30 Anime Series of All Time|url=http://wrongeverytime.com/2014/03/31/top-30-anime-series-of-all-time/|website=Wrong Every Time|date=March 31, 2014|access-date=30 March 2015|archive-date=December 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214184631/http://wrongeverytime.com/2014/03/31/top-30-anime-series-of-all-time/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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In 2019, '']'' named the series as one of the best anime of the 2010s,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/6/20948241/best-new-anime-of-the-decade-2010s|title=The best anime of the decade|website=]|date=November 6, 2019|access-date=November 10, 2019|archive-date=December 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220154644/https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/6/20948241/best-new-anime-of-the-decade-2010s|url-status=live}}</ref> and ] listed it in their "Top 25 best anime of the 2010s".<ref>{{cite web|last=Wolf|first=Ian|title=Crunchyroll Names The Top 100 Anime of the 2010s|url=http://animeuknews.net/2019/11/crunchyroll-names-the-top-100-anime-of-the-2010s/|website=Anime UK News|access-date=November 27, 2019|date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127213200/http://animeuknews.net/2019/11/crunchyroll-names-the-top-100-anime-of-the-2010s/|url-status=live}}</ref> ] also listed the ''Hunter × Hunter'' 2011 adaptation among the best anime series of the 2010s.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Best Anime of the Decade (2010 - 2019)|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2020/01/01/best-anime-of-the-decade-2010-2019|website=]|access-date=January 4, 2020|date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=January 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101214124/https://www.ign.com/articles/2020/01/01/best-anime-of-the-decade-2010-2019|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
:The first is just called "''Hunter × Hunter: Musical''". | |||
:It is an original story, that appears to take place in between the end of the "Genei Ryoden Arc" and the beginning of the "Yorknew City" part. Gon gets a mysterious phone call, to come aid the citizines of Elrais. Once they get there they find that the country's 4 best performers have been kidnapped. It is later found that the kidnappers are controlling Madame Isabel (who is like a ghost). They plan to use her power to take revenge on Elrais. It is up to Gon and party to rescue the preformers, and save the country. | |||
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:The second Musical is called "''Hunter × Hunter; The Nightmare of Zoldyck''". | |||
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:This is a alternate re-telling of when Kurapika, Leorio, and Gon go to Kukuruu Moutain to fetch Killua back. This includes a farewell party at the Zoldyck mansion, and Illumi placing a "switch" in Killua's mind. This switch will cause Killua to become murderous and attack his friends, if he ever tries to fight Illumi. | |||
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*As with several other anime series, '''Hunter × Hunter''' has spawned numerous video games (most of which take place on ''Greed Island''),the most recent being ] for the ], and a ] (which is '''not''' based on the cards used on ''Greed Island''). | |||
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*The title is pronounced "Hunter Hunter" rather than "Hunter-ecks-Hunter". Yoshihiro Togashi got the idea for the title from a Japanese cop show in which the hero's sidekick always says everything twice. | |||
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*Yoshihiro Togashi makes two cameo appearances in the anime as a man wearing a dog mask with square-rimmed glasses. In the first appearance, he gives the audience some very tangential exposition about Hisoka's childhood, and in the second appearance he gives the audience a brief, public-service-announcement-style warning about the perils of online auctions. Both appearances are completely superfluous to the plot, and the main characters are oblivious to his presence. | |||
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*Hisoka is sexually aroused by people with very powerful ''Nen'' ability, regardless of gender, and derives sexual satisfaction from fighting and killing them. At one point in the ''Celestial Tower'' story arc, when he's telling Gon how impressed he is with his power, he is depicted with beams of energy emenating from his crotch, and at another point in the ''Greed Island'' story arc, he holds an extended telescope against his crotch while talking about how arousingly powerful another character is. | |||
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*Kurapika's gender is a major point of contention among fans of the series. Although Kurapika speaks "male Japanese", his features, clothes, and mannerisms are all very feminine, he is voiced by a woman in the anime, and he does numerous things (like refusing to undress in front of anyone else, becoming incredibly embarrassed when Leorio strips down to his underwear at one point in the anime, and showing complete sexual disinterest in either women or men) clearly designed to keep his gender ambiguous. In a scene that some fans feel resolves the issue, Kurapika dons a long-haired pink wig and even more feminine clothing as a disguise to capture someone. When his captive says "I didn't realize was a girl", Kurapika removes the wig and replies "you shouldn't make assumptions" which is, of course, probably the most ambiguous answer possible. This dispute is easily resolved by pointing out the cover to manga volume 14, which depicts him shirtless. He has also appeared shirtless in episodes of the anime, completely comfortable as thus, and without any indication of breasts. In addition to this, the Official Hunter × Hunter manga guidebook states his gender as being male. This suggests that he is merely another in a long line of anime ]. | |||
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#"Hotaru" by Masato Nagai (episode 51 – 62) | |||
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Japanese manga series This article is about the manga series. For other uses, see Hunter × Hunter (disambiguation).
Hunter × Hunter | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Gon Freecss above a large frog | |
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Written by | Yoshihiro Togashi |
Published by | Shueisha |
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Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
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Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | March 3, 1998 – present |
Volumes | 38 (List of volumes) |
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Hunter × Hunter – Jump Super Anime Tour 98 | |
Directed by | Noriyuki Abe |
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Written by | Hiroshi Hashimoto |
Studio | Pierrot |
Released | July 26, 1998 |
Runtime | 26 minutes |
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Directed by | Kazuhiro Furuhashi |
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Written by | Nobuaki Kishima |
Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
Studio | Nippon Animation |
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Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
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Original run | October 16, 1999 – March 31, 2001 |
Episodes | 62 (List of episodes) |
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Written by | Nobuaki Kishima |
Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
Studio | Nippon Animation |
Released | January 17, 2002 – August 18, 2004 |
Episodes | 30 (List of episodes) |
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Directed by | Hiroshi Kōjina |
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Music by | Yoshihisa Hirano |
Studio | Madhouse |
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Original network | NNS (NTV) |
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Original run | October 2, 2011 – September 24, 2014 |
Episodes | 148 (List of episodes) |
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Hunter × Hunter (pronounced "hunter hunter") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since March 1998, although the manga has frequently gone on extended hiatuses since 2006. Its chapters have been collected in 38 tankōbon volumes as of September 2024. The story focuses on a young boy named Gon Freecss who discovers that his father, who left him at a young age, is actually a world-renowned Hunter, a licensed professional who specializes in fantastical pursuits such as locating rare or unidentified animal species, treasure hunting, surveying unexplored enclaves, or hunting down lawless individuals. Gon departs on a journey to become a Hunter and eventually find his father. Along the way, Gon meets various other Hunters and encounters the paranormal.
Hunter × Hunter was adapted into a 62-episode anime television series by Nippon Animation and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, which ran on Fuji Television from October 1999 to March 2001. Three separate original video animations (OVAs) totaling 30 episodes were subsequently produced by Nippon Animation and released in Japan from 2002 to 2004. A second anime television series by Madhouse aired on Nippon Television from October 2011 to September 2014, totaling 148 episodes, with two animated theatrical films released in 2013. There are also numerous audio albums, video games, musicals, and other media based on Hunter × Hunter.
The manga has been licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media since April 2005. Both television series have been also licensed by Viz Media, with the first series having aired on the Funimation Channel in 2009 and the second series broadcast on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block from April 2016 to June 2019.
Hunter × Hunter has been a huge critical and financial success and has become one of the best-selling manga series of all time, having over 84 million copies in circulation by July 2022.
Synopsis
Setting
Hunters (ハンター, Hantā) are licensed, elite members of humanity who are capable of tracking down secret treasures, rare beasts, or even other individuals, and can also access locations that regulars cannot. To obtain a license one must pass the rigorous annual Hunter Examination run by the Hunter Association, which has a success rate of less than one in a hundred-thousand. A Hunter may be awarded up to three stars: a single star for making "remarkable achievements in a particular field"; they may then be upgraded to two stars for "holding an official position" and mentoring another Hunter up to single star level; and finally upgraded to three stars for "remarkable achievements in multiple fields".
Nen (念) is the ability to control one's own life energy or aura, which is constantly emitted from them, knowingly or not. There are four basic Nen techniques: Ten (纏) maintains the aura in the body, strengthening it for defense; Zetsu (絕) shuts the aura flow off, useful for concealing one's presence and relieving fatigue; Ren (練) enables a user to produce more Nen; and Hatsu (發) is a person's specific use of Nen. Nen users are classified into six types based on their Hatsu abilities; Enhancers (強化系, Kyōkakei) strengthen and reinforce their natural physical abilities; Emitters (放出系, Hōshutsukei) project aura out of their bodies; Manipulators (操作系, Sōsakei) control objects or living things; Transmuters (変化系, Henkakei) change the type or properties of their aura; Conjurers (具現化系, Gugenkakei) create objects out of their aura; and Specialists (特質系, Tokushitsukei) have unique abilities that do not fall into the previous categories. A Nen user can enter into a Contract (誓約, Seiyaku) where, by pledging to follow certain Limitations (制約, Seiyaku), their abilities are strengthened in relation to how strict they are. An example of this is Kurapika who, in order to have an unbreakable chain that will fully restrain members of the Phantom Troupe, offered his life, should he use it on anyone other than its members.
Plot
Main article: List of Hunter × Hunter charactersThe story follows a young boy named Gon Freecss, who was told all his life that both his parents were dead. But when he learns from Kite, an apprentice of his father Ging Freecss, that he is still alive and has since become an accomplished Hunter, Gon leaves his home on Whale Island (くじら島, Kujira Tō) to take the Hunter Examination (ハンター試験, Hantā Shiken) in order to become a Hunter like him. During the exam, Gon meets and befriends three of the other applicants: Kurapika, the last remaining member of the Kurta clan who wishes to become a Hunter in order to avenge his clan and recover their scarlet-glowing eyes that were plucked from their corpses by a band of thieves known as the Phantom Troupe; Leorio, a prospective physician who, in order to pay for medical school, desires the financial benefits that Hunters receive; and Killua Zoldyck, another twelve-year-old boy who has left his former life as a member of the world's most notorious assassin family. Among many other examinees, Gon continuously encounters Hisoka, a mysterious and deadly transmuter who takes an interest in him. After many trials together, Gon and his friends end up passing the exam except for Killua, who fails after killing another applicant due to the influence of his brother, Illumi, and runs away to his family's estate in shame.
After Gon and the others convince Killua to rejoin their side, Leorio and Kurapika depart temporarily for their own personal reasons, while Gon and Killua set for the Heavens Arena (天空闘技場, Tenkū Tōgijō), a skyscraper where thousands of martial artists compete daily in fighting tournaments, seeking to improve themselves and gain monetary rewards. There they meet Zushi, a fellow Heavens Arena applicant, who has a kung fu master named Wing who trains them in utilizing Nen, a Qi-like life energy used by its practitioners to manifest parapsychological abilities, and is also considered to be the final requirement to pass the Hunter Exam. Sometime later, Gon and his friends reunite again in Yorknew City (ヨークシンシティ, Yōkushin Shiti) where they have a clash with the Phantom Troupe. During the occasion, two from the band of thieves are killed by Kurapika and he is forced to give up the chance of hunting down the rest in order to rescue Gon and Killua from being captured, but not without succeeding in sealing the powers of their leader, Chrollo Lucilfer.
A few days later, Gon and Killua achieve their objective and begin playing Greed Island, an extremely rare and expensive video game with Nen-like properties following some clues about Ging's whereabouts. While exploring the game, it is revealed that its scenario is actually set somewhere in the real world, created with Nen by a team led by none other than Ging himself. Outclassed by the challenges in the game at first, they are soon joined and trained by Biscuit Krueger, an experienced teacher of Nen and kung fu master. With Biscuit's help, Gon and Killua train their Nen and learn to shape their abilities to their traits. Killua takes a short break from Greed Island to apply for the Hunter Examination again, this time passes with success. The trio then complete the game together against all odds and Gon obtains the right to choose the artifacts from the game necessary to reunite with his father.
Gon decides to have Killua accompany him to meet his father using the artifacts, but the duo are sent to meet Kite instead. They decide to help with Kite's research of a man-sized Chimera Ant queen, an insect that devours other creatures and then gives birth to progeny that inherit the characteristics of the different species it has eaten. The queen washes up onto an island nation called the Neo-Green Life (N.G.L.) Autonomous Region, where she quickly develops a taste for humans and builds a colony powerful enough to overcome the population, especially after her offspring learn the power of Nen from consuming Hunters. Upon facing the Royal Guard of the Chimera Ants, Kite sacrifices himself to allow Gon and Killua to flee and alert the Hunter Association. After weeks of preparation, the Association sends a team of some of their most powerful Hunters, including Netero, the president of the Association himself to defeat the Ants and their king Meruem, whose subjects secretly overthrew the government of the nearby Republic of East Gorteau (東ゴルトー共和国, Higashi Gorutō Kyouwakoku) as part of their plan of subduing all of mankind. Despite losing to Meruem in combat, Netero ends up killing him with a bomb implanted in his body that poisons him to death soon after. Meanwhile, Gon has a showdown with Neferpitou, the Ant who killed Kite. After overusing Nen to exact his revenge, he is hospitalized and in critical condition. After the Chimera Ant incident is resolved, the Hunter Association's top echelons the Zodiacs, from which Ging is a member, begin the process of choosing Netero's replacement as Chairman, while Killua returns home to ask for his younger sister Alluka to save Gon's life. His family is unwilling to risk losing Alluka or having her dangerous powers used against them, but after evading his older brother Illumi's attempts to intercept him, Killua manages to bring Alluka to Gon's side and have him fully restored. He then attempts to seal away Alluka's alter ego which grants them their power (Nanika, likely a creature from the Dark Continent), but at the last moment decides to revert the process rather than seal away Nanika Alluka's only other friend. Killua then parts ways with Gon to travel the world with Alluka, while Gon himself finally meets his father and learns the true nature of his quest.
Some time later, Netero's son Beyond assembles an expedition to the Dark Continent (暗黒大陸, Ankoku Tairiku), the forbidden, vast area outside of the known world; he is sponsored by the Kingdom of Kakin. Fearing that the expedition may bring disaster, just like in all previous attempts, the world's five greatest powers accept that Kakin join their ranks in exchange for full authority over its findings. To accompany Beyond and ensure his compliance, the Zodiacs decide to watch over him and invite Kurapika and Leorio to join them, replacing Ging and former Vice-Chairman Pariston Hill, who assembled their own Dark Continent exploration teams by Beyond's request. Meanwhile, Chrollo regains his powers and fulfills Hisoka's wish to have a duel with him, which ends with Hisoka defeated and nearly killed. After reviving through Nen, Hisoka starts killing off the Phantom Troupe members one by one, who have boarded Kakin's ship to the Dark Continent to rob it. Aboard the ship, Nasubi, the king of Kakin, starts a battle to the death between his heirs to decide his successor. Kurapika, who also infiltrated the ship with other Hunters, takes part in the succession war as the bodyguard of Fourteenth Prince Wobble, Kakin's youngest prince and a toddler. Kurapika's personal objective, however, is to retrieve the last batch of scarlet eyes of the Kurta Clan in custody of Tserriednich, Kakin's Fourth Prince.
Production
Author Yoshihiro Togashi explained that one of his hobbies was collecting objects of all sorts, so he was inspired to create a manga involving collecting titled "(something) Hunter". He came up with the final name Hunter × Hunter while watching the television variety show Downtown, in which the hosts often repeat what they say to make the audience laugh. The "×" in the title is silent. As with his previous series, YuYu Hakusho, Togashi used drafting ink and Kabura pens for his illustrations but began using an eMac to color them. Togashi uses few or no assistants in the manga's production; however, fellow manga artist and future wife Naoko Takeuchi assisted Togashi in adding screentone to single-color pages for the first volume. With the birth of their first son early in its publication, Togashi felt that this personal aspect of his life would be a great influence on his work, particularly the manga's theme of a young boy searching for his father.
There have been several instances in which Togashi has apologized to readers in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump for low-quality artwork and promised to redraw portions of the chapters for their tankōbon (collected volume) releases. In addition, the publication history of the Hunter × Hunter manga has been plagued with hiatuses since 2006, in which serialized chapters would be separated by extended periods of time. After returning from a two-year-long hiatus in June 2014, and joining the English-language Weekly Shonen Jump lineup, the manga went on another just two months later. The series returned from this hiatus on April 18, 2016, however, just over two months later, Hunter × Hunter began another hiatus on June 4, 2016. It came back on June 26, 2017, and just over two months later, on August 31, the series went on hiatus again, planning to return by the end of that year. The series came back on January 29, 2018, before going on hiatus again on April 9 of the same year. After a five-month hiatus, the manga resumed publication from September 22 to November 26, 2018, before entering another hiatus.
In May 2022, Togashi created a Twitter account where he teased that the series would resume publication. In July of that same year, Togashi revealed that he was unable to sit in a chair for two years due to his back and hip problems, but was able to resume drawing by doing so while laying down; in August, Togashi posted that he decided to increase his staff, adding that the background effects for chapter 399 were done according to his request, and that chapter 400 would follow once he had handed in his specifications for it. The series resumed publication on October 24, 2022, after a three-year-and-eleven-month hiatus; the longest the series has ever had. On December 26, 2022, it was announced that the manga would once again enter on hiatus. The Weekly Shōnen Jump editorial department published a letter which said that they had consulted with Togashi and decided that the manga should not follow a weekly serialized format going forward, and that once they knew concrete details of its return and how it would be serialized, they would reveal the details in the magazine. On March 9, 2023, Togashi tweeted that chapter 401 was completed, but the form of publication was not decided at the time. On October 1 of the same year, Togashi made his first tweet in nearly seven months, which contained the phrase "Start over" in English, as well as an image depicting the bottom right corner of a page with a ruler below. On May 1, 2024, Togashi made another tweet, sharing a photo with the number 5 on the corner of a page, stating that he was working on chapter 405; the following day, he posted a picture of two more pages, numbered 6 and 7 respectively. On July 22 of the same year, Togashi made posts stating that instructions for the backgrounds were ready for his assistants for chapters 409 and 410; Togashi also teased progress for up to chapter 416 a week prior. The series resumed in Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 7 to December 9, 2024, before entering another hiatus.
In November 2023, on TV Asahi's variety show Iwakura and Yoshizumi Show [ja], Togashi announced that he had planned four possible scenarios for the series' finale through a handwritten letter which was read aloud during the program. Only the fourth abandoned ending ("ending D") was revealed, stating that it could be considered the ending in case he dies before finishing the manga. This ending takes place after a time skip, years into the future, featuring Gon's granddaughter, Gin. Togashi expressed a desire to create a satisfying enough conclusion so he would not have to resort to endings A, B, or C. Togashi stated that the readers' reactions would be 80% positive on ending A, even split on ending B, and 90% negative on ending C. While acknowledging ending A as a "safe", noncontroversial option, Togashi personally preferred ending C, despite expecting significant criticism from fans.
Media
Manga
Main article: List of Hunter × Hunter chaptersWritten and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi, Hunter × Hunter started its serialization in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on March 3, 1998. Shueisha has compiled most of the chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on June 4, 1998. As of September 4, 2024, 38 volumes have been released. The series has also been published in a sōshūhen edition that aims to recreate the manga as it was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in the same size and with the color pages. Eleven volumes were released between December 9, 2011, and April 18, 2014, covering up to the Election story arc.
In April 2005, Viz Media began publishing the manga in English in North America. They market the series as part of their "Shonen Jump Advanced" line for older teens and young adults. Thirty-six volumes have been released in North America as of August 6, 2019. Viz included the Kurapika's Memories chapters in the December 17 and 24, 2012 issues of their digital English magazine Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha. On April 22, 2014, it was announced that Hunter × Hunter would be joining the digital English magazine Weekly Shonen Jump. In May 2024, Viz Media announced a 3-in-1 edition, with the first volume set to be released on February 18, 2025.
Spin-offs
Kurapika's Memories (クラピカ追憶編, Kurapika Tsuioku-hen), also known as "volume 0", a two-part manga Togashi wrote to act as a prequel to the first animated film, Phantom Rouge, was published in the December 3 and 10, 2012 issues of Weekly Shōnen Jump. One million copies of the volume were given to the first movie-goers. Tokyo Ghoul author Sui Ishida created a 69-page storyboard of a manga chapter depicting the past of Hunter × Hunter's Hisoka. The storyboard was released digitally via Shōnen Jump+ on June 2, 2016.
Anime
1999 series
Main article: Hunter × Hunter (1999 TV series)The first Hunter × Hunter anime adaptation was produced by the company Nippon Animation and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, who had previously directed the Rurouni Kenshin television series. A total of 62 episodes of Hunter × Hunter were broadcast on the Japanese terrestrial television network Fuji Television from October 16, 1999, to March 31, 2001, during the same Saturday evening timeslot as the anime version of Togashi's previous series YuYu Hakusho. Additionally, Hunter × Hunter has aired on the satellite television station Animax. Although it closely follows the manga, the violence in the anime version is lessened for younger audiences. Marvelous Entertainment has released all episodes of the series in Japan on DVD in 13 separate volumes between September 20, 2000, and September 19, 2001.
Viz Media licensed the Hunter × Hunter anime for distribution in the Region 1 market, with English voice-work handled by the Ocean Group at Blue Water Studios in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The series was released on four DVD boxed sets from December 9, 2008, to December 1, 2009. Starting with the second set, Viz partnered with Warner Home Video to distribute the DVDs. Hunter × Hunter began airing in the United States on the Funimation Channel in the spring of 2009.
Original video animations
Main article: List of Hunter × Hunter OVA episodesWhen the Hunter × Hunter anime covered most of its source material by 2001, Nippon Animation made the decision to end the adaptation rather than continue it with filler. Due to fans' unsatisfied reactions to the conclusion of the television series, three subsequent OVAs were produced by Nippon Animation. These carried the plot from where the broadcast left off during the Yorknew City arc and covered the Greed Island arc. The first OVA series was directed by Satoshi Saga and ran for eight episodes in four released volumes from January 17 to April 17, 2002. The second OVA series, Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island, was directed by Yukihiro Matsushita and ran for eight episodes in four released volumes from February 19 to May 21, 2003. The third OVA series, Hunter × Hunter: G.I. Final, was directed by Makoto Sato and ran for 14 episodes in seven released volumes from March 3 to August 18, 2004. After the original anime's initial run on Animax, the OVAs were aired successively. Viz has shown no intention of releasing English versions of the OVAs.
2011 series
Main article: Hunter × Hunter (2011 TV series)A new Hunter × Hunter anime adaptation was announced in July 2011. Instead of continuing the story from the OVA series, it restarts the story from the beginning of the manga in an attempt to adapt it more accurately. The series is directed by Hiroshi Kōjina, produced by Madhouse, scripted by Atsushi Maekawa, and character designs were created by Takahiro Yoshimatsu. The series began airing Sunday mornings on Nippon TV starting October 2, 2011. It switched to airing at 1:29 am on Tuesday nights from October 8, 2013, onwards. The series ended on September 23, 2014, after 148 episodes.
An hour after each episode aired in Japan, American website Crunchyroll provided English subtitled simulcasts in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The series started airing on Animax Asia on April 24, 2012. On October 9, 2015, Viz Media announced their license to the series at their panel at New York Comic Con. They would release the anime on DVD/Blu-ray with an English dub. On April 1, 2016, it was announced that the series would premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block, which began airing on April 17, 2016. Madman Entertainment acquired the series for distribution in Australia and New Zealand, and made the series available on AnimeLab. Funimation began streaming the series in the United Kingdom and Ireland on July 17, 2020.
Films
Main articles: Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge and Hunter × Hunter: The Last MissionBefore the first anime television series was created, a short film adaptation of Hunter × Hunter was shown as part of the 1998 "Jump Super Anime Tour" alongside similar adaptations of Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! and One Piece. Produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by Noriyuki Abe, it depicts the early events of the manga up to Gon's ocean voyage from Whale Island.
A film adaptation by the second television anime's staff called Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge, featuring an original story, was announced in March 2012. It was released on January 12, 2013, by Toho. It centers around Gon and his friends efforts to retrieve Kurapika's eyes which were stolen by Omokage, Hisoka’s predecessor in the Phantom Troupe. The film is based on an unpublished story manga creator Yoshihiro Togashi wrote around 10 years before.
A second film, titled Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission, was announced following the first one's debut. The film has some focus on Netero, the chairman of the Hunter Association as Gon and his friends discover the dark secrets behind his past. The movie was released on December 27, 2013, and the DVD and Blu-ray was released on July 23, 2014. At the Japanese box office, Phantom Rouge grossed $12,595,288, and The Last Mission grossed ¥850 million ($8.71 million), bringing both films' total Japanese box office gross to $21.31 million.
CDs
The background music for the first Hunter × Hunter anime and three OVA series was composed by Toshihiko Sahashi. A large number of audio CDs for the franchise have been released by Marvelous Entertainment. The three-volume soundtrack for the anime television series contains 129 instrumental and vocal songs. The Original Video Animation Hunter × Hunter Sound Trax for the first OVA series contains 18 songs and the Original Video Animation Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island Original Sound Tracks for the second OVA series contains 30 songs. In addition, character-specific and story arc drama CDs and a 17-volume radio drama titled Hunter × Hunter R have been published throughout the anime adaptations' release period.
Musicals and stage plays
A musical, titled Musical Hunter × Hunter (ミュージカル ハンター×ハンター), was performed at the Space Zero [ja] theater in Tokyo from December 2000 to January 2001. It is an original story that appears to take place between the end of the Yorknew City story arc and the beginning of the Greed Island arc. A second musical, Musical Hunter × Hunter: The Nightmare of Zaoldyeck (ミュージカル ハンター×ハンター ナイトメア・オブ・ゾルディック), was performed during August 2002 at the Space Zero in Tokyo and at the Sankei Hall in Osaka. It is a retelling of when Kurapika, Leorio, and Gon go to fetch Killua back from his family estate after the end of the Hunter Exam arc. Both musicals have received separate DVD and audio CD releases, as well as a dual DVD release from Marvelous Entertainment.
A stage play, titled Real Stage Hunter × Hunter: "A Longing for Phalcnothdk: A Spider's Memory" (リアルステージ ハンター×ハンター「A Longing for Phalcnothdk 〜蜘蛛の記憶〜」), was performed 16 times at the Theater Sun-mall in Tokyo during August 2004. The play is a retelling of the Phantom Troupe finale in the Yorknew City arc. It received a DVD release in Japan on December 10, 2004.
Another stage play, Hunter × Hunter: The Stage, was performed at the Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo from May 12–28, 2023. A second stage play, Hunter × Hunter: The Stage 2, was performed at the Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo from March 16–31, 2024, and at the Umeda Arts Theater Dramacity in Osaka from April 16–14. A third stage play, Hunter × Hunter: The Stage 3, is set to run at the Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo in May 2025 and at the Sky Theater MBS in Osaka in June.
Video games
There are ten Japan-exclusive video games based on Hunter × Hunter, many of which are either developed or published by Konami or Bandai. They range from role-playing and strategy games to action and adventure games. These include titles for the WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2.
A game based on the second anime adaptation was released on the PlayStation Portable on September 20, 2012. Characters from the franchise have appeared along with other Weekly Shōnen Jump properties in the fighting games Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars for the Nintendo DS, J-Stars Victory VS for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, and Jump Force for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
In December 2023, Eighting and Bushiroad Games announced a 3-on-3 tag team-based fighting video game based on the manga, titled Hunter × Hunter: Nen × Impact. It is set to be released for the PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Windows (via Steam). A demo was available to play at the Evo Japan 2024 event on April 27. Arc System Works will publish the game in North America. It was planned to be released in 2024; however, it has been delayed to 2025 due to the implementation of rollback netcode in the game—a mechanism that avoids the lag during online matches.
Other merchandise
A series of three film books based on the first anime series and authored by Nobuaki Kishikan has been released by Shueisha from December 3, 1999, to August 24, 2001. A guidebook to the anime titled Hunter × Hunter Characters Book: World × Character × Blessing (Hunter × Hunter キャラクターズブック World × Character × Blessing) was published by Shueisha in January 2001. A guidebook to the manga titled Hunter × Hunter: Hunters Association Official World and Character Guide (Hunter × Hunter ハンター協会公式発行ハンターズ・ガイド) was published by the company on June 4, 2004. There is also an extensive trading card game by Bandai, action and trading figures, and various other collectables.
Reception
Manga
The series ranked fourth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2012. In November 2014, readers of Media Factory's Da Vinci magazine voted Hunter × Hunter as the eleventh Weekly Shōnen Jump's greatest manga series of all time. In 2019, the series ranked seventh on Da Vinci's 19th annual "Book of the Year" list. On TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, Hunter × Hunter ranked eleventh.
Sales
The Hunter × Hunter manga has been largely commercially successful; having sold over 60.6 million collected volumes in Japan by February 2012, making it Shueisha's eighth best-selling manga series. This number had grown to 66.3 million copies by 2014. The manga had over 72 million copies in circulation by December 2018; over 79 million copies in circulation by November 2021; and over 84 million copies in circulation by July 2022. Several individual volumes have topped Oricon's list of the best-selling manga in Japan during their release week; such as volumes 30 through 36. Volumes 24, 27, and 30 through 34 were some of the top-selling volumes for their respective years. Hunter × Hunter was the eighth best-selling manga series of both 2012 and 2013, with 3.4 and 4.6 million copies sold those years respectively. In North America, volumes 23 through 27 have ranked within the top 300 best-selling graphics novels list of sales estimates by Diamond Comic Distributors.
Critical reception
The Hunter × Hunter manga has received much praise for its plot and characters. In his 2007 book Manga: The Complete Guide, Jason Thompson described its storyline as "an almost random collection of psych-outs, battles, puzzles, and trickery" that works on both a chapter-by-chapter basis and a larger scale. Thompson elaborated that with all the goals and subplots of each of the main characters, the story could seemingly go on forever and is unpredictable enough to hold reader interest. In a different review for Anime News Network in 2012, Thompson wrote that it was hard to summarize the story because "it is every shōnen manga in one, with training sequences, tournament battles, a crime-mystery story arc, and a virtual-reality, RPG-style story arc". But unlike most shōnen manga, he called Hunter × Hunter "incredibly dense." Examples being its fictional nen ability, which is explained "so thoroughly that you almost think it could exist," and the little challenges and games the characters face; "Over and over Togashi invents some little closed system or rules just so the heroes can break them; if he ever wants to change careers, I'd suggest game designer." Thompson praised the character art as great, pointing out how instead of alternating between realistic and chibi like other artists, Togashi has cartoony and realistic characters interacting in the same panels. Thompson did note how the artwork during its magazine run is often "sketchy" and missing backgrounds, but that Togashi goes back and fixes it for its collected tankōbon release. Mentioning Togashi's love of gore he stated "the whole manga is about the mixture of childish adventure and creepy, adult themes" and noted how some panels later in the manga are apparently censored for gore by being covered with screentone.
Reviewing the first story arc, Chris Sims of ComicsAlliance called Hunter × Hunter one of the most "fun, ridiculous, and ludicrously violent comics I've ever read." He stated that while it has every idea about shōnen manga in force, what sticks out the most is the violence. Sims summed it up as "full of clever setups and characters that, while simple to the point of almost seeming one-dimensional at times, still manage to be solid and entertaining based on their reaction to the increasingly strange, increasingly deadly events around them". Charles Solomon, a writer for The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, praised the moral seriousness of Gon, a quality that gives the protagonist "an appeal his relentlessly upbeat counterparts lack". Publishers Weekly gave a positive review to the first volume of the manga, stating that Togashi "shows a deft touch" with its standard story, calling his artwork "clear and graceful", and mentioning that his characters are "endearing and complex". While Rika Takahashi of EX.org and Claude J. Pelletier of Protoculture Addicts found the art style in Hunter × Hunter to be much simpler than Togashi's two previous serializations, Level E and YuYu Hakusho, both reviewers appreciated the intricate narrative and characters.
Anime
1999 series
The first Hunter × Hunter anime series has enjoyed much more modest popularity than its manga source. Newtype listed it as having a Japanese television rating of 10.5 for the fourth quarter of 2000. The show's viewership was ranked number six among the top ten anime television series in Japan for February 2001. The series was voted as the 16th best anime of 2000 in the Anime Grand Prix, but rose to fourth place the following year. In 2001, the staff of the magazine listed Hunter × Hunter as the 94th most important anime of all time. In a 2006 web poll conducted in Japan by the network TV Asahi, the Hunter × Hunter television series was voted 28th best anime of all time. In 2010, Mania.com's Briana Lawrence listed Hunter × Hunter at number nine of the website's "10 Anime Series That Need a Reboot".
Critical reception for the first Hunter × Hunter television adaptation has been generally favorable. Miyako Matsuda of Protoculture Addicts, Carl Kimlinger of the Anime News Network, and Derrick L. Tucker of THEM Anime Reviews all expressed positive views of the series' narrative and characters. Matsuda admired the adventure-filled world of Hunter × Hunter and the practical character qualities of friendship, effort, and victory inserted by Togashi. Beginning with the second Viz DVD volume, Kimlinger summarized, "Togashi's plotting is canny and occasionally insightful and Furuhashi's visuals inventive yet attuned to the measured pacing of the series. Together they create a shonen action series that is both fun to watch and curiously respectful of its audience's intelligence. A strange combination indeed." Tucker admitted to being "bewitched" by the series mainly due to the remarkable and original characters, especially the interplay between the vastly different personalities of the Phantom Troupe members. Kimlinger gave particular praise to the characteristics of the complex villain Hisoka and the deep, emotional transformation of Kurapika in the latter half of the series. Theron Martin of Anime News Network, found the first fifteen episodes entertainment, and stated "Gon also inherits Goku's inherent likability, some of the "part of the challenge is figuring out what the challenge is" bits are rather clever, and setting up a situation where a tournament proctor is actually called out for being in the wrong is a nice twist. It does also have some fun moments".
The art and animation of the Hunter × Hunter anime have also been commended by the press. Kimlinger and Tucker were impressed by the art direction of Hunter × Hunter, the former of whom critiquing the adaptation of Togashi's work by Furuhashi as having "understated energy and flair, making the most of the era's (1999) mix of traditional and CG animation to bring Gon and friends' physical feats to fluid, exhilarating life." Martin faulted both the artwork and the subtle differences in character design. "The artistry not only shows its age but, in fact, looks older than it actually is," the reviewer commented, "hearkening back to a day when digital coloring and CG enhancements were not ubiquitous and allowances for a rougher look were greater." Opinions of the series' sound and music have been somewhat mixed. Martin positively noted the soundtrack as the strongest production point of Hunter × Hunter, and was satisfied with both the English translation of the script and Ocean's voice overs. Tucker found the music satisfactory and improved as the series progressed, but did not think it lived up to its potential. Kimlinger agreeably felt the musical score to be appropriate in most instances, but criticized the English dub as "a letdown since day one".
2011 series
Madhouse's 2011 adaptation was met with near-universal critical acclaim. Adrian Marcano from Inverse considered Hunter x Hunter 2011 to be one of the greatest anime series ever. He said that the anime set itself apart with one of the greatest story arcs in anime history in which the villain, not the hero, takes the anime to instant classic status. He also said that, "It is in the 2011 version where we see probably one of the best story arcs in anime history: the Chimera Ant Arc." According to Movie News Guide and Latin Post, the Madhouse's 2011 version received more viewers not only in Japan but also around the world, particularly in North America. Nick Creamer held similar sentiments, writing "the show's fantastic aesthetics elevate it above almost everything out there – in direction, in sound design, in pacing, in animation, in basically every relevant aesthetic metric, Hunter x Hunter triumphs. That it's been maintaining this level of quality for well over a hundred episodes is nothing short of astonishing."
In 2019, Polygon named the series as one of the best anime of the 2010s, and Crunchyroll listed it in their "Top 25 best anime of the 2010s". IGN also listed the Hunter × Hunter 2011 adaptation among the best anime series of the 2010s.
Notes
- Through Madman Anime.
- The series debuted in the magazine's 14th issue of 1998 (cover date March 16), released on March 3 of that same year.
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External links
- Official Hunter × Hunter manga site (in Japanese)
- Official Viz Media Hunter × Hunter site
- Official English manga website
- Official Nippon Television Hunter × Hunter (2011) anime site (in Japanese)
- Official VAP Hunter x Hunter (2011) anime site (in Japanese)
- Hunter x Hunter Story Board Exhibit at the Shinjō Mogami Manga Museum Event Report
- Hunter × Hunter (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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