Anime Hunter X Hunter Anime- Fall 2011

[Beans]

^ No, there was no episode.

 

[ZonikStrike]

i can't imagine that kids read hxh, or enjoy watching this deep story !

I'm 15 and I actually enjoy the story depth. That's the main reason it is my fav.

 

[killua zoldyck]

Posting just to warn you that there will be only episode of the remake March 4.

The reason I do not know, but it is what is written on the official website of the anime.

The trick is to wait until the fourth day, even more

 

[Uriel]

Welcome to the forum. You mean only one episode? Why should we expect two? O_O

 

[MegamanX195]

Sometimes, in other animes (Naruto comes to mind), when there's a week without any episode of it they release a double episode the next week. Doubt it will be the case with HxH, though.

 

[Akia999]

No, it's not a mistranslation. Gon takes the Hunter Exam at the age of eleven--slightly younger than his father when he did. But this is only in the manga--the two anime series change his age to twelve.

He took the test the year he is supposed to turn 12.He doesn't turn 12 until his birthday.So, in a way,he is still 11. Ging took it around that age too.

Spoiler

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[mrsticky005]

Well, the manga version I have, says he is "almost 12 years old" at the begining, so he isn't 12 yet.
But it may be a mistranslation. If that's the case, Gon is 14 years old right now.


Yeah, from the begining it's dark, but not darker that any good shonen manga. Not darker that Naruto, for example.

Naruto tries to be dark but often ends up being melodramatic. Though I still quite enjoy Naruto.
But even early Hunter x Hunter is darker than Naruto. As it is nowhere near as romanticized.

Take the Uchiha massacre vs the Kurta Tribe massacre.

We have seen many Uchiha but we only saw one Kurta tribesman and that's Kurapica.

Before Itachi Twist the Uchiha were killed for the LOLz. After they were killed to prevent civil war.

The Kurta tribe were killed so their eyeballs could be sold on the black market.

Even if we use the whole eye gouging thing in Naruto to be true. The stealing of eyes was to prevent oneself from going blind and to gain new power.

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Dark in terms of violence and the nature of their world, yes. This is true. The violence in the series can occasionally resemble something you might find published in manga series aimed towards adults, but it's rarely ever too graphic for Jump. Dragon Ball had similar levels of violence in its manga and so does Naruto.

Togashi wants his readers to think of it as a childish shonen work at first. This is most apparent through the artwork outside of the chapters, such as the first several volume covers and chapter covers. Examples:

(Hint: This third image is actually really important to understanding another thing that Togashi tries to do with Gon's character. Try to figure it out; although I'll make a topic about it eventually.)

Looking at those, one wouldn't expect Hunter x Hunter to be the kind of series it becomes. My last statement was I talking mostly about the concepts in the series being adult. I agree that HxH at this point is already very dark for a Shonen series, but at this point it's similar to Naruto.The themes and writing tread towards seinen after the series takes a tonal shift following the end of the first major arc.

The characters initially seem two-dimensional or shallow; based upon familiar archetypes that are present in most shonen series. The stalwart, determined underdog of a protagonist. His dark and troubled anti-hero best friend. The noble sole survivor of a warrior clan. The shirker of a big-brother to the group whom typically mostly exists for comic relief. And a creepy, deadly villain.

However, as the writing progresses, Togashi starts to develop his story and characters in unconventional ways. The 2011 series has already started to illustrate some of the ways in which Gon, Killua, Leorio, and Hisoka might be thoroughly deeper than those surface descriptions.

Gon's differences aren't entirely apparent yet, and so I won't go into those. But I will mention that his choice to use Leorio and Kurapika as bait was something that Togashi wanted perceptive readers to pick up on, whereas people reading fast won't take it into consideration. Thus far, there have been seven episodes in the 2011 series that have foreshadowed immense things regarding Gon's character--but they're very subtle.

Leorio has already proved that despite his missteps, he is actually resourceful, kind, and determined. He might even be the first person in the series to show depth that readers might not have initially perceived. Originally seen as a selfish, useless man whom only cares about money. But his true goal is to become a licensed Hunter in order to gain the money required of becoming philanthropic doctor.

Hisoka is strange because viewers at this point still don't fully understand his motives/personality. What does he really want?

Killua's is a bit more complex, yet it's only starting in motion. I don't think it would be a stretch to say that he's probably been the most impressive character in the Hunter Exam, in terms of things that we've seen on-screen. Viewers are supposed to see him as cool and dangerous/mysterious, but also a potential threat due to the extreme acts of violence we've seen him commit.

In this episode, viewers are given agency to his true desires for the first time. Killua lies a lot during the Hunter Exam. He isn't typically an open book; Killua hides his actual wants through his charm (as stated in episode 7).

Before episode 20, I don't think it would be a stretch to assume that most viewers thought of Killua to mostly be a cool, strong assassin. But against Illumi, he states that he "[wants] to be friends with Gon. [Killua is] fed up with killing. [He] wants to live a normal life."

Isn't that interesting? Killua, initially conceived to be the dark anti-hero best friend (which I should mention is a very common and popular personality-type in anime/manga), wishes to renounce that very same identity. He's almost directly stating to readers that he doesn't want to follow their expectations. Despite the fact that readers like Killua for his darker traits (and young boys might even want to be him because of that coolness), he would rather live a life akin to the reader's own.


No, it's not a mistranslation. Gon takes the Hunter Exam at the age of eleven--slightly younger than his father when he did. But this is only in the manga--the two anime series change his age to twelve.

HxH violence is on another level.

Greed Island proves that.

 

[Popo]

HxH violence is on another level.

Greed Island proves that.

Actualy, you're right about that. I should have said something like "the violence in the series is among the darkest that Jump has to offer," but I had been only comparing the two series up to this point. The violence in the series is probably one of the first things that indicates the adult nature of it. It's so out of proportion to the art style that it's jarring. In the Hunter Exam arc, the violence is dark, but not THAT bad. I don't mean to say that the series isn't dark for a shonen series at this point, but I also think that the story becomes thematically darker in the future. It's sort of a gradual descent. In the future, HxH gets out-of-control violent and it becomes apparent that the series has something incredible to offer. I can only hope that the director of this series mimics that shift in tone.

 

[MegamanX195]

There's one thing I hope from new anime.

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That they make the aura sizes/shapes more like the manga. I mean, Gon's Ren was basically exactly like his Ten in the Celestial Tower in the 1999 series, while in the manga it was distinctly bigger/different. I loved old anime's Nen sound effect too, but I hope they make something very different this time around. Wonder how they will show the Kanji diferences between both "types" of Nen, too.

 

[mrsticky005]

There's one thing I hope from new anime.

Spoiler

That they make the aura sizes/shapes more like the manga. I mean, Gon's Ren was basically exactly like his Ten in the Celestial Tower in the 1999 series, while in the manga it was distinctly bigger/different. I loved old anime's Nen sound effect too, but I hope they make something very different this time around. Wonder how they will show the Kanji diferences between both "types" of Nen, too.

yeah. As much as I like the Zolydyck Mansion Arc I'm really looking forward to Heavens Arena.

 

[Netero]

yeah. As much as I like the Zolydyck Mansion Arc I'm really looking forward to Heavens Arena.

Same here dude. Heavens Arena is the arc that truly got me into HxH, and I'm really excited to see what nen looks like in the anime.

 

[Beans]

yeah. As much as I like the Zolydyck Mansion Arc I'm really looking forward to Heavens Arena.

Yeah, me too, I can't wait to see what they'll do with the Kastro vs Hisoka fight.

 

[mrsticky005]

Since the Zolydyck Arc is the upcoming one two things in particular I'm looking forward to are

1. Canary
(I wonder if they will use her more current design in the manga? )

Also will they keep the violence in her scene?

2. Goto

Coin flipping outta provide some quality animation

 

[Beans]

I wonder how they'll animate this :

 

[Pokymonn]

Can anybody translate what is written in this text box ?

 

[Salce]

Can anybody translate what is written in this text box ?

I translated it with Google. It says something like this:

""On March 11th chapter, a new arc starts!
'Zoldyck House arc'
Gon has finished the Hunter exam and the next adventure will be in ...
Killua's home - the mansion of the assassins family Zoldyck in Kukuroo mountain.
To rescue Killua, Gon's new challenge begins!"

 

[mrsticky005]

good episode...though the second half deviated from the manga. Some things were omitted
and changed. Most of it is due to postponing of Kite's story. But then it causes them
to omit some stuff about Ging...hope they figure out a way to mention it later.

I would have rather they stuck closer to the manga then the little filler with them all
running at the end and remembering the Hunter Exam.

I give the episode a 7 out of 10. Still a good episode but disappointed they left some stuff out.

 

[Noonealive]

Yeah this episode had some filler obviously to make up for some stuff and to hold off the next arc... now i'm just wondering when they will introduce kite

 

[Netero]

I'm almost a 100% certain Kite will be introduced when Gon and Killua return to Whale Island.

As for this weeks episode I really enjoyed it. 8.5/10

 

[TheAmericandream]

Why exactly Whale Island? I suppose they talk about Ging then, is Kite mentioned in those chapters? I can't think of any other time they could mention him though. I am about to watch the episode now, but it saddens me already the lack of Kite. I love him, at this point its my only major hang up with the series. (I feel Gon loses a little something not knowing his backstory the entire Hunter Exam, his motives seem almost dubious) I hope Kite's a big deal when we finally do get him down the road.