![]() ![]() It prepares people for what good shows look like and what type of shows to look for in the future. I highly suggest that beginners to anime watch this show to get the full range of what anime can do. ![]() It can be though provoking, it can be exciting, it can be funny, and the most important part is that it all works. Hunter X Hunter is currently my favorite long running shonen series because it’s the best execution for these type of stories that I’ve ever seen. The increasing darkness of the plot is told through shifting styles of the arcs and it all feels natural. The strange thing is, the flow of the story is never hurt by the type of story the show is trying to tell. There is the usual tournament arc that most battle shonen used to have, but is also a crime drama arc, a lost in a video game arc, and a war drama arc. Each character is different and so is every arc in this story. ![]() IF there is one word to solidly define what Hunter X Hunter is, it’s varied. Unfortunately, the show did run out of material because no many chapters after the latest arc in the anime has been produced. Episodes later on will really push the boundaries of animation even more. ![]() Battles usually take from one to two episodes and they are very well done. The animation starts pretty solid but gets even better as the show goes on. Hunter X Hunter does not suffer from this. This will lead to a lot of panning shots of characters staring at each other with nothing but a little bit of the soundtrack behind them and many other ways to slow down the production of the story. Since these shows last so long, the budget is usually spread thin throughout the show except to have budget increases for points in the show that had the most impact. Without the animation, we wouldn’t see these characters realized in any form.Īnimation is usually the crutch of these kinds of shows. Each character also has a unique ability of their own which keeps the battles the same as just basic character interactions, fresh and interesting. Villains are well textured and realized as everybody else which makes this show what it is. Once again, this goes for every type of character. What their personality is like, what their motivation in life is, and what their abilities are, they are fully realized people. The main characters of his stories are all interesting, but Togashi has this way of writing characters that even if you spend five minutes with a character, you know Everything about them. Not just the main characters, but the side characters and the villains too. When talking about either of Togashi’s works, the first thing that stands are the characters. I knew I would like Hunter x Hunter the second I heard who the source material is from and that is why I waited so long to watch it. I mean sure, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is one of my favorite anime series of all time and Rurouni Kenshin was fantastic before it went into filler hell, but there was something special about Yu Yu Hakusho that made me keep coming back to it for years on end. I’ve watched and read a lot more series since then, but not many shows captured my attention like Yu Yu Hakusho did. Rurouni Kenshin, Yu Yu Hakusho, and the Dragon Ball franchise are what I started off with. Battle shounen series are one of the types of anime that brought me into the anime fandom realm. Hunter x Hunter is a battle shounen by the mangaka Yoshihiro Togashi and this version was produced by studio Mad House. ![]()
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