Hunter x Hunter review

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Hunter x Hunter Plot:

Gon's father, long believed to be dead, is still alive and was once one of the greatest Hunters in existence. Gon believes he will be able to meet his father once he himself becomes a Hunter. However, before he can become one, he has to pass the Hunter Exam first, an exam made of numerous tasks and dangerous trials. Persevering and refusing to give up, Gon manages to reach the Hunter Exam, all the while keeping his innocent attitude. Throughout many of the tasks and trials of the Hunter Exam, Gon manages to make many unique friends. Kurapica, a sole survivor of his clan seeking revenge, Leorio, who wants to become a doctor, and Killua, a member of an infamous assassin family, all eventually join up with Gon in hopes of passing the exam together. Each of them have their own reasons for taking the exam, but will they manage to pass it alive? It will be no easy task, as the tasks and trials in the exam are not easy. Aside from worrying about dying from the exam itself, Gon and his friends also have to watch out for killers participating in the exam...



Alternative Titles
Japanese: ハンターxハンター

Information
Type: TV
Episodes: 62
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 16, 1999 to Mar 31, 2001
Producers: TV Tokyo, Nippon Animation, Viz Media
Genres: Action, Adventure, Shounen, Super Power
Duration: 23 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Review


Alright, all 10's for this one...then again...maybe not. But with animation being the only non perfect factor in this anime, it dosn't really matter.
This is the best combination of adventure-action-comedy I have ever seen. At first it seemed a little boring, but it was because I had no idea that the story would evolve into something so interesting and intense. It didn't take long until I became really rapturous about this anime. I seriously recommend getting all the episodes and then make a "marathon", that way you won't get the feeling of anxiety to see the next episodes that you havn't yet downloaded...believe me, that feeling is almost unbearable.
Predictable? Hunter X Hunter? In my opinion it's on the contrary, it's unpredictable. At least all my auguries went completely off the track, or maybe I'm just dumb, or maybe I was blinded by the extremely advanced-simple storyline of this anime. Yes, this anime is so simple and straighforward, yet really advanced and full of twists and they are all combined so naturally which makes HXH very unique.

About the animation part, I must confess that I have seen many animes that are better in animation, but I did consider the fact that this anime is from the year 1997 and that I really loved the drawing style of the characters, but even that had its own flaws. Not that any of the characters was badly drawn but some were kinda silly and really weird. The silly faces(in the comedy part I mean) on the other hand were really hilarious, especially Killuas transformation into a cat(don't worry, he dosn't really tranform into a cat, watch and you'll find out what I mean ).

The sound...it's perfect, the first opening really gets to your head, soon, without even noticing it, you may be humming the melody while taking a walk. The second opening...it gave me the chills, not that it was scary, it was just so good. Dark, slow and mysterious, just like bman already said, it puts you just into the right mood for the last episodes starting from 49. The endings, again I agree with bman, I didn't pay much attention to them, hell, I don't even remember them very clearly even though I just watched nearly all the episodes today, but I do remember the second ending which was the best. The background music perfectly synchronized with the different situations in the story and with the action, it's so good that you don't listen to it as a background music but as something obvious that really should be heard in that certain moment of the story.

Characters...there are so many of them, and they are so different, sometimes you even have trouble figuring out who the main character is. In this series however, the main character still remains Gon. There really aren't evil-taking-over-the-world characters, but some are prett bad. Not Hisoka though, that guy is very funny...and a little weird
Anyway, most of the characters backgrounds and intentions will be explained so nothing will remain in shadows, unless you didn't pay attention.
Explanations are also the strong point of the story. Everything will be expounded, how some certain things work, what do certain things mean etc. That makes Hunter X Hunter one of the most logical animes out there, I'm not saying that it dosn't have any unlogical stuff, actually it has a lot of them. But even the unlogical things become logical...in a certain way...am I making any sense here?
Probably not, so it's best if you check HXH out yourself, I assure that you won't regret it

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