Hunter × Hunter
| Hunter × Hunter | |
|---|---|
| Original title | HUNTER × HUNTER |
 | |
| genre | Action , adventure , fantasy , shons |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Yoshihiro Togashi |
| publishing company | Shueisha |
| magazine | Shōnen Jump |
| First publication | 1998 - ... |
| expenditure | 36 |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 1999-2001 |
| Studio | Nippon animation |
| Episodes | 62 |
| Director | Kazuhiro Furuhashi |
| music | Toshihiko Sahashi |
| First broadcast | October 16, 1999 - March 31, 2001 on Fuji TV |
| Original video animation | |
| title | Hunter × Hunter Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island Hunter × Hunter: GI Final |
| Original title | HUNTER × HUNTER HUNTER × HUNTER GREED ISLAND HUNTER × HUNTER G ・ I Final |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2002-2004 |
| Studio | Nippon animation |
| Episodes | 8 + 8 + 14 |
| Director | Satoshi Saga (OVA1) Yukihiro Matsushita (OVA2) Toshikatsu Tokoro → Makoto Satō (OVA3) |
| music | Toshihiko Sahashi |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2011-2014 |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Episodes | 148 |
| Director | Hiroshi Kojina |
| music | Yoshihisa Hirano |
| First broadcast | October 2, 2011 - September 24, 2014 on NTV |
| German-language first broadcast |
August 28, 2018 - December 11, 2019 on ProSieben Maxx |
| Anime movie | |
| title | Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge |
| Original title | 劇場版 HUNTER × HUNTER |
| transcription | Gekijōban Hunter × Hunter: Fantomu Rūju |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Director | Yūzō Satō |
| script | Shōji Yonemura |
| music | Yoshihisa Hirano |
| Anime movie | |
| title | Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission |
| Original title | 劇場版 HUNTER × HUNTER -The LAST MISSION- |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Director | Keiichirō Kawaguchi |
| script | Nobuaki Kishima |
| music | Yoshihisa Hirano |
Hunter × Hunter (ハ ン タ ー × ハ ン タ ー, Hantā Hantā ) is a manga by the Japanese illustrator Yoshihiro Togashi . In the manga based one Anime - television series , several anime OVAs and radio plays.
The plot is about the boy Gon and his life as a hunter , a particularly privileged person, in a parallel world. The work can be assigned to the genres Action , Fantasy , Adventure and Shon .
content
world
The world of Hunter × Hunter is a fantasy world. There are many parallels to our world in terms of global events such as wars, technology, social and organizational structures and many more.
An essential difference is the existence of the "Nen". This is the body's own energy that allows talented people to develop unique abilities. There are also abilities that are innate or automatically developed, that is, are not trained willingly. The range of individual skills is enormous. To do this, skills can be enhanced by an individual making a pact with their Nen. Due to the specialization of energy, ie a “restriction”, and the chosen agreement, there are innumerable possibilities for “Nen” users.
Many of these people join the "Hunter Association". The organization is democratic. There are certain departments, responsibilities and also elections. The organization plays an important role globally, politically and militarily. Everyone who aspires to become a hunter must first pass the entrance exam. This gives him a "hunter license" with which he qualifies for various jobs and enjoys special privileges. For various achievements or successful missions, promotions are awarded, which increases one's own rank and prestige.
The world has not yet been fully explored by humans.
action
The twelve-year-old Gon Freeks, who lives with his aunt, learns from the Hunter Kaito that his father Ging Freeks is a hunter and is still alive but does not want to be found. So Gon decides to become a hunter too and to find his father.
During the exam he meets Leorio, Kurapika and Killua. They all have different motivations for taking the dangerous exam. Killua Zaoldyek is the offspring of a notorious family of assassins who do not want to become an assassin. Kurapika is the last member of the kurta people and wants to take revenge on the perpetrators, the so-called illusionists (phantom brigade) . Leorio wants to earn enough money by working as a hunter to study medicine and to be able to help the poor as a doctor for free. The four soon become friends, although there is a hostile atmosphere during the exam and many participants are working against each other. You also get to know Hisoka, a magician who wants to prove his strength by defeating as many strong opponents as possible. He is particularly interested in Gon, as he recognizes its potential, and will later compete against Gon when he has become stronger. In the final round, Killua kills one participant, disqualifying him and passing all other participants.
After passing the exam, Gon, Leorio and Kurapika drive to Kukuru Mountain, where the Zaoldyek family lives. They want to help Killua to get out of the tutelage of his family, which they succeed after some difficulties. Then they part ways: Leorio begins his medical degree, Kurapika is looking for work and Gon and Killua go looking for opportunities to earn a living. They get to the sky arena, a tower that you have to fight and earn money to climb (it has over 250 floors). During the ascent, they learn the art of using the Nen from the Meister Wing. They also meet Hisoka again, who defeats Gon. After the defeat, Gon and Killua visit his aunt on his home island, Whale Island. There she hands Gon a box from his father. It can be opened by Nen. As a clue to his father, he now has a ring, a cassette and a memory card for a game. Gon and Killua listen to the tape, which then overwrites itself.
Kurapika has since become a bodyguard for the Nostrade family, who have ties to the world's largest auction in Yorkshin City. Killua and Gon also come to Yorkshin City after they have been told that the computer game Greed Island can be used to find out something about Gon's father. While the two are trying to collect enough money for the game with Leorio, Kurapika continues to try to track down the illusionists. He is supported by Hisoka, who is himself a member of the organization, whose leader Chrollo Lucifer he wants to challenge. After the illusionists were able to steal the goods for the auction, Kurapika succeeds in killing one of their members ( Ubōgin ). Greed Island game is sold to billionaire Battera. Kurapika succeeds through its ability to seal the Nen of Chrollo and thereby render it harmless. As a result, Hisoka temporarily loses interest in Chrollo and ends the collaboration with the four friends.
Soon after, Gon and Killua are playing Greed Island on behalf of Battera to find clues about Gon's father. The game works with Nen and teleports players to an island. There, 100 playing cards are to be collected that give special skills. In the game, Biskuit Krüger joins the two friends, who she trains and helps. You will also meet Hisoka and some illusionists who are looking for a way to undo the Nen sealing of Chrollos. When they succeed, they leave the game. Gon wins the game and is given the option to be teleported to his father. But he only ends up with his former student Kaito, because he came with Killua. This was planned by his father, as he would only meet his son if he came alone.
In the aftermath occurs an extinct species of intelligent human-like ants, called Chimera - ants . These multiply extremely quickly and begin to feed humans to their queen, who hatches the king. Therefore, Kaito, accompanied by Gon and Killua, sets out to fight the ants. The Hunter Committee and the Illusionists also get involved. Kaito, Gon and Killua soon meet Neferpitou, the first member of the king's bodyguard, which consists of three particularly combat-able ants. Immediately realizing Neferpitou's superiority, Kaito orders Gon and Killua to leave. Gon and Killua escape, but Kaito is killed and resuscitated as an ants' pupa. Through him and another hunter, the ants also manage to learn Nen techniques.
Gon and Killua are now initially prevented by the Hunter Committee from fighting the ants. After the king of the ants was born, the ants succeed in taking over the state of East Gorto. This is where the ants' selection of talented people begins. While some ants join the hunters and the king discovers his human side, the illusionists join the fight as some stray ants threaten their homeland. Without further ado, they destroy all ants that are not loyal to anyone but themselves and threaten their hometown.
In a final, costly battle in and around the presidential palace of East Gorto, Hunter and ants face each other. Despite preparation, the Hunter team struggled to defend itself against the power of the three bodyguards, while the chairman of the Hunter organization Netero fights King Meruem at a safe distance. After even his strongest attacks show little effect, Netero uses a weapon of mass destruction against the king and sacrifices himself to inflict serious injuries on Meruem. He is apparently saved when two of the Royal Guards allow themselves to be consumed by him. Gon learns that Kaito can no longer be saved, transforms and kills one of the Royal Guards in his rage, but suffers serious damage himself. When the situation seems hopeless for the Hunter, Meruem senses his imminent death by bomb poisoning and spends his last hours in the presence of Komugi, a human girl he has come to appreciate.
After the ants are defeated, Killua Gon uses the skills of his little sister Alluka to save what his family sees as a danger. But he manages to take Alluka with him and with the help of Nanika, who shares her body with Alluka, to heal Gon. Gon finally meets his father. Meanwhile, after much intrigue, Hunter Cheadle becomes the new chairman after Pariston Hill won the election and immediately resigned from the chair. Netero's son Beyond announces a great human expedition to the forbidden Dark Continent.
Manga
The drawing style is kept quite simple. Little grid foil is used and there are clear panels and lines.
The manga by Yoshihiro Togashi is published weekly since 1998 in the Japanese manga magazine Shonen Jump in Shueisha Publishing House. The chapters have been summarized in 36 tankōbon so far .
The publication of the series in Japan was interrupted several times due to the mangaka's health problems , but has been repeatedly resumed after breaks of varying lengths. In early October 2007, the longest hiatus of one and a half years ended with a resumption of the series in Shonen Jump magazine, before the renewed suspension of publications was announced in early December, which lasted until the end of February 2008. The following interruption began on December 4, 2008. Since December 24, 2009 the series has been continued again. On May 28, 2010 the last time-out began, which lasted until the beginning of August 2011.
The manga was also published in English by VIZ Media , in French by Kana, in Spanish by Grupo Editorial Vid and in Italian by Planet Manga . In Germany the series was shown in BANZAI! -Magazine published by Carlsen Verlag . In addition, the story appears in anthologies, 36 of which have been published in Germany so far. Because of the interruptions in the manga in Japan, the series has been published in Germany since April 2008, only every four months instead of every three months.
The manga has been paused since November 23, 2018. An announcement of the sequel is still pending.
Anime
First series
In 1999, the studio produced Nippon Animation a Anime - TV series with 62 episodes to manga. Here led Kazuhiro Furuhashi director, Takayuki Gotō designed the character design and Nobuto Sakamoto took over the artistic direction. The series was broadcast from October 16, 1999 to March 31, 2001 on Fuji TV and later also on Animax .
The series was broadcast in French on Mangas, in Spanish on Animax Latin America, in Chile on Chilevision and ETC… TV. Italia 1 broadcast the anime in Italy and Spacetoon broadcast the series in Arabic . Hunter × Hunter was also featured on Animax Brazil, RedeTV! (also Brazil) and the Filipino broadcaster GMA Network.
OVAs
The series was continued by three OVA series: Hunter × Hunter was released from January 17 to April 17, 2002 on four DVDs and contained episodes 63 to 70, Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island from February 5 to April 16, 2003 on 4 DVDs with episodes 71 to 78 and Hunter × Hunter: GI Final from March 3 to August 18, 2004 on 7 DVDs with episodes 79 to 92.
In the first OVA Satoshi Saga director in was Greed Iceland Yukihiro Matsushita and GI Final Toshikatsu Tokoro for the consequences of 79 to 82 and Makoto Satō for the consequences of 83 to 92. The character design of the first OVA is from Takayuki Gotō that from Greed Island from Shinobu Tagashira and at the GI Final in episodes 79 to 84 by Hidetoshi Sano and 85 to 92 by Tetsurō Aoki. The artistic directors were Shigeru Morimoto (OVA 1), Kazuo Fukuda (OVA 2) and Hiroyuki Hasegawa (OVA 3). The first OVA was translated into French, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese.
Second series
Studio Madhouse produced a remake of the series, directed by Hiroshi Kōjina . The character design of the first 87 episodes comes from Takahiro Yoshimatsu and the remaining episodes from Indori Bokujō (i.e. Studio Live).
The series comprising 148 episodes ran from October 2, 2011 to September 24, 2014 on NTV , and with an offset of up to a month on 30 other stations on the network . This adaptation went beyond the plot of the first TV series and OVA series.
KSM Anime licensed the series and has been releasing it on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since August 23, 2018 . From August 28, 2018 to December 10, 2019, ProSieben Maxx broadcast all episodes in their entirety in German for the first time. KSM Anime cast the spokespersons for the two main roles for the series. On October 26th, ProSieben Maxx showed five uncut episodes in a row, they had an FSK from the age of 16 and were therefore not allowed to run in the afternoon program. Some later episodes were only shown cut in the afternoon program, but made available online in full.
cinemamovies
On January 12, 2013, the anime movie Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge ( 劇場版 HUNTER × HUNTER
The second movie Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission ( 劇場版 HUNTER × HUNTER -The LAST MISSION-) directed by Keiichirō Kawaguchi was released on December 27, 2013.
KSM announced on August 2, 2015 that they have licensed both films and plan to release them on Blu-ray and DVD in 2016.
synchronization
| role | Japanese voice actor ( seiyū ) | German synchronization | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st series / OVAs | 2. Series / movies | cinemamovies | 2nd series | |
| Gon Freeccs | Junko Takeuchi | Megumi Han | Peggy Pollow | Luisa Wietzorek |
| Killua Zoldyck | Kanako Mitsuhashi | Mariya Ise | Laurine Betz | Esther Brandt |
| Leorio | Hōzumi Gōda | Keiji Fujiwara | Jens-Uwe Bogadtke | Robert Steudtner |
| Kurapika | Yuki Kaida | Miyuki Sawashiro | Ann have a lot | |
| Hisoka | Hiroki Takahashi | Daisuke Namikawa | Bastian Sierich | |
| Ilumi Zoldyck | Urara Takano | Masaya Matsukaze | Florian Hoffmann | |
music
For the 1st series, the score was composed by Toshihiko Sahashi and used in the opening credits only Ohayō (episodes 1-48) by Keno and then Taiyō wa Yoru mo Kagayaku (episodes 49-62) by Wino. The three end credits were underlaid with Kaze no Uta (episodes 1-31) by Minako Honda, E-Jan - Do You Feel Like I Feel (episodes 32-52) and Hotaru (episodes 53-62), both by Masato Nagai.
For the intro and closing credits of the first OVA, pale ale and carry on by Kurosawa Ken'ichi were used. For the second OVA it is Pray by Wish and Popcorn by Mikuni Shimokawa, for the third Believe in Tomorrow and Moshimo Kono Sekai de Kimi to Boku ga Deaenakatta Nara , both from Sunflower's Garden.
The score for the 2nd series is from Yoshihisa Hirano . As biasing title was departure! sung by Masatoshi Ono in three versions and used in the credits Just Awake (episodes 1–26) by Fear, and loathing in Las Vegas , Hunting for your Dream (27–58) by Galneryus , Reason (59–75, 147), Nagareboshi Kirari ( 流 れ 星 キ ラ リ ; episodes 76–98) and Hyōri Ittai ( 表裏 一体 ; 99–146) each from Yuzu .
The soundtracks and theme songs have also been released on CD.
Further adaptations
Musical and theater
Three musicals based on the manga were produced. The first, Hunter × Hunter: Musical , premiered in December 2000. Hunter x Hunter; Deja-vu in summer followed in August 2001, Hunter × Hunter; The Nightmare of Zoldyeck in August 2002.
In addition, the play Hunter × Hunter: Real Stage; A Longing for Pakunoda ~ A Spider's Memory ~ premiered in August 2004.
Games
Various video games appeared for Hunter × Hunter , including the Nintendo DS game Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars . A trading card game also appeared. For 2018 the game "Hunter X Hunter: Greed Adventure" was announced for Android and iOS.
reception
In a survey by TV Asahi for the most popular anime series among viewers in 2005, the series came in 32nd place, the following year it was 28th.
In the review on Splashcomics, the second volume is described as action-packed, but also as too violent and bloody for the target group specified by Carlsen from the age of eight.
Individual evidence
- ↑ AnimeY ( memento of April 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) about the release delay
- ↑ sumikai.com Hunter X Hunter - KSM licenses both films
- ↑ animenewsnetwork on TV Asahi's 2005 survey
- ↑ animenewsnetwork on TV Asahi's 2006 survey
- ↑ Review by Splashcomics of the second volume by Brigitte Schönhense
Web links
- Official website of Shueisha for the Manga (Japanese)
- Official Carlsen website for the manga (German)
- Manga and Anime on Anime News Network (English)