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“Twelve-year-old Gon and three misfit friends brave a lethal exam to earn elite Hunter licenses and chase their dreams.”
Hunter x Hunter
HUNTER×HUNTER（ハンター×ハンター）
8.44
196 rank · 650,114 viewers · 12,209 favorites
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Shounen
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Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Gon and three misfit friends brave a lethal exam to earn elite Hunter licenses and chase their dreams.
Hunters are specialized in a wide variety of fields, ranging from treasure hunting to cooking. They have access to otherwise unavailable funds and information that allow them to pursue their dreams and interests. However, being a hunter is a special privilege, only attained by taking a deadly exam with an extremely low success rate. Gon Freecss, a 12-year-old boy with the hope of finding his missing father, sets out on a quest to take the Hunter Exam. Along the way, he picks up three companions who also aim to take the dangerous test: the revenge-seeking Kurapika, aspiring doctor Leorio Paladiknight, and a mischievous child the same age as Gon, Killua Zoldyck. As the four aspiring hunters embark on a perilous adventure, they fight for their dreams while defying the odds.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 61 sampled reviews
8.9
/10
What 61 viewers settled on.
97%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.31
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.31 · some divergence
The polarity gap
5.6 pts
Recommenders 9.1 · others 3.5
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.10
Running avg · Nov 2006 → May 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Gon Freaks is a young boy who lives peacefully on a rural island, until one day a mysterious man who calls himself a hunter brings him news that his father is still alive, and is also the greatest...”
- 10 “hunter x hunter is a really cool series which puts bravery and cowardness in one character(Gon). Gon joins an exam (the hunter exam) to be a hunter which is a person that can do lots of...”
- 10 “I have seen 600 separate entries on this site and I can confidently say that this is one of the most beautifully animated things I have ever seen. The amount of detail in shots that appear for...”
Verbosity
Short · 28%
Medium · 39%
Long · 33%
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- Format 62 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 23h 46m all episodes
- Aired Oct 1999 – Mar 2001 Fall 1999
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0116 catalog