Review of Hunter x Hunter

Anime title: Hunter x Hunter (2011) English name: Hunter x Hunter Number of episodes: 148 Genre: Adventure, fantasy, fighting, magic, super power MAL rating: 9.12 The reason I watched this: I was asked by two people to watch the anime. I had previous watch the old version of hunter x hunter (1999) and they said that this one goes further than the original. After hearing that it goes further, that gave me another reason to watch it. I didn't want to watch it right away till the 1999 version was more or less forgotten from my head in terms of the voice acting and the detail of thearcs.

Story: The story take places in where super power and currently technology live side by side. There are weird creature that are treated like humans. The story is about a boy named Gon, who lives in whale island. After being told what really happened to his father, him abandoning Gon and becoming a hunter. Gon wanted to know what it like and also find his father. His belief is that his father left to become a hunter and that must mean that being a hunter is amazing. So we follow this boy in his adventure to be a hunter and to find his father.

My Thoughts: I really enjoyed the anime. I would say there some slight differences from 1999 to 2011 version. Like in the beginning the 1999 was more detail, but the more it went on the 2011 became more detail with information. Then there was like 2 arcs that was added past the 1999 version. I love the action and fighting that were done in the anime. The thing I didn't like was the slow pace that I detected during the anime. The new arcs I would say is a little more darker tone than the rest but I didn't hate it because of the shift.

Rating time

Plot: The anime has one main plot and within that 6 sub arcs. There is a lot of detail in these arcs. The tone shift in the arc changes around arc 5. I liked that there were lot of them. The issue I had with some of the arcs is the amount of length it took to complete it. The pace felt kind of slow. The action of the anime when it focus on Gon were great. I liked that there was more to watch after the 1999 version. 8/10

Animation: The animation of the show was great. The good news is that I have something to compare and completely destroy the old one. The animation from character design to aura that they have were awesome. I like the different animation used based on the context. Funny animation when Gon got trolled or when someone is super happy kind of thing. When one person is mad had great animation to. 10/10

Sound: The sound were also great. I watched the anime in Japanese. The voice actor are a little different from the 1999 version but they sound better. Hisoka sounds much better (different actor). I enjoyed the music as well. Not a lot of variety but still great. 9/10

Characters: The characters in the anime are cool. The introductions were done well. Gon past isn't really explained as much I think it just summarized as a person growing up in an island and being one with nature. I think another negative here is that it introduces a lot of characters in the show. They show back history of characters that I just don't care about. There was history of one character and you don't even see the character. I went through episodes of shows that explain the character and it turns out I didn't care for it. 7.5/10

Overall with Bias: Hunter x Hunter is a great show. I love the main characters around it. The only complaint I had was for me it felt a little slow and they do a lot of explaining of characters that I did not care for personally. Has great action and emotions in this anime. I'd give this a 8/10.

Recommendation: I would recommend it if you love shonen type anime. I had a great time watching it, and would recommend this anime over the 1999 version for sure.