Review of Hunter x Hunter

The basic premise of the story is Gon, a young boy living on Whale Island, one day meets an apprentice of his father. This hunter tells him about his long lost father, Ging, and awakens in Gon the desire to become a hunter in order to find his father. Along the way to the Professional Hunter Exams, Gon meets and befriends Killua (from an assassin family), Kurapica (last survivor of a tribe murdered by the Ryodan) and Leorio (who wants to be a doctor). At 62 episodes long, one might think what on earth could be so interesting about people who hunt things. Well, this isone of the best storylines ever! It starts slow, but as soon as they got into the hunter exam the pace picked up (literally) and the viewer becomes engrossed. There is also a good background philosophy on the fighting styles and abilities of Nen users.

I can\'t stress enough how good the plot twists are, the character development is perfect and the story is so well fleshed out that there is potential for a spin off with any of the main and half the side characters, Killua and Hisoka especially. Now that is depth! Hisoka himself is one of the best anime villians ever written. Bravo to the writer for creating this world and characters.

The art was nothing fantastic, it\'s very bright and cheerful which fits in with the main protagonist\'s age of 12. It serves its purpose but won\'t make you go \"aaaah, this could be a picture\". Action scenes are very well done.

Overall, I really enjoyed this whole series and it left me wanting more. By the end of the series I was mumbling to myself that 62 episodes just weren\'t enough even though Hunter x Hunter arc was \"finished\". Luckily there are 3 other OVAs after that to deal with the offshoot unanswered questions.