Review of Hunter x Hunter

An almost unbeatable anime Every time I think about this show I get proper anime goosebumps. Goosebumps comparable to the ones you get when you hear the opening theme to the first season of One Piece for the first time in ages. It’s like I become swarmed by member berries and I’m unwaveringly asked if I remember every scene in every story and the banality of reality is a distant memory........ Aaaaaanyway, Hunter x Hunter. Firstly, a round of applause is due for its very original, unless I am proven wrong, approach to music. At the time of this review I’m a drummer of 15 years andnothing gets me quite as excited as when I hear the drums of Hunter x Hunter. It’s like my body is a bed of coal and this music is the fire-lighter that starts the BBQ. So simple, so effective, so brilliant.

Now the animation. It is everything it needs to be. Where it needs to focus on a characters ability or technique, it absolutely nails it. Where is needs to focus on emotion of the scene, it does it even better. Fluid, colourful and full or character.

And now the story, the glorious story. Setting the character building to one side, it’s flawless. Every person I speak to has a different arc as their favourite. I believe that to be a true reflection of a very well written and directed anime.

And the character development. Personally, there is not a single anime that does it better. Quite frankly, In the penultimate arc, the character development is nothing short of mind blowing. Initially, you find you are watching a pointless element to a story only to find when you come out the other end, you have bore witness to quite possibly the most original way to develop a character you will ever see. It is simply superb.

There is very little that can compare to this anime. I urge anyone yet to delve into this to do it without hesitation and be rewarded with quite possibly the greatest anime ever produced.