“Hunter x Hunter” is a very popular Japanese manga series. It is one of the best-selling manga series of all time.
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the series.
- Hunter x Hunter is a Japanese manga series
- The title is pronounced “hunter hunter”
- The series is written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi
- It has been serialized in Shueisha’s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since March 1998
- Although the manga has frequently gone on extended hiatuses since 2006
- Its chapters have been collected in 36 tankōbon volumes as of October 2018
- The story focuses on a young boy named Gon Freecss
- He discovers that his father, who left him at a young age, is actually a world-renowned Hunter
- Meaning he is a licensed professional who specializes in fantastical pursuits such as locating rare or unidentified animal species, treasure hunting, surveying unexplored enclaves, or hunting down lawless individuals
- Gon departs on a journey to become a Hunter
- And eventually find his father
- Along the way, Gon meets various other Hunters and encounters the paranormal
- Hunter × Hunter was adapted into a 62-episode anime television series
- The anime series was produced by Nippon Animation
- It was directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi
- The series ran on Fuji Television from October 1999 to March 2001
- Three separate original video animations (OVAs) totaling 30 episodes were subsequently produced by Nippon Animation and released in Japan from 2002 to 2004
- A second anime television series by Madhouse aired on Nippon Television from October 2011 to September 2014
- The second series was consisted of 148 episodes
- There are also two animated theatrical films released in 2013
- There are also numerous audio albums, video games, musicals, and other media based on Hunter x Hunter
- The manga has been translated into English and released in North America by Viz Media since April 2005
- Both television series have been also licensed by Viz Media
- With the first series having aired on the Funimation Channel in 200
- And the second series broadcast on Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block from April 2016 to June 2019
- Hunter x Hunter has been a huge critical and financial success
- It has become one of Shueisha’s best-selling manga series
- Having over 79 million copies in circulation as of November 2021
- In 2019, Polygon named the series as one of the best anime of the 2010s and Crunchyroll listed it in their “Top 25 best anime of the 2010s”
- IGN also listed the Hunter x Hunter 2011 adaptation among the best anime series of the 2010s
