“Zodiac x and x Zoldyck” This, then, was the final arc of the Hunter X Hunter anime in full force – the twin pillars of the “Election” arc revealing what would make them so compelling. Pariston is in his glory as the master troll, manipulating everyone and everything around him […] Read more
“Coming x of x Age” We’re getting close to the present timeline now, so these reminiscences are inevitably becoming shorter in proportion to the elapsed time. Episode 131 is going to stand as one of the most memorable and controversial in Hunter X Hunter history though, and with good reason. […] Read more
“Time Heist” I’ll be the first to admit I went into “Time Heist” with pretty modest expectations. The writer, Steve Thompson, has contributed two middling Who episodes – decent but not great. The overall standard of writing this season has been indifferent, and the premise seemed a bit of a […] Read more
“You x Only x Hurt…” The phenomenon of the “6” episodes is strong with Hunter X Hunter. Pretty much all the episodes of this series are great, but the ones that end in 6 have always tended to be epic in every sense of the word. And in terms of […] Read more
Twelve angry… what, exactly? I would say “that was a Space Dandy episode like none that’s come before” right here, but it seems rather redundant by now. Still, even by Dandy standards that was a pretty singular episode – an interesting combination of outrageous alien designs and a murder trial […] Read more
“King x and Prisoner” Let’s face it, when it comes to “Chimera Ant” it’s really almost harder to decide what episodes not to call milestones – but I can’t include them all. I picked this one for a number of reasons, but probably most of all because it’s a showcase […] Read more
Raise your hand if you didn’t see that troll coming… I had a pretty good season for sleepers this Summer. Two of my three picks (this series and Majimoji Rurumo) wound up being not just watchable but among the very best series of the season. It was also a good […] Read more
End? Yeah, right! If you’d told me one sports anime was going to have a second season end card today, I’d sure have bet on the one that didn’t rather than the one that did. But fans of Haikyuu!! (in honor of the final episode I’ll use the exclamation points, […] Read more
Never have I been happier to fill in the title line. I hardly know where to begin, really. I’m stunned, for starters. Flabbergasted. Elated. Grateful. Never happier to be wrong. When something you want very badly but seems so unlikely you don’t even allow yourself to hope for it happens, […] Read more
“Darkness x and x Light” Not even “Chimera Ant” can be relentlessly dark and morose for its entire length – that’s not the kind of series Hunter X Hunter is. It’s not a monotone, in some measure because of the brighter emotional spectrum that surrounds Gon. #87 an episode […] Read more