“Sasuga x and x Sakuga” Just as it has the finest opening episode, I would argue “Heaven’s Arena” has the best closing episodes of any Hunter X Hunter arc. And the stuff in-between is pretty great, too. I’m including these two episodes as a single milestone, because they’re effectively one […] Read more
I suppose the only surprise by now would be if Hunter X Hunter didn’t surprise me. So I guess this episode was unsurprising… Author’s Note: Please be very careful to avoid divulging any information about upcoming events from the manga. When in doubt, don’t post it, even if it’s remotely […] Read more
“Secrets x and x Lies” This is another great “Heaven’s Arena” episode – truly, this is the most underrated arc in Hunter X Hunter – and one that would likely have made it into this feature no matter what measures I decided to use. It’s just that great an episode, […] Read more
“Ren x and x Nen” In many ways, one could look at this episode as the real beginning of Hunter X Hunter. It was heady (and exhausting) days for an anime blogger in April of 2012. We were a few weeks into a season that was already establishing itself as […] Read more
“Listen” That was certainly the most episode of Season 35 so far. You name it, this was more of it, for (mostly) better or worse. Steven Moffat is many things, among them certainly a very talented writer. Just as certainly he gets Doctor Who in a way Russell T. Davies […] Read more
“Father x and x Son” Hunter X Hunter is about surprises if it’s about anything – Togashi-sensei always has the ability to take the story in a different direction than you expect. And that certainly applied to the inner workings of the Zoldyck family. Gon’s quest to meet Ging is […] Read more
“Gon’s x True x Strength” The latter stages of the “Hunter Exam” arc were definitely a peak for Hunter X Hunter – this was the first extended stretch of episodes where the series was really in top form non-stop. I could have picked any number of standout moments, but Gon’s […] Read more
The well of imagination just never seems to run dry. I have a suspicion that history is going to be kind to Space Dandy. Long after most anime are forgotten I think this one is going to be remembered as one of the watershed moments of the medium, and not […] Read more
“Hunter x and x Hunted” This was the one – the episode that changed everything and started Gon (and me, in truth) on an amazing journey that’s still continuing. In any list I’d chosen to compile for these special posts, using any criteria, Episode 16 would have made the cut. It’s […] Read more
“Beneath x the x Surface” There’s an awful lot happening in this episode of Hunter X Hunter. If Episode #3 was the first time the series seemed to reach a meaningful plateau, for me this one was the next step. The feeling here is that there’s a great deal more […] Read more