The torture continues… At this moment it’s utterly pointless to compare Hunter X Hunter with anything else currently airing. It’s a combination of the fact that H x H is at a ridiculous level and the fact that we’re in the midst of a historically weak season, but I […] Read more
Do I really need to say anything? I needed some time after watching that episode before I could even begin to give order to my reactions. Not least of which because I was physically shaking when it ended – even now I’m still trembling a bit. It’s truly astonishing that […] Read more
Watching this arc really is the agony and the ecstasy… I wrote a lot about last week’s episode, and I suspect next week’s is going to be impossible not to likewise discuss at length – so I feel as if I really need to control myself now. In my defense […] Read more
I’m going to the well time after time in trying to sing the praises this series deserves, and all I’m coming up with is pure awe at this point. So – there goes another 10 seconds. 10 seconds that seemed to encompass a lifetime and 22 minutes that seemed to […] Read more
It’s not that often I can say this with anime, but I’ve truly never seen anything like what Hunter X Hunter is doing right now. By my calculations something in the neighborhood of 20-25 seconds passed during the course of this episode. That means, in the last three, we’ve seen […] Read more
I suppose if Togashi-sensei can turn one minute into an entire episode, I can get a few paragraphs out of it – but boy, he sure doesn’t make it easy to describe what he – and Madhouse – are accomplishing here. Where does one even begin to try and break […] Read more
Carrie came closest to guessing my 2013 Top 10, so congrats Carrie – here’s your prize! Carrie asked for a haiku on the general topic of what makes anime great, which stymied me for quite a while – even before this awful week of premieres played out. “Ganbare!” Yeah, this […] Read more
After 111 episodes of brilliance – and a preview full of spoilers – Hunter X Hunter can still utterly surprise me. That’s brilliant writing and direction, plain and simple. Here’s the truth – when this episode ended, I broke out laughing for a good five seconds. It’s not as if […] Read more
There’s nothing quite like the thrill of seeing a TV anime you love on the big screen. I headed down to Shinjuku tonight to check out Hunter X Hunter: The Last Mission. I’m not going to do a detailed review until I’ve seen the subbed version, for a couple of […] Read more
Shoot, I think I’ve figured out what you were talking about… We’re getting a one-week break for the New Year (most anime do take it) but happily, the Hunter X Hunter NTV schedule for January has finally populated with new eps starting on the 7th. Sorry for the false alarm […] Read more