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
It’s Shueshia’s world – they just let us use it. I didn’t go to Jump Festa last year – I was still pretty new to Japan, and Chiba seemed a lot farther away than it really is (about an hour with one transfer to Makuhari Messe, ¥480). In truth I’m […] Read more
I don’t want to say that episode was tense, but if my phone had rang my upstairs neighbor would have seen something like this… As arcs go, “Chimera Ant” pretty much redefines epic. It’s epic in terms of length, it’s epic in terms of scale, and it’s epic in terms […] Read more
This is a dangerous post for me to write. I’m at the point now where I’m harboring serious thoughts that no series should be as good as Hunter X Hunter for as long as this one has. I mean – it must be unfair or a sign of the apocalypse […] Read more
I don’t think there’s any doubt Palm drew the short straw when the jobs were handed out for this mission. It’s remarkable, the transformative effect Gon and Killua have on Hunter X Hunter. No matter how dark Togashi goes – and let’s face it, he goes incredibly dark, sometimes when […] Read more
I don’t want to say that episode was tense, but if the phone had rang while I was watching it I suspect I’d have bitten my hand off. Hunter X Hunter continues it’s longest stretch without Gon and Killua since the “York Shin” arc, but at least we had that […] Read more
A full trailer for “The Last Mission” has been poster here. I know it’s natural to be skeptical of non-canon movies, but I actually liked “Phantom Rouge” more than most – and this one looks pretty good. Read more