That’s a plot twist (just below the shoulder) that certainly would have livened up any episode of Hikaru no Go… It really is magic that Togashi can make a board game ep as tense as any anime episode in a very long time. There’s really no fancy explanations for it […] Read more
There are many remarkable things about this series, but it’s remarkable in and of itself that it can still surprise me after 104 episodes. I’m not at all surprised to see Togashi leave behind all of his main characters (it feels like it might be for a while) and […] Read more
I won’t say I’m surprised at the winner here (I voted for it myself) but this was a much bigger whitewash than I expected. Specialist carries the day, with an almost 3-1 margin over the runner-up, Enhancer. The field was tightly packed except for Emitter, which trailed badly. Not much […] Read more
Someone get that girl a tissue. To say this has been a busy few weeks for Hunter X Hunter would be an understatement. We had the milestone 100th episode, the demotion to late-night, and the leaked image that started a wildfire of speculation that the manga would – at long […] Read more
Shaka, when the walls fell. Update #3: ANN joins the “nothing to report in WSJ 50” parade, so it isn’t looking good. It looks like “I’ve seen false reports simply get recycled over and over until everyone just assumes it’s true” was more predictive than I’d hoped. There could still […] Read more
If I were to slap an idiom on that episode, it would be “Still Waters Run Deep”. Lest anyone think I’m unnecessarily bashing, let me re-state for the nth time – I like Shingeki no Kyoujin, and rather a lot too. Not only that but I think it’s rather good […] Read more
Never underestimate the power of bro-hood, ~degeso. It seems only fitting that Hunter X Hunter 101 should be a survey course in great anime. It’s all here – the ruthless, chilling and jet-black hilarious brilliance that makes H x H the masterpiece that it is. We also got a fair […] Read more
Happy 100th episode, Hunter X Hunter. It doesn’t seem right that on this occasion it’s the audience that receives yet another present, but so it is. It’s a milestone week yet again for the best anime on TV, as Hunter X Hunter reaches it’s 100th episode. I’d rank this alongside […] Read more
Change is inescapable everywhere you look this week, if you’re a Hunter X Hunter fan. It certainly feels strange, doing a Hunter X Hunter post on a Wednesday afternoon. I’ll get used to it, of course, but after two years of Sundays my entire perception of the series feels a […] Read more
Today certainly marks a milestone for Hunter X Hunter, but not in a good way. In case you missed it, there was some big news this week on the Hunter X Hunter front. The move to late nights forces us to contemplate, for the first time, that the unprecedented run […] Read more