Hunter X Hunter is well on its way to developing the longest-ever list of people you really, really don’t want to piss off. We have many centers of power in the Hunterverse.  We have the Phantom Troupe, and of course the Hunters Association – another group we haven’t seen the […] Read more

Meanwhile, in Meteor City… Come on, surely you’re going to trust Togashi-sensei unreservedly by now.  With most authors, leaving the main story at one of its most suspenseful junctions ever right at the close of a fantastic and emotional episode would seem to be folly.  Not to mention abandoning the […] Read more

That’s pretty much how you do an anime episode, just like that.  Got it?  Good. The vagaries of the anime schedule are what they are – every week brings its ebb and flow, its ups and downs.  But then there’s Hunter X Hunter, which doesn’t torture us with three-minute recaps […] Read more

Some semblance of order has been restored to my universe – H x H is back. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, they say, though I’m not certain that would be possible in this case.  There’s no denying it was a good reminder of just how much of a grip […] Read more

I may have said this before, but I’m running out of superlatives for Togashi, and for Madhouse. Confession time: I was really looking forward to this episode, as much as any I have for a long time.  Partly it’s because I’m such a huge fan of Gon (the most under-appreciated […] Read more

Oh, Togashi-sensei – you continue to confound my expectations at every turn. One of my favorite catch phrases when it comes to anime I love is “simple and profound at the same time”.  It’s something a few very special series can manage to pull off, but another one springs to […] Read more