I can honestly say that almost none of that went as I expected. Before I launch into my usual weekly praise for H x H – I’ll warn you, it’s coming – I want to single out Sawashiro Miyuki for some praise here.  Not because I don’t still have issues […] Read more

Finally, someone comes along who can give the Phantom Troupe as good as they get. There was an awful lot happening in this ep of H x H – as I mentioned a couple of weeks ago there are several different threads in the story at the moment any one […] Read more

OK, that was officially my favorite H x H episode that didn’t feature my two favorite characters… You know the drill – episode was awesome, blah blah blah.  Well, sorry, but it was – with a beautifully creepy and almost sentimental buildup that led to one of the all time-sucker […] Read more

Yawn – I flee to a different continent 6000 miles away, and I can’t get away from great episodes of Hunter X Hunter.  The more things change… This episode was really geared towards learning about characters.  It proves that there’s room in H x H to learn more about those […] Read more

I hope people keep talking about the impending demise of Madhouse, because every time they do the studio does something that really knocks your socks off. I’m fascinated by this continual talk about Madhouse being in desperate trouble, given that they continue to produce not just great anime, but anime […] Read more

Among the nearly innumerable things I love about Hunter X Hunter is the glimpse it provides into the mind of its creator. I loved this episode (surprise, surprise) but what really struck me when watching it was, surprisingly, the thought that Togashi-sensei must be an endlessly fascinating man.  It’s clear […] Read more

Maybe Kurapika should have listened to his Nen master a little better… This episode reunited the team who gave us the monstrously epic Gon x Hisoka fight (part I) from episode 35, director Matsumura Masaki and animation director Mori Tomoko, and it’s easy to see the results.  #35 remains the […] Read more

Poke-phantoms – gotta catch ‘em all! I don’t think it would accurate to call this episode the calm before the storm so much as the eye of the hurricane, as the intensity has been pretty high already and looks as if it’s headed for another peak next week.  This was […] Read more

One thing really jumps out at me with this episode of H x H – Kurapika’s soul is really hanging in the balance. As long as this series runs for a long time and we keep getting episodes of this quality from Madhouse, I can live with the occasional hiatus […] Read more