The latest RC podcast is posted for your enjoyment! This one is an indulgence for Samu and I, talking about topics we’re passionate about – Hunter X Hunter, sports anime and cages. Plus new season discussion and underrated gems of recent vintage. Artist’s Rendering: Read more
“Hostage x and x Hostage” There are many different definitions of brutality – and sooner or later, Hunter X Hunter gets around to demonstrating most of them. But fundamentally this series is about psychological brutality more than any other kind, and that’s the heart of the unbelievably tense and suspenseful […] Read more
Feel the power. For the second straight year I decided to hoof it out to Makuhari Messe in Chiba for Jump Festa. I was dithering, but the tweets from the official Hunter X Hunter showing off their goods pushed me over the edge. As with last year I’m glad I […] Read more
Here’s hoping this isn’t the last post I write about Hunter X Hunter, the anime. I already have one entry about Hunter X Hunter: The Last Mission – a little less than a year ago I checked in after seeing it in the theater on its opening weekend. And the […] Read more
Together again, even in death… No surprise, Komugi joins Mereum by winning the “Human” Chimera Ant arc poll after he won the Chimera version. But this was a close one, one of the narrowest polls in LiA history – she just nipped Morel at the wire after the lead had […] Read more
Apparently, H x H fans believe in redemption… Hunter X Hunter: Chimera Ant Character Poll Part I (Choose up to 2) Read more
I’m turning this one over to you… On the eve of the finale, I thought it would be nice to have a thread for LiA readers to share their favorite memories from three years of Hunter X Hunter. Be it a favorite episode, favorite scene, a specific moment, a life’s […] Read more
In many ways, I think this is probably the toughest post I’ve ever had to write. The other day, at Sanbunzaka Studio, the place of all the beginnings, we conducted the recording for episode 148 of Hunter x Hunter, which will serve as the turning point for the anime for […] Read more
“Zodiac x and x Zoldyck” This, then, was the final arc of the Hunter X Hunter anime in full force – the twin pillars of the “Election” arc revealing what would make them so compelling. Pariston is in his glory as the master troll, manipulating everyone and everything around him […] Read more
“Coming x of x Age” We’re getting close to the present timeline now, so these reminiscences are inevitably becoming shorter in proportion to the elapsed time. Episode 131 is going to stand as one of the most memorable and controversial in Hunter X Hunter history though, and with good reason. […] Read more