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Not the best shounen I've seen but it was fairly entertaining especially during this last arc. It's a shame that it ends rather abruptly without any explanation at all.
I'm not really motivated in watching the OVA so I think I'll just wait until this part of the show is animated in the 2011 remake.
Yokurama said: i really didnt like the anime series's ending!
Ditto. That was hardly an ending... Sorry to be harsh, but seriously? Gehh. And I certainly didn't need Hisoka to tell me the corpses were fake (no, duh!).
Then again, perhaps a super open-ended conclusion was necessary, due to the episode limit (they could have extended it but... anyway). I think I would give this a 7 or 8 out of 10, too.
As others have said, the ending was "empty", although it was a good episode. Fortunately there are OVAs that will continue this, so the story itself is not exactly over.
Well, I'm quite disappointed that the spiders simply ran away and there was no real ending. I hope OVA will make up for that. In any case, the show itself was really interesting and enjoyable.
So everyone complaining about a lack of closure is doing so from 2010 onwards, 8+ years after the continuation OVA came out. Aight. Nice of them to fit in just a little more Hisoka trolling before the ED. XD
Got a good laugh out of the moment when Illumi calls Zeno and they just casually part ways with Chrollo. I was wondering where they would stop. It's a shame the show was cut short during its time but I'm glad they pulled through with the OVAs and of course the 2011 remake wouldn't have happened either. Overall it was nice to see the original adaptation and served as a rewatch from a new (or rather older) perspective. If I had to break down my thoughts:
Hunter Exam:
1999: 8/10
2011: 9/10
I'll just spoiler my thoughts on each arc so fair warning to any passerby that these will contain HxH 2011 spoilers
The Exam has to be one of my top arcs in HxH and battle shounen in general. I love the mind games, tactics, and pre-Nen set up. It's also the most adventurous arc in HxH as far as I'm concerned. I still do prefer the filler free and more modern execution of it in the 2011 version, but it was still highly enjoyable in this one albeit the sushi filler was pretty meh.
Zoldyck family:
1999: 7/10
2011: 7/10
Pretty much the same experience from both, although once again I prefer 2011's execution. I wasn't a fan of this arc on my first watch but keeping in mind the remake, it has much more relevance than I imagined and it also helped lay down the ground work for other themes such as Gon and Killua's strong bond.
Heaven's Arena:
1999: 7/10
2011: 8/10
The one thing I didn't like about this version's HA was how they messed up the order of the events by cutting out crucial things like Hisoka vs Kastro and adding filler as means of plot progression (when Hisoka challenges Gon when in actuality that's after Gon vs Gido). It was still good though but the battles were levels below the remake which is understandable.
York New:
1999: ?/10
2011: 10/10
I'll have to wait until after the OVAs to comment but so far it's shaping up to be the same. Just hoping the next 8 episodes deliver.
So overall I'll have to say an 8.5/10 for the original Hunter x Hunter although I'm leaning more towards an 8.
I liked both this and the 2011 version but of course 2011 is better in almost
everything but the 99 ver feels more darker also Kurapika and Leorio's VA are better in the 1999 but that's it.
I'm not sure if this exceeded my expectations or not, but it definitely gave a lot more than I thought I was gonna get. As in, it started off at a good note and it slowly got better from there. I think the thing that I liked the most was how the main characters were actually really weak compared to the crazies of theiir world. They're always being tested or placed in pressing situations, and simply escaping and surviving were victories in of themselves. Not everything was solved by brute force, as they were, at times, not viable options. A lesser show would have given them power ups at the last minute, so I really appreciate that.
Thank god I've finished this series so I can finally stop wasting so much time watching it!! ^^
I'll be taking a long break before continuing with the OVA's and the 2011 version.
I loved this and I'll probably watch the OVA's too. I just eanted to ask: Can someone tell me which chapter to continue reading the manga if I fineished all these 62 episodes?? Cause I only read til chapter 53 but I'm too lazy to read what I already watched, so can someone tell??^^
I far as i can say, the 1999 ver. is good in its own way. It could've done better if they didn't overdo the dark aura of the series. ( it didn't felt adventurous and literally the lighting. Where the heck is the lighting when you need it most?! )
Animations were inconsistent too. The thing about the 1999 ver. is its good fillers. Characters are fleshed out.
Went in with no expectations and came out actually enjoying myself for once! Not bad~ I knew it was going to just end due to this series' infamous hiatuses, but I thought it ended well for an adaptation of original material that remains incomplete. A good cut for if they decide to continue; beats an anime original ending! Too bad they decided to remake the whole thing...
...Though, I'm going to be the black sheep and say I didn't care too much about the Spider arc. My favorite arc was actually Hunter Exam arc.
Sure it's overdone (and I like the tournament style - Togashi is excellent at it), but there was something about it that it had that the later arcs didn't (except Killua's rescue arc). And I think that is, for me, the teamwork between the 3/4 characters and how they interacted with each other and everyone else. The Hunter Exam arc also had more interesting fillers, though I wouldn't say other the fillers were bad. The fillers added a charm; back when fillers weren't automatically terrible and could be used effectively.
With the HA arc, even though Gon and Killua were cute to watch (esp. if you're a shipper lol), I could really tell they were having trouble making it fun and wacky and serious like the HE arc. The Nen explanations were hard to follow and the fights, barring Gon vs Hisoka, were just okay. Necessary, but not an arc I'll go back to unless I want to see Killua being a cool assassin (my favorite part, ofc). Lackluster.
The Spider arc, my goodness it take forever to get good; not until the Spiders made an appearance, specifically that Uvo guy, did I start caring about what was happening. It felt overly dark and showed how uninteresting Kurapika is as a character without the other 3 to work off him. I get why he's so serious, but it was just hard to watch. Even more so when the anime kept cutting to Gon and Killua (then Leorio) who were more entertaining. The whole "make billions of money" got old really fast too and pretty much went nowhere; I'm glad it was there so I didn't fall asleep at watching Kurapika being uninteresting, but I can't deny it felt pointless. But, the fights were definitely cool (Killua's grandpa and dad are badass and I want to see more of them!) and easily my favorite part. Heck, I'd say this arc had the BEST fights, they were that good.
7/10. It did have cool characters, nice interactions, and awesome fights. I liked the animation a whole lot too. Buuuut, the story is too up and down. It sorta loses itself once the HA ends. And I dunno if that's because it's too busy trying to be different or if Togashi doesn't know where he wants to do with this or something else entirely.
Pretty solid ending of this first season to be honest, I do really wonder what the sequels will offer, especially on the whole Greed Island! And well if I'll ever watch the 2011 version I'm sure am wondering how it will compare to this.
In general I quite like the overall progression, especially the character development. While the pacing wasn't always the best, it did had it's good moments.
So all in all I sure had a great watch! Up to the sequels!
That was an absolutely good ending. I won't say that this ending is rushed because... Well, the arc is not finished yet! This is why Hisoka texted that the corpses are fake.
It's clear to me. How to watch Hunter X Hunter:
(HxH 1999) > (HxH OVA) > (HxH OVA Greed Island) > (HxH OVA Greed Island Final) Then finally... (HxH 2011)
I never thought Lucifer had his own agenda to kill the 10 dons so that he would escape. What a brilliant bastard. And Kurapika got his happy ending, even if it was for atleast 1 day.
The spiders were actually able to pull this off. Definitely best villains.
Also, that Kurapika with the scarlet eyes. It almost looked like he put those scarlet eyes on his own.
And that fight between Lucifer and Zoldyck was really cutting it close. But it is nice to see Hisoka keep up his end of the bargain.
Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate.
I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death.
Meh, the Zoldyck family is disappointing, just cancelling the fight like that. Booooo...
Also Hisoka I really did not need you to tell me that those were fake bodies, that was pretty obvious.
Overall it was better than I thought and I'm actually looking forward to the OVAs. 6/10
Didn't expect Zeno to say that he would lose against Chrollo if he fought seriously; Mister good-character-design really is a monster I suppose. Kurapika's frustrated and frightening walk was incredible, it really got to me. A good adaptation, but it was very lackluster, inconsistent, and just weak at times.
@Gator While I am comically late, I wanted to say this: Hisoka wasn't telling us that they're fake bodies, he was reciting that from his phone. While you probably figured it out later by watching the OVAs, I wanted to mention it in order solve some future-watcher potential confusion.
hydro said: So everyone complaining about a lack of closure is doing so from 2010 onwards, 8+ years after the continuation OVA came out. Aight.
I swear some people in here are so goddamn dense, complaining about an open ending when there's a sequel OVA that answer most of the questions. That's like someone whining about Season 1 being open ended when Season 2 is right there to answer everything. Just a 1 minute research and you would know that they had to stop here because they caught up to the Manga and it was either this or a shitty filler ending.
Okay, so initially, this was supposed to be the series finale. They were literally going to leave things like this. To be honest, looking at the episode from the standpoint that this would be the last HxH episode ever, this was a horrible episode. The action and plot were great, but the pacing ruined it completely. I was shocked when all of the Spiders were shown dead… like wtf, where did that come from? If the Zoldycks were responsible, why not show (at LEAST) a quick montage? Before the ending seen with Hisoka and the text message (which I’m sure many people accidentally skipped over or weren’t aware of), I legitimately thought all of the spiders were dead. And so, they legitimately had me sitting there irritated and appalled. On one hand, I admire HxH for being unconventional and pulling things that no other anime story would be capable of, and yet I’m a bit angered. Again, assuming this would be the last episode, they really rushed things and put a blunt and abrupt end to an arc-wide buildup. This entire arc characterized the spiders only to wipe them out with the flick of a finger in the final episode. Poor Kurapika… he finally thought he could move on with his life. He thought he’d achieved his objective of avenging his people. All of that was in vein though. What a StRiPtEaSe.
Heck, my primitive brain didn’t even realize Hisoka was texting Kurapika in that final scene. I saw him with the phone, but didn’t make the connection — especially since HxH uses a foreign language. I thought Hisoka was just playing with his phone and narrating to himself that the bodies were fake.
Having said that, another observation… this was DARK. Scurry man. The shot of Hisoka passing the bald mafia guy with red eyes. Nightmare fuel. Not to mention the (fake) corpses of the spider members. They really didn’t spare the blood… I mean, that was gruesome detail. Something about it was eerily realistic. The way the blood was leaking out of various places on the body, designating unique forms of murder. Finally, I just realized the prevalence of guns in this arc. Lots and lots and lots of different types of guns. Violence at its finest.
All of that considered… isn’t this supposed to be a children/shounen show? Wasn’t this aired on television programs that children would watch?
Don’t get me wrong here.. THIS ISN’T A COMPLAINT. In contrast to my first paragraph, this is actually some praise. I appreciate HxH going from childish to mature in an instant. Like I said, they really push the envelope. Even One Piece wouldn’t paint corpses in such a manner. They make the show compelling for demographics of all ages. But I just really thought the target demographic was children.
Any who, thank God these creative but ignorant show runners listened to the complaints of the viewers. (Because, if you read up on it, people were apparently very disappointed by the finale.) They actually went on to make new episodes for the Greed Island arc — and to add some extra resolution to Yewnork arc.
hydro said: So everyone complaining about a lack of closure is doing so from 2010 onwards, 8+ years after the continuation OVA came out. Aight.
I swear some people in here are so goddamn dense, complaining about an open ending when there's a sequel OVA that answer most of the questions. That's like someone whining about Season 1 being open ended when Season 2 is right there to answer everything. Just a 1 minute research and you would know that they had to stop here because they caught up to the Manga and it was either this or a shitty filler ending.
To be honest, I'd take a shitty filler arc over an awful ending if it meant the manga needed to get ahead of the series. Heck, I think One Piece should be doing this instead of producing awfully paced episode at their frequency.
Why do people hate fillers so much? It's literally extra content. If you really love a series, then you'll be ecstatic that the universe is being expanded upon. While we wait for more canon/manga-adapted episodes, we'll have an original storyline to watch in the meantime.
Plus, I'm well aware that there's an OVA, however this episode was originally intended to be the series finale. Regardless of the showrunners' intentions, it was a shitty finale, with awfully quick pacing, loose ends, and rendered a lot of the buildup in the arc useless. It was awful. And it was the complaints that fueled the production of the OVA, and rightfully so.
So yeah, IMO they should've made some filler episodes to stall the anime while the manga got back ahead.
I loved this series. It’s one of the best shounen I’ve ever watched. Everything about the show is charming and unique and aesthetically appealing. The only shounen I can think of that would rival this series is FMA or possibly Naruto. I thought One Piece, the first leg of the series, was pretty good — but this show took the cake.
Everything about it is FRESH and DIFFERENT from the other shonen. I’m seeing concepts and settings and plots that I’ve seen from nowhere else. 9/10 for sure. The Heaven’s Arena arc was garbage, but if that arc were omitted, this’d be a 9.5/10 series for sure.
I’m excited to begin Greed Island. Once I’ve satisfied by OCD, I’ll finally be able to start the 2011 series, having gone in perfect chronological order.
Lot of things happened this episode, but it was great. Interesting to find that the tv anime finished at this point, not even the arc is over, but I know about the OVAs. The Zoldycks were running a race to see who finish first. It would be interesting to see a Zeno vs. Chrollo. I was kinda impressed that Kurapika didn’t notice the Phantom Troupe was alive, but I don’t have any idea how he could guess it, Hisoka told him in the end.
What a disappointing end...they ran out of budget HARDCORE. So many stock photography assets, last couple of minutes were just recycled animation...damn. So upsetting because the show is so beautiful otherwise.
In episode 62 of Hunter x Hunter, titled "Defeat and Disgrace," Gon and Killua face off against Knuckle and Shoot in a challenging battle during the 13th Hunter Exam.
The episode showcases the exceptional combat skills and strategic thinking of both teams as they utilize their Nen abilities to gain an advantage over each other.
Tensions rise as the stakes get higher, and the episode ends on a cliffhanger, leaving fans eagerly anticipating the next episode to see how the battle unfolds.
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Well, that was an anticlimactic end to an otherwise solid series. Thankfully, this isn't the end of the actual as the ova and the 2011 version would cover more of the series for what I'm told otherwise I would be pissed at this conclusion. As for the series,the character, atmosphere,and story are all good but the animation can be rather inconclusive with it being looking great and unremarkable the next scene.So,7.5/10, guess time to move on the ova next.
This is the best anime ever if i could get myself and my time togheter i would probably write an essay instead of a reviewif i had the time. Basicly this anime is the best anime ever and dont make me write about this cause i wont end.