Hunter X Hunter Episode 30
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Hunter X Hunter Episode 30
Hunter Hunter (stylized as HUNTERHUNTER and pronounced "hunter hunter"[3]) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since March 1998, although the manga has frequently gone on extended hiatuses since 2006. Its chapters have been collected in 37 tankōbon volumes as of November 2022. The story focuses on a young boy named Gon Freecss who discovers that his father, who left him at a young age, is actually a world-renowned Hunter, a licensed professional who specializes in fantastical pursuits such as locating rare or unidentified animal species, treasure hunting, surveying unexplored enclaves, or hunting down lawless individuals. Gon departs on a journey to become a Hunter and eventually find his father. Along the way, Gon meets various other Hunters and encounters the paranormal.
Hunter Hunter was adapted into a 62-episode anime television series produced by Nippon Animation and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, which ran on Fuji Television from October 1999 to March 2001. Three separate original video animations (OVAs) totaling 30 episodes were subsequently produced by Nippon Animation and released in Japan from 2002 to 2004. A second anime television series by Madhouse aired on Nippon Television from October 2011 to September 2014, totaling 148 episodes, with two animated theatrical films released in 2013. There are also numerous audio albums, video games, musicals, and other media based on Hunter Hunter.
The first Hunter Hunter anime adaptation was produced by the company Nippon Animation and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, who had previously directed the Rurouni Kenshin television series.[65] A total of 62 episodes of Hunter Hunter were broadcast on the Japanese terrestrial television network Fuji Television from October 16, 1999 to March 31, 2001 during the same Saturday evening timeslot as the anime version of Togashi's previous series YuYu Hakusho.[4][66][67] Additionally, Hunter Hunter has aired on the satellite television station Animax.[68][69] Although it closely follows the manga, the violence in the anime version is lessened for younger audiences.[4] Marvelous Entertainment has released all episodes of the series in Japan on DVD in 13 separate volumes between September 20, 2000 and September 19, 2001.[70]
When the Hunter Hunter anime covered most of its source material by 2001, Nippon Animation made the decision to end the adaptation rather than continue it with filler.[76] Due to fans' unsatisfied reactions to the conclusion of the television series, three subsequent OVAs were produced by Nippon Animation. These carried the plot from where the broadcast left off during the Yorknew City arc and covered the Greed Island arc.[77][78][79][80][81] The first OVA series was directed by Satoshi Saga and ran for eight episodes in four released volumes from January 17 to April 17, 2002.[82] The second OVA series, Hunter Hunter: Greed Island, was directed by Yukihiro Matsushita and ran for eight episodes in four released volumes from February 19 to May 21, 2003.[83] The third OVA series, Hunter Hunter: G.I. Final, was directed by Makoto Sato and ran for 14 episodes in seven released volumes from March 3 to August 18, 2004.[84] After the original anime's initial run on Animax, the OVAs were aired successively.[68][85] Viz has shown no intention of releasing English versions of the OVAs.[86]
A new Hunter Hunter anime adaptation was announced in July 2011. Instead of continuing the story from the OVA series, it restarts the story from the beginning of the manga in an attempt to adapt it more accurately. The series is directed by Hiroshi Kōjina, produced by Madhouse, scripted by Atsushi Maekawa, and character designs were created by Takahiro Yoshimatsu. The series began airing Sunday mornings on Nippon Television starting October 2, 2011.[87] It switched to airing at 1:29 am on Tuesday nights from October 8, 2013 onwards.[88] The series ended on September 23, 2014 after 148 episodes.[89] An hour after each episode aired in Japan, American website Crunchyroll provided English subtitled simulcasts in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.[90] The series started airing on Animax Asia on April 24, 2012.[91] On October 9, 2015, Viz Media announced their license to the reboot anime at their panel at New York Comic Con.[92] They will release the anime on DVD/Blu-ray with an English dub. On April 1, 2016, it was announced that the series would premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block, which began airing on April 17, 2016.[93][94] Madman Entertainment acquired the series for distribution in Australia and New Zealand,[95] and made the series available on AnimeLab.[96] Funimation began streaming the series in the United Kingdom and Ireland on July 17, 2020.[97]
The original Hunter X Hunter animation caught me completely off-guard. I am normally fairly ambivalent about shonen fighting shows, but found myself quickly engrossed and almost addicted to the original show. After consuming the sixty-two television episodes and the first OAV, I turned my attention to the Greed Island OAV. I had some concern, I must admit, about how this OAV would turn out given the general plot outline concerning a virtual reality game.It turned out my fears were unfounded as this title did not simply end up as Hunter X Hunter meets .hack//SIGN. Like almost every other plot, character, or setting in the Hunter X Hunter setting, the Greed Island game ends up having more than a few hidden secrets and is more than it appears. At the same time though, the setting, allows a bit more fantastical framework for the Hunter X Hunter protagonists to pursue their adventure without straying from the general impressive but not unreasonably ridiculous power framework of the Hunter X Hunter series.The detail spent on realizing the Greed Island game makes it seem much more than a mere plot device. Where as it would have been far too easy for the show to simply present it as an excuse to have a few fantastic creatures show up and give unusual powers to the characters, many of the limitations of this virtual reality game end up affecting the nature of the adventure and make for more than a few interesting scenes. While I've never been a big MMORPG player myself, I could still identify with many of the situations that poor Gon and company had to deal with.As in the previous incarnations of Hunter X Hunter, characterization is fairly strong. I continue to find the synergistic interplay and interaction between Gon and Killua entertaining. The various other players and factions involved in playing the game do not end up seeming flat and some of Ryodan members not previously focused on get a bit more development. They take the time to develop and flesh out even some of incidentally encountered characters appearing only for an episode even if it would have been easier to simply have them appear for their necessary encounters without giving us any real insight into their personality. I was a bit dubious with the introduction of a new ally to Gon, though this new character, Biscuit, ends up being intriguing in her own right.The animation, art, and color work are noticeably better than the television series and generally on par with the previous OAV series. Though Greed Island isn't exactly wall-to-wall action, there are more than enough good scenes of that nature. The very nature of the game, along with the Nen user player requirement, makes for several entertaining encounters and unexpected threats. Despite the availability of Nen powers and the Greed Island "spell cards," action encounters still tend toward interesting melees rather than uninteresting Ki-blast tournaments.The OAV's music, while nothing spectacular, does serve its purpose well without being too intrusive. Greed Island does, however, continue the slow but steady trend of the musical quality of the overall Hunter X Hunter series improving as it has progressed. Several key scenes have vocal themes or orchestral work that was well done.Though I rather enjoyed Greed Island, there was one slight flaw that nagged at me. While it effectively serves as a set of transition episodes, introduction to the Greed Island game, and provides Gon and Killua more chances to enhance their abilities in an interesting and reasonable way, it doesn't quite have the impact, overall, of the TV series or the previous OAV. The plot is immediately continued in the Greed Island Final OAV, so I'm not too upset, though I can't quite say that I consider the Greed Island OAV quite as excellent as the other installments of the Hunter X Hunter franchise that I've seen. Of course even if something is merely "very good" instead of "excellent," it still is very good.
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