That is what I thought when I first started but kept watching it because everyone told me how awesome it was. Then Hisoka was introduced and me seeing it as kiddy stopped. Shonen of forever.
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New Hunter x Hunter Anime |OT| of Hunters and adventure and NO MANGA SPOILERS
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Spoiler:
More importantly,
will Chrollo ever come back from his exodus? I want to see the long-awaited fight between him and Hisoka.
Dedication Through Light
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Was the poster posted?
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Ugh, December is so far away! Can't wait though, the plot sounds intriguing to say the least.
flintstryker
Banned
Feitan really channeled his inner Hei this fight.
Dedication Through Light
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Hunter x Hunter TV anime changes broadcast time to Wednesday 1:29 am JPT in October.
Any reason for this?
Wolf Akela
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May getting too violent? What was the original timeslot?
Dedication Through Light
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Sundays at 10:55 a.m (JPN time).
Jigolo
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What does this mean for crunchyroll?
The same thing happned to the original 1999 serise it changed to a late night slot for the phamtom troupe arc.
This is good news it means Madhouse can get away with even more gore they already had.
Gucci Messiah
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Maybe this means that the series is going to get even darker if they're pushing it back?
It means that it will broadcast on Wednesday mornings? Or whatever the time difference is. There really is no impact on Crunchyroll here.
Peeps on twitter believe that this is a sign for the end... Which is true. They don't have much more to adapt so long as there aren't anymore manga chapters, so it's likely to end this season or the next.
The final arc is a miniarc and is a good place to 'end' the series for reasons I can't disclose. Odds are good they are going to animate it and maybe do an OVA for a special side chapter.
Gucci Messiah
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It depends on Togashi. After the Chimera Ant arc I believe there are two smaller arcs they can animate.
Zoramon089
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Please, no more. The first movie was one of the worst anime movies I've seen in a long time. It was like some strange parody of the series. GON IS IMPULSIVE! KILLUA IS HESITANT! LEORIO IS LEORIO! KURAPICA...REVENGE!
MCXC Pioneer said:
One, IIRC.
I am still baffled at their ability to make a story about the Phantom Troupe boring.
Will still watch it when possible, but with lowered expectations.
Gonna really miss having it to look forward to on Saturdays... Weds just isn't the same.
I hope this is not the last arc. Hope they adapt the next one as well, as it has a more suitable stopping point at its end for the show
Still sad to even think about the possibility of it ending at all, but what can ya do.
I hope this is not the last arc. Hope they adapt the next one as well, as it has a more suitable stopping point at its end for the show
Still sad to even think about the possibility of it ending at all, but what can ya do.Manga spoilerGonna really miss having it to look forward to on Saturdays... Weds just isn't the same.
I hope this is not the last arc. Hope they adapt the next one as well, as it has a more suitable stopping point at its end for the show
This arc doesn't even really truly end until the arc after it ends. Ending the anime before then is leaving the ant arc unfinished.
anybody know what kind of ratings it was pulling in at its current timeslot?
If I remember right it was good but not great.
Tizoc
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Ah my bad then, I don't remember much of how Kurapika's ability works ^^;
The current arc in the manga is the Dark Continent Expedition arc, and there's only one chapter out, so it's really just the other arc that they can animate after Chimera Ant.
Passive Assassin
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yes! it's a karate term.
Can mean anything from great job to yes sir and thank you.
Gucci Messiah
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Heaven's Arena is awesome. Osu is an affirmative statement in martial arts, kinda like yosh in Japanese
Uhh I hope not. On the upside this should mean less censoring. But if the Chimera Ant arc doesn't get rushed I'm not sure if they'll be able to do the next arc as well...
There isn't very much left to cover after the Chimera Ant arc. The next arc is only one that you can create several episodes for, so I don't see why they couldn't finish all the available material from the manga. The question of them bringing back a new season when the current arc is complete is one to ponder on, but that'll take a long time given Togashi's frequent hiatuses.
ThatObviousUser
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Finally all caught up on the series and this thread. This series definitely knows how to set stakes and the pacing is very well done. If I had a complaint, it's that I've lost count of the number of times something like this has happened:
Big Burly Men: "LOL a bunch of kids."
*Gon and/or Killua do some awesome shit*
Big Burly Men: "OMG WTF"
Seriously it's like a constant trope. We get it, Togashi. Appearances can be deceiving. I get that it builds up the main characters but at this point it's just overused.
Another complaint I had was at the end of the Yorkshin City arc, when Gon and Killua run into the Troupe at the auction but they're like "Meh we don't care about you guys anymore." But... as far as I know, Kurapica is still trying to kill the Spiders. And the Troupe knows Gon and Killua are working with Kurapica. Why would they suddenly not care? I felt it was a sloppy end to a great arc.
Also, the whole "Defeat Knuckle/Morel to go to NGL" thing was a bit dumb. It might make sense that Netero is some keikaku-planning mastermind and set it all up beforehand, but how would he even know Gon/Killua would already be out of the NGL? For all he knew, them and Kite were still in the NGL. Felt like a cheap way to get some more "training" in.
I'm also confused at how strong the first wave of Ants were. Thematically I get trying to raise the stakes and not make the initial wave of enemies total pushovers, but I don't understand how Rammot could be born so strong without the Queen eating any Nen users. One Jajanken from Gon should have split him in two. The "well bugs have tough skin/skeletons" explanation doesn't carry it that far.
Well, I'm climbing down from my soapbox now. This is my favorite anime I've seen this year by far, so I'm not just hating to hate. Just had some questions.
The movie was #1 at the box office the weekend it came out, dunno if that means anything though.
Big Burly Men: "LOL a bunch of kids."
*Gon and/or Killua do some awesome shit*
Big Burly Men: "OMG WTF"
Seriously it's like a constant trope. We get it, Togashi. Appearances can be deceiving. I get that it builds up the main characters but at this point it's just overused.
Another complaint I had was at the end of the Yorkshin City arc, when Gon and Killua run into the Troupe at the auction but they're like "Meh we don't care about you guys anymore." But... as far as I know, Kurapica is still trying to kill the Spiders. And the Troupe knows Gon and Killua are working with Kurapica. Why would they suddenly not care? I felt it was a sloppy end to a great arc.
Also, the whole "Defeat Knuckle/Morel to go to NGL" thing was a bit dumb. It might make sense that Netero is some keikaku-planning mastermind and set it all up beforehand, but how would he even know Gon/Killua would already be out of the NGL? For all he knew, them and Kite were still in the NGL. Felt like a cheap way to get some more "training" in.
I'm also confused at how strong the first wave of Ants were. Thematically I get trying to raise the stakes and not make the initial wave of enemies total pushovers, but I don't understand how Rammot could be born so strong without the Queen eating any Nen users. One Jajanken from Gon should have split him in two. The "well bugs have tough skin/skeletons" explanation doesn't carry it that far.
Well, I'm climbing down from my soapbox now.
This is my favorite anime I've seen this year by far, so I'm not just hating to hate. Just had some questions.The movie was #1 at the box office the weekend it came out, dunno if that means anything though.
Wolf Akela
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I thought they touched this in the last 1-2 eps. Netero is extremely perceptive of what's happening around. He even knew Morel was badmouthing him. He's probably really good at reconnaissance considering one of his simple tricks was to use Nen with his hand as a scope. Pitou couldn't even detect his presence despite the overpowered range of her En.
They no longer look at Kurapika as a threat as far as killing him goes, since they assume they can do it easily. The only problem is that they can't do it unless they free Chrollo.
The only thing they could do is maybe capture him until Chrollo's free, but they still don't know 100% of his abilities. I don't think they have any way to induce Zetsu on him, so if they accidentally kill him or he does something while he's trapped, who knows what'll happen. Even we don't know all of Kurapika's abilities, we're still missing one. That's why they're ignoring him completely, and if he comes at them after Chrollo's free, they'll deal with it then.
About Rammot and the first humanified wave, yeah they're already way stronger physically than any human. Jajanken didn't even kill Bomber, even if he was guarding, so a tough ant without Nen control won't be split apart from it either. But he was hurt really really badly.
There are 2 reasons for that: Nen inflicted on a person can become stronger if the Nen user dies. They are worried that if they kill Kurapika then it will be impossible to remove his Nen from Chrollo or maybe Chrollo could die from it. Second, they feel grateful to Gon and Killua for not fleeing from Pakunoda when they had the chance, even though they could have kept Chrollo captive that way. I remember Phinxs thinking both reasons to himself when he talks to Gon at the auction.
Didn't Killua call Kaito's friends on the phone when he escaped the NGL carrying Gon and one of them replied that "help was on the way"? I assumed they had already contacted the Hunter association.
This one I can agree. Insects are much stronger and durable than humans proportionally to the size of their bodies but Togashi fucked up making his universe one in which humans can push through doors that weight 4 Tons without even using Nen.
ThatObviousUser
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Yeah, I guess I was just more confused at the time than I am now. It just seemed odd.
Even still, it's not like Kurapica is absolutely no threat. Gon and Killua could have ran back and told him that they were at the auction. I guess they're counting on them not doing that based on their "We won't run away since we don't want our friend to kill anymore" memory.
I forgot about them getting that memory though, thanks for jogging my memory.
Agreed.
QuiteWhittle
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ЯAW;83998753 said:
It's the longest arc. Quite a few episodes to go.
dammit! Hopefully the next arc is going to wow me, I really liked the show until this arc started.