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[grandjedi6]

It'll be interesting to see how Hunter does ratings wise.

While it was one of their most demanded shows, I have to wonder if the more mainstream crowd is gonna dig it.

Early Naruto was heavily influenced by HunterxHunter and American audiences loved that, so I can see it doing fairly well.

 

[Schadenfreude]

HUNTER X HUNTER, Y'ALL THE HYPE IS REAL THE HYPE IS REAL! DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES!?!?!/

 

[Shard]

Better this than Fairy Tail, good sir. (which has a good ZERO arc btw)

We need to hope and pray that blight never comes to Toonami.

 

[Doctor Decimate]

Early Naruto was heavily influenced by HunterxHunter and American audiences loved that, so I can see it doing fairly well.

well, early Naruto had the benefit of airing on a children's network and i think it went darker earlier than Hunter x Hunter does.

plus i wonder if people are gonna think it's a rip off of Naruto

 

[Mizerman]

More fun times with ToonamiGAF on the horizon.

 

[grandjedi6]

well, early Naruto had the benefit of airing on a children's network and i think it went darker earlier than Hunter x Hunter does.

plus i wonder if people are gonna think it's a rip off of Naruto

Considering what we've seen of the Toonami audience at conventions, I'd say that's guaranteed.

 

[Shard]

Hunter X Hunter promo coming tomorrow, you can't spell impossible without possible.

 

[ramoisdead]

Ugh more shonen anime. However, I heard it's one of the better ones so I'll give it a chance. The Toonami promo of it shown on PreFlight was pretty cool.

 

[Seda]

Considering what we've seen of the Toonami audience at conventions, I'd say that's guaranteed.

I still can't believe that somebody actually asked Jason why they canceled Bleach.

..

Never mind I can believe that.

 

[unknownstranger]

My laptop played a great prank on me today and refused to turn on.

Spoiler

Fuck everything.

 

[Hellwarden]

I can't believe no one asked a single question about Space Dandy.

I'm salty about that.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Ugh more shonen anime. However, I heard it's one of the better ones so I'll give it a chance. The Toonami promo of it shown on PreFlight was pretty cool.

It is one of the better ones. You could've ended up with Fairy Tail or some shit, and shonen anime or stuff about punching dudes will always be the #1 for the West.

 

[BatDan]

Hunter x Hunter? For real?!

... Guess I better go read the manga now. Even if I catch up and stay in the same hiatus spot as the rest of the manga fans, I'll do it!

 

[Seda]

Looking ahead, assuming similar trends, we'll hear about Dimension W's replacement on April 29th. May 6th.

 

[Doctor Decimate]

i never did make it through the final arc of the Hunter x Hunter anime. not for any particular reason, either; i just kinda stopped near the beginning of it one day.

 

[Hellwarden]

I'm looking forward to HunterxHunter. I'll probably grow to like it...

Spoiler

once I get over its artstyle.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Hunter x Hunter? For real?!

... Guess I better go read the manga now. Even if I catch up and stay in the same hiatus spot as the rest of the manga fans, I'll do it!

Don't worry. There will be at least six new Hunter X Hunter chapters waiting for you when you catch up.

Then another two year hiatus.

 

[BatDan]

Don't worry. There will be at least six new Hunter X Hunter chapters waiting for you when you catch up.

Then another two year hiatus.

Always relevant

 

[ShinRPGamer]

Hunter X Hunter huh? Not sure how I feel about having yet another long running shounen series on Toonami. Can we sacrifice Naruto for a series that will end before I have children?

 

[Mizerman]

Don't worry. There will be at least six new Hunter X Hunter chapters waiting for you when you catch up.

Then another two year hiatus.

Don't be silly...it'll be three years.

 

[Doctor Decimate]

i've got some apprehensions about so many long-runners, too, if DBZ ends up transitioning into Buu or Super, but based on Toonami's track record, Hunter x Hunter is probably gonna be better than like 80% of what we would have gotten instead

 

[ShinRPGamer]

I feel like having more than half the block e long running Shounen wouldn't be so bad if Toonami had more air time.

Which brings me to something I've wanted to ask for a while. Would you rather have:

A. The 11:30 timeslot once again
or
B. An extra hour after 1:30 MST (So Toonami would end at 2:30 MST instead)

You only get to choose one.

 

[Grexeno]

11:30 back, easy.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Always relevant

The Great Hiatus Arc is truly the best work of our time.

And I just noticed that the current hiatus is tied with the longest hiatus, and it'll overtake it next week. Jesus.

 

[Man God]

i've got some apprehensions about so many long-runners, too, if DBZ ends up transitioning into Buu or Super, but based on Toonami's track record, Hunter x Hunter is probably gonna be better than like 80% of what we would have gotten instead

Hunter x Hunter is better than 99.9% of shows made. It's around the third or fourth best thing TOONAMI has ever aired.

It made me feel like a million bucks when my back was killing me and I was going crazy due to sleep medication.

The first ending though, man is that shit dire.

 

[MetatronM]

I'd just tag one extra half hour at the end. Use it to air some oldies. They're just showing the Cleveland Show there now anyway, and nobody likes the Cleveland Show.

 

[Seda]

i've got some apprehensions about so many long-runners, too, if DBZ ends up transitioning into Buu or Super, but based on Toonami's track record, Hunter x Hunter is probably gonna be better than like 80% of what we would have gotten instead

I'd take a moderately well-received long shonen over stuff like AGK, SAO.

 

[Man God]

Clearly they weren't fucking around when Lich King said this would be the biggest year ever. Jack, FLCL announcement, HxH.

 

[Doctor Decimate]

Hunter x Hunter is better than 99.9% of shows made. It's around the third or fourth best thing TOONAMI has ever aired.

It made me feel like a million bucks when my back was killing me and I was going crazy due to sleep medication.

The first ending though, man is that shit dire.

(i was being really conservative about that 80% estimate)

and i kinda like the first ending

also i missed the promo because i assumed they wouldn't show anything

 

[Mizerman]

i've got some apprehensions about so many long-runners, too, if DBZ ends up transitioning into Buu or Super, but based on Toonami's track record, Hunter x Hunter is probably gonna be better than like 80% of what we would have gotten instead

Yup. Can't wait.

 

[Man God]

Also, it's only three years. Seems like a long time when you're young, but it's a blink of an eye to old fogies like me.

 

[TUSR]

i accidentally napped a whole year away once

 

[Seda]

i accidentally napped a whole year away once

oops

 

[Man God]

Every Sunday after TOONAMI....I'm going to go back to a dark place in my life and review...Hunter X Hunter 1999.

I won't start until HxH the good version does.

 

[Tenumi]

Hunter x Hunter is better than 99.9% of shows made. It's around the third or fourth best thing TOONAMI has ever aired.

Ah, there's that over-hyping that turned me off of the show in the first place...

 

[Doctor Decimate]

there's also probably some value in having a long runner that's actually new, dub-wise.

 

[Man God]

Ah, there's that over-hyping that turned me off of the show in the first place...

I used to hype up episodes of Bleach. BLEACH.

I most recently hyped up a non-canon™ episode of One Piece where a cute little reindeer super hero was bribed with a toy to throw a pro wrestling match. I hyped this for...a month straight.

 

[TUSR]

oops

nap after school

nap after work

you'd be surprised at how easy it is to fall into a cycle

 

[gamerguy2002]

So whats the difference between 1999 HxH and 2011 HxH?

 

[Man God]

So whats the difference between 1999 HxH and 2011 HxH?

12 years.

 

[TUSR]

12 years.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

So whats the difference between 1999 HxH and 2011 HxH?

HxH '99 is a better made show but it doesn't cover as much as '11 does.

 

[MetatronM]

12 years.

Pretty much. 2011 is also much much faster at the start (kind of to its detriment in the first couple episodes, honestly, which is all I've seen of the 2011 version), a la FMA Brotherhood. It goes much further than the 1999 anime does, though.

The 1999 show is great, though.

 

[Man God]

HxH (1999) has 54 episodes and a couple of OVA/Movies. It was done by the same company that did the Noozles. It has in my estimation the third or fourth worst Ocean Dub, which is saying something even coming from a massive fan. I think I made it through six or seven episodes.

HxX (2011) is a lot like Brotherhood, only this time I am on team Brotherhood. It was done by Madhouse, most famous for Trigun. It's a remarkably good looking show for something that goes on for three years and is very faithful to the source material.

 

[Mizerman]

At least I'll finally get to see it.

 

[gamerguy2002]

HxH '99 is a better made show but it doesn't cover as much as '11 does.

I see. so what was the reason for it being dropped in '04 then picked up again 7 years later?

12 years.

Hue.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

I see. so what was the reason for it being dropped in '04 then picked up again 7 years later?

Cuz Togashi keeps goin on Hiatus.

 

[MetatronM]

HxH (1999) has 54 episodes and a couple of OVA/Movies. It was done by the same company that did the Noozles.

Also the same company that did THE single most underrated show of the 2000s, Fantastic Children.

(Which, much like Hunter X Hunter '99, has an absolutely garbage English dub. In fact, one of the all-time worst I've heard in the 21st century. Truly a crime.)

Spoiler

Also, HXH '99 was 62 episodes.

 

[Seda]

Somebody post the mangaka/hiatus gif

 

[Doctor Decimate]

I think Hunter x Hunter 2011 from an animation and direction standpoint is mostly just serviceable.

It looks a hell of a lot better than Shippuden does right now though.