Hunter X Hunter Anime (2011)
 

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It has been confirmed that Hunter X Hunter will b having a 2011 Fall series. I wonder if it will be re-vamp or continue where the OVA's left off either way I am excited!

Please let it be a continuation. That cliffhanger ending in the OVA is still bugging me. The makers already done a great job with the anime from Hunter x Hunter to Greed Island Final. Remaking them will be so off-putting. The story in the manga has gone so far not even 3 seasons can cover all that.

say what hunter x hunter,madness !!:)
Lets hope for a continuation,that would be great new.

Never watched anything HxH. Do I just watch everything in release order?

Better, you READ.

I read TV anime series in the image. Perhaps someone brings more info?

I'm... hesitant. Considering how absolutely -terrible- the manga became after Greed Island, the OVA ended on a perfect spot.

Good news! anyways please be a continuation... and the manga to continue also :)

It's probably going to be crappy... but I can't wait. Fall 2011 will truly be the season to remember.

I wonder what studio will animate this new series? Nippon Animation hasn't produced anything in a long ass fucking time...

Yeah, I'm wondering that as well. What do you guys want it to be, OVA or TV series? I actually prefer OVA's if it means better quality. If not TV series it is.

@Keroko, wow you hate chimera ant arc that much? IMO it's by no means terrible. It's between decent and good imo. I have to say the latest development in the manga regarding Gon was terrible indeed.

I'm not looking forward to this. The ants arc is just too dragged out. Most important of all, it is not even close to being over.

According to ANN, this is going to be TV series. It will be animated by Madhouse.

Oh, oh, ohhh *breathes* I really LOVE HxH!! One of the few shounen titles I follow. :heh: Read the manga (pure awesomeness), watched the anime (pretty good) and even watched the arab dub (was... cute).

I hope it'll continue the story. But even if it was a "revamp", I'd follow. It'll be nostalgic seeign them all happy again taking the hunter's exam. :D

Killua <3 *fangirls*

A whole new story would be great for me. There are things I want to see from the Chimera ant arc, like the Spiders kicking ass, Biscuit/Biske training sessions, Palm, and Killua's Kanmaru, but I don't want to end on some ****ty note, like the original TV series did. So if it's a TV series, I suppose the ant arc would be okay, otherwise, or if it's an OVA, definitely some new material is what I'd prefer.

I'm tempted to dismiss this, but I know I shouldn't. I dismissed Hikaru no Go for years until some persuaded me to watch it, and I was shocked how great it was. Can anyone compare this to another series I might know, either in terms of quality or style?

It's hard to find any series that can be compared to it, in the same way it was hard to do it for JoJo too. Up to the end of the Greed Island arc, it was one of the best shounen manga around. Togashi have laid a set of rules regarding his local power system (nen) and have been consistent with them. It result in battles that are won by wits and planning rather than the general "I POWER UP AND SHOOT BIGGER LAZERS!" brute force.

The cast is also likeable, you will always have someone to like among the protagonists. And on the villain side, you have the Phantom Brigade, one of the few villainous examples of a nakama, that is still cherished by the fans.

It's worth a read, really.

Yes, yes I do. Obviously we can't discuss it much due to the inevitable spoilers but suffice to say the plot- and character development in that arc were downright terrible in my opinion. Yes, it had a few cool things, but all things combined the chimera arc is the main reason I am glad that the OVA ended where it did.

I hope the anime ignores the arc and just goes for an original thing.

To me, my main complaints about the Chimera arc is that it was horrendously draggy mid-arc, during the whole chess-piece thing. And that one piece of fanservice mini-story.

Aside from that, while I wouldn't agree with everything Togashi has done in it... I felt that it had a very original un-original take towards the whole thing.

You're pretty much asking for the impossible. This isn't a movie.

Very true, but the bolded part is what sets it FAR atop for me compared to Jump's Big 3. In just about every arc, the chars NEVER simply use brute force, just about every action, from both the protagonists and antagonists, is calculated ahead of time, ESP among the stronger characters. And the power system keeps things balanced so that skill and technique is FAR more important than sheer power ever will be.

*shrug* Hey, it's been done before. And considering the arc isn't even finished yet, they at least are going to have to brew their own story to finish it.

I would go as far to say that you must watch it!:)
Im confident you will like since we have +- the same taste of anime.

I'll probably brush up on the manga and give this a watch. It'll be interesting to see what angle they take with the new show.

If Madhouse is doing the animation is could be really good or not so good Chaos Head anyone XD From reading the ad on the comic it says series....so I don't think they will be OVAs...

I don't see the reference to Madhouse MisaoFan posted...am I missing something?

EDIT: oh wait, I just looked at the 2ch copy pasta in the link. Here's the (supposed) staff listing:

Director: Kawajiri Yoshiaki
Assistant Director: Masuhara Mitsuyuki
Series Composition: Hanada Jukki
Character Design: Minowa Yutaka
Chief Animation Director: Abe Hisashi, Miyamae Shinichi
Music: Ike Yoshihiro
Animation Production: Madhouse

Holy shit...

It will also apparently air at 9am Sundays. Competing with Toriko? Or is Toriko being canned on Fuji TV or being moved to a different slot?

As soon as I think about tapering my anime indulgence I gotta here cool $hit like this...

My only hope and or potential gripe is if they draw the new series in the same Yugioh-esque style of the previous final season...The earlier seasons were super gritty, which was great...The last season, while still entertaining, was more of a kiddie card game...I hope this new series will embrace the darker tone of the first seasons...

I thought the quality of the anime is much better than the manga...am I wrong? :heh: I never managed to read the arc after Greed Island so this anime is definitely a good news to me.

^The second season when Kurapica turns...I'd put that up against anything in shonen-fighter...Yu Yu Hakusho is still better IMO for varying reasons (One being it has perhaps the greatest villain of alltime in Shinobu Sensui--who it seems Geinen Ryodan's character design was lifted from in some ways--the other reason being it actually concludes), but Kurapica vs. the Spiders arc had some of my biggest holy $hit moments in all my shonen watching days...In terms of following and incorporating a very strict power-level based system...It has no rival (Maybe Naruto, but Naruto's chakra based system can never be explained in as exquisite fashion as the Nen-system, nevermind the fact that the strictness to that system disappears for shonen-coolness) ...

Man.. you really need to watch this and Ippo...

its weird to say this but the anime is better than the manga:p

Please tell me this is not a lie. Please tell me this is not a lie. Please tell me this is not a lie. Please tell me this is not a lie. Please tell me this is not a lie. Please tell me this is not a lie. Please tell me this is not a lie. Please tell me this is not a lie. Please tell me this is not a lie. Please tell me this is not a lie.

What so bad with director Kawajiri Yoshiaki?

? He's saying that he hopes Kawajiri is the director, not that he's bad.

ah okay. I understand. I didn't understand it because it's a repetitive please tell me this is not a lie.

If anything, this news makes me hopeful the ant arc will come to a close soon in the manga, perhaps even during Togashi's next run starting next month.

Not sure I'll watch the new anime as I didn't like the ant arc that much. It will at the very least be worth watching to finally see that story decently drawn. About half of the ant arc consisted of scribbles in the manga (thankfully it's gotten better lately).

I find it hard to believe that it is replacing Toriko. That timeslot has long been held by Toei Animation for the past two decades. In fact, I don't believe that a non-Toei anime has ever aired on there since Fuji TV started using it for anime.

While Yu Yu Hakusho had pretty awesome characters it was no where near as good as HxH when it came to fights. Yu Yu fights are really straight forward, no brainers. Almost no tactic involved. It's basically the stronger guy/girl wins. And it has freaking random power ups. While HxH is smart and has a very good power balance. That's why I almost couldn't believe that Togashi wrote Yu Yu, cause they're both so different when it comes to fights. HxH is definitely a big step up from Yu Yu if you ask me.

^Different shows have different concepts and different prisms to achieve their vision...HxH was for more diverse and complex in it's adventurous nature and worldview...And again it's power based nen system is probably the best explanation for the usage of abilities in all of shonen-fighter, but YuYu hakusho was more than just the many epic fights...It was one of the most expressive shonen-animes of all time...It's expressionism just can't be rivaled IMO, and the revelation that the descendant of the most powerful demon was the hero of mankind while the chosen hero of humanity fought for the realm of the demons was one of the most shocking turnabouts in the genre's history...It's something that's never been done in shonen-fighter (Well unless BLEACH tries to steal it one day)...

Now you take this character who was meant to be a protector of the human world and have him turn on mankind in such a sharp almost divine way and you have one of the most compelling showdowns of ideals in this genre...HxH while a great journey, never had that layer of involving all of humanity...

I'd say YuYu is a big step up from a show that, while I loved, it's final impression is that of Noah Kaiba's CG card game world in yugioh...Chapter Black has that beat IMO...

I do hope this new show isn't as upbeat and aesthetically pleasing as the last series and OVA...HxH is best with the darker tone...

If the staff listing is true this seems likely.

I hope for a continuation also. I'd watch a revamp since it's so good but I really want to know how the manga turned out. Kind of left in Limbo after Greed Island.

http://i.imgur.com/DUS6T.jpg

Airs on Nippon TV at 10:55am on October 2nd. Confirms Madhouse is the production studio as well. The rumors were more or less spot on then, with the only difference being the rumors had 9am rather than 11am, which isn't that big a difference. This ups the chances of the rumored staff being correct as well.

EDIT: Officially confirmed to be a complete remake.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...ory-from-start

Real staff listing:
http://www.madhouse.co.jp/news/news_...#news2011_0802

Director: Kohjina Hiroshi (Rainbow)
Series Composition: Maekawa Atsushi (Prince of Tennis, Bakugan)
Character Design: Yoshimatsu Takahiro (Kuruneko, Slayers Great, Slayers Return, Supernatural, Trigun, Nyanpire)
Producer: Nakatani Toshio (Death Note, NANA, Kaiji)