[US DVD] Hunter x Hunter Set 4 Review

[Chris Beveridge]

Review by Chris Beveridge

Mania Grade: B

In Summary:
Just before where this series concludes is where I fell out of the manga (and manga in general at that point) so I'm left uncertain of how that arc actually ended. They do wrap things up fairly nicely here in the end while making sure it's open ended enough that they can continue to adapt more of it. Of course, that was quite a few years ago and simply isn't going to happen, which is a shame because Hunter x Hunter is the kind of shounen series that I like when it comes to ones with kids as lead characters. It falls into a lot of the cliches of the genre but there's something about the characters right from the start that won me over, something a lot of other series have to expend quite a few episodes to accomplish. Though it's ultimately cut short, what we do get from Hunter x Hunter is a lot of fun and it left me smiling and wanting to see more. You know what you're going to get and it does it well. Now I can only hope that the OVA releases make their way over here.

[WTK]

Regardless of how Viz handled certain aspects of this series (OP/ED), I'm still glad it got fully released (the TV series). It's too bad that we probably won't see the rest any time soon (if at all). I think I may import the R3TW to see the rest...

[Doom86]

I too am extremely happy that Viz licensed this. Considering how old it is, it seemed unlikely to happen, but it did, and I'm very happy to own the first 3 sets, and getting the 4th one soon.

[dragonpiece]

I was thinking sense the next 2 ova's both would equal to about 15 or 16(I forgot) they could release that as box#5 and the third ova series box#6 sense it equals about 14 episodes I think. But I dout Viz will do that.

[russ869]

Originally Posted by Doom86

I too am extremely happy that Viz licensed this. Considering how old it is, it seemed unlikely to happen, but it did, and I'm very happy to own the first 3 sets, and getting the 4th one soon.

It may be older than most of the things being newly released in 2009, but it's not really THAT old. Especially compared to say, Yuu Yuu Hakusho. Actually I thought it was some of the better looking cell animation I'd seen on a TV series.

Kind of ironic actually. Hunter X Hunter, one of the worst looking Shonen Jump manga art-wise IMO, has one of most beautifully detailed and artistic looking Shonen Jump anime adaptations. I keep debating whether or not to pick up the manga so I can continue the story. It's just that some chapters just look so sloppy it's like they're unfinished scribbles. What does this guy have no assistants?!

[Doom86]

Originally Posted by russ869

It may be older than most of the things being newly released in 2009, but it's not really THAT old. Especially compared to say, Yuu Yuu Hakusho. Actually I thought it was some of the better looking cell animation I'd seen on a TV series.

Not really the point, it was about 8 years old when it was licensed, and in terms of anything getting licensed nowadays, that is pretty old. Business practices were quite different back when FUNi was licensing YYH.