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Hunter × Hunter (2011)

Hunter × Hunter poster
Original title
HUNTER×HUNTER
Genre
comedy anime and manga, action anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga, adventure anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
3 seasons, 148 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
8.7 of 10 from 2,144 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Gon learns his long-lost father is a legendary Hunter, a top-tier adventurer. Determined to find him, Gon sets out to pass the deadly Hunter Exam and prove himself worthy.

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What happens

Hunter × Hunter is a Japanese anime television series, based on Yoshihiro Togashi's manga series Hunter × Hunter. It was produced by Madhouse and directed by Hiroshi Kōjina, and was broadcast for 148 episodes on Nippon Television from October 2011 to September 2014. The story begins with a young boy named Gon Freecss, who one day discovers that the father who he thought was dead is, in fact, alive and well. He learns that his father, Ging, is a legendary "Hunter", an individual who has proven themselves an elite member of humanity. Despite the fact that Ging left his son with his relatives in order to pursue his own dreams, Gon becomes determined to follow in his father's footsteps, pass the rigorous "Hunter Examination", and eventually find his father to become a Hunter in his own right. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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