Hunter × Hunter

{{Short description|Japanese manga series}} {{Bots|deny=Citation bot}} {{About|the manga series|other uses}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox animanga/Header | image = Hunter × Hunter vol. 1.png | caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover, featuring Gon Freecss above a large frog | alt = The image depicts a cartoon, wide-eyed, smiling boy with black, spiky hair and boots sitting atop a large frog. The logo "Jump Comics" are displayed in the top left-hand corner; the word "Hunter" is displayed twice in the background; and the logo "Hunter × Hunter" (ハンター×ハンター) is shown below the characters in green, yellow, and red lettering. The kanji symbols for the author Yoshihiro Togashi (冨樫 義博) border the bottom of the image in red bubbles. | genre = {{ubl|Adventure<ref name="VizOfficial">{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/hunter-x-hunter|title=Official Website for Hunter x Hunter|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 26, 2017|archive-date=March 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307190106/https://www.viz.com/hunter-x-hunter|url-status=live}}</ref>|Fantasy<ref name="VizOfficial"/>|Martial arts<ref>{{cite web|last=Tauber|first=Jeremy|title=Hunter × Hunter Omnibus Manga Review – Volume 1–3 Manga Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-hunter-omnibus/volume-1-3/.221689|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 28, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250428180950/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-hunter-omnibus/volume-1-3/.221689|archive-date=April 28, 2025|date=April 28, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Carter|first=Justin|title=The Hunter x Hunter Manga May Be Coming Back|url=https://gizmodo.com/hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-yoshihiro-togashi-1848968835|website=Gizmodo|access-date=August 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620104050/https://gizmodo.com/hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-yoshihiro-togashi-1848968835|archive-date=June 20, 2024|date=May 24, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with MOS:A&. --> }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | author = Yoshihiro Togashi | publisher = Shueisha | publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA = Viz Media}} | imprint = Jump Comics | magazine = Weekly Shōnen Jump | magazine_en = {{English manga magazine|NA = Weekly Shonen Jump}} | first = March 3, 1998 | last = | volumes = 38 | volume_list = List of Hunter × Hunter chapters }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = film | title = Hunter × Hunter – Jump Super Anime Tour 98 | director = Noriyuki Abe | producer = {{ubl|Ken Hagino|Tetsuo Daitoku}} | writer = Hiroshi Hashimoto | studio = Studio Pierrot | released = July 26, 1998 | runtime = 26 minutes }} {{Infobox animanga/Other | title = Anime television series | content = * 1999–2001 series ** Original video animations (2002–2004) * 2011–2014 series }} {{Infobox animanga/Other | title = Anime films | content = * ''Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge'' (2013) * ''Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission'' (2013) }} {{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}} '''''Hunter × Hunter''''' (pronounced "hunter hunter"<ref name="SJ-28"/>) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since March 1998, although the manga has frequently gone on extended hiatuses since 2006. Its chapters have been collected in 38 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes as of September 2024. The manga has been licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media.

The story focuses on a young boy named Gon Freecss who discovers that his father, who left him at a young age, is actually a world-renowned Hunter, a licensed professional who specializes in fantastical pursuits such as locating rare or unidentified animal species, treasure hunting, surveying unexplored enclaves, or hunting down lawless individuals. Gon departs on a journey to become a Hunter and eventually find his father. Along the way, Gon meets various other Hunters and encounters the paranormal.

''Hunter × Hunter'' was adapted into a 62-episode anime television series by Nippon Animation and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, which ran on Fuji Television from October 1999 to March 2001. Three separate original video animations (OVAs) totaling 30 episodes were subsequently produced by Nippon Animation and released in Japan from 2002 to 2004. A second anime television series by Madhouse aired on Nippon Television from October 2011 to September 2014, totaling 148 episodes, with two animated theatrical films released in 2013. There are also numerous audio albums, video games, musicals, and other media based on ''Hunter × Hunter''.

''Hunter × Hunter'' has been widely acclaimed and commercially successful, becoming one of the best-selling manga series of all time with over 84 million copies in circulation worldwide by July 2022.

==Synopsis== ===Setting=== In the world of ''Hunter × Hunter'', {{Nihongo|Hunters|ハンター|Hantā}} are licensed, elite members of humanity who are capable of tracking down secret treasures, rare beasts, or even other individuals, and can also access locations that regulars cannot.<ref name="protoc">{{cite magazine|author1=Matsuda, Miyako|author2=Pelletier, Claude J.|magazine=Protoculture Addicts|publisher=Protoculture Inc.|title=Anime Stories: Hunter X Hunter|issue=66|date=June 2001|pages=64–5|issn=0835-9563}}</ref> To obtain a license, one must pass the rigorous annual Hunter Examination run by the Hunter Association, which has a success rate of less than one in a hundred-thousand.<ref>{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=1|date=April 5, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=2|title=An Encounter in the Storm|isbn=978-1-59116-753-2}}</ref> A Hunter may be awarded up to three stars: a single star for making "remarkable achievements in a particular field"; they may then be upgraded to two stars for "holding an official position" and mentoring another Hunter up to single star level; and finally upgraded to three stars for "remarkable achievements in multiple fields".<ref>{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=32|date=April 1, 2014|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=331|title=Day of Reckoning|isbn=978-1-4215-5912-4}}</ref>

{{Nihongo4|Nen|念}} is the ability to control one's own life energy or aura, which is constantly emitted from them, knowingly or not. There are four basic Nen techniques: {{Nihongo4|Ten|纏}} maintains the aura in the body, strengthening it for defense; {{Nihongo4|Zetsu|絕}} shuts the aura flow off, useful for concealing one's presence and relieving fatigue; {{Nihongo4|Ren|練}} enables a user to produce more Nen; and {{Nihongo4|Hatsu|發}} is a person's specific use of Nen.<ref>{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=6|date=January 3, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=47-48|title=The Invisible Wall; Hisoka's Terms|isbn=978-1-4215-0185-7}}</ref> Nen users are classified into six types based on their Hatsu abilities; {{Nihongo4|Enhancers|強化系|Kyōkakei}} strengthen and reinforce their natural physical abilities; {{Nihongo4|Emitters|放出系|Hōshutsukei}} project aura out of their bodies; {{Nihongo4|Manipulators|操作系|Sōsakei}} control objects or living things; {{Nihongo4|Transmuters|変化系|Henkakei}} change the type or properties of their aura; {{Nihongo4|Conjurers|具現化系|Gugenkakei}} create objects out of their aura; and {{Nihongo4|Specialists|特質系|Tokushitsukei}} have unique abilities that do not fall into the previous categories.<ref>{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=7|date=March 7, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=60|title=Passing the Exam|isbn=978-1-4215-0332-5}}</ref> A Nen user can enter into a {{Nihongo4|Contract|誓約|Seiyaku}} where, by pledging to follow certain {{Nihongo4|Limitations|制約|Seiyaku}}, their abilities are strengthened in relation to how strict they are. An example of this is Kurapika who, in order to have an unbreakable chain that will fully restrain members of the Phantom Troupe, offered his life, should he use it on anyone other than its members.<ref>{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=9|date=July 5, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=83|title=September 2nd: Part 5|isbn=978-1-4215-0644-9}}</ref>

===Plot=== {{main|List of Hunter × Hunter characters{{!}}List of ''Hunter × Hunter'' characters}} The story follows Gon Freecss, a young boy raised believing both his parents were dead. After discovering from Kite, an apprentice of his father Ging Freecss, that Ging is alive and a renowned Hunter, Gon leaves his home on {{Nihongo|Whale Island|くじら島|Kujira Tō}} to undertake the {{Nihongo|Hunter Examination|ハンター試験|Hantā Shiken}} and follow in his father's footsteps.{{sfn|Thompson|2007|p=42}}<ref name="exorg">{{cite web|author=Takahashi, Rika|title=Hunter x Hunter|url=http://www.ex.org/4.1/26-manga_hunterxhunter.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991006000351/http://www.ex.org/4.1/26-manga_hunterxhunter.html|archive-date=October 6, 1999|publisher=EX.org|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref><ref name="annreview1">{{cite news|author=Martin, Theron|date=January 12, 2009|title=Hunter x Hunter DVD Set 1 – Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-1|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707025554/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-1|url-status=live}}</ref> During the exam, Gon befriends three other candidates: Kurapika, the last survivor of the Kurta clan seeking vengeance against the Phantom Troupe for slaughtering his people; Leorio, an aspiring physician pursuing the financial benefits of being a Hunter; and Killua Zoldyck, a former assassin from the infamous Zoldyck family.<ref name="exorg"/><ref name="annreview1"/><ref name="protoc"/> Among the examinees is Hisoka, a deadly transmuter who takes a keen interest in Gon. After numerous trials, Gon and his friends pass the exam, except for Killua, who fails after killing another applicant under his brother Illumi's influence and retreats to his family's estate.

After reuniting with Killua, Gon and his companions separate temporarily. Gon and Killua travel to {{Nihongo|Heavens Arena|天空闘技場|Tenkū Tōgijō}}, a towering martial arts arena where they train under Wing, a master who teaches them Nen, a Qi-like energy that unlocks parapsychological abilities and is the Hunter Exam's true final requirement.<ref name="annreview3">{{cite news|author=Kimlinger, Carl|date=September 14, 2009|title=Hunter x Hunter DVD Set 3 – Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-3|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622124525/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-3|url-status=live}}</ref> Later, the group reconvenes in {{Nihongo|Yorknew City|ヨークシンシティ|Yōkushin Shiti}}, where they clash with the Phantom Troupe. Kurapika kills two members and seals their leader Chrollo Lucilfer's powers, but is forced to abandon further pursuit to rescue Gon and Killua.

Gon and Killua later play ''Greed Island'', a Nen-infused video game created by Ging, seeking clues to his whereabouts.<ref name="annreview4">{{cite news|author=Kimlinger, Carl|date=September 26, 2009|title=Hunter x Hunter DVD Set 4 – Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-4|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706133028/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-4|url-status=live}}</ref> Under the tutelage of Biscuit Krueger, they refine their Nen abilities. Killua briefly departs to retake and pass the Hunter Exam before rejoining Gon to complete the game, earning artifacts that lead them to Ging. Instead, they reunite with Kite, who is researching a man-eating Chimera Ant queen in the Neo-Green Life (N.G.L.) Autonomous Region. The queen's offspring, having learned Nen by consuming Hunters, overthrow the nearby {{Nihongo|Republic of East Gorteau|東ゴルトー共和国|Higashi Gorutō Kyouwakoku}}. Despite the efforts of the Hunter Association, including its president Netero, the Ant King Meruem proves formidable. Netero ultimately defeats Meruem with a suicide bomb, while Gon, driven by vengeance over Kite's death, overexerts his Nen to kill the Ant Neferpitou, leaving him critically injured.

After the Chimera Ant crisis, the Hunter Association's Zodiacs, including Ging, seek a new chairman. Killua retrieves his sister Alluka to heal Gon, overcoming his family's resistance and Illumi's interference. Gon eventually meets Ging, who reveals the purpose of his journey: to travel to the forbidden {{Nihongo|Dark Continent|暗黒大陸|Ankoku Tairiku}}.

Later, Netero's son Beyond organizes an expedition to the Dark Continent, backed by the Kingdom of Kakin. The world's major powers permit the expedition under strict oversight, with the Zodiacs supervising Beyond. Kurapika and Leorio join the Zodiacs, replacing Ging and Pariston Hill, who form independent teams. Meanwhile, Chrollo regains his Nen and battles Hisoka, who, after being revived, begins assassinating Phantom Troupe members aboard Kakin's ship. Kurapika, aboard as bodyguard to Prince Wobble, seeks to reclaim the Kurta clan's stolen scarlet eyes from Prince Tserriednich.

==Production== Author Yoshihiro Togashi stated that his hobby of collecting various objects inspired him to create a manga about collecting, initially conceptualized under the title "(something) Hunter".<ref name="title">{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|title=Hunter × Hunter Creation Secrets|volume=6|date=January 3, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|page=26|isbn=978-1-4215-0185-7|author-link=Yoshihiro Togashi}}</ref> The final title, ''Hunter × Hunter'', was conceived while Togashi watched the television variety show ''Downtown'', where hosts often repeat phrases for comedic effect.<ref name="title"/> The "×" in the title is silent.<ref name="SJ-28">{{cite magazine|title=Say It Like You Mean It|magazine=Shonen Jump No. 28|volume=3|issue=4|page=16|location=Canada|publisher=Viz Media|date=April 2005}}</ref>{{sfn|Thompson|2007|p=492}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Clements|first1=Jonathan|author-link1=Jonathan Clements|last2=McCarthy|first2=Helen|author-link2=Helen McCarthy|date=2015|title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Century of Japanese Animation|edition=3rd|pages=324|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E03KBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1425|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|isbn=978-1611720181|access-date=October 8, 2022|archive-date=October 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008155757/https://books.google.com/books?id=E03KBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1425|url-status=live}}</ref> As with his previous series, ''YuYu Hakusho'', Togashi used drafting ink and Kabura pens for illustrations, but began employing an eMac software for coloring.<ref name="interview">{{cite magazine|title=Interview: Yoshihiro Togashi|magazine=Shonen Jump|date=May 2003|publisher=Viz Media|location=San Francisco, CA|volume=1|issue=5|issn=1545-7818}}</ref> Togashi typically works with few or no assistants;{{sfn|Thompson|2007|p=154}} however, fellow manga artist and future wife Naoko Takeuchi assisted in applying screentone to single-color pages for the first volume.<ref>{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=1|date=April 5, 2005|title=Togashi and Naoko|publisher=Viz Media|page=164|isbn=978-1-59116-753-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Takeuchi, Naoko|date=January 1999|script-title=ja:武内直子姫の社会復帰ぱーんち!!(Round 2)|trans-title=Princess Naoko Takeuchi's Return to Society Punch!! (Round 2)|journal=Young You|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|author-link=Naoko Takeuchi}}</ref> The birth of their first son early in the manga's publication led Togashi to believe his personal life would significantly influence the work, particularly its theme of a young boy searching for his father.<ref name="interview"/>

Togashi has issued several apologies to readers in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for substandard artwork, pledging to redraw certain sections for the {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} (collected volume) releases.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Weekly Shōnen Jump|publisher=Shueisha|script-title=ja:9月1日(4)|trans-title=September 1st: Part 4|series=Hunter × Hunter|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|date=February 15, 2000|issue=11|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Weekly Shōnen Jump|publisher=Shueisha|script-title=ja:9月3日(17)|trans-title=September 3rd: Part 17|series=Hunter × Hunter|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|date=October 24, 2000|issue=47|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Weekly Shōnen Jump|publisher=Shueisha|script-title=ja:9月10日(3)|trans-title=September 10th: Part 3|series=Hunter × Hunter|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|date=July 31, 2001|issue=35|language=ja}}</ref> Additionally, the serialization of ''Hunter × Hunter'' has been frequently interrupted by hiatuses since 2006, with long intervals between chapter releases.<ref>{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=February 12, 2006|title=Hunter X Hunter Interupted [sic]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-02-12/hunter-x-hunter-interupted|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 5, 2009|archive-date=January 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113220243/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-02-12/hunter-x-hunter-interupted|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ハンター×ハンター：1年8カ月ぶり連載再開|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Resumed serialization for the first time in 1 year and 8 months|url=http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/manga/archive/news/2007/10/20071006mog00m200013000c.html|website=Mainichi Shimbun|access-date=June 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217115520/http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/manga/archive/news/2007/10/20071006mog00m200013000c.html|archive-date=December 17, 2007|language=ja|date=October 6, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=August 27, 2008|title=Hunter X Hunter Manga to Restart on October 6|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-27/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-restart-on-october-6|website=Anime News Network|access-date=2010-04-09|archive-date=March 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330030424/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-27/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-restart-on-october-6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-02-24/graphs-charts-chronicle-hunter-x-hunter-manga-many-hiatuses/.99046|title=Graphs, Charts Chronicle Hunter x Hunter Manga's Many Hiatuses|date=February 24, 2016|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 17, 2016|archive-date=April 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410115246/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-02-24/graphs-charts-chronicle-hunter-x-hunter-manga-many-hiatuses/.99046|url-status=live}}</ref> After a two-year hiatus ending in June 2014,<ref>{{cite web|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-22/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-resume-in-june|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga to Resume in June|date=April 22, 2014|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 23, 2014|archive-date=April 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425195029/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-22/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-resume-in-june|url-status=live}}</ref> and joining the English-language ''Weekly Shonen Jump'', the series entered another hiatus two months later.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-04/hunter-hunter-manga-hiatus-continues-until-further-notice/.78384|title=Hunter × Hunter Manga Hiatus Continues Until Further Notice|date=September 4, 2014|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 21, 2024|archive-date=December 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203031013/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-04/hunter-hunter-manga-hiatus-continues-until-further-notice/.78384|url-status=live}}</ref> Serialization resumed on April 18, 2016,<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga's Return Slated for April 18|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-03-16/hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-slated-for-april-18/.99845|date=March 16, 2016|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 16, 2016|archive-date=March 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319013704/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-03-16/hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-slated-for-april-18/.99845|url-status=live}}</ref> but another hiatus began on June 4, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Hunter × Hunter Manga Goes On Indefinite Hiatus|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-30/hunter-hunter-manga-goes-on-indefinite-hiatus/.103791|date=June 30, 2016|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 22, 2017|archive-date=July 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716143320/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-30/hunter-hunter-manga-goes-on-indefinite-hiatus/.103791|url-status=live}}</ref> The manga returned on June 26, 2017,<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Resumes on June 26|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-30/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-on-june-26/.116676|date=May 30, 2017|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 30, 2017|archive-date=June 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601225948/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-30/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-on-june-26/.116676|url-status=live}}</ref> only to go on hiatus again on August 31, with plans to return by year's end.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes on Hiatus With Plans to Return By End of Year|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-31/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-on-hiatus-with-plans-to-return-by-end-of-year/.120769|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 30, 2019|date=August 31, 2017|archive-date=May 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508104932/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-31/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-on-hiatus-with-plans-to-return-by-end-of-year/.120769|url-status=live}}</ref> It resumed on January 29, 2018,<ref>{{cite web|last=Piselli|first=Justin|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Resumes in Shonen Jump on January 29|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-03/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-in-shonen-jump-on-january-29/.124753|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 24, 2020|date=December 3, 2017|archive-date=April 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404161118/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-03/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-in-shonen-jump-on-january-29/.124753|url-status=live}}</ref> before another hiatus commenced on April 9.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-01/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus/.129767|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes Back on Hiatus|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=April 1, 2018|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-date=May 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526134155/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-01/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus/.129767|url-status=live}}</ref> After a five-month hiatus, publication resumed from September 22 to November 26, 2018, before another hiatus began.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Returns From 5-Month Hiatus on September 22|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-04/hunter-x-hunter-manga-returns-from-5-month-hiatus-on-september-22/.136334|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 4, 2018|date=September 4, 2018|archive-date=September 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904232953/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-04/hunter-x-hunter-manga-returns-from-5-month-hiatus-on-september-22/.136334|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes Back on Hiatus in December|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-25/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus-in-december/.139890|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 30, 2019|date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605045058/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-25/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus-in-december/.139890|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」次号より休載、冨樫義博「次の10週分ネームは出来ている」|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/309416|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=November 30, 2019|language=ja|date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130050630/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/309416|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2022, Togashi created a Twitter account and teased the manga's return.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Teases Hunter x Hunter Manga's Return (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-24/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-hunter-x-hunter-manga-return/.185983|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 27, 2022|date=May 24, 2022|archive-date=May 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527053506/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-24/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-hunter-x-hunter-manga-return/.185983|url-status=live}}</ref> In July, he revealed that back and hip problems had prevented him from sitting for two years, forcing him to draw while lying down;<ref>{{cite news|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-07-04/yoshihiro-togashi-addresses-his-health-problems-in-art-exhibition-message/.187362|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Addresses His Health Problems in Art Exhibition Message|work=Anime News Network|date=July 7, 2022|access-date=July 7, 2022|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706235930/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-07-04/yoshihiro-togashi-addresses-his-health-problems-in-art-exhibition-message/.187362|url-status=live}}</ref> in August, he announced an increase in staff, noting that background effects for chapter 399 were completed per his instructions and that chapter 400 would follow.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Hunter x Hunter's Yoshihiro Togashi: "I've Decided to Increase My Staff"|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-08-30/hunter-x-hunter-yoshihiro-togashi-ive-decided-to-increase-my-staff/.189157|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 31, 2022|date=August 31, 2022|archive-date=August 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830234511/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-08-30/hunter-x-hunter-yoshihiro-togashi-ive-decided-to-increase-my-staff/.189157|url-status=live}}</ref> The series resumed on October 24, 2022, after a hiatus of three years and eleven months—the longest in its history.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:冨樫義博「HUNTER×HUNTER」連載再開！約3年11カ月ぶり|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/497040|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=October 11, 2022|language=ja|date=October 11, 2022|archive-date=October 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011012450/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/497040|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Resumes After Almost 4 Years on October 24|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-10/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-after-almost-4-years-on-october-24/.190697|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 11, 2022|date=October 10, 2022|archive-date=October 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017222242/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-10/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-after-almost-4-years-on-october-24/.190697|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」連載再開！ジャンプリミックスから「冨樫義博クロニクル」発売|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/498672|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=October 24, 2022|language=ja|date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024000410/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/498672|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 26, 2022, the manga entered another hiatus. The ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' editorial department stated that, after consulting with Togashi, it was decided the manga should not continue a weekly serialization format; future details would be announced in the magazine.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes Back on Hiatus|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-25/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus/.193300|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225191122/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-25/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus/.193300|archive-date=December 25, 2022|date=December 25, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 9, 2023, Togashi tweeted that chapter 401 was completed, though the publication format remained undecided.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『H×H』作者・冨樫氏、久々にツイッター更新で原稿の進捗状況報告「机での作業時間が少しずつ増えて」 掲載形態は決まらず|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2270924/full/|website=Oricon News|access-date=March 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309163333/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2270924/full/|archive-date=March 9, 2023|language=ja|date=March 9, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Dempsey|first=Liam|title=Hunter x Hunter Mangaka Yoshihiro Togashi Reveals Completion of Next Chapter|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/03/08/hunter-x-hunter-magaka-yoshihiro-togashi-reveals-completion-of-next-chapter|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=March 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310182716/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/03/08/hunter-x-hunter-magaka-yoshihiro-togashi-reveals-completion-of-next-chapter|archive-date=March 10, 2023|date=March 9, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 1, after nearly seven months, Togashi tweeted the phrase "Start over" alongside an image of a page corner with a ruler.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『H×H』作者・冨樫義博、7ヶ月ぶりにSNS更新 原稿公開で「Start over」 投稿10分でトレンド入り|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2297023/full/|website=Oricon News|access-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001195040/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2297023/full/|archive-date=October 1, 2023|language=ja|date=October 2, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Teases Return of Hunter x Hunter Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-02/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-return-of-hunter-x-hunter-manga/.203032|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002115140/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-02/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-return-of-hunter-x-hunter-manga/.203032|archive-date=October 2, 2023|date=October 2, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 1, 2024, he shared a page numbered 5, indicating work on chapter 405.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Teases Hunter x Hunter Manga's Return Again|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-02/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-again/.210440|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502202728/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-02/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-again/.210440|archive-date=May 2, 2024|date=May 2, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 22, he stated that background instructions for chapters 409 and 410 were ready for his assistants and teased progress up to chapter 416.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cayanan|first1=Joanna|last2=Mateo|first2=Alex|title=Shueisha Lists Hunter x Hunter Manga Volume 38 for Release on September 4; Yoshihiro Togashi Teases More New Chapters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-22/shueisha-lists-hunter-x-hunter-manga-volume-38-for-release-on-september-4-yoshihiro-togashi-teases-/.213474|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723000541/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-22/shueisha-lists-hunter-x-hunter-manga-volume-38-for-release-on-september-4-yoshihiro-togashi-teases-/.213474|archive-date=July 23, 2024|date=July 22, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The series resumed in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 7 to December 9, 2024, before entering another hiatus.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」10月7日発売のジャンプ45号より掲載！38巻の書影も初公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/587187|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=August 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819134846/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/587187|archive-date=August 19, 2024|language=ja|date=August 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Resumes in Weekly Shonen Jump on October 7|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-19/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-in-weekly-shonen-jump-on-october-7/.214474|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819133741/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-19/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-in-weekly-shonen-jump-on-october-7/.214474|archive-date=August 19, 2024|date=August 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」約1年9カ月ぶりの最新話が本日発売のジャンプに|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/594170|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=October 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006151525/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/594170|archive-date=October 6, 2024|language=ja|date=October 7, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:白井カイウ×天野洋一のノワールアクション読切「APPLE」がジャンプに|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/602822|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=December 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209044837/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/602822|archive-date=December 9, 2024|language=ja|date=December 9, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2023, on TV Asahi's variety show, ''{{ill|Iwakura and Yoshizumi Show|ja|イワクラと吉住の番組}}'', Togashi announced via a handwritten letter that he had planned four possible endings for the series.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER：冨樫義博が裏話を直筆回答、結末にも言及 "櫻坂愛"に関有美子も感無量 「イワクラと吉住の番組」|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231114dog00m200035000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120205016/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231114dog00m200035000c.html|archive-date=November 20, 2023|language=ja|date=November 14, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER：冨樫義博が"衝撃の結末"に言及 「イワクラと吉住の番組」特集後編 今夜放送|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231121dog00m200015000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121105736/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231121dog00m200015000c.html|archive-date=November 21, 2023|language=ja|date=November 21, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Only the fourth abandoned ending ("ending D") was revealed, intended as a contingency should he die before completing the manga. This ending features a time skip with Gon's granddaughter, Gin. Togashi expressed a desire to create a satisfactory conclusion to avoid using endings A, B, or C. He estimated reader reactions would be 80% positive for ending A, evenly split for ending B, and 90% negative for ending C. While acknowledging ending A as a safe choice, Togashi stated a personal preference for ending C, despite anticipating significant fan criticism.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Togashi Yoshihiro Reveals Hunter x Hunter Manga's Possible Ending in Case He Passes Away|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-21/togashi-yoshihiro-reveals-hunter-x-hunter-manga-possible-ending-in-case-he-passes-away/.204708|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122030720/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-21/togashi-yoshihiro-reveals-hunter-x-hunter-manga-possible-ending-in-case-he-passes-away/.204708|archive-date=November 22, 2023|date=November 21, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Media== ===Manga=== {{main|List of Hunter × Hunter chapters{{!}}List of ''Hunter × Hunter'' chapters}} Written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi, ''Hunter × Hunter'' started its serialization in Shueisha's {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' on March 3, 1998.{{efn|The series debuted in the magazine's 14th issue of 1998 (cover date March 16),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazines/321850|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ 1998/03/16 表示号数14|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|language=ja|trans-title=Weekly Shonen Jump 1998/03/16 Number of indications 14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111318/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazines/321850|archive-date=March 6, 2019}}</ref> released on March 3 of that same year.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Contents|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1155195898|magazine=Weekly Shōnen Jump|publisher=Shueisha|issue=13|year=1998|access-date=June 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625182139/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1155195898|archive-date=June 25, 2023|language=ja|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|quote={{lang|ja|次号No.14は3月3日火発売!! やっと読める! 冨樫義博先生の「HUNTER×HUNTER」 新連載!!}}|url-status=live}}</ref>}} Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, with the first one released on June 4, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER 1|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-872571-9|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=September 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124000123/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-872571-9|archive-date=January 24, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> As of September 4, 2024, 38 volumes have been released.<ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER 38|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884279-0|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=September 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903161428/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884279-0|archive-date=September 3, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> The series has also been published in a {{Transliteration|ja|sōshūhen}} edition that aims to recreate the manga as it was originally serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in the same size and with the color pages. Eleven volumes were released between December 9, 2011, and April 18, 2014, covering up to the Election story arc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111039-1|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 総集編 Treasure 1|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 22, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614075714/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111039-1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111071-1|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 総集編 Treasure 11|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 22, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614081149/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111071-1|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2005, Viz Media began publishing the manga in English in North America.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 1|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=4658|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018174623/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=4658|archive-date=October 18, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref> They market the series as part of their "Shonen Jump Advanced" line for older teens and young adults.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 20, 2004|title=Shonen Jump Advanced Line Targets Older Teens|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6166.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=2010-11-09|archive-date=August 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803203050/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6166.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Thirty-seven volumes have been released in North America as of October 3, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/hunter-x-hunter-volume-37/product/7620|title=Hunter x Hunter, Volume 37|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 2, 2023|archive-date=September 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923173645/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/hunter-x-hunter-volume-37/product/7620|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 22, 2014, it was announced that ''Hunter × Hunter'' would be joining the digital English magazine ''Weekly Shonen Jump''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shonenjump.viz.com/node/2076|title=Hunter x Hunter's Joining SJ!|date=April 22, 2014|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=April 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424164857/http://shonenjump.viz.com/node/2076|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2024, Viz Media announced a 3-in-1 edition, with the first volume released on February 18, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Viz Media Licenses Beyblade X, Mujina Into the Deep, Firefly Wedding, The Climber, More Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-01/viz-media-licenses-beyblade-x-mujina-into-the-deep-firefly-wedding-the-climber-more-manga/.211428|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601060854/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-01/viz-media-licenses-beyblade-x-mujina-into-the-deep-firefly-wedding-the-climber-more-manga/.211428|archive-date=June 1, 2024|date=June 1, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hunter x Hunter (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/manga-books/manga/hunter-x-hunter-3-in-1-edition-volume-1/product/8207|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=November 15, 2024}}</ref>

====Spin-offs==== {{Nihongo|''Kurapika's Memories''|クラピカ追憶編|Kurapika Tsuioku-hen}}, a two-part manga Togashi wrote to act as a prequel to the first animated film, ''Phantom Rouge'', was published in the December 3 and 10, 2012 issues of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-20/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-run-2-part-kurapika-tsuioku-hen|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga to Run 2-Part 'Kurapika Tsuioku-hen'|date=November 20, 2012|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 20, 2012|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410023555/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-20/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-run-2-part-kurapika-tsuioku-hen|url-status=live}}</ref> The two chapters were collected into a single {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}}, numbered Volume 0 of the series, that was given to the first one million theatergoers of the film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Hunter x Hunter Moviegoers to Get Manga 'Volume 0'|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-28/hunter-x-hunter-moviegoers-to-get-manga-volume-0|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 26, 2023|date=November 28, 2011|archive-date=December 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225013032/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-28/hunter-x-hunter-moviegoers-to-get-manga-volume-0|url-status=live}}</ref> Viz included the ''Kurapika's Memories'' chapters in the December 17 and 24, 2012 issues of their digital English magazine ''Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/welcome-to-hunter-x-hunter-1347|title=Welcome to HUNTER x HUNTER|publisher=Viz Media|date=December 17, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=November 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128133812/https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/welcome-to-hunter-x-hunter-1347|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Tokyo Ghoul'' author Sui Ishida created a 69-page storyboard of a manga chapter depicting the past of the character Hisoka. The storyboard was released digitally via ''Shōnen Jump+'' on June 2, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-03/tokyo-ghoul-ishida-draws-69-page-chapter-for-hunter-hunter-character-hisoka/.102821|title=Tokyo Ghoul's Ishida Draws 69-Page Chapter for Hunter × Hunter Character Hisoka|date=June 3, 2016|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 3, 2016|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808212337/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-03/tokyo-ghoul-ishida-draws-69-page-chapter-for-hunter-hunter-character-hisoka/.102821|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Anime=== ====1999 series==== {{main|Hunter × Hunter (1999 TV series){{!}}''Hunter × Hunter'' (1999 TV series)}} A 62-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Nippon Animation and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, was broadcast on Fuji TV from October 16, 1999, to March 31, 2001.<ref name="protoc"/><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER オフィシャルホームページ|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Official Homepage|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/na/hunter/index.htm|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916064021/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/na/hunter/index.htm|archive-date=September 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Takahashi, Rika|year=1999|title=Weekly Jump 1999 Issue 37-38|url=http://www.ex.org/4.6/26-manga_jump1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000526152744/http://www.ex.org/4.6/26-manga_jump1.html|archive-date=May 26, 2000|publisher=EX.org|access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref>

=====Original video animations===== {{main|List of Hunter × Hunter OVA episodes{{!}}List of ''Hunter × Hunter'' OVA episodes}} The Nippon Animation series was followed by three original video animations (OVAs) that total 30 episodes. The first OVA series was directed by Satoshi Saga and comprises eight episodes across four volumes, released from January 17 to April 17, 2002.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER セルDVD (OVA)|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Sell DVD (OVA)|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova01.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040611125008/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova01.html|archive-date=June 11, 2004}}</ref> The second OVA series, ''Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island'', was directed by Yukihiro Matsushita and comprises eight episodes across four volumes, released from February 19 to May 21, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER セルDVD (OVA 2)|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Sell DVD (OVA 2)|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova02.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708100302/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova02.html|archive-date=July 8, 2009}}</ref> The third OVA series, ''Hunter × Hunter: G.I. Final'', was directed by Makoto Sato and comprises 14 episodes across seven volumes, released from March 3 to August 18, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER セルDVD (OVA 3)|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Sell DVD (OVA 3)|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova03.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624090832/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova03.html|archive-date=June 24, 2011}}</ref>

====2011 series==== {{main|Hunter × Hunter (2011 TV series){{!}}''Hunter × Hunter'' (2011 TV series)}} A second anime television series adaptation, produced by Madhouse and directed by Hiroshi Kōjina, was broadcast for 148 episodes on Nippon TV from October 2, 2011, to September 23, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|date=August 1, 2011|title=2011 Hunter x Hunter Anime to Retell Story From Start|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-08-01/2011-hunter-x-hunter-anime-to-retell-story-from-start|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706190151/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-08-01/2011-hunter-x-hunter-anime-to-retell-story-from-start|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=August 17, 2014|title=Megumi Han: Hunter x Hunter Anime to End at Episode 148|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-17/megumi-han-hunter-x-hunter-anime-to-end-at-episode-148/.77699|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426231824/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-17/megumi-han-hunter-x-hunter-anime-to-end-at-episode-148/.77699|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER × HUNTER[新]|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/C13191|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=National Center for Art Research|access-date=April 28, 2026|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0429-0107-52/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp:443/id/C13191|archive-date=April 29, 2026|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Films=== {{main|Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge{{!}}''Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge''|Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission{{!}}''Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission''}} Before the first anime television series was created, a short film adaptation of ''Hunter × Hunter'' was shown as part of the 1998 "Jump Super Anime Tour" alongside similar adaptations of ''Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi!'' and ''One Piece''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Oda, Eiichiro|year=2007|title=One Piece 10th Treasures|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|page=30|author-link=Eiichiro Oda}}</ref> Produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by Noriyuki Abe, it depicts the early events of the manga up to Gon's ocean voyage from Whale Island.

A film adaptation produced by Madhouse, titled ''Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge'', featuring an original story, was announced in March 2012. It was released on January 12, 2013, by Toho.<ref name="animekonfilm">{{cite web|title=Hunter x Hunter Anime Film Announced|url=http://www.animekon.com/news-1453-Hunter-x-Hunter-Anime-Film-Announced.html|publisher=Animekon|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727230752/http://www.animekon.com/news-1453-Hunter-x-Hunter-Anime-Film-Announced.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-20/hunter-x-hunter-film-1st-main-visual-unveiled|title=Hunter x Hunter Film's 1st Main Visual Unveiled|date=July 20, 2012|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 22, 2012|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614100909/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-20/hunter-x-hunter-film-1st-main-visual-unveiled|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-22/hunter-hunter/phantom-rouge-film-teaser-streamed|title=Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge Film's Teaser Streamed|date=July 22, 2012|access-date=July 6, 2020|website=Anime News Network|archive-date=July 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705170338/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-22/hunter-hunter/phantom-rouge-film-teaser-streamed|url-status=live}}</ref> It centers around Gon and his friends efforts to retrieve Kurapika's eyes which were stolen by Omokage, Hisoka's predecessor in the Phantom Troupe. The film is based on an unpublished manga story creator Yoshihiro Togashi wrote around 10 years before.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 2, 2012|title=Hunter x Hunter Film's Full Trailer, 2nd Teaser Streamed|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-02/hunter-x-hunter-film-full-trailer-2nd-teaser-streamed|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024191847/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-02/hunter-x-hunter-film-full-trailer-2nd-teaser-streamed|url-status=live}}</ref>

A second film, titled ''Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission'', was announced following the first one's debut. The film focuses somewhat on Netero, the chairman of the Hunter Association, as Gon and his friends discover the dark secrets behind his past. The movie was released on December 27, 2013,<ref name="secondfilm">{{cite news|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-07/second-hunter-x-hunter-film-to-premiere-on-december-27|title=Second Hunter x Hunter Film to Premiere on December 27|date=7 August 2013|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 20, 2013|archive-date=March 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302154410/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-07/second-hunter-x-hunter-film-to-premiere-on-december-27|url-status=live}}</ref> and the DVD and Blu-ray edition was released on July 23, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hxh-movie.jp|title=HUNTER x HUNTER -The LAST MISSION-|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111090548/http://www.hxh-movie.jp/index.html|archive-date=January 11, 2013}}</ref> At the Japanese box office, ''Phantom Rouge'' grossed $12,595,288,<ref>{{cite web|title=Gekijoban Hunter × Hunter|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fGEKIJOUBANHUNTER01&country=JP&wk=2013W2&id=_fGEKIJOUBANHUNTER01&p=.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=September 30, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094438/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fGEKIJOUBANHUNTER01&country=JP&wk=2013W2&id=_fGEKIJOUBANHUNTER01&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''The Last Mission'' grossed {{¥|850 million}}<ref name="kinema">{{cite journal|journal=Kinema Junpo|date=March 5, 2015|script-title=ja:2015年3月下旬 映画業界決算特別号|volume=1684|issue=March 2015|page=90|publisher=Kinema Junposha}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|850|JPN|year=2013}} million|long=no}}), bringing both films' total Japanese box office gross to {{US$|{{#expr:12.595288+8.71 round 2}} million|long=no}}.

===CDs=== The background music for the first ''Hunter × Hunter'' anime and three OVA series was composed by Toshihiko Sahashi. A large number of audio CDs for the franchise have been released by Marvelous Entertainment. The three-volume soundtrack for the anime television series contains 129 instrumental and vocal songs. The ''Original Video Animation Hunter × Hunter Sound Trax'' for the first OVA series contains 18 songs and the ''Original Video Animation Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island Original Sound Tracks'' for the second OVA series contains 30 songs.<ref name="soundtracks">{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER サントラCD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Soundtrack CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/sound.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040611162859/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/sound.html|archive-date=June 11, 2004}}</ref> In addition, character-specific and story arc drama CDs and a 17-volume radio drama titled ''Hunter × Hunter R'' have been published throughout the anime adaptations' release period.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER キャラクターCD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Character CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/chara.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601195419/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/chara.html|archive-date=June 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER ドラマCD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Drama CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/dorama.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210518/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/dorama.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER ラジオCD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Radio CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/radio.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210545/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/radio.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref>

===Musicals and stage plays=== A musical, titled {{Nihongo|''Musical Hunter × Hunter''|ミュージカル ハンター×ハンター}}, was performed at the {{ill|Space Zero|ja|スペース・ゼロ}} theater in Tokyo from December 2000 to January 2001.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ミュージカル「ハンター×ハンター」公演決定！！|url=http://www.mmv.co.jp/news.html|publisher=Marvelous Entertainment|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001205165400/http://www.mmv.co.jp/news.html|archive-date=December 5, 2000|language=ja|date=November 1, 2000}}</ref> It is an original story that appears to take place between the end of the Yorknew City story arc and the beginning of the Greed Island arc. A second musical, {{Nihongo|''Musical Hunter × Hunter: The Nightmare of Zaoldyeck''|ミュージカル ハンター×ハンター ナイトメア・オブ・ゾルディック}}, was performed during August 2002 at the Space Zero in Tokyo and at the Sankei Hall in Osaka.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ミュージカル｢HUNTER×HUNTER｣the nightmare of ZAOLDYECK公演決定!!|url=http://www.mmv.co.jp/news/2002/0517.html|publisher=Marvelous Entertainment|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602093241/http://www.mmv.co.jp/news/2002/0517.html|archive-date=June 2, 2002|language=ja|date=May 17, 2002}}</ref> It is a retelling of when Kurapika, Leorio, and Gon go to fetch Killua back from his family estate after the end of the Hunter Exam arc. Both musicals have received separate DVD and audio CD releases, as well as a dual DVD release from Marvelous Entertainment.<ref name="soundtracks"/><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER ミュージカル セルDVD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Musical Sell DVD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/musical.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210235/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/musical.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER CD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/cd01.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210314/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/cd01.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref>

A stage play, titled {{Nihongo|''Real Stage Hunter × Hunter: "A Longing for Phalcnothdk: A Spider's Memory"''|リアルステージ ハンター×ハンター｢A Longing for Phalcnothdk 〜蜘蛛の記憶〜｣}}, was performed 16 times at the Theater Sun-mall in Tokyo during August 2004.<ref name="longing">{{cite web|script-title=ja:MMV: リアルステージ｢HUNTER×HUNTER｣|trans-title=MMV: Real Stage: Hunter × Hunter|url=http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/realstage_hunter/|publisher=Marvelous Entertainment|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=November 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104032243/http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/realstage_hunter/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:MMV: リアルステージ｢HUNTER×HUNTER｣|trans-title=MMV: Real Stage: Hunter × Hunter|url=http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/realstage_hunter/q&a.html|publisher=Marvelous Entertainment|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=April 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404160418/https://www.marv.jp/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:リアルステージ ハンター×ハンター｢A Longing for Phalcnothdk 〜蜘蛛の記憶〜｣|trans-title=Real Stage Hunter × Hunter: "A Longing for Phalcnothdk: A Spider's Memory"|url=http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova3/topnews/topnews_040805.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712231808/http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova3/topnews/topnews_040805.html|archive-date=July 12, 2011}}</ref> The play is a retelling of the Phantom Troupe finale in the Yorknew City arc. It received a DVD release in Japan on December 10, 2004.<ref name="longing"/>

Another stage play, ''Hunter × Hunter: The Stage'', was performed at the Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo from May 12–28, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Gets Stage Play in May 2023|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-17/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-stage-play-in-may-2023/.193053|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204095219/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-17/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-stage-play-in-may-2023/.193053|archive-date=December 4, 2023|date=December 17, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> A second stage play, ''Hunter × Hunter: The Stage 2'', was performed at the Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo from March 16–31, 2024, and at the Umeda Arts Theater Dramacity in Osaka from April 16–14.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Gets 2nd Stage Play in March 2024|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-04/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-2nd-stage-play-in-march-2024/.205035|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204063818/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-04/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-2nd-stage-play-in-march-2024/.205035|archive-date=December 4, 2023|date=December 4, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> A third stage play, ''Hunter × Hunter: The Stage 3'', is set to run at the Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo in May 2025 and at the Sky Theater MBS in Osaka in June.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:舞台「HUNTER×HUNTER」第3弾はG.I.編！ゴン役の大友至恩が卒業、新キャストに西山蓮都|url=https://natalie.mu/stage/news/603419|website=Stage Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=December 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212100217/https://natalie.mu/stage/news/603419|archive-date=December 12, 2024|date=December 12, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Gets 3rd Stage Play in May–June 2025|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-12/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-3rd-stage-play-in-may-june-2025/.218922|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213032236/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-12/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-3rd-stage-play-in-may-june-2025/.218922|archive-date=December 13, 2024|date=December 12, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Video games=== There are ten Japan-exclusive video games based on ''Hunter × Hunter'', many of which were either developed or published by Konami or Bandai. They range from role-playing and strategy games to action and adventure games. These include titles for the WonderSwan,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER〜意志を継ぐ者〜|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Will Successor|url=http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN01.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726124631/http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN01.html|url-status=live}}</ref> WonderSwan Color,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER〜それぞれの決意〜|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Determination of Each|url=http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN02.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726124640/http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN02.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER〜導かれし者〜|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Chapters of the Chosen|url=http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN03.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726124701/http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN03.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER G･I|url=http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN04.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=March 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325194353/http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN04.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Game Boy Color,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER ハンターの系譜|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M739867|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0327-1521-45/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp:443/id/M739867|archive-date=March 27, 2026|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 禁断の秘宝|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Forbidden Treasures|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M739869|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0327-1522-41/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp:443/id/M739869|archive-date=March 27, 2026|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> Game Boy Advance,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER みんな友だち大作戦!!|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Mission Friends Together!!|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/software/a8nj/index.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516005103/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/software/a8nj/index.html|archive-date=May 16, 2012}}</ref> PlayStation,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 幻のグリードアイランド|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Vision of Greed Island|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M723628|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0327-1522-59/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp:443/id/M723628|archive-date=March 27, 2026|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 奪われたオーラストーン|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: The Stolen Aura Stone|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M722627|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0327-1523-25/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp:443/id/M722627|archive-date=March 27, 2026|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> and PlayStation 2.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 龍脈の祭壇|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Altar of Dragon Vein|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M723240|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0327-1524-06/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp:443/id/M723240|archive-date=March 27, 2026|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>

A game based on the second anime adaptation was released on the PlayStation Portable on September 20, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=Spencer|date=March 30, 2012|title=Hunter X Hunter Wonder Adventure Lets You Switch Fight With Fists Or A Skateboard|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/30/hunter-x-hunter-wonder-adventure-lets-you-switch-fight-with-fists-or-a-skateboard/|publisher=Siliconera|access-date=April 3, 2012|archive-date=April 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402194915/http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/30/hunter-x-hunter-wonder-adventure-lets-you-switch-fight-with-fists-or-a-skateboard/|url-status=live}}</ref> Characters from the franchise have appeared along with other ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' properties in the fighting games ''Jump Super Stars'' and ''Jump Ultimate Stars'' for the Nintendo DS, ''J-Stars Victory VS'' for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:キャラクター紹介|trans-title=Character Index|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ajsj/char12.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306092750/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ajsj/char12.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=JUMP ULTIMATE STARS|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ajuj/character/chara_26.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306105551/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ajuj/character/chara_26.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Jump Force'' for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.<ref name=JumpForceadds>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Jump Force Adds Gon, Hisoka, Sanji, Blackbeard as Playable Characters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-20/jump-force-adds-gon-hisoka-sanji-blackbeard-as-playable-characters/.135614|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 15, 2018|date=August 21, 2018|archive-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915122334/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-20/jump-force-adds-gon-hisoka-sanji-blackbeard-as-playable-characters/.135614|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2023, Eighting and Bushiroad Games announced a 3-on-3 tag team-based fighting video game based on the manga,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2023/12/bushiroad-games-and-eighting-announce-hunter-x-hunter-fighting-game|title=Bushiroad Games and Eighting announce Hunter x Hunter fighting game|last=Romano|first=Sal|website=Gematsu|date=December 15, 2023|access-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216031949/https://www.gematsu.com/2023/12/bushiroad-games-and-eighting-announce-hunter-x-hunter-fighting-game|archive-date=December 16, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Bushiroad, Eighting Reveal Hunter x Hunter Fighting Game|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-15/bushiroad-eighting-reveal-hunter-x-hunter-fighting-game/.205564|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216031804/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-15/bushiroad-eighting-reveal-hunter-x-hunter-fighting-game/.205564|archive-date=December 16, 2023|date=December 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> titled ''Hunter × Hunter: Nen × Impact''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Bushiroad, Eighting Officially Reveal Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game in Video|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-06/bushiroad-eighting-officially-reveal-hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-in-video/.206199|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106095031/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-06/bushiroad-eighting-officially-reveal-hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-in-video/.206199|archive-date=January 6, 2024|date=January 6, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> It is set to be released for the PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Windows (via Steam). A demo was available to play at the Evo Japan 2024 event on April 27.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game Releases for PS5, Switch, PC via Steam|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-08/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-releases-for-ps5-switch-pc-via-steam/.208450|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308120745/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-08/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-releases-for-ps5-switch-pc-via-steam/.208450|archive-date=March 8, 2024|date=March 8, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Arc System Works will publish the game in North America.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game Reveals Bisky Trailer, Release This Year|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-07/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-reveals-bisky-trailer-release-this-year/.211679|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 1, 2024|date=June 7, 2024|archive-date=June 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608211547/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-07/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-reveals-bisky-trailer-release-this-year/.211679|url-status=live}}</ref> It was planned to be released in 2024; however, it was delayed due to the implementation of rollback netcode in the game—a mechanism that avoids the lag during online matches, and was released on July 17, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game's Release Delayed to 2025|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-30/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-release-delayed-to-2025/.216175|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930141257/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-30/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-release-delayed-to-2025/.216175|archive-date=September 30, 2024|date=September 30, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game Reveals July 17 Worldwide Debut in Video|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-16/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-reveals-july-17-worldwide-debut-in-video/.221269|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 16, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216071738/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-16/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-reveals-july-17-worldwide-debut-in-video/.221269|archive-date=February 16, 2025|date=February 16, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

A mobile game, titled ''Hunter × Hunter: Nen × Survivor'', developed by {{ill|WonderPlanet|ja|ワンダープラネット (ゲーム会社)}} and published by Bushiroad, is set to be released globally for iOS and Android devices on February 17, 2026.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dennison|first=Kara|title=Hunter x Hunter Nen x Survivor Mobile Game Confirms Global Launch on February 17, 2026|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2025/12/19/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-survivor-mobile-game-confirms-global-launch-february-17-2026|website=Crunchyroll News|access-date=December 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260304101039/https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2025/12/19/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-survivor-mobile-game-confirms-global-launch-february-17-2026|archive-date=March 4, 2026|date=December 19, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Other merchandise=== A series of three film books based on the first anime series and authored by Nobuaki Kishikan has been released by Shueisha from December 3, 1999, to August 24, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703091-1|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801200000/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703091-1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER/2|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703098-9|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=October 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007164525/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703098-9|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER/3|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703105-5|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801200015/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703105-5|url-status=live}}</ref> A guidebook to the anime titled {{Nihongo|''Hunter × Hunter Characters Book: World × Character × Blessing''|Hunter × Hunter キャラクターズブック World × Character × Blessing}} was published by Shueisha in January 2001.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 21, 2005|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER キャラクターズブック紹介|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Characters Book|url=http://blog.livedoor.jp/togasiyosihiro/archives/50059633.html|publisher=Livedoor|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024110546/http://blog.livedoor.jp/togasiyosihiro/archives/50059633.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A guidebook to the manga titled {{Nihongo|''Hunter × Hunter: Hunters Association Official World and Character Guide''|Hunter × Hunter ハンター協会公式発行ハンターズ・ガイド}} was published by the company on June 4, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=HUNTER × HUNTER ハンター協会公式発行ハンターズ・ガイド|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Hunters Association Official World and Character Guide|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873701-6|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=June 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629153224/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873701-6|url-status=live}}</ref> There is also an extensive trading card game by Bandai,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:カードダス ハイパーバトル ハンター×ハンター パート4 カードダス ハイパーバトル ハンター ハンター パート4|trans-title=Carddass Hyper Battle Hunter × Hunter Part 4|url=http://catalog.bandai.co.jp/item/4902425786315000.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728023351/http://catalog.bandai.co.jp/item/4902425786315000.html|url-status=live}}</ref> action and trading figures,<ref>{{cite web|title=1/8 Gon Freecss Action Doll|url=http://www.hlj.com/product/OTH081|publisher=HLJ|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=October 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010053806/http://www.hlj.com/product/OTH081|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER グッズネット|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Goods Net|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/goods.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818042405/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/goods.html|archive-date=August 18, 2010}}</ref> and various other collectables.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER最新グッズ情報!!|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Latest Goods Information!!|url=http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova2/topnews/goods01.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031854/http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova2/topnews/goods01.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER最新グッズ情報!!|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Latest Goods Information!!|url=http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova2/topnews/goods03.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031855/http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova2/topnews/goods03.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ハンター×ハンター デスクトップアクセサリ Vol.1|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Vol.1 Desktop Accessories|url=https://www.marv.jp/titles/av/1889/|publisher=Marvelous|language=ja|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-date=July 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707005314/https://www.marv.jp/titles/av/1889/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception== The series ranked fourth on Takarajimasha's ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'' list of best manga of 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=December 8, 2011|title=Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2012 Voters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-08/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2012-voters|access-date=2022-04-04|website=Anime News Network|language=en|archive-date=March 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317131234/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-08/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2012-voters|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2014, readers of Media Factory's ''Da Vinci'' magazine voted ''Hunter × Hunter'' as the eleventh greatest ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' manga series of all time.<ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Scott|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/11/13-1/da-vinci-magazine-asks-japanese-readers-to-name-greatest-shonen-jump-manga|title="Da Vinci" Magazine Asks Japanese Readers to Name Greatest "Shonen Jump" Manga|website=Crunchyroll|date=November 13, 2014|access-date=November 13, 2014|archive-date=October 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010182152/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/11/13-1/da-vinci-magazine-asks-japanese-readers-to-name-greatest-shonen-jump-manga|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, the series ranked seventh on ''Da Vinci''{{'}}s 19th annual "Book of the Year" list.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Antonio|title=Kingdom Manga Tops Da Vinci Ranking|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-06/kingdom-manga-tops-da-vinci-ranking/.154037|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 6, 2019|date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=March 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317003757/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-06/kingdom-manga-tops-da-vinci-ranking/.154037|url-status=live}}</ref> On TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, ''Hunter × Hunter'' ranked eleventh.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=TV Asahi Announces Top 100 Manga Voted on By 150,000 Readers|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-01-05/tv-asahi-announces-top-100-manga-voted-on-by-150000-readers/.168145|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 27, 2026|date=January 5, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126212008/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-01-05/tv-asahi-announces-top-100-manga-voted-on-by-150000-readers/.168145|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Sales=== The ''Hunter × Hunter'' manga has been largely commercially successful; it has sold over 60.6 million collected volumes in Japan by February 2012, making it Shueisha's eighth best-selling manga series.<ref name="60mil">{{cite news|last=Nelky|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-23/top-10-shonen-jump-manga-by-all-time-volume-sales|title=Top 10 Shonen Jump Manga by All-Time Volume Sales|date=October 23, 2012|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 30, 2014|archive-date=October 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008192850/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-23/top-10-shonen-jump-manga-by-all-time-volume-sales|url-status=live}}</ref> This number had grown to 66.3 million copies by 2014.<ref name="66million">{{cite web|script-title=ja:Shueisha Media Guide 2014 少年コミック誌・青年コミック誌|trans-title=Boy's & Men's Comic Magazines|url=http://adnavi.shueisha.co.jp/mediaguide/2014/pdf/boys.pdf|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=October 8, 2016|page=2|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430025858/http://adnavi.shueisha.co.jp/mediaguide/2014/pdf/boys.pdf|archive-date=April 30, 2014}}</ref> The manga had over 72 million copies in circulation by December 2018;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.livedoor.com/lite/article_detail/15804816/|script-title=ja:3位は『NARUTO』、平成元年以降連載「漫画発行部数」TOP10|date=December 28, 2018|publisher=Live Door|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401012737/http://news.livedoor.com/lite/article_detail/15804816/|url-status=live}}</ref> over 79 million copies in circulation by November 2021;<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:USJ『HUNTER×HUNTER』と初コラボ決定、アトラクション登場 念能力など世界観再現で来年3月から期間限定開催|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2215541/full/|access-date=November 28, 2021|website=Oricon News|language=ja|date=November 29, 2021|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128155522/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2215541/full/|url-status=live}}</ref> and over 84 million copies in circulation by July 2022.<ref>{{cite magazine|script-title=ja:冨樫義博展の開催が決定。『ハンターハンター』『幽遊白書』『レベルE』など名作原画が一挙公開。冨樫先生直筆メッセージも到着|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202207/04267131.html|magazine=Famitsu|access-date=July 4, 2022|language=ja|date=July 4, 2022|archive-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704032606/https://www.famitsu.com/news/202207/04267131.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Several individual volumes have topped Oricon's list of the best-selling manga in Japan during their release week, such as volumes 30 through 36.<ref>Chart references: *{{cite news|date=May 11, 2012|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, April 2–8|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-11/japanese-comic-ranking-april-2-8|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 23, 2017|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423152350/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-11/japanese-comic-ranking-april-2-8|url-status=live}} *{{cite news|date=December 12, 2012|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, December 3–9|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-13/japanese-comic-ranking-december-3-9|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 23, 2017|archive-date=November 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104094841/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-13/japanese-comic-ranking-december-3-9|url-status=live}} *{{cite news|date=January 8, 2013|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, December 24–30|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-08/japanese-comic-ranking-december-24-30|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 23, 2017|archive-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518103644/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-08/japanese-comic-ranking-december-24-30|url-status=live}} *{{cite news|date=June 8, 2016|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, May 30-June 5|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-08/japanese-comic-ranking-may-30-june-5/.102990|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 23, 2017|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423162658/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-08/japanese-comic-ranking-may-30-june-5/.102990|url-status=live}} *{{cite news|date=July 6, 2017|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, June 26-July 2|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-06/japanese-comic-ranking-june-26-july-2/.118505|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 19, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219042754/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-06/japanese-comic-ranking-june-26-july-2/.118505|url-status=live}} *{{cite news|date=February 7, 2018|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, January 29-February 4|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-07/japanese-comic-ranking-january-29-february-4/.127494|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 19, 2018|archive-date=February 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214034732/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-07/japanese-comic-ranking-january-29-february-4/.127494|url-status=live}} *{{cite news|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-10/japanese-comic-ranking-october-1-7/.137976|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, October 1–7|website=Anime News Network|date=October 10, 2018|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126051023/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-10/japanese-comic-ranking-october-1-7/.137976|url-status=live}}</ref> Volumes 24, 27, and 30 through 34 were some of the top-selling volumes for their respective years.<ref>Chart references: *{{cite news|date=December 31, 2007|title=Japanese Comic Ranking: Top 10 Manga of 2007|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-31/japanese-comic-ranking-top-10-manga-of-2007|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202101225/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-31/japanese-comic-ranking-top-10-manga-of-2007|url-status=live}} *{{cite news|date=November 30, 2010|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2010 (Part 1)|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2010-part-1|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=February 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220042248/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2010-part-1|url-status=live}} *{{cite news|date=December 2, 2012|title=50 Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2012|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/50-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2012|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620013411/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/50-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2012|url-status=live}} *{{cite news|date=December 1, 2013|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2013|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2013|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518104629/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2013|url-status=live}} *{{cite news|date=November 30, 2016|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2016|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2016/.109353|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503161311/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2016/.109353|url-status=live}} *{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-06/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2017/.124895|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2017|website=Anime News Network|date=December 6, 2017|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=December 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207100011/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-06/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2017/.124895|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Hunter × Hunter'' was the eighth best-selling manga series of both 2012 and 2013, with 3.4 and 4.6 million copies sold those years respectively.<ref>{{cite news|title=10 Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2012|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/10-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2012|website=Anime News Network|date=December 2, 2012|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217015738/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/10-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2013|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2013|website=Anime News Network|date=December 1, 2013|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=March 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320070310/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In North America, volumes 23 through 27 have ranked within the top 300 best-selling graphics novels list of sales estimates by Diamond Comic Distributors.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 29, 2008|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--November 2008|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13916.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308142538/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13916.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=March 9, 2009|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--January 2009|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14313.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=April 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418125956/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14313.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=May 11, 2009|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--March 2009|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14744.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505124011/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14744.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=February 14, 2010|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--January 2010|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16811.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502073207/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16811.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=April 12, 2011|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--March 2011|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/19838.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503213706/http://icv2.com/articles/news/19838.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Critical reception=== ''Hunter × Hunter'' has received much praise for its plot and characters. In his 2007 book ''Manga: The Complete Guide'', Jason Thompson described its storyline as "an almost random collection of psych-outs, battles, puzzles, and trickery" that works on both a chapter-by-chapter basis and a larger scale. Thompson elaborated that with all the goals and subplots of each of the main characters, the story could seemingly go on forever and is unpredictable enough to hold the reader's interest.{{sfn|Thompson|2007|p=154}} In a different review for ''Anime News Network'' in 2012, Thompson wrote that it was hard to summarize the story because "it is every {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga in one, with training sequences, tournament battles, a crime-mystery story arc, and a virtual-reality, RPG-style story arc". But unlike most {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga, he called ''Hunter × Hunter'' "incredibly dense." Examples provided by Thompson include its fictional Nen ability, which he said was explained "so thoroughly that you almost think it could exist," and the challenges and games the characters face; "Over and over Togashi invents some little closed system or rules just so the heroes can break them; if he ever wants to change careers, I'd suggest game designer." Thompson praised the character art as great, pointing out how, instead of alternating between realistic and chibi like other artists, Togashi had cartoony and realistically designed characters interacting in the same panels. Thompson noted how the artwork during its magazine run was often "sketchy" and missing backgrounds, but that Togashi went back and fixed it for its collected {{transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} release. Mentioning Togashi's love of gore, he stated "the whole manga is about the mixture of childish adventure and creepy, adult themes" and noted how some panels later in the manga apparently censor the gore by covering it with screentone.<ref name="JT-1000-Manga">{{cite web|author=Thompson, Jason|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)|date=April 26, 2012|title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga – Hunter x Hunter|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2012-04-26|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 18, 2018|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125184651/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2012-04-26|url-status=live}}</ref>

Reviewing the first story arc, Chris Sims of ComicsAlliance called ''Hunter × Hunter'' one of the most "fun, ridiculous, and ludicrously violent comics I've ever read." He stated that while it has every {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga idea in force, what stuck out the most is the violence. Sims summed it up as "full of clever setups and characters that, while simple to the point of almost seeming one-dimensional at times, still manage to be solid and entertaining based on their reaction to the increasingly strange, increasingly deadly events around them".<ref>{{cite news|date=February 4, 2016|title=Battle Royale at Hogwarts: The Wide-Eyed Optimism And Ludicrous Violence Of 'Hunter X Hunter'|url=http://comicsalliance.com/hunter-x-hunter-review/|work=ComicsAlliance|access-date=February 18, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031219/http://comicsalliance.com/hunter-x-hunter-review/|url-status=live}}</ref> Charles Solomon, a writer for ''The New York Times'' and ''Los Angeles Times'', praised the moral seriousness of Gon, a quality that gave the protagonist "an appeal his relentlessly upbeat counterparts lack".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Solomon, Charles|date=July 24, 2005|title=It's only natural for them to be superheroes|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=R7|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/421998973.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul%2024,%202005&author=Charles%20Solomon&pub=Los%20Angeles%20Times&edition=&startpage=R.7&desc=It%27s%20only%20natural%20for%20them%20to%20be%20superheroes;%20Fullmetal%20Alchemist%20Volumes%201-2%20Hiromu%20Arakawa%20Viz:%20192%20pp.,%20paper,%20$9.99%20each%20Negima!%20Volumes%201-6%20Ken%20Akamatsu%20Del%20Rey:%20224%20pp.,%20paper,%20$10.95%20each%20Hunter%20X%20Hunter%20Volumes%201-3%20Yoshihiro%20Togashi%20Viz:%20184%20pp.,%20paper,%20$7.99%20each|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117115548/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/421998973.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul%2024,%202005&author=Charles%20Solomon&pub=Los%20Angeles%20Times&edition=&startpage=R.7&desc=It%27s%20only%20natural%20for%20them%20to%20be%20superheroes;%20Fullmetal%20Alchemist%20Volumes%201-2%20Hiromu%20Arakawa%20Viz:%20192%20pp.,%20paper,%20$9.99%20each%20Negima!%20Volumes%201-6%20Ken%20Akamatsu%20Del%20Rey:%20224%20pp.,%20paper,%20$10.95%20each%20Hunter%20X%20Hunter%20Volumes%201-3%20Yoshihiro%20Togashi%20Viz:%20184%20pp.,%20paper,%20$7.99%20each|archive-date=January 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=July 26, 2005|title=Anime & Manga in NY, LA Times|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/7267.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=June 11, 2011|archive-date=October 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003160126/http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/7267.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Publishers Weekly'' gave a positive review to the first volume of the manga, stating that Togashi "shows a deft touch" with its standard story, calling his artwork "clear and graceful", and mentioning that his characters are "endearing and complex".<ref>{{cite magazine|date=April 11, 2005|title=Hunter X Hunter: Vol. 1.(Brief Article)(Book Review)|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76703705.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105234333/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76703705.html|archive-date=November 5, 2012|magazine=Publishers Weekly|access-date=June 11, 2011}}</ref> While Rika Takahashi of EX.org and Claude J. Pelletier of ''Protoculture Addicts'' found the art style in ''Hunter × Hunter'' to be much simpler than Togashi's two previous manga series, ''Level E'' and ''YuYu Hakusho'', both reviewers praised the intricate narrative and characters.<ref name="exorg"/><ref name="protoc"/>

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==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

===Bibliography=== * {{cite book|first=Jason|last=Thompson|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)|title=Manga: The Complete Guide|publisher=Ballantine Books & Del Rey Books|location=New York|year=2007|isbn=978-0-345-48590-8}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Hunter × Hunter}} * {{Official website|https://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/hunter.html|Official ''Hunter × Hunter'' manga site}} {{in lang|ja}} * {{Official website|http://www.viz.com/hunter-x-hunter|Official Viz Media ''Hunter × Hunter'' site}} * {{Official website|https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100015/|Official English manga website at ''Manga Plus''}} * {{Anime News Network|manga|1899}}

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