Hunter × Hunter
The first "Hunter × Hunter" anime adaptation was produced by the company Nippon Animation and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, who had previously directed the "Rurouni Kenshin" television series. A total of 62 episodes of "Hunter × Hunter" were broadcast on the Japanese terrestrial television network Fuji Television from October 16, 1999 to March 31, 2001 during the same Saturday evening timeslot as the anime version of Togashi's previous series "Yu Yu Hakusho". Additionally, "Hunter × Hunter" has aired on the satellite television station Animax. Although it closely follows the manga, the violence in the anime version is lessened for younger audiences. Marvelous Entertainment has released all episodes of the series in Japan on DVD in 13 separate volumes between September 20, 2000 and September 19, 2001.
Joker Game
Kayoko Shimotsuki wrote two manga adaptations of the series. The first, , adapts the first novel and was serialized in the publisher Shogakukan's "Big Comic Spirits" magazine from early 2009 to August 27, 2009, when it moved to "Monthly Big Comic Spirits". It was serialized until 2010, and collected into three "tankōbon" volumes released between August 28, 2009 and July 30, 2010. All volumes were made available in digital format on June 9, 2014. The second manga, adapting the film, was simply titled "Joker Game" and serialized in "Big Comic Spirits" between November 17, 2014 and January 19, 2015, the same day its sole "tankōbon" was published.