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.
Dark Horse Comics
Legend was a comic book imprint at Dark Horse Comics created in 1994 by Frank Miller and John Byrne as an avenue for creator-owned projects. Its logo was a moai drawn by Mike Mignola. Later on, other creators were asked to join them. The imprint ended in 1998.Dark Horse Manga is an imprint for Japanese manga. Publications include "Akira", "Astro Boy", "Berserk", "Blade of the Immortal", "Ghost in the Shell (manga)", "Lone Wolf and Cub", "Trigun" and "Blood Blockade Battlefront" by Yasuhiro Nightow, "Gantz", "Hellsing" and "Drifters" by Kouta Hirano, "Blood+", "Multiple Personality Detective Psycho", "FLCL", "Oreimo", and America's longest running manga series, "Oh My Goddess!" by Kōsuke Fujishima. Dark Horse also publishes a number of CLAMP titles, including "Clover", "Chobits", "Okimono Kimono", "Cardcaptor Sakura", "Magic Knight Rayearth", and "Gate 7". A manga magazine titled "Super Manga Blast!" was published by Dark Horse starting in the spring of 2000. It was discontinued in December 2005 after 59 issues.