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.
Hero Tales
Authored by the group Huang Jin Zhou, "Hero Tales" started serialization in Square Enix's "Gangan Powered" since 2006. After "Gangan Powered"'s last issue in 2009, the series continued serialization in "Monthly Shōnen Gangan". The series is also collected "tankōbon" volumes by Square Enix. The first volume was published on August 11, 2007. As of June 22, 2009, four volumes have been released in Japan. The first "tankōbon" was published in English by Yen Press in October, 2009 and began serializing in Yen Plus February 2009 issue.