List of Hunter × Hunter (1999) episodes
Hunter × Hunter is an anime television series that aired from 1999 to 2001 based on Yoshihiro Togashi's "Hunter × Hunter" manga. The story focuses on a young boy named Gon Freecss, who one day discovers that the father he had always been told was dead is in fact alive and well. He learns that his father, Ging, is a famous "Hunter": an individual who has proven themself an elite member of humanity. Despite the fact that Ging left his son with his relatives in order to pursue his own dreams, Gon becomes determined to follow in his father's footsteps, pass the rigorous "Hunter Examination", and eventually find his father to become a Hunter in his own right.
Hunter × Hunter
The first "Hunter × Hunter" anime series has enjoyed much more modest popularity than its manga source. "Newtype" listed it as having a Japanese television rating of 10.5 for the fourth quarter of 2000. The show's viewership was ranked number six among the top ten anime television series in Japan for February 2001. The series was voted as the 16th best anime of 2000 in the "Animage" Anime Grand Prix, but rose to fourth place the following year. In 2001, the staff of the magazine listed "Hunter × Hunter" as the 94th most important anime of all time. In a 2006 web poll conducted in Japan by the network TV Asahi, the "Hunter × Hunter" television series was voted 28th best anime of all time. In 2010, Mania.com's Briana Lawrence listed "Hunter × Hunter" at number nine of the website's "10 Anime Series That Need a Reboot".