Hunter × Hunter
Written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi, the "Hunter × Hunter" manga began its ongoing serialization in "Weekly Shōnen Jump" magazine on March 3, 1998. Shueisha has compiled most of the chapters into 36 "tankōbon" volumes as of October 2018. In December 2011, Shueisha began republishing the manga into a magazine-styled "sōshūhen" format. The company published one volume per month for a total of six volumes, covering up to the end of the Greed Island story arc. In December 2012, Togashi wrote a two-part manga titled to act as a prequel to the first animated film. "Tokyo Ghoul" author Sui Ishida created a 69-page storyboard of a manga chapter depicting the past of "Hunter × Hunter"s Hisoka. The storyboard was released digitally via "Shonen Jump+" on June 2, 2016.
Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge
In March 2012, a source linked to the "Hunter × Hunter" anime told "Mainichi Shimbun" that a theatrical film had been green-lit. The year's 34 issue of "Weekly Shōnen Jump", released in July 2012, included the first image for "Gekijō-ban Hunter × Hunter Phantom Rouge". It depicts Kurapika's "rouge" or scarlet eye with the number four reflecting in it, revealed that the "dramatic action" film would tell an original story and feature the Phantom Troupe. Days later, the official website for the movie went live and streamed a teaser trailer that was also shown on television. An August issue of the magazine outlined the story and revealed the second visual image. The first theatrical trailer was released in September.