Who is the main character in the Hunter × Hunter manga series?
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.
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is one of the Big Four of the Zenom Syndicate and the twin brother of Kirin. In charge of the Reverse Kabbalah project at the South Pole, he is searching for the Demons and is Wise Yury and Shuri's superior. Baku says that Kujaku wants to brush aside the other members of the Big Four and become leader of Zenom. He goes to Rock Bird to capture Lucifuge and kill Shuri, who failed at the task. Kujaku is Demon No. 8i, , with the greatest disintegration abilities amongst the Demons, that affect anything within range of its flashes of light. It also has the ability to reconstruct and can move through physical matter. Kujaku is an O.P.T. but is never seen using an O-part, as he usually relies on his Demon powers instead. He and his brother were trained to be swordsmen by their father, but Kujaku could never win against Kirin due to his brother having the Cyclopian third eye while he does not, leading to intense jealously. One day he found an orb containing Adramelech and the Demon took over his right arm, giving him raw power. Although he was now able to beat Kirin, their father scolds Kujaku for his new disregard of technique, leading to Kujaku killing his father.
List of Hunter × Hunter chapters
In North America, "Hunter × Hunter" is licensed for publication by Viz Media as a part of their Shonen Jump Advanced line of graphics novels, aimed at older teenagers (age 16+). The first volume of the English adaptation was published on April 5, 2005, and thirty-four volumes have been released as of March 6, 2018. Viz included the "Kurapika's Memories" chapters in the December 17 and 24, 2012 issues of their digital "Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha".
List of Rosario + Vampire characters
The Japanese manga series "Rosario + Vampire" features an extensive cast of characters by Akihisa Ikeda. The main character of the series is Tsukune Aono, a teenage boy who, after not getting accepted to any local high schools, enrolls in Yokai Academy, a boarding school for monsters. He meets Moka Akashiya, a vampire who soon takes a liking to the sweet taste of his blood, and throughout the series, befriends and attracts a variety of monster girls including: Kurumu Kurono, a succubus; Yukari Sendo and Ruby Tojo, who are witches; and Mizore Shirayuki, a snow fairy. While protecting Tsukune's identity as a human, they join the school's Newspaper Club; they wind up fighting a variety of monster gangs as well as some teachers. In the second manga serialization, the Newspaper Club faces more monster characters and a larger organization known as Fairy Tale, whose members include Moka's own family.
List of Hunter × Hunter characters
is extremely forgetful and can be an airhead at times which, along with her unassuming appearance, can cause opponents to underestimate her combat abilities. She is left-handed, and the twelfth strongest physically out of the thirteen members of the Troupe. Shizuku is member number eight, a replacement for the last member since the Troupe came together. Shizuku's Nen type is Conjuration. She conjures the Nen vacuum , which is able to suck up anything that is not Nen created or that she considers living. It is also able to regurgitate the last thing sucked up. Shizuku came in eleventh place in the series' second popularity poll.
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".
List of Hunter × Hunter characters
is Killua's grandfather and Silva's father. A witty old man, his advancing age has not dampened his quick thinking and speed in battle. Zeno wears alternating signs on his garb that say either "A Kill a Day" or "Never Retire." He appears to be on good terms with Chairman Netero, who hires Zeno to assault Ming Jol-ik's palace in East Gorteau in order to catch the Chimera Ant King off guard. He noticeably hesitates in the battle when he realizes the king has come to care for the safety of a human prisoner. Zeno favors Killua more than his other grandchildren. Zeno came in ninth place in the series' second popularity poll.
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The dynamic and turbulent relationship between Guts and Griffith, the leader of the Band of the Hawk, forms the primary focus of the manga for the first thirteen volumes. After the events of the Eclipse, during which he loses his left forearm and right eye, Guts seeks revenge on Griffith, who is now Femto. In the process, he is reunited with Casca after a separation of two years.
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is the tenth prince of Kakin and Nasubi's first daughter with his sixth wife, Seiko. Melody is selected as her bodyguard. Cheerful and kind on the outside, she is in fact a selfish manipulator though she cares about her twin sister Fugetsu and convinced her that they should work together to win the succession game before enlisting Melody's help to orchestrate an escape plan for herself and Fugetsu. But the plan fails as Kacho is killed by a mysterious force preventing any princes from leaving. Her Guardian Spirit Beast awakens upon her death, assuming Kacho's form per it ability , which would had also be triggered by the death of her sister, to protect Fugetsu until she dies.
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is the founder and shadow ruler of the Neo Green Life autonomous region who is said to be someone that Gon is fated to do battle with, using the country's resources to establish a criminal empire through the black market. As a human born in poverty, he suffered an abusive childhood at the hands of an alcoholic father before murdering him upon reaching a nihilistic self-realization that he is not regarded as a person. Raised afterward by the father of his best friend Zaiqahal, Gyro became antisocial with a desire to drown the world in evil. When the Chimera Ants began plaguing the NGL, Gyro had his men fight off the insects before they ultimately fell. Though fed to the Chimera Ant Queen, his evil being an influence in her later offspring as consequence, Gyro's will and pride endured as he is reborn a Chimera Ant that refused to follow the Queen's command, with his memories completely intect. Concealing his appearance to avoid arousing panic, fully renouncing his humanity, Gyro is forced to abandon the compromised NGL and start anew elsewhere. After Meruem's death, Welfin and Bizeff seek to reunite with their leader, the latter assuming that Gyro would most likely rebuild his criminal empire in Meteor City.
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Kurapika's Nen type is Conjuration, however, when his eyes turn scarlet, he becomes a Specialist. He conjures a unique weapon — five chains, one extending from each finger on his right hand. His ring finger, , has a ball on the end used for dowsing and normal defensive and offensive purposes. Kurapika entered into a Nen contract for the chain on his middle finger, ; in order to have an unbreakable chain that will hold members of the Phantom Troupe no matter what, he offered his life should he use it on anyone other than its members. His thumb chain, , heals any injury with the crucifix on the end. His little finger, , stabs an enemy's heart with the little blade on the end while Kurapika sets a rule, if the enemy violates that rule they die. His specialist ability, , allows him to utilize 100% of all types of Nen. Kurapika was inspired by the Ohmu in Hayao Miyazaki's "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind". Kurapika is a popular character with fans, coming in second place in the series' first two popularity polls.
Ghost Hunter (Paver novel)
Paver confirmed in her official podcast that the Soul Eater Eostra will be a main character in the book. She said that writing the book had given her bad dreams, particularly the parts with Eostra, but she considered it to be a good sign.
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Hiroshi Tateno ("Tateno Hiroshi" 立野広) is the main male student character in the series and one of Nūbē's most active supporters. A transfer student who arrives in Doumori Elementary at the start of the manga, he is at first suspicious of his teacher's exorcism claims, but eventually comes around due to being saved from one spiritual problem after another. Typical of many young shōnen leads in manga and anime, he is the courageous, heroic male of the class who is always standing up to fight against any obstacle, whether they be human or yōkai or whether it makes sense or not. His favorite pastime is playing soccer for the school. Hiroshi's downside is his own stupidity: he has some of the worst grades in Nūbē's class and once even set a record for having a hundred 0s in a row on his tests. This lack of brains both causes him to have outlandish comments on simple ideas and leads him to many of his yōkai problems. He once even wet his pants after a ghost scared him in a restroom. His character's name is a tribute to the main male lead of Dokonjyou Gaeru, a classic 70s Weekly Shōnen Jump series Shou and Okano used as an influence for "Nūbē".
Honoré Lechasseur
Honoré Lechasseur is one of two main characters in the "Doctor Who" spin-off "Time Hunter" series published by Telos Publishing Ltd. He is a time sensitive, which means that he possess the ability to see into people's pasts and futures when he is in their vicinity. He is also able to physically travel along people's timelines when he is working with a time channeller, such as his friend Emily Blandish. Honoré has appeared on some of the covers of the Time Hunter novellas.
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is a Chimera Ant resembling an anthropomorphic lion, originally a lion named in a past life. Preferring to called by his original name, Leol was among the Chimera Ant officers who were eating humans meant for the Queen and later developed an interest in Nen users when Colt confronted him of his actions. Leol then targeted Gon, Killua, and Kite when they were approaching the Chimera Ant nest, only to cease his hunt upon seeing their power first hand long after the majority of subordinates he sent after them were all wiped out by Kite. After awakening his potential as a Specialist Nen user, Leol can use his Hatsu to create an iPod-like device to borrow another's Nen ability for the duration of an hour on the conditions of fully knowing the ability itself and getting his target to comply of being indebted to him after doing them a favor. During Morel and Knov's primary infiltration of the king's palace in East Gorteau, Leol faces Morel in combat. He assumes to be victorious after submerging Morel in an underground church using a stolen ability, but dies from CO2 asphyxiation as part of Morel's cunning strategy to remove all oxygen in the church.
O-Parts Hunter
O-Parts Hunter, known as in Japan, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Seishi Kishimoto. It was originally published by Enix, who later became Square Enix, in their "Monthly Shōnen Gangan" magazine from 2001 and 2007, with the chapters collected into 19 "tankōbon" volumes. The series draws heavily from Kabbalistic traditions and Judeo-Christian demonology for its plot, and less so on Japanese folklore. "666 Satan" has been released internationally in Spain, France, Italy and North America, although, Viz Media changed the title to "O-Parts Hunter" in the latter.
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While creating "Soul Eater", Atsushi Ōkubo was heavily influenced by the manga series "Dr. Slump" and wanted to create a story in which serious or intense action scenes would be defused or interrupted with comedic moments. The story element in which characters transform into weapons is an expansion on the idea of weapons being personified, which Ōkubo frequently saw in other fictional stories. Ōkubo decided to make the main protagonist of the series, Maka Albarn, a female in response to other shōnen manga having male main characters, and paired her and the other main characters with those of the opposite sex to demonstrate an equal representation of gender. He also decided to use a scythe as Maka's weapon for its unique fighting style. He resisted drawing influence from other people for most of his characters, particularly the main protagonists, who he instead based on assets on his own personality—the arrogant Black Star is based on Ōkubo's narcissistic side, the neurotic Death the Kid based on his manic side, etc. However, he did base a few characters on people he was familiar with, such as Excalibur, whose personality he based on his own father. He also designed supporting character Kilik Rung to be black after noting a lack of African characters in other manga series. The names of several characters are based on the titles of other films as a form of tribute, such as Blair being named after "The Blair Witch Project" and Kilik after "Kirikou and the Sorceress".
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is Killua's father. A silent, pensive figure, Killua's interaction with him seems limited. He allows Killua to go along with Gon on their journey to find his father, but only because he sees it as a crucial step in his development as the head assassin of the Zoldyck Family. During the auction in Yorknew City, Silva and Zeno are both hired by the Ten Dons to assassinate the Phantom Troupe, but withdraw from the job when their clients are killed due to a job taken by Illumi, Maha, and Kalluto. This was Silva's second time fighting Chrollo Lucilfer, and according to Killua, he previously killed an unknown member of the Phantom Troupe. Silva later appears amid the assault on the Palace in East Gorteau, killing Cheetu on the way to pick up his father. Silva tied with Ging for fifteenth place in the series' first popularity poll, and placed thirteenth in the second.
Tillie Walden
While growing up, Walden read a lot of manga. From this, she gained a lot of major influence in her work, mainly on her artistic focus on line, more so than shape or color. The biggest manga artist that had an impact on her was Yoshihiro Togashi, creator of the manga "Hunter x Hunter". Additionally, in an interview, Walden has even said "Studio Ghibli has completely shaped my visual vocabulary and how I think about stories." Walden is said to have also been influenced by graphic memoirs, such as "Fun Home" by Alison Bechdel, "Blankets" by Craig Thompson and "Stitches" by David Small.
List of Hunter × Hunter characters
Ging claims that he does not want to see Gon because he is too ashamed of himself for being absent in Gon's life due to his own selfishness, and challenges his son to find him. Despite that he seems confident in Gon's abilities and knows him better than anyone; he knew Gon would become a Hunter and left a memory card for "Greed Island" and a recorded message with Mito to give to him once he did, and claimed that there was no need to visit him at the hospital as he is sure that despite being seriously injured, Gon would eventually recover by his own will. All information about Ging is classified even in the official Hunter database. He is Kite's teacher and also inspired Satotz to become a Hunter. Chairman Netero once told Biscuit that Ging is one of the top five best Nen users in the world. This is demonstrated when he replicates Leorio's power through raw Nen control (instead of a trained Nen ability), in order to hide his true power. Ging tied with Silva for fifteenth place in the series' first popularity poll.
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is incredibly loyal to Chrollo and is one of the original Phantom Troupe members from Meteor City, bearing the number 3. Physically, she is the strongest woman in the Troupe and the sixth strongest overall. Hisoka seems to have an occasional interest in her, although it is hard to see whether it is genuine. She also has an extremely keen intuition (the other members of the Troupe say that she has never been wrong about her intuitions). On August 9, Machi meets up with Chrollo at a market inside the Black Whale. She calls dibs on killing Hisoka, but Chrollo replies everyone in the Phantom Troupe is after him. When she suggests they flip a coin, Chrollo refuses, saying that method is for settling disputes between two members, whereas they are all itching to slay Hisoka, including Chrollo himself. He states the magician is certainly on the ship and they will manage to find him. Equipment Machi's Nen type is Transmutation. Her ability forms her aura into thread, the strength of which is inversely proportional to its length: a thread as long as the diameter of the Earth would be as strong as cotton, but a one millimeter-long thread can lift a ton. Besides attacking it can be used to track people, but is also shown used to stitch severed limbs back on. Machi came in seventh place in the series' second popularity poll.
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Buddhist Monkey is a yellow Buddhist monk monkey who has appeared in three episodes, Enter the Garden, Books of Fury and Three Courses of Death, His enemies, the Generic Tree Ninjas, are bears that try to destroy what he cherishes. An example of this is in Enter the Garden when the Ninjas destroyed several of his plants, and in Books of Fury when they ripped and colored in several of the Monkey's books. Buddhist Monkey has appeared in three other episodes. In Rink Hijinks, there was a picture of him in a crane machine. In Blind Date, at the drive in, the movie was Books of Fury, and in Keepin' it Reel it was Enter the Garden. Buddhist Monkey is the only main character that has never died in the series and the third main character without a pair of buckteeth along with Lumpy and Sniffles. His nemesis is The Dark Shadow Lord.
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is an exorcist; a Nen user with the ability to remove Nen "curses" or attacks placed onto himself or others. The Nen Beasts he summons to eat the Nen curses placed on himself, attach themselves onto him until he fulfills the original condition for removing the curse or the original caster dies. As one of the players hired by Battera to complete "Greed Island", the Phantom Troupe and Hisoka find Abengane in the game and hire him to remove the curse placed on Chrollo by Kurapika.
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is the sole survivor of the clan, a race with treasured irises that turn scarlet in times of anger or emotional agitation. Four years before the series, the entire Kurta clan was eradicated by a band of thieves known as the Phantom Troupe. The Troupe desecrated the bodies of his race by stealing their scarlet eyes following the genocide, thereafter selling them on the black market. He participates in the Hunter Exam alongside Gon, Leorio and Killua in order to become a Blacklist Hunter and gain the resources to take vengeance for his race and retrieve their eyes. Despite being a moralist, Kurapika is not above adjoining himself to society's underworld in order to accomplish his own desires — aligning himself with the Nostrade mafia family as soon as the opportunity presents itself. After becoming a licensed Hunter, he soon becomes head of Nostrade's bodyguards. Normally intelligent, quick-thinking and levelheaded, when Kurapika sees a spider, the symbol of the Phantom Troupe, he becomes enraged. He kills Uvogin, causes Pakunoda's death, and seals Chrollo Lucilfer's Nen. He is later invited to join the Zodiacs at Leorio's recommendation and only accepts upon being told who bought the last batch of scarlet eyes that he needs to retrieve. This leads to his accompanying the Kakin Royal Family to the Dark Continent.
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is nicknamed the "Rookie Crusher" by candidates with more experience taking the exam. He has taken the exam for 35 consecutive terms, never managing to pass. He often brags of his experience to those taking the exam for the first time and then offers them a helping hand. This is merely subterfuge as he takes a perverse pleasure in sabotaging their attempts to get the license. This time around, he trails Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio while attempting various means to foil their advancement. In order to do this, he uses methods like spiking drinks with a strong laxative and being contradictory simply to delay progress in a time-sensitive arena, where he is teamed up with them. He also attends the following Hunter Exam, where he, along with everyone else, is defeated by Killua.
Kouta Hirano
However, "Hellsing" was not the earliest Hirano series to be published in "Young King OURs" monthly. In 1996, the same year "Hellsing"'s precursor, "The Legends of Vampire Hunter", was first released as a single H short story in "Heavenly Pleasure" (a monthly H-centric manga magazine), another World War II-based short story named Hi-And-Low was being published in "Young King OURs" by a then lesser-known Kouta Hirano. The story takes place primarily at a train station in Russia and features two female characters that are strikingly similar to Integra Helsing from "Hellsing" and Yumiko/Yumie in "Crossfire"; and who are, in actuality, undercover Axis spies in-league with one another for a common purpose: the success of Operation Barbarossa. This story saw ink in one issue of "OURs" before being discontinued in favor of "Hellsing" itself.
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Conflicting with Killua's predisposition to kill is his unyielding loyalty to his new friends. Killua puts them before himself without being concerned about his own health or even his life and without a single complaint. Previously, Killua's greatest flaw was his fear of those seemingly more powerful than him. Killua had been trained as an assassin by Illumi to be extremely cautious and only engage in combat if victory is absolutely certain. Showing great promise from birth, he possesses extraordinary agility and strength that makes Killua a one-man killing machine. Killua has already mastered many killing techniques at a tender age and is set to be one of the best assassins his family has ever produced. His Nen type is Transmutation, which allows him to change the properties of his aura into electricity. His Hatsu involves various uses of electricity to increase his physical capabilities, such as , which allows him to move at immeasurable speeds. Killua is a popular character with fans, coming in first place in the series' first two popularity polls.
List of Hunter × Hunter OVA episodes
Hunter × Hunter is an original video animation (OVA) series in the "Hunter × Hunter" media franchise. 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 legendary "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.
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Critical reception for the first "Hunter × Hunter" television adaptation has been generally favorable. Miyako Matsuda of "Protoculture Addicts", Carl Kimlinger of the Anime News Network (ANN), and Derrick L. Tucker of THEM Anime Reviews all expressed positive views of the series' narrative and characters. Matsuda admired the adventure-filled world of "Hunter × Hunter" and the practical character qualities of friendship, effort, and victory inserted by Togashi. Beginning with the second Viz DVD volume, Kimlinger summarized, "Togashi's plotting is canny and occasionally insightful and Furuhashi's visuals inventive yet attuned to the measured pacing of the series. Together they create a "shonen" action series that is both fun to watch and curiously respectful of its audience's intelligence. A strange combination indeed." Tucker admitted to being "bewitched" by the series mainly due to the remarkable and original characters, especially the interplay between the vastly different personalities of the Phantom Troupe members. Kimlinger gave particular praise to the characteristics of the complex villain Hisoka and the deep, emotional transformation of Kurapika in the latter half of the series. Theron Martin, also of ANN, contrastingly found the plot of the earliest episodes to be cliché, called the protagonist Gon "an obvious Son Goku derivative", and stated that many of the story's aspects have already been covered by other "shōnen" series such as "Dragon Ball Z" a decade earlier. Martin was also displeased by an alleged lack of character development on the main protagonists' parts in the initial episodes.
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is a magician and serial killer. He is deceitful, playful, and narcissistic by nature; acting only in his own self-interest. Hisoka combines his magic tricks with violence, and delights in battling against those he considers strong to the point of sexual arousal. In the manga, his sentences within speech balloons typically end with a suit symbol. Hisoka takes an interest in Gon and his friends after encountering them during the Hunter Exam, letting them live so that they grow into more worthy opponents. Although he initially is posited as an antagonist due to affinity towards murder, he spends much of the series acting as both an adversary and comrade to Gon. He is revealed to be member number four of the Phantom Troupe, although he only joined in order to get a chance to fight their leader, Chrollo Lucilfer. He leaves the group when Chrollo's Nen is sealed by Kurapika and sets out to find a way to break the seal. Having been successful in this task, Hisoka dies after fighting Chrollo, but revives himself, and goes on a killing rampage against the Phantom Troupe.
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is the sixth prince of Kakin and Nasubi's only child with his fourth wife, Katrono. Izunavi is selected as her bodyguard. A stout and plump woman, she prefers handsome men and selected her bodyguards as such while encouraging to read her Book of Tyson, a collection of song lyrics she made scripture which reflect her ideals of world peace. Her Guardian Spirit Beast is an Emitter with a diffusive levy type ability where it produces smaller Nen beasts called that attach themselves to whomever reads Tyson's book, collecting aura from them and bestowing happiness in return. The degree of happiness received depends on how thoroughly one has read the Book of Tyson with consequences to whoever breaks the one and only taboo of Tyson's teachings.
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, code named the "Dragon", is a Triple Star Hunter. He is the most senior member of the Zodiacs and was close to Netero. He is a public prosecutor, military analyst, and Terrorist Hunter. Some time later, Botobai boards the ship. He devotes his attention to the three lower decks, where the conditions have turned out to be worse than expected. He and Mizaistom help the royal troops and private security to maintain the order and handle the criminal issues in the Black Whale, with Botobai also acting as a court official.
List of Soul Eater characters
is the main protagonist of "Soul Eater Not!", a Magic Weapon who becomes a halberd with a dull blade. She is a weapon transfer student from Japan who attends DWMA's NOT class, a class designed for weapons and meisters who want to control their powers in order to lead normal lives. Originally a timid romantic, Tsugami seeks to improve herself since meeting Maka on her first, wanting to emulate the confident senior student. She becomes friends with two Meisters Meme Tatane and Anya Hepburn, alternating between them as a weapon, but will eventually pick one of them to be her official meister partner. She has a habit of exclaiming "Gagantous" when she is shocked or surprised, a word with no apparent meaning.
Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D
Announced at Anime Expo 2006, the Vampire Hunter D manga project is currently underway in collaboration between Hideyuki Kikuchi and Digital Manga Publishing. Kikuchi, who has always had a close relationship with his fans, has personally selected doujinshi artist Saiko Takaki as illustrator for the project.
The first volume was published on 14 November 2007, and was subsequently nominated as the third best new seinen manga of 2007 in an About.com reader's poll, and placed fifth in the SPJA Industry Awards in the "best action manga" category.
List of O-Parts Hunter characters
is a white-haired, pickle-loving hermit who is easily bored and lives on the outskirts of Entotsu City. He is a licensed O-Part appraiser famed for his knowledge and repair of O-Parts, as well as his genius as a swordsman with his sword . Despite his genius, Kirin is not an O.P.T., but his abilities exceed those of most O.P.T.s. A former Stea Government officer at the same time as Amidaba and Zect, he is now a hermit accompanied by his dog Jaja-maru. Jio and Ball seek him out to fix Jio's O-Part, but in exchange they have to keep him entertained playing games, which also act as training to be O.P.T.s. Kirin meets up with Jio, Ruby, and Ball again at the Dastom Ruins, where they encounter his twin brother Kujaku, before continuing to travel as a quartet. After the four year timeskip, he is traveling with the rest of the Orphan Crew looking for Jio. During their attack on Stea HQ, Kirin and Amidaba fight and kill Dofwa Longinus.
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The Hunter appeared in the 2007 movie "AVH: Alien vs. Hunter". This masked human is obsessed with hunting lower species, including human like Xenons and the bull Xenon. Despite being promoted to looking like a Predator from the "Predator franchise", the armor appears far similar to the titular monster from "Zeiram". Hunter is portrayed by Rob Filson.
Demon Hunter (comics)
The Demon Hunter, created by David Anthony Kraft and Rich Buckler, is a fictional character, a superhero first featured in "The Demon Hunter" #1 (September 1975) from Atlas/Seaboard Comics. The series lasted only one issue due to Atlas Comics going out of business.
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Author Tsukasa Kawaguchi contributed the concept of a young male archer and a female fighter who uses a sword as the protagonists, which the editorial department of MF Bunko J approved of. At the editorial department's suggestion, Kawaguchi included seven additional fighting girls and called them "war maidens". Kawaguchi wanted to have another weapon from a novel he had previously worked on for Tigre. The "Monster Hunter" video game franchise gave Kawaguchi the inspiration to develop Tigre's archery skills. Other influences for Tigre included historical archers such as Nasu no Yoichi and Robin Hood.
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is the second youngest sibling of Killua. While the other members of the Zoldyck family refer to Alluka as male or as an object, Killua, who is the closest to Alluka, states that Alluka is female. Alluka is a dark child with the ability to grant wishes and a second personality, named by Killua. Once a person grants three requests made by Alluka, Nanika grants their wish. The bigger the wish, the bigger Alluka's demands will be for the next person. If four of Alluka's demands are refused in a row, at least two people, the refusee and their closest friend/love, will die. A larger wish requires more deaths in the next round when the demands are refused; dying in the order of the amount of time they have spent with the refusee. Once people die in refusal, the demands "reset" to the lowest difficulty level. Because Alluka's power is considered too dangerous, Alluka is locked up alone in a room full of toys. Fearing that Killua will ask Alluka's help to save Gon's life, Illumi asks for Hisoka's help in searching for and killing Alluka, as Alluka poses a grave danger to the entire Zoldyck family in the case of Killua getting killed by Alluka's power. Killua eventually has Alluka cure Gon without consequence, this is because Killua can make demands of Nanika without paying a price. After Gon is healed, Killua demands Nanika not grant anyone else's wishes and starts traveling together with Alluka. The caption to a standalone illustration of Alluka in Volume 33 of "Hunter × Hunter" reads "Ai. I'm from the Dark Continent.," suggesting that Alluka's power is due to the Gaseous Life-form: that humans brought back from the Dark Continent.
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is a lieutenant general in the Stea Government Army and their chief strategic officer of the Northern Hemisphere. He is in charge of their operations at the North Pole, which mainly consists of research surrounding the Kaballah and the Angels, and is privy to information about them that even Dofwa is not. He claims the Stea Government's goal is to unite the world as one, but must do so using force led by O.P.T.s. Mishima is a cyborg with mechanical body parts, including a positron gun O-Part in his left arm. He becomes disillusioned with Miko's plan, and helps Jio and company free Ruby's body from her containment chamber.
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Kite is killed by Neferpitou, and his vessel rebuilt into a manipulated puppet to train the ants. He is later captured by Knuckle and Shoot. Though his original body is dead, Kite used a secret function of Crazy Slots to be reborn as Meruem's twin sister who was initially the size of a finger when found on the Queen's corpse. While named Reina by Colt, the new chimera queen ant that Kite became quickly matured while regaining the memories and personality of her former human male self and helped snapped Gon out of his depression. Kite later tracks down Koala and forces the regretful hitman to become her subordinate as penitence for the death of a girl whose physical appearance Kite had assumed as a Chimera Ant. Kite came in tenth place in the series' first popularity poll.
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, code named the "Horse", is a Double Star Problem Hunter. He appears to be very strict about the rules, and is known as the "Worry Hunter". He is a detective and handyman. When the Black Whale finally sets sail, Kanzai, Saccho and Saiyu stand guard over Beyond's cell. Saccho thinks to himself Kanzai is right and having three Zodiacs guard Beyond is a waste of personnel. He suggests they decide on a rotation and confront Mizaistom so one of them may go help the royal troops.
Erin Hunter
Erin Hunter is a collective pseudonym used by the authors Victoria Holmes, Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, Gillian Philip, Inbali Iserles, Tui T. Sutherland, and Rosie Best, in the writing of several juvenile fantasy novel series, which focus on animals and their adventures. Notable works include the "Warriors", "Seekers", "Survivors", and "Bravelands" book series. Each of the authors play a different role: while Holmes creates the storyline of each book, Cary, Baldry, and Sutherland take turns writing the books. In addition, another person who is not an Erin Hunter writes the manga: Dan Jolley.
Yoshihiro Togashi
Since 2006, Togashi has taken numerous lengthy hiatuses while serializing "Hunter × Hunter". Some were due to illness and lower back pain, while the reasons for others were never disclosed. Thompson speculated that Togashi's slow output is because he is a perfectionist who wants to do everything himself, noting that if he really wanted to, he could have his assistants do everything. In his 2017 book "Sensei Hakusho", which recounts his time working as Togashi's assistant from 1990 to 1997, Kunio Ajino stated that Togashi was unusually generous to his staff.
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is the youngest member of the Zoldyck Family, androgynous in appearance and wearing a feminine kimono. He is initially introduced accompanying his mother during Gon's retrieval of Killua from Kukuroo Mountain and later helps his family in the assassination of the Ten Mafia Dons who placed bounties on the Phantom Troupe. Kalluto joins the Phantom Troupe as Hisoka's replacement, bearing the number 4, during their entrance into "Greed Island". During the Phantom Troupe's assault on Zazan's palace in Meteor City, Kalluto reveals he joined them with the intention of retrieving his brother. His Nen ability, , uses a hand fan to control paper confetti that is sharp enough to cut metal. Kalluto came in fourteenth place in the series' first popularity poll.
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is a Music Hunter and is the kind and understanding member of Neon's bodyguards. She is always ready to listen to anyone's confessions and has the gift to make people open up to her. As Leorio notes, she is one of the very few characters who has made Kurapika open up to her. Melody's physical appearance is in short contrast to her kind soul. Due to effects of the "Sonata of Darkness", a musical piece said to have been written by Satan himself and that whomever listens to it will be greatly cursed, her body is short and her right arm disfigured. One night, Melody and her friend were drunk, and her friend played the Sonata. Its power was so great, that upon hearing only the first movement of the flute solo, Melody was disfigured. Her friend was not so lucky; his entire body was disfigured like Melody's arm and he died after playing it. Melody gained her Nen abilities in exchange. Melody's goal is to find the Sonata of Darkness and destroy it. Melody has the ability to Emit her aura to people to soothe fatigue when she plays an instrument. Melody also has a very sharp sense of hearing and can tell a person's psychological state just by listening to their heartbeat. For example, she knows when people are lying or when someone has completely lost his/her temper. Melody reappears in the Dark Continent arc as part of Kurapika's party, becoming the bodyguard for the tenth prince of Kakin, Kacho. Melody was inspired by Nausicaä and Yupa in Hayao Miyazaki's "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind", or possibly Ashitaka from "Princess Mononoke" instead of Yupa. Melody came in twentieth place in the series' second popularity poll.
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is initially introduced as a cheeky, cheerful kid full of mischievous ideas who befriends Gon during the Hunter Exam. However, his ruthlessness and aptitude in killing shows the other side of him — deadly, violent, and bloodthirsty. A member of the famous Zoldyck Family of assassins, Killua has been trained to be an assassin since birth and conditioned to possess extreme tolerance for poison, electricity and pain. Although Killua fails during his first Hunter Exam by killing an opponent, suspected to be due to his elder brother Illumi's influence, he attends the exam again the following year, earning his license by eliminating all other applicants in the very first trial. Killua and Gon learn about Nen from Wing and later train further under Biscuit Krueger. He becomes one of the first people to beat "Greed Island", helps stop the Chimera Ants, and uses his sibling Alluka's special abilities to heal the nearly-dead Gon.
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After Gon and the others convince Killua to rejoin their side, Leorio and Kurapika depart temporarily for their own personal reasons, while Gon and Killua set for the , a skyscraper where thousands of martial artists compete daily in fighting tournaments, seeking to improve themselves, and gain monetary rewards. There they meet a kung fu master named Wing, who trains them in utilizing Nen, a Qi-like life energy used by its practicers to manifest parapsychological abilities, and is also considered to be the final requirement to pass the Hunter Exam. Sometime later, Gon and his friends reunite again in where they have a clash with the Phantom Troupe. During the occasion, Two from the band of thieves are killed by Kurapika and he is forced to give up the chance of hunting down the rest. In order to rescue Gon and Killua, who were captured by them, but not without succeeding in sealing the powers of their leader Chrollo Lucilfer.
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is a player of "Greed Island" and a member of a large group of other allied players in the game. A founding member of the group, he has worked as an informer recruiting new members for the last five years. His secret identity is that of the "Greed Island" , working with his partners and . He reveals that he placed a Nen time bomb on every member of the allied group using his ability , so that he can blackmail them for all the specified slot cards they hold. However, Genthru does not keep his promise and detonates all the Nen time bombs killing all the members of the allied group except Abengane. He then rejoins Sub and Bara to continue collecting the rest of the specified slot cards in order to win the game. But is defeated by Gon in a one-on-one match (while Killua and Biscuit draw away his teammates and defeat them separately). Genthru is also able to create detonations in his hands when he grabs something using .
Timothy Hunter
Timothy Hunter is a fictional character, a comic book sorcerer published by DC Comics. He first appeared in "The Books of Magic" #1 (January 1990), and was created by Neil Gaiman and John Bolton.
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His flaws lie in his impulsive nature and stubbornness. Gon sometimes fails to think things through and such actions lead to him suffering. Though possessing talent far beyond the norm for his age, anytime his abilities are challenged he feels as if he has to prove his antagonist wrong. He continually strives to obtain greater power, often becoming exceptionally stronger in his anger. But Gon's anger also leads to extremely reckless tendencies. When his emotions are ignited, Gon becomes irrational and completely oblivious to anything else. Gon's Nen type is Enhancement, which gives him his great strength and recuperative abilities. His Hatsu, or specific use of Nen, is called a play on the Japanese word for rock-paper-scissors, "Janken". When Gon throws out "Rock" it is an enhanced punch, "Scissors" transmutes a sword from his index and middle fingers for mid-ranged attacks, and "Paper" emits a ball of aura for long-ranged attacks. During his fight with Neferpitou, it appears that Gon entered into a Nen Contract in order to have "all the power [he]'ll ever have" and grew to an older age. After returning to normal thanks to Alluka Zoldyck's ability, Gon has lost the ability to use Nen. Gon is a popular character with fans, coming in third place in the series' first two popularity polls.
Hunter × Hunter
In 1999, "Hunter × Hunter" was adapted into a 62-episode anime television series produced by Nippon Animation and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi. The show premiered on Japan's Fuji TV and ran until 2001. Three separate original video animations (OVAs) totaling 30 episodes were subsequently produced by Nippon Animation and released in Japan from 2002 to 2004. A second anime television series by Madhouse aired on Nippon Television from October 2011 to September 2014, with two animated theatrical films released in 2013. There are also numerous audio albums, video games, musicals, and other media based on "Hunter × Hunter". The manga has been translated into English and released in North America by Viz Media since April 2005. Both television series were also licensed by Viz, with the first series having aired on the Funimation Channel in 2009 and the second series premiering on Adult Swim's Toonami block since April 16, 2016.
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is one of the original members hailing from Meteor City and bears the number 2 in the Troupe. He is attired in what one would expect from a bandit — dark clothes partnered with a skullhead scarf that covers his mouth. He seldom speaks, but when he does, it is full of grammatical errors, giving the impression that he is not speaking in his native tongue. During the Phantom Troupe's fight with Chimera Ants, Feitan reverts to his native language, which is shown with Chinese characters. After Feitan's victory over Zazan in Meteor City, he is crowned temporary leader of the Phantom Troupe. Feitan's movements are incredibly fast, being able to leave afterimages of his body. He wields an umbrella that conceals both a sword and a gun that fires out of the tip. Following Chrollo's return, Feitan seems to have abandoned his position as interim leader of the Phantom Troupe. He later appears on the Black Whale with Phinks, Franklin, and Nobunaga. He, along with the others, thrash three passengers who refuse to let them sit at a table. After displacing them, he does not participate in the interrogation of the three men.
Mister Sinister
Mister Sinister appeared as the main antagonist in the four issue limited series "X-Men/Spider-Man". In the first issue, set in the 1960s comics, he hires Kraven the Hunter, who, along with the Blob, fight Spider-Man and the original X-Men. Kraven obtains blood samples of each of the X-Men and escapes while The Blob is frozen by Iceman. Kraven brings the blood samples to Sinister, who asks Kraven for his own DNA. In the second issue, taking place after the "Kraven's Last Hunt" storyline, Spider-Man, wearing the black costume, searches the now-dead Kraven's files and finds mention of Mister Sinister. He brings the files to the new X-Men, who, along with Spider-Man, fight the Marauders while investigating the location where Kraven and Sinister last met in search for further clues to their connection. At the end of the issue, Sinister is seen visiting Kraven the Hunter's grave. In the third issue, set during the time while Ben Reilly had taken up the mantle of Spider-Man, Sinister is first seen fighting the X-Men. Mister Sinister attempts to obtain some of Carnage's DNA, but both are interrupted by Spider-Man and the X-Men. Sinister escapes, and Carnage is returned to his prison cell. In the fourth and final issue, Mister Sinister creates a clone of Kraven, using the DNA of himself, Kraven, and the original X-Men. The clone calls itself Xraven. After fighting Spider-Man and the X-Men, only to be confronted by Spider-Man about his lack of honor compared to his template, Xraven battles Mister Sinister.
City Hunter
A spin-off manga titled "Kyō Kara City Hunter" was launched July 25, 2017 in Tokuma Shoten's "Monthly Comic Zenon" magazine. It is centered around a 40-year-old unmarried woman who is a fan of Ryō Saeba and the City Hunter manga, and suddenly dies in a train accident and is reincarnated into the world of City Hunter.
List of xxxHolic characters
The fictional characters appearing in the manga and anime series "xxxHolic" were developed by Clamp, a group of four manga artists. The series takes place in modern Japan and focuses on various supernatural themes, with most of the main characters being humans with magical powers, supernatural creatures, or spirits. Published concurrently with Clamp's "" manga, the two manga's plotlines and character cross over.
Zombie Hunter
It is about an ex-race car driver who hunts down and kills zombies. The main character, Toshio Tamura, was once a grand prix champion who finds himself to be one of many people on a jungle island where he goes through a series of survival tests. He discovers that the purpose of the cruel and deadly games was to find people worthy enough to hunt down alien parasites that hid inside corpses, turning said corpses into zombies. Toshio initially rejects the offer to become a zombie hunter since he sees his would-be boss as a dangerous and sick man, but soon finds himself forced into the role when his loved ones are endangered.
Hunter × Hunter
The story follows a young boy named Gon Freecss, who was told all his life that both his parents were dead. But when he learns from Kite, an apprentice of his father Ging Freecss, that he is still alive and has since become an accomplished Hunter, Gon leaves his home on to take the in order to become a Hunter like him. During the exam, Gon meets and soon befriends three of the other applicants: Kurapika, the last remaining member of the Kurta clan who wishes to become a Hunter in order to avenge his clan and recover their scarlet-glowing eyes that were plucked from their corpses by a band of thieves known as the Phantom Troupe; Leorio, a prospective physician who, in order to pay for medical school, desires the financial benefits that Hunters receive; and Killua Zoldyck, another twelve-year-old boy who has left his former life as a member of the world's most notorious assassin family. Among many other examinees, Gon continuously encounters Hisoka, a mysterious and deadly transmuter who takes an interest in him. After passing by many trials together, Gon and his friends end up passing the exam except for Killua, who fails after killing another applicant due to being controlled by his brother, Illumi, and runs away to his family's estate in shame.
Hunter (comics)
Hunter is the name of two fictional DC Comics villains who appear in stories of the Legion of Super-Heroes. They are not to be confused with Rip Hunter.
Kitana
Boon described Kitana and Mileena as the female equivalents of Scorpion and Sub-Zero, the series' two most iconic male characters with a fierce rivalry of their own. Speaking in 2009, Boon said Kitana had become of the most recognizable "Mortal Kombat" characters, alongside Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and the series' official protagonist Liu Kang. Prior to the release of "Mortal Kombat X", the game's lead designer John Edwards said Kitana had remained his favorite character.
Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission
The film begins before the plot of Hunter x Hunter, some decades ago, when the chairman of the Hunters Association, Isaac Netero, defeats a powerful enemy known as Jed. Back to the present, a group of cloaked men storm into a prison and free the captives there, recruiting them for their plan. Some time later, Gon and Killua take a break from his expeditions with Kite to pay another visit at Heaven's Arena and cheer for their friend Zushi in the Battle Olympia Tournament with Wing and Biscuit. Meanwhile, Leorio, who is also bound to meet them, is attacked and knocked out by the cloaked men. Before the tournament begins, Gon and Killua pay a visit to Netero, who is also at the building, but the Arena is taken over by the mysterious men, with one of them, Gaki, replacing Zushi's first opponent and defeating him, another one, Shura, taking over the security system and a third one, Rengoku, stabbing herself and putting a curse on Netero to seal his Nen and immobilizing him. The ringleader then appears and knocks Gon and Killua down from the tower, but the duo manage to avoid the fall and return to the building, several floors below.
Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge
"Hunter × Hunter" creator Yoshihiro Togashi wrote the two-part manga to act as a prequel to the film. A collected version of the story, referred to as "Volume 0" of the series, was given to the first million moviegoers. A light novel adaptation of the film was released by Shueisha on January 15, 2013.
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is the fourth prince of Kakin and Nasubi's second son with Unma. A rather erudite and placid man on the outside, Tserriednich is actually a sociopath who indulges himself with grotesque acts of cruelty and murder and possesses a vast collection of items related to human parts, including several scarlet eyes from the Kurta clan, which draws the attention of Kurapika, who infiltrates the succession game with Biscuit, Melody and other allies in order to confront him and reclaim them. Later, Tserriednich sends Myuhan and Danjin to attend Kurapika's lessons, telling them they can kill everyone in the room should they fail to learn Nen in two weeks. Revealed to be a Specialist-type Nen user, manifesting a Nen Beast of his own, his natural Nen ability allows him to see ten seconds into the future allowing events to play out as an illusion to all nearby while acting independently then. His Guardian Spirit Beast has the ability to curse anyone who lies to him by creating wounds on their face, developing into a rash should that person lie to him again..
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is a Chimera Ant resembling a humanoid wolf, possessing a powerful sense of smell, who Nen affinity is Conjuration. Welfin was originally Gyro's childhood friend and subordinate in his previous life, having been captured while defending Gyro's base and fed to the Queen. While a Squadron Leader, motivated by his past life's ambition of being a "shadow king", Welfin became a follower of Meruem with ulterior motives in improving of status. This enabled Welfin to acquire his Hatsu , conjuring a back-mounted organism armed with missiles holding centipedes that grow in size while feeding on the victim's defiance. Using it for neogation purposes, Welfin uses Missileman on the condition of establishes a target who would refuses to obey or tells lies after being selected, the attack canceled whenever Welfin is feeling defeated and sincere. When confronted by Meruem about his treacheries, Welfin's strike of fear makes him grow old in a few instants, and he is only saved when he manages to somehow utter Komugi's name, making the king remember about her and look for her instead. Welfin eventually regains his memories as Zaiqahal and later joins Bizeff in seeking out Gyro.
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The Maverick Hunters (Irregular Hunters in Japan) are a group of Reploids who protect humans and other Reploids from Mavericks and the heroes of the "Mega Man X" series, and the protagonists of each game are prominent Maverick Hunters. When they are introduced in "Mega Man X", they have already existed for quite a while, having been previously founded by Dr. Cain (who has since retired). From "Mega Man X" on, they battle Sigma and the other Mavericks.
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is a young boy who studies Shingen-Ryu Kung fu and Nen under the tutelage of Wing, whom Gon and Killua meet in the Heavens Arena. He is a formidable fighter and a prodigy in his own right, however, he is quickly surpassed by Gon and Killua. According to the results of his water divination, Zushi is a Manipulator. Zushi came in twenty-first place in the series' second popularity poll.
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The , also known as the , is the name for a gang of thieves with thirteen membership roster that changes, usually when kills a member to take their place in the organization or chosen by their leader Chrollo to replace one who had died earlier, each member bearing a numbered tattoo of a twelve-legged spider. Chrollo and the other founding members of the Phantom Troupe all originated in the slum , a place where the residents do not exist in any official records with many hired by various criminal organizations. Although they mainly steal and kill, they occasionally do philanthropic work. Currently, after he murdered two of their members following his defeat by Chrollo, the Phantom Troupe are tracking down Hisoka with the intent to kill him for his actions against the group.
Yoshihiro Togashi
Togashi's next major series , an action-adventure manga, began serialization in 1998. The story revolves around the protagonist Gon Freecss, a young boy in search of his father, who is a legendary, elite member of society called a "Hunter". This manga also performed very well commercially, with the first 20 volumes selling nearly 55 million copies in Japan as of August 2011. In 2008, Togashi tied with "One Piece" author Eiichiro Oda as the fifth favorite manga artist from a poll posted by the marketing research firm Oricon.
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is an 18-year-old shinobi who has trained in the art of ninjutsu since he was born. He decided to become a Hunter in order to find the elusive Hermit's Scroll. In the second test of the exam, featuring cooking, he is the only one to know what sushi is, as it is a dish from his home country, Japan. In the final test of the Hunter Exam, Hanzo is put against Gon in a fight where your opponent must admit defeat. Despite his speed, strength, and battle experience easily exceeding that of Gon, Gon refuses even after Hanzo breaks his arm. Noting the lack of hate in Gon's eyes after this act, Hanzo realizes he actually has come to like him. He willingly bows out of the battle, giving Gon the victory needed for him to pass the exam. Hanzo wins and passes the exam himself when he threatens the same to Pokkle in his next match, becoming a licensed Hunter. It is later stated by Wing that Hanzo learned Nen after the Hunter Exam. Hanzo later reappears in the Dark Continent arc as part of Kurapika's party and becoming the guard of the twelfth prince, Momoze. After Prince Momoze's sudden death by one of her bodyguards, a furious Hanzo blames himself for not being there to save her. He believes the murderer might strike again, and deduces that he is one of the two bodyguards taking a break. He swears to Biscuit that he would make the murderer pay for killing Momoze. Hanzo came in eighth and sixteenth place in the series' first two popularity polls.
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, code named the "Snake", is a woman with a calm attitude. She has the ability to change her arms into a snake which she uses to briefly threaten Pariston when he suggests the Zodiacs to make him the Chairman without election. She is a coroner, pharmacist and Poison Hunter.
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is one of the Big Four of the Zenom Syndicate. She is quiet and very polite and acts like a maid, greeting even enemies as "masters" and "ladies" and claiming she will serve them until death. She holds the ring O-Part , which is worn around her neck like a necklace, to her mouth and her personality changes completely as she angrily yells at them. The ring takes any words or sounds spoken into it and materializes large letters spelling out the words or sounds. These letters take on the characteristics of the word(s), such as "thorns" creating thorny letters and "hot tea" creating letters in hot liquid. During her fight with Ruby she is caught between two halves of a rock, but is accidentally saved by Futomomo-taro. Because he is the only person to ever become her "master" without her having to ask, Spica vows to serve him until death and betrays Zenom.
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is one of the original members of the Troupe from Meteor City. Out of all of the Phantom Troupe, he is the strongest in terms of raw physical power. Uvogin is so strong, that direct hits from bullets, sniper bullets, and even anti-tank rockets do not cause visible damage to him. Like all of the Troupe, he never hesitates to kill, and particularly enjoys combat against skilled opponents. Although he prefers to fight alone, Uvogin becomes stronger when fighting with a partner, usually Nobunaga, because he fights better when there is someone else to protect (although he never admits this). Seeking revenge on Kurapika for capturing him after his battle with the Shadow Beasts, Uvogin tracks him to the hotel where Neon Nostrade and the rest of her bodyguards are staying. They fight one-on-one in a small canyon on the outskirts of Yorknew City. Kurapika eventually captures Uvogin with his Chain Jail, and questions him about the location and abilities of the other Phantom Troupe members. Uvogin refuses to answer any questions, responding only to kill him. Kurapika then pierces Uvogin's chest with his Judgement Chain ability, giving Uvogin the condition that he must answer all questions truthfully. But Uvogin refuses to answer Kurapika's question on the whereabouts of the other Troupe members, instantly killed with his body buried by Kurapika soon after. He is the eleventh member of the Troupe and his Nen type is Enhancement. Uvogin came in twelfth place in the series' second popularity poll.
Van Von Hunter
Van Von Hunter is a weekly hand-drawn parody manga begun in 2002 by Mike Schwark and Ron Kaulfersch of Pseudomé Studio, based in Cleveland, Ohio. It has since been published in newspapers, books, and as a webcomic. The story takes place in the land of Dikay, a country fraught with undeath, and focuses on the warrior Van Von Hunter and his "never-ending fight against evil...stuff". The opening of the series and Von Hunter's presence gives the series a Castlevania-like feel, but essentially the comic spoofs role-playing games, fantasy creatures and folklore (in one instance Von Hunter slays an Irish pixie), among other things.
Ghost Hunt (novel series)
Pop Culture Shock's Michelle Smith criticises the "Ghost Hunt" manga for its "noticeable slide in quality" after volume five, attributing this to "the end of "Ghost Hunt"s serialization in "Nakayoshi" and the beginning of direct-to-tankōban releases". Mania.com's Eduardo M. Chavez criticises the main protagonist, Naru, for not taking "action on initial calls for distress. He then changes his mind, takes the case while always providing a perspective that is contrary to the work that he is actually assigning his staff." He also criticises the repetitive nature of the manga, saying, "every bit of paranormal, psychic and occult culture is dissected to death often repeating a few times a book".
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is a koala-humanoid Chimera Ant who was a hitman in his former life, armed with a gourd whose compressed liquid is used to kill his opponents. Having regained most of his memories, Koala served as a subordinate of Meleoron and used his skills to kill his victims in an act of mercy rather than bring them to the Queen alive with the chance that they would be reincarnated like himself. Among his victims was a girl whose physical appearance Kite assumed following her transition into a Chimera Ant Queen. Following his discussion with her over the complexities of the human soul while expressing his regret in his role in the Queen's feeding, Koala becomes Kite's subordinate.
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is the Chairman of the Selection Committee for the Hunter Exam. Presiding over it, he has final authority over every stage of the examination and is assisted by his secretary , who helps organize the Hunter Exam and presents the successful candidates with their license. Netero is said to have been the strongest Nen user in the world 50-years prior to the start of the series. Decades prior to the beginning of the series, Netero spent four years rigorously training every day in order to express gratitude to the martial arts. He eventually attained enlightenment, giving him the ability to punch faster than the speed of sound and the power of the bodhisattva Guanyin. Netero is also the Grand Master of the style of Kung fu. He commits suicide to exterminate the Chimera Ant King by triggering a powerful nuclear weapon linked to his heart. He has a son, Beyond Netero, that no one knew about until his death.
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is a cheetah-like Chimera Ant with unparalleled speed, allowing him to dodge bullets with ease and rapidly punch experienced Hunters before they can even move. Compared to the other Chimera Ants, Cheetu is very simpleminded and egotistical with no agenda of his own while simply content with being the fastest. Following Meruem's birth, Cheetu leaves N.G.L. and heads to the East before being impeded by Morel and Knuckle with their confrontation ending a stalemate. The ordeal convinces Cheetu that needs a power greater than pure speed and offered his services to Shaiapouf in return for his help in developing his Nen. With his new power, he confronts Morel again, but is defeated by being psychologically tricked. Cheetu escapes, and later is seen boasting about yet another ability. Cheetu finally meets his end during the attack on Meruem's palace when he ends up being crushed to death by Silva Zoldyck from above during the Chimera Ant's attempt to pick a fight with Zeno, all the while boasting of his magnificent new technique.
Kraven the Hunter
Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is one of Spider-Man's frequent enemies and the half-brother of Dmitri Smerdyakov, better known as the Chameleon. In 2009, Kraven was ranked as IGN's 53rd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
Sorcerer Hunters
The Haz Knights are the most elite Sorcerer Hunters, with amazing powers, augmented by magical armor. Mille is the first to appear in the manga, while the others don't appear until volumes nine, ten and eleven.
Also known as Milphey-uy, he is a transvestite who most often acts with Carrot's group and has a thorough knowledge of necromancy and all kind of magic. His power comes from his Guardian Spirit, the Phoenix. He is pansexual and constantly flings himself at both Onion and Carrot, which draws more ire from Tira and Chocola, and flirts with them, though he's also shown some degree of interest in Gateau and Marron.
List of Hunter × Hunter (2011) episodes
This new "Hunter × Hunter" anime was announced on July 24, 2011. It is a complete reboot of the series starting from the beginning of the manga, with no connections to the first anime from 1999. It is directed by Hiroshi Kōjina, produced by Madhouse, and features scripts by Jun Maekawa and character designs by Takahiro Yoshimatsu. Instead of having the old cast reprise their roles for the new adaptation, the series features an entirely new cast to voice the characters. The new series premiered airing weekly on Nippon Television and the nationwide Nippon News Network from October 2, 2011. An hour after each episode is aired in Japan, American website Crunchyroll provided English subtitled simulcasts in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The series started to be collected in both DVD and Blu-ray format on January 25, 2012. Viz Media has licensed the anime for a DVD/Blu-ray release in North America with an English dub. On television, the series began airing on Adult Swim's Toonami block on April 16, 2016.
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is the third prince of Kakin and Nasubi's only son with his third wife, Tang Zhao Li. While a diplomatic pacifist who takes pleasure in luxury, he allied himself with the Xi-Yu crime family as he believes a true king should make use of both the light and the dark sides of society. By his own admission he has a tendency to worry more about what happens after he becomes king than about the hurdles to reach the crown. His Guardian Spirit Beast is a Conjurer would compound type ability produces a coin on daily basis, giving its holder various abilities after fulfilling certain conditions with its value increases over time. Zhang Lei estimates that handing out the coins would manifest their power once he is king, making him ironclad when it happens yet apparently useless to the holder until then.
Zax: The Alien Hunter
The main characters is Zax, an alien humanoid who crashlanded on an unknown planet, which is overrun by hostile robot forces. His goal is to navigate through the planet and help local people, the Korbo, to defeat robots. The game is mostly shooter with minor puzzle elements. A role-playing game element is also present, as player is required to collect ore and crystals to assemble new weapons and items, such as energy shields, first aids, and protector drones. The main accent in shooting mechanics is placed on enemy teleporters, which constantly spawn new robots unless a console is destroyed, which is usually somewhere nearby. The opponents of the game are robots, plus some of planet's dangerous wildlife.
Kraven the Hunter
Kraven is a maniacal big game hunter who seeks to defeat Spider-Man to prove that he is the greatest hunter in the world. Unlike other hunters, he typically disdains the use of guns or bow and arrows, preferring to take down large dangerous animals with his bare hands. He also lives by a code of honor of sorts, choosing to hunt his game fairly. He consumes a mystical serum to give himself enhanced strength and dramatically slow the aging process. Kraven was trained as a hunter largely by a mysterious man named Gregor, a mercenary who battled Ka-Zar. Kraven was at one point lover of the voodoo priestess Calypso.
List of Hunter × Hunter characters
is a young adult who befriends Gon, Kurapika and Killua during the Hunter Exam. After losing a friend to a curable illness he could not afford the treatment for, Leorio dedicates himself to becoming a Hunter in order to pay for the costs of medical school, so he can become a doctor and treat the impoverished for free. Though he is often outshone by the genius combat abilities of Gon and Killua, compared to the average man, Leorio is indeed talented. After becoming a licensed Hunter, Leorio assists his friends in their encounters with the Phantom Troupe from the sidelines. He reappears while Gon is hospitalized and enters the running to become the next Chairman of the Hunter Association, although he loses. Leorio is later invited to become a member of the Zodiacs and joins their expedition to the Dark Continent. When the Black Whale finally sets sail, Leorio starts working at the medical care facility on the third deck under Cheadle Yorkshire, carrying medicines. Killua suspects that Leorio's Nen type is Emission after seeing him teleport a punch across a room and out of a wormhole. Leorio is a popular character with fans, coming in fifth and sixth place in the series' first two popularity polls.
Hunter × Hunter
When the "Hunter × Hunter" anime covered most of its source material by 2001, Nippon Animation made the decision to end the adaptation rather than continue it with filler. Due to fans' unsatisfied reactions to the conclusion of the television series, three subsequent OVAs were produced by Nippon Animation. These carried the plot from where the broadcast left off during the Yorknew City arc and covered the Greed Island arc. The first OVA series was directed by Satoshi Saga and ran for eight episodes in four released volumes from January 17 to April 17, 2002. The second OVA series, "Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island", was directed by Yukihiro Matsushita and ran for eight episodes in four released volumes from February 19 to May 21, 2003. The third OVA series, "Hunter × Hunter: G.I. Final", was directed by Makoto Sato and ran for 14 episodes in seven released volumes from March 3 to August 18, 2004. After the original anime's initial run on Animax, the OVAs were aired successively. Viz has shown no intention of releasing English versions of the OVAs.
Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D
Differences between the original light novel and film, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Much like the first manga, volume 3 remains faithful to the novel with little changes within the story.The City, a tiny metropolis of a few hundred sheltered citizens floating serenely on a seemingly random course a few feet above the ground, has long been thought safe from the predation of marauding monsters. It seems like a paradise - a paradise shattered when an invasion of an apparent vampire threatens the small haven! While the Vampire Hunter known only as "D" struggles to exterminate the scourge, a former denizen of the city, the attractive Lori Knight, and the brash John M. Brasselli Pluto VIII seize control of the city, lurching it onto a new and deadly course. D's travails are just the beginning...
Hunter × Hunter
A series of three film books based on the first anime series and authored by Nobuaki Kishikan has been released by Shueisha from December 3, 1999 to August 24, 2001. A guidebook to the anime titled was published by Shueisha in January 2001. A guidebook to the manga titled was published by the company on June 4, 2004. There is also an extensive trading card game by Bandai, action and trading figures, and various other collectables.
List of Hunter × Hunter characters
is the Chimera Ant and the most powerful of the Queen's offspring as a result of her feeding on only humans, possessing the Specialist Nen ability to assimilate the aura of those he consumes and increase his power greatly. Forcing himself to be born at the cost of the Queen's life, Meruem was born arrogant with little sense of identity aside from his supposed destiny and preconceived notions of his kind's superiority over humans. Meruem leaves N.G.L. with his Royal Guards in search of a place to establish his colony while acquiring a mate outside his species to conceive an Chimera Ant queen. This led to Merum taking over the Republic of East Gorteau, having Pitou use the corpse of its dictator Ming Jol-ik to order a mandatory gathering of East Gorteau's entire population for a national rally to create a situation in which entire towns and villages could be secretly abducted for a "selection": the forcible awakening of Nen in order for Pouf to create an army of Chimera Ant-hybrid soldiers for world domination. The Hunter Association mobilizes an extermination team to raid the East Gorteau kingdom and assassinate Meruem, composed of a selected team of professional Hunters.
List of Hunter × Hunter characters
is an Unidentified Beast Hunter and Morel's apprentice. Despite appearing to be an aggressive man, Knuckle is very compassionate and easily moved to tears. He also gets along well with animals, having the habit of taking care of abandoned pets. Knuckle's ability "chapter-7 bankruptcy" is when he punches someone (by lending some aura) he simultaneously attaches a small indestructible nen-creature "Amortizing Power Redirector (A.P.R.)", with a counter on its head. It follows the opponent wherever they go and grow by counting 10% interest on the borrowed aura in every 10 seconds if not paid back by hitting Knuckle (provided Knuckle is within 100 meters distance). If the aura count exceeds his opponent's total aura, the opponent goes bankrupt. Bankruptcy causes the conjured "A.P.R." to transform into the "Individual Ren Suppressor (I.R.S.)" ("Toritaten" in the original Japanese version), a mascot that attaches itself and forces the debtor into Zetsu for 30 days.
List of Hunter × Hunter characters
is Gon's aunt who raised him and does not want him to become a Hunter. Although she never told Gon that Ging was a Hunter, he grew up believing both his parents died in an accident, the boy learned about it from Kite three years prior to the series. She later reveals to Gon that Ging returned with an infant Gon asking their grandmother to take care of him for a while, but Mito felt him unfit to parent and gained custody of Gon. However, in the 1999 version of the anime and novelization, Mito is made into the sister of Gon's mother, making Ging her brother-in-law. Mito does not want Gon to become a Hunter who does not care about his family like his father. As such, she fights and wins for custody over Gon. However, now that Gon has left, she tries her best to support him in his journey.
List of Hunter × Hunter characters
Meruem takes an interest in strategy games, defeating champion-level players by learning their battle tactics after disrupting the flow of their playing style. However, he is unable to overcome the skill of a seemingly dimwitted blind girl from the countryside named Komugi in Gungi, the game she reigns over. As Meruem finds himself unable to disrupt her flow, the challenge of playing against Meruem awakens Komugi's Nen ability, thus, increasing her own skills. To the dismay of the Royal Guards, Meruem even starts to show respect and care for Komugi while questioning his own violent methods as a way to rule. As such, the King wavers between his human emotions and animal instincts, ultimately deciding to compromise by taking over the planet for the Chimera Ants, but sparing humans and leaving them to live in reservations. Meruem's faltering leaves him vulnerable, almost being destroyed in the fight against Netero when the man detonated the nuclear explosive on his person as a last resort. But Meruem survived by feeding on the bodies of Pouf and Youpi, assimilating their powers alongside their aura. But besides being poisoned by the bomb's radiation, Meruem also suffered temporarily memory loss before he recovers his memories of Komugi. Netero's final attack would takes its toll on Meruem at the time as he finds Komugi, spending his final moments playing with her before dying in her arms.
List of Hunter × Hunter characters
is an experienced Single Star Jackpot Hunter. He is hired by multibillionaire to beat "Greed Island" and to test the people who want to enter the game in order to earn the 50 billion jenny prize money offered by Battera. He and his team ally with Gon, Killua, Biscuit, Hisoka and Goreinu to take part in the dodgeball game against Razor. He and his team later engage Genthru's in a game of chase in order to buy time for Gon to train against Genthru and for Killua to heal his injuries.
List of O-Parts Hunter characters
is a fat man that enters the Olympia tournament. Although he fails the preliminary round, due to an error he stays on Rock Bird and later escapes with Jin. His O-Part is the , which paralyzes the people it cuts with its stench and was the idea of "Papuwa of the South Seas" and "Jibaku-kun" author Ami Shibata. He also uses the , which give him an animal trait depending on the one he eats; keen sense of smell from the Dog dumpling, wings from the Pheasant one. Four years after Rock Bird, Futomomo-taro and Jin are still traveling together and accidentally end up in Zenom HQ at the same time as Jio and company. After accidentally saving her, Futomomo-taro becomes the "master" of Spica. Futomomo-taro is based on the folktale hero Momotarō.
Huntress (comics)
The Huntress of Helena Bertinelli features in the MMORPG "DC Universe Online", voiced by Claire Hamilton, as an early boss fight for villains or a contact for heroes. She is also available as a Legends character, where players can use iconic characters in PvP battle simulations. The Huntress is also the main character of the solo instance "The Hunt", which lets players explore her origins as she infiltrates a mafia warehouse to confront Santo Cassamento about the murder of her family.
List of Hunter × Hunter characters
is the main protagonist of the series and an athletic, naïve, and friendly boy. Having spent a lot of time in the woods as a child, he gets along very well with animals and has inhuman senses such as heightened sense of smell and sight, as well as very keen taste. Raised by his aunt Mito, Gon wants to become a Hunter in order to find his father, Ging, who is one. During the Hunter Exam Gon befriends Killua Zoldyck, Kurapika and Leorio Paradinight. After successfully becoming a licensed Hunter, Gon and Killua learn about Nen from Wing and later train further under Biscuit Krueger. After his trio becomes the first people to beat "Greed Island" and helping to stop the Chimera Ants, Gon meets his father.
List of Hunter × Hunter characters
is a Triple Star Hunter and former vice chairman of the Hunter Association. He used to be one of the Zodiacs under the code name "Rat". Similar to Ging, he did not alter his physical appearance to match his animal. Pariston is a skilled politician, and eventually the winner of the 13th Hunter Chairman Election arc. However, he resigns from his new position and from the Zodiacs. He joins Beyond Netero's expedition.
Hiro Mashima
Mashima has named his main characters after the seasons. In "Rave", the main character is named Haru, which is Japanese for spring. In "Fairy Tail", the main character is , which is the Japanese word for summer. In "Monster Soul", his main character is Aki (Autumn), and in "Monster Hunter Orage", he names a character Shiki, which is the Japanese word for seasons. He has also named a character Fuyu, which is Japanese for winter. Mashima said in an "About.com" interview that he did this because Japanese readers may not be familiar with western fantasy names. The main characters of both "Rave" and "Fairy Tail" do not have fathers, partly taken from Mashima's own experience of his father dying when he was young.
List of Hunter × Hunter characters
The Chimera Ant is the first chimera ant to be seen in the series, having mysteriously mutated to human size instead of being generally limited to ten centimeters like the rest of her kind. The Queen first appears in the story when she washes up injured on the shores of the autonomous region of Neo Green Life (or simply N.G.L.), a small insular nation located on an island known as the Mitene Union. Driven by her reproductive instincts to give birth to a Chimera Ant King with ideal traits, the Queen immediately begins to feed on small mammals and aquatic life in order to give birth to soldier ants to bring her larger prey in greater amounts. When one of her soldiers brings her two human children to feed on, noting them to be more nourishing then previous prey, she became obsessed and sends her soldiers to concentrate on gathering more humans to feed on. N.G.L.'s status as neo-Luddite enabled the Queen's offspring be unopposed before their activities are eventually learned by the outside world. The Queen is fatally injured when the Chimera Ant King's forced, premature birth damaged her organs with massive blood loss. Despite receiving treatment from the Hunters, dies while labeling her son Meruem. But after her death, the Queen is revealed to have birth a twin sister to Meruem who is later revealed to be Kite reborn as a new Chimera Ant Queen.
Hunter × Hunter
However, Gon decides to have Killua accompany him to meet his father using the artifacts, but they send them to meet Kite instead. The duo then decide to help with Kite's research, and upon discovering a giant insect limb the group discovers that it came from a man-sized Chimera Ant queen. An insect that devours other creatures and then gives birth to progeny that inherit the characteristics of the different species it has eaten. The queen washes up onto an island nation called the Neo-Green Life (N.G.L.) Autonomous Region, where she quickly develops a taste for humans and builds a colony powerful enough to overcome the population, especially after her offspring learn the power of Nen after consuming some Hunters. Upon facing the Royal Guard of the Chimera Ants, Kite sacrifices himself to allow Gon and Killua to flee and alert the Hunter Association. After weeks of preparation, the Association sends a team of some of their most powerful Hunters, including Netero, the president of the Association himself to defeat the Ants and their king Meruem, whose subjects secretly overthrew the government of the nearby as part of their plan of subduing all of mankind. Despite losing to Meruem in combat, Netero ends up killing him with a bomb implanted in his body that poisons him to death soon after. In the occasion, Gon has a showdown with Neferpitou, the Ant who killed Kite and despite having exacted his revenge is hospitalized and in critical condition.
List of Strangehaven characters
Alex Hunter is the protagonist for much of the series, and the primary audience identification figure. He arrives in Strangehaven after a car accident in which he sees a ghostly vision on the road ahead of him. As he is estranged from his wife, whom he discovered was committing adultery, Alex has little reason to leave Strangehaven - which is useful, as the village itself does not seem to permit him to go outside the forest and coastline around it; any attempt to go further causes him to loop back in on Strangehaven. Alex is interested in Janey Jones, although their relationship seldom runs smooth, and works alongside her at Strangehaven's primary school. Alex has become the focus of two secret groups in Strangehaven: The Knights of the Golden Light, a secretive lodge who want to control Strangehaven's power, and thus the world, and a small coven of witches run by Dor. He is superseded as the protagonist by Sergeant Clarke in the issues directly after "Strangehaven" #12.
Eiichiro Oda
In a 2008 poll, conducted by marketing research firm Oricon, Oda was elected fifth most favorite manga artists of Japan. He shared the place with Yoshihiro Togashi, creator of "YuYu Hakusho" and "Hunter × Hunter". In their 2010 poll on the Mangaka that Changed the History of Manga, Oda came in fourth.