Hunter × Hunter has been a huge critical and financial success and has become one of Shueisha's best-selling manga series, having sold 72 million copies in Japan alone as of 2018. Hunter × Hunter can currently be viewed on Apple TV, Tubi, The Roku Channel, and Peacock. 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. The manga has been translated into English and released in North America by Viz Media since April 2005. There are also numerous audio albums, video games, musicals, and other media based on Hunter × Hunter. A second anime television series by Madhouse aired on Nippon Television from October 2011 to September 2014 totaling 148 episodes, with two animated theatrical films released in 2013. Three separate original video animations (OVAs) totaling 30 episodes were subsequently produced by Nippon Animation and released in Japan from 2002 to 2004. The show premiered on Japan's Fuji TV and ran until 2001. In 1999, Hunter × Hunter was adapted into a 62-episode anime television series produced by Nippon Animation and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi.

The original inspiration for the manga came from Togashi's own collecting hobby. Along the way, Gon meets various other Hunters, including main cast members Kurapika, Leorio, and Killua, and also encounters the paranormal. Despite being abandoned by his father, Gon departs upon a journey to follow in his footsteps, pass the rigorous Hunter Exam, and eventually find his father. The story focuses on a young boy named Gon Freecss, who discovers that his father, who he was told had left him at a young age, is actually a world renowned Hunter, a licensed profession for those who specialize in, but are not limited to, fantastic pursuits such as locating rare or unidentified animal species, treasure hunting, surveying unexplored enclaves, or hunting down lawless individuals. As of November 2022, 400 chapters have been collected into 37 tankōbon volumes (chapter collections) by Shueisha in Japan. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since March 16, 1998, although the manga has frequently gone on extended hiatuses since 2006. Hunter × Hunter (ハンター×ハンター, Hantā Hantā), pronounced 'Hunter Hunter', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission (2013).Hunter × Hunter - Jump Super Anime Tour 98

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