Hunter × Hunter#Setting

{{Nihongo|Hunters|ハンター|Hantā}} are licensed, elite members of humanity who are capable of tracking down secret treasures, rare beasts, or even other individuals, and can also access locations that regulars cannot.{{cite magazine|author1=Matsuda, Miyako|author2=Pelletier, Claude J.|magazine=Protoculture Addicts|publisher=Protoculture Inc.|title=Anime Stories: Hunter X Hunter|issue=66|date=June 2001|pages=64–5|issn=0835-9563}} To obtain a license one must pass the rigorous annual Hunter Examination run by the Hunter Association, which has a success rate of less than one in a hundred-thousand.{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=1|date=April 5, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=2|title=An Encounter in the Storm|isbn=978-1-59116-753-2}} A Hunter may be awarded up to three stars: a single star for making "remarkable achievements in a particular field"; they may then be upgraded to two stars for "holding an official position" and mentoring another Hunter up to single star level; and finally upgraded to three stars for "remarkable achievements in multiple fields".{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=32|date=April 1, 2014|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=331|title=Day of Reckoning|isbn=978-1-4215-5912-4}}

{{Nihongo4|Nen|念}} is the ability to control one's own life energy or aura, which is constantly emitted from them, knowingly or not. There are four basic Nen techniques: {{Nihongo4|Ten|纏}} maintains the aura in the body, strengthening it for defense; {{Nihongo4|Zetsu|絕}} shuts the aura flow off, useful for concealing one's presence and relieving fatigue; {{Nihongo4|Ren|練}} enables a user to produce more Nen; and {{Nihongo4|Hatsu|發}} is a person's specific use of Nen.{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=6|date=January 3, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=47-48|title=The Invisible Wall; Hisoka's Terms|isbn=978-1-4215-0185-7}} Nen users are classified into six types based on their Hatsu abilities; {{Nihongo4|Enhancers|強化系|Kyōkakei}} strengthen and reinforce their natural physical abilities; {{Nihongo4|Emitters|放出系|Hōshutsukei}} project aura out of their bodies; {{Nihongo4|Manipulators|操作系|Sōsakei}} control objects or living things; {{Nihongo4|Transmuters|変化系|Henkakei}} change the type or properties of their aura; {{Nihongo4|Conjurers|具現化系|Gugenkakei}} create objects out of their aura; and {{Nihongo4|Specialists|特質系|Tokushitsukei}} have unique abilities that do not fall into the previous categories.{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=7|date=March 7, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=60|title=Passing the Exam|isbn=978-1-4215-0332-5}} A Nen user can enter into a {{Nihongo4|Contract|誓約|Seiyaku}} where, by pledging to follow certain {{Nihongo4|Limitations|制約|Seiyaku}}, their abilities are strengthened in relation to how strict they are. An example of this is Kurapika who, in order to have an unbreakable chain that will fully restrain members of the Phantom Troupe, offered his life, should he use it on anyone other than its members.{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=9|date=July 5, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=83|title=September 2nd: Part 5|isbn=978-1-4215-0644-9}}

{{main|List of Hunter × Hunter characters{{!}}List of Hunter × Hunter characters}}

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 {{Nihongo|Whale Island|くじら島|Kujira Tō}} to take the {{Nihongo|Hunter Examination|ハンター試験|Hantā Shiken}} in order to become a Hunter like him.{{sfn|Thompson|2007|p=42}}{{cite web|author=Takahashi, Rika|title=Hunter x Hunter|url=http://www.ex.org/4.1/26-manga_hunterxhunter.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991006000351/http://www.ex.org/4.1/26-manga_hunterxhunter.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 6, 1999|publisher=EX.org|access-date=July 7, 2020}}{{cite news|author=Martin, Theron|date=January 12, 2009|title=Hunter x Hunter DVD Set 1 - Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-1|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707025554/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-1|url-status=live}} During the exam, Gon meets and 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 many trials together, Gon and his friends end up passing the exam except for Killua, who fails after killing another applicant due to the influence of his brother, Illumi, and runs away to his family's estate in shame.

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 {{Nihongo|Heavens Arena|天空闘技場|Tenkū Tōgijō}}, a skyscraper where thousands of martial artists compete daily in fighting tournaments, seeking to improve themselves and gain monetary rewards.{{cite news|author=Kimlinger, Carl|date=September 14, 2009|title=Hunter x Hunter DVD Set 3 - Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-3|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622124525/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-3|url-status=live}} There they meet Zushi, a fellow Heavens Arena applicant, who has a kung fu master named Wing who trains them in utilizing Nen, a Qi-like life energy used by its practitioners 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 {{Nihongo|Yorknew City|ヨークシンシティ|Yōkushin Shiti}} 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 from being captured, but not without succeeding in sealing the powers of their leader, Chrollo Lucilfer.

A few days later, Gon and Killua achieve their objective and begin playing Greed Island, an extremely rare and expensive video game with Nen-like properties following some clues about Ging's whereabouts.{{cite news|author=Kimlinger, Carl|date=September 26, 2009|title=Hunter x Hunter DVD Set 4 - Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-4|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706133028/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-4|url-status=live}} While exploring the game, it is revealed that its scenario is actually set somewhere in the real world, created with Nen by a team led by none other than Ging himself. Outclassed by the challenges in the game at first, they are soon joined and trained by Biscuit Krueger, an experienced teacher of Nen and kung fu master. With Biscuit's help, Gon and Killua train their Nen and learn to shape their abilities to their traits. Killua takes a short break from Greed Island to apply for the Hunter Examination again, this time passing with success. The trio then complete the game together against all odds and Gon obtains the right to choose the artifacts from the game necessary to reunite with his father.

Gon decides to have Killua accompany him to meet his father using the artifacts, but the duo are sent to meet Kite instead. They decide to help with Kite's research of 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 to 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 from consuming 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 {{Nihongo|Republic of East Gorteau|東ゴルトー共和国|Higashi Gorutō Kyouwakoku}} 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. Meanwhile, Gon has a showdown with Neferpitou, the Ant who killed Kite. After overusing Nen to exact his revenge, he is hospitalized and in critical condition. After the Chimera Ant incident is resolved, the Hunter Association's top echelons the Zodiacs, from which Ging is a member, begin the process of choosing Netero's replacement as Chairman, while Killua returns home to ask for his younger sister Alluka to save Gon's life. His family is unwilling to risk losing Alluka or having her dangerous powers used against them, but after evading his older brother Illumi's attempts to intercept him, Killua manages to bring Alluka to Gon's side and have him fully restored. He then attempts to seal away Alluka's alter ego which grants them their power (Nanika, likely a creature from the Dark Continent), but at the last moment decides to revert the process rather than seal away Nanika Alluka's only other friend. Killua then parts ways with Gon to travel the world with Alluka, while Gon himself finally meets his father and learns the true nature of his quest.

Some time later, Netero's son Beyond assembles an expedition to the {{Nihongo|Dark Continent|暗黒大陸|Ankoku Tairiku}}, the forbidden, vast area outside of the known world; he is sponsored by the Kingdom of Kakin. Fearing that the expedition may bring disaster, just like in all previous attempts, the world's five greatest powers accept that Kakin join their ranks in exchange for full authority over its findings. To accompany Beyond and ensure his compliance, the Zodiacs decide to watch over him and invite Kurapika and Leorio to join them, replacing Ging and former Vice-Chairman Pariston Hill, who assembled their own Dark Continent exploration teams by Beyond's request. Meanwhile, Chrollo regains his powers and fulfills Hisoka's wish to have a duel with him, which ends with Hisoka defeated and nearly killed. After reviving through Nen, Hisoka starts killing off the Phantom Troupe members one by one, who have boarded Kakin's ship to the Dark Continent to rob it. Aboard the ship, Nasubi, the king of Kakin, starts a battle to the death between his heirs to decide his successor. Kurapika, who also infiltrated the ship with other Hunters, takes part in the succession war as the bodyguard of Fourteenth Prince Wobble, Kakin's youngest prince and a toddler. Kurapika's personal objective, however, is to retrieve the last batch of scarlet eyes of the Kurta Clan in custody of Tserriednich, Kakin's Fourth Prince.

Author Yoshihiro Togashi explained that one of his hobbies was collecting objects of all sorts, so he was inspired to create a manga involving collecting titled "(something) Hunter".{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|title=Hunter × Hunter Creation Secrets|volume=6|date=January 3, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|page=26|isbn=978-1-4215-0185-7|author-link=Yoshihiro Togashi}} He came up with the final name Hunter × Hunter while watching the television variety show Downtown, in which the hosts often repeat what they say to make the audience laugh. The "×" in the title is silent.{{cite magazine|author=|title=Say It Like You Mean It|magazine=Shonen Jump No. 28|volume=3|issue=4|page=16|location=Canada|publisher=Viz Media|date=April 2005}}{{sfn|Thompson|2007|p=492}}{{cite book|last1=Clements|first1=Jonathan|author-link1=Jonathan Clements|last2=McCarthy|first2=Helen|author-link2=Helen McCarthy|date=2015|title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Century of Japanese Animation|edition=3rd|pages=324|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E03KBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1425|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|isbn=978-1611720181|access-date=October 8, 2022|archive-date=October 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008155757/https://books.google.com/books?id=E03KBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1425|url-status=live}} As with his previous series, YuYu Hakusho, Togashi used drafting ink and Kabura pens for his illustrations but began using an eMac to color them.{{cite magazine|title=Interview: Yoshihiro Togashi|magazine=Shonen Jump|date=May 2003|publisher=Viz Media|location=San Francisco, CA|volume=1|issue=5|issn=1545-7818}} Togashi uses few or no assistants in the manga's production;{{sfn|Thompson|2007|p=154}} however, fellow manga artist and future wife Naoko Takeuchi assisted Togashi in adding screentone to single-color pages for the first volume.{{cite book|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|series=Hunter × Hunter|volume=1|date=April 5, 2005|title=Togashi and Naoko|publisher=Viz Media|page=164|isbn=978-1-59116-753-2}}{{cite journal|author=Takeuchi, Naoko|date=January 1999|script-title=ja:武内直子姫の社会復帰ぱーんち!!(Round 2)|trans-title=Princess Naoko Takeuchi's Return to Society Punch!! (Round 2)|journal=Young You|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|author-link=Naoko Takeuchi}} With the birth of their first son early in its publication, Togashi felt that this personal aspect of his life would be a great influence on his work, particularly the manga's theme of a young boy searching for his father.

There have been several instances in which Togashi has apologized to readers in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump for low-quality artwork and promised to redraw portions of the chapters for their tankōbon (collected volume) releases.{{cite journal|journal=Weekly Shōnen Jump|publisher=Shueisha|script-title=ja:9月1日(4)|trans-title=September 1st: Part 4|series=Hunter × Hunter|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|date=February 15, 2000|issue=11|language=ja}}{{cite journal|journal=Weekly Shōnen Jump|publisher=Shueisha|script-title=ja:9月3日(17)|trans-title=September 3rd: Part 17|series=Hunter × Hunter|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|date=October 24, 2000|issue=47|language=ja}}{{cite journal|journal=Weekly Shōnen Jump|publisher=Shueisha|script-title=ja:9月10日(3)|trans-title=September 10th: Part 3|series=Hunter × Hunter|author=Togashi, Yoshihiro|date=July 31, 2001|issue=35|language=ja}} In addition, the publication history of the Hunter × Hunter manga has been plagued with hiatuses since 2006, in which serialized chapters would be separated by extended periods of time.{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=February 12, 2006|title=Hunter X Hunter Interupted [sic]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-02-12/hunter-x-hunter-interupted|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 5, 2009|archive-date=January 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113220243/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-02-12/hunter-x-hunter-interupted|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ハンター×ハンター：1年8カ月ぶり連載再開|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Resumed serialization for the first time in 1 year and 8 months|url=http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/manga/archive/news/2007/10/20071006mog00m200013000c.html|website=Mainichi Shimbun|access-date=June 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217115520/http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/manga/archive/news/2007/10/20071006mog00m200013000c.html|archive-date=December 17, 2007|language=ja|date=October 6, 2007}}{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=August 27, 2008|title=Hunter X Hunter Manga to Restart on October 6|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-27/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-restart-on-october-6|website=Anime News Network|access-date=2010-04-09|archive-date=March 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330030424/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-27/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-restart-on-october-6|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-02-24/graphs-charts-chronicle-hunter-x-hunter-manga-many-hiatuses/.99046|title=Graphs, Charts Chronicle Hunter x Hunter Manga's Many Hiatuses|date=February 24, 2016|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 17, 2016|archive-date=April 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410115246/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-02-24/graphs-charts-chronicle-hunter-x-hunter-manga-many-hiatuses/.99046|url-status=live}} After returning from a two-year-long hiatus in June 2014,{{cite web|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-22/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-resume-in-june|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga to Resume in June|date=April 22, 2014|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 23, 2014|archive-date=April 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425195029/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-22/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-resume-in-june|url-status=live}} and joining the English-language Weekly Shonen Jump lineup, the manga went on another just two months later.{{cite web|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-04/hunter-hunter-manga-hiatus-continues-until-further-notice/.78384|title=Hunter × Hunter Manga Hiatus Continues Until Further Notice|date=September 4, 2014|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 21, 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203031013/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-04/hunter-hunter-manga-hiatus-continues-until-further-notice/.78384|url-status=live}} The series returned from this hiatus on April 18, 2016,{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga's Return Slated for April 18|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-03-16/hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-slated-for-april-18/.99845|date=March 16, 2016|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 16, 2016|archive-date=March 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319013704/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-03-16/hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-slated-for-april-18/.99845|url-status=live}} however, just over two months later, Hunter × Hunter began another hiatus on June 4, 2016.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Hunter × Hunter Manga Goes On Indefinite Hiatus|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-30/hunter-hunter-manga-goes-on-indefinite-hiatus/.103791|date=June 30, 2016|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 22, 2017|archive-date=July 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716143320/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-30/hunter-hunter-manga-goes-on-indefinite-hiatus/.103791|url-status=live}} It came back on June 26, 2017,{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Resumes on June 26|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-30/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-on-june-26/.116676|date=May 30, 2017|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 30, 2017|archive-date=June 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601225948/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-30/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-on-june-26/.116676|url-status=live}} and just over two months later, on August 31, the series went on hiatus again, planning to return by the end of that year.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes on Hiatus With Plans to Return By End of Year|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-31/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-on-hiatus-with-plans-to-return-by-end-of-year/.120769|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 30, 2019|date=August 31, 2017|archive-date=May 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508104932/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-31/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-on-hiatus-with-plans-to-return-by-end-of-year/.120769|url-status=live}} The series came back on January 29, 2018,{{cite web|last=Piselli|first=Justin|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Resumes in Shonen Jump on January 29|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-03/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-in-shonen-jump-on-january-29/.124753|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 24, 2020|date=December 3, 2017|archive-date=April 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404161118/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-03/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-in-shonen-jump-on-january-29/.124753|url-status=live}} before going on hiatus again on April 9 of the same year.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-01/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus/.129767|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes Back on Hiatus|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=April 1, 2018|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-date=May 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526134155/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-01/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus/.129767|url-status=live}} After a five-month hiatus, the manga resumed publication from September 22 to November 26, 2018, before entering another hiatus.{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Returns From 5-Month Hiatus on September 22|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-04/hunter-x-hunter-manga-returns-from-5-month-hiatus-on-september-22/.136334|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 4, 2018|date=September 4, 2018|archive-date=September 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904232953/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-04/hunter-x-hunter-manga-returns-from-5-month-hiatus-on-september-22/.136334|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes Back on Hiatus in December|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-25/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus-in-december/.139890|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 30, 2019|date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605045058/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-25/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus-in-december/.139890|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」次号より休載、冨樫義博「次の10週分ネームは出来ている」|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/309416|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 30, 2019|language=ja|date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130050630/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/309416|url-status=live}}

In May 2022, Togashi created a Twitter account where he teased that the series would resume publication.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Teases Hunter x Hunter Manga's Return (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-24/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-hunter-x-hunter-manga-return/.185983|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 27, 2022|date=May 24, 2022|archive-date=May 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527053506/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-24/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-hunter-x-hunter-manga-return/.185983|url-status=live}} In July of that same year, Togashi revealed that he was unable to sit in a chair for two years due to his back and hip problems, but was able to resume drawing by doing so while laying down;{{cite news|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-07-04/yoshihiro-togashi-addresses-his-health-problems-in-art-exhibition-message/.187362|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Addresses His Health Problems in Art Exhibition Message|work=Anime News Network|date=July 7, 2022|access-date=July 7, 2022|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706235930/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-07-04/yoshihiro-togashi-addresses-his-health-problems-in-art-exhibition-message/.187362|url-status=live}} in August, Togashi posted that he decided to increase his staff, adding that the background effects for chapter 399 were done according to his request, and that chapter 400 would follow once he had handed in his specifications for it.{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Hunter x Hunter's Yoshihiro Togashi: "I've Decided to Increase My Staff"|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-08-30/hunter-x-hunter-yoshihiro-togashi-ive-decided-to-increase-my-staff/.189157|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 31, 2022|date=August 31, 2022|archive-date=August 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830234511/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-08-30/hunter-x-hunter-yoshihiro-togashi-ive-decided-to-increase-my-staff/.189157|url-status=live}} The series resumed publication on October 24, 2022, after a three-year-and-eleven-month hiatus; the longest the series has ever had.{{cite web|script-title=ja:冨樫義博「HUNTER×HUNTER」連載再開！約3年11カ月ぶり|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/497040|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 11, 2022|language=ja|date=October 11, 2022|archive-date=October 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011012450/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/497040|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Resumes After Almost 4 Years on October 24|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-10/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-after-almost-4-years-on-october-24/.190697|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 11, 2022|date=October 10, 2022|archive-date=October 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017222242/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-10/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-after-almost-4-years-on-october-24/.190697|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」連載再開！ジャンプリミックスから「冨樫義博クロニクル」発売|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/498672|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 24, 2022|language=ja|date=October 24, 2022|archive-date=October 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024000410/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/498672|url-status=live}} On December 26, 2022, it was announced that the manga would once again enter on hiatus. The Weekly Shōnen Jump editorial department published a letter which said that they had consulted with Togashi and decided that the manga should not follow a weekly serialized format going forward, and that once they knew concrete details of its return and how it would be serialized, they would reveal the details in the magazine.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Goes Back on Hiatus|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-25/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus/.193300|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225191122/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-25/hunter-x-hunter-manga-goes-back-on-hiatus/.193300|archive-date=December 25, 2022|date=December 25, 2022|url-status=live}} On March 9, 2023, Togashi tweeted that chapter 401 was completed, but the form of publication was not decided at the time.{{cite web|script-title=ja:『H×H』作者・冨樫氏、久々にツイッター更新で原稿の進捗状況報告「机での作業時間が少しずつ増えて」 掲載形態は決まらず|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2270924/full/|website=Oricon News|access-date=March 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309163333/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2270924/full/|archive-date=March 9, 2023|language=ja|date=March 9, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Dempsey|first=Liam|title=Hunter x Hunter Mangaka Yoshihiro Togashi Reveals Completion of Next Chapter|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/03/08/hunter-x-hunter-magaka-yoshihiro-togashi-reveals-completion-of-next-chapter|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=March 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310182716/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/03/08/hunter-x-hunter-magaka-yoshihiro-togashi-reveals-completion-of-next-chapter|archive-date=March 10, 2023|date=March 9, 2023|url-status=live}} On October 1 of the same year, Togashi made his first tweet in nearly seven months, which contained the phrase "Start over" in English, as well as an image depicting the bottom right corner of a page with a ruler below.{{cite web|script-title=ja:『H×H』作者・冨樫義博、7ヶ月ぶりにSNS更新 原稿公開で「Start over」 投稿10分でトレンド入り|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2297023/full/|website=Oricon News|access-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001195040/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2297023/full/|archive-date=October 1, 2023|language=ja|date=October 2, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Teases Return of Hunter x Hunter Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-02/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-return-of-hunter-x-hunter-manga/.203032|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002115140/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-02/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-return-of-hunter-x-hunter-manga/.203032|archive-date=October 2, 2023|date=October 2, 2023|url-status=live}} On May 1, 2024, Togashi made another tweet, sharing a photo with the number 5 on the corner of a page, stating that he was working on chapter 405; the following day, he posted a picture of two more pages, numbered 6 and 7 respectively.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Yoshihiro Togashi Teases Hunter x Hunter Manga's Return Again|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-02/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-again/.210440|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502202728/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-02/yoshihiro-togashi-teases-hunter-x-hunter-manga-return-again/.210440|archive-date=May 2, 2024|date=May 2, 2024|url-status=live}} On July 22 of the same year, Togashi made posts stating that instructions for the backgrounds were ready for his assistants for chapters 409 and 410; Togashi also teased progress for up to chapter 416 a week prior.{{cite web|last1=Cayanan|first1=Joanna|last2=Mateo|first2=Alex|title=Shueisha Lists Hunter x Hunter Manga Volume 38 for Release on September 4; Yoshihiro Togashi Teases More New Chapters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-22/shueisha-lists-hunter-x-hunter-manga-volume-38-for-release-on-september-4-yoshihiro-togashi-teases-/.213474|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723000541/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-22/shueisha-lists-hunter-x-hunter-manga-volume-38-for-release-on-september-4-yoshihiro-togashi-teases-/.213474|archive-date=July 23, 2024|date=July 22, 2024|url-status=live}} The series resumed in Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 7 to December 9, 2024, before entering another hiatus.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」10月7日発売のジャンプ45号より掲載！38巻の書影も初公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/587187|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=August 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819134846/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/587187|archive-date=August 19, 2024|language=ja|date=August 19, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Resumes in Weekly Shonen Jump on October 7|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-19/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-in-weekly-shonen-jump-on-october-7/.214474|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819133741/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-19/hunter-x-hunter-manga-resumes-in-weekly-shonen-jump-on-october-7/.214474|archive-date=August 19, 2024|date=August 19, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「HUNTER×HUNTER」約1年9カ月ぶりの最新話が本日発売のジャンプに|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/594170|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006151525/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/594170|archive-date=October 6, 2024|language=ja|date=October 7, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:白井カイウ×天野洋一のノワールアクション読切「APPLE」がジャンプに|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/602822|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209044837/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/602822|archive-date=December 9, 2024|language=ja|date=December 9, 2024|url-status=live}}

In November 2023, on TV Asahi's variety show {{ill|Iwakura and Yoshizumi Show|ja|イワクラと吉住の番組}}, Togashi announced that he had planned four possible scenarios for the series' finale through a handwritten letter which was read aloud during the program.{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER：冨樫義博が裏話を直筆回答、結末にも言及 "櫻坂愛"に関有美子も感無量 「イワクラと吉住の番組」|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231114dog00m200035000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120205016/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231114dog00m200035000c.html|archive-date=November 20, 2023|language=ja|date=November 14, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER：冨樫義博が"衝撃の結末"に言及 「イワクラと吉住の番組」特集後編 今夜放送|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231121dog00m200015000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121105736/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231121dog00m200015000c.html|archive-date=November 21, 2023|language=ja|date=November 21, 2023|url-status=live}} Only the fourth abandoned ending ("ending D") was revealed, stating that it could be considered the ending in case he dies before finishing the manga. This ending takes place after a time skip, years into the future, featuring Gon's granddaughter, Gin. Togashi expressed a desire to create a satisfying enough conclusion so he would not have to resort to endings A, B, or C. Togashi stated that the readers' reactions would be 80% positive on ending A, even split on ending B, and 90% negative on ending C. While acknowledging ending A as a "safe", noncontroversial option, Togashi personally preferred ending C, despite expecting significant criticism from fans.{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Togashi Yoshihiro Reveals Hunter x Hunter Manga's Possible Ending in Case He Passes Away|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-21/togashi-yoshihiro-reveals-hunter-x-hunter-manga-possible-ending-in-case-he-passes-away/.204708|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122030720/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-21/togashi-yoshihiro-reveals-hunter-x-hunter-manga-possible-ending-in-case-he-passes-away/.204708|archive-date=November 22, 2023|date=November 21, 2023|url-status=live}}

{{main|List of Hunter × Hunter chapters{{!}}List of Hunter × Hunter chapters}}

Written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi, Hunter × Hunter started its serialization in Shueisha's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on March 3, 1998.{{efn|The series debuted in the magazine's 14th issue of 1998 (cover date March 16),{{Cite web|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazines/321850|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ 1998/03/16 表示号数14|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|language=ja|trans-title=Weekly Shonen Jump 1998/03/16 Number of indications 14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111318/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazines/321850|archive-date=March 6, 2019}} released on March 3 of that same year.{{cite magazine|title=Contents|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1155195898|magazine=Weekly Shōnen Jump|publisher=Shueisha|issue=13|year=1998|access-date=June 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625182139/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1155195898|archive-date=June 25, 2023|language=ja|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|quote={{lang|ja|次号No.14は3月3日火発売!! やっと読める! 冨樫義博先生の「HUNTER×HUNTER」 新連載!!}}|url-status=live}}}} Shueisha has compiled most of the chapters into individual {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. The first volume was released on June 4, 1998.{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER 1|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-872571-9|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=September 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124000123/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-872571-9|archive-date=January 24, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}} As of September 4, 2024, 38 volumes have been released.{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER 38|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884279-0|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=September 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903161428/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-884279-0|archive-date=September 3, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}} The series has also been published in a {{Transliteration|ja|sōshūhen}} edition that aims to recreate the manga as it was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in the same size and with the color pages. Eleven volumes were released between December 9, 2011, and April 18, 2014, covering up to the Election story arc.{{cite web|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111039-1|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 総集編 Treasure 1|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 22, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614075714/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111039-1|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111071-1|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 総集編 Treasure 11|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=April 22, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614081149/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111071-1|url-status=live}}

In April 2005, Viz Media began publishing the manga in English in North America.{{cite web|title=Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 1|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=4658|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018174623/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=4658|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=April 22, 2014}} They market the series as part of their "Shonen Jump Advanced" line for older teens and young adults.{{cite magazine|date=December 20, 2004|title=Shonen Jump Advanced Line Targets Older Teens|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6166.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=2010-11-09|archive-date=August 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803203050/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6166.html|url-status=live}} Thirty-seven volumes have been released in North America as of October 3, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/hunter-x-hunter-volume-37/product/7620|title=Hunter x Hunter, Volume 37|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 2, 2023|archive-date=September 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923173645/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/hunter-x-hunter-volume-37/product/7620|url-status=live}} On April 22, 2014, it was announced that Hunter × Hunter would be joining the digital English magazine Weekly Shonen Jump.{{cite web|url=http://shonenjump.viz.com/node/2076|title=Hunter x Hunter's Joining SJ!|date=April 22, 2014|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=April 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424164857/http://shonenjump.viz.com/node/2076|url-status=live}} In May 2024, Viz Media announced a 3-in-1 edition, with the first volume released on February 18, 2025.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Viz Media Licenses Beyblade X, Mujina Into the Deep, Firefly Wedding, The Climber, More Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-01/viz-media-licenses-beyblade-x-mujina-into-the-deep-firefly-wedding-the-climber-more-manga/.211428|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601060854/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-01/viz-media-licenses-beyblade-x-mujina-into-the-deep-firefly-wedding-the-climber-more-manga/.211428|archive-date=June 1, 2024|date=June 1, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Hunter x Hunter (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/manga-books/manga/hunter-x-hunter-3-in-1-edition-volume-1/product/8207|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=November 15, 2024}}

{{Nihongo|Kurapika's Memories|クラピカ追憶編|Kurapika Tsuioku-hen}}, a two-part manga Togashi wrote to act as a prequel to the first animated film, Phantom Rouge, was published in the December 3 and 10, 2012 issues of Weekly Shōnen Jump.{{cite news|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-20/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-run-2-part-kurapika-tsuioku-hen|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga to Run 2-Part 'Kurapika Tsuioku-hen'|date=November 20, 2012|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 20, 2012|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410023555/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-20/hunter-x-hunter-manga-to-run-2-part-kurapika-tsuioku-hen|url-status=live}} The two chapters were collected into a single {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}}, numbered Volume 0 of the series, that was given to the first one million theatergoers of the film.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Hunter x Hunter Moviegoers to Get Manga 'Volume 0'|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-28/hunter-x-hunter-moviegoers-to-get-manga-volume-0|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 26, 2023|date=November 28, 2011|archive-date=December 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225013032/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-28/hunter-x-hunter-moviegoers-to-get-manga-volume-0|url-status=live}} Viz included the Kurapika's Memories chapters in the December 17 and 24, 2012 issues of their digital English magazine Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha.{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/welcome-to-hunter-x-hunter-1347|title=Welcome to HUNTER x HUNTER|publisher=Viz Media|date=December 17, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=November 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128133812/https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/welcome-to-hunter-x-hunter-1347|url-status=live}} 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 Shōnen Jump+ on June 2, 2016.{{cite news|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-03/tokyo-ghoul-ishida-draws-69-page-chapter-for-hunter-hunter-character-hisoka/.102821|title=Tokyo Ghoul's Ishida Draws 69-Page Chapter for Hunter × Hunter Character Hisoka|date=June 3, 2016|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 3, 2016|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808212337/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-03/tokyo-ghoul-ishida-draws-69-page-chapter-for-hunter-hunter-character-hisoka/.102821|url-status=live}}

{{main|Hunter × Hunter (1999 TV series){{!}}Hunter × Hunter (1999 TV series)}}

The first Hunter × Hunter anime adaptation was produced by the company Nippon Animation and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, who had previously directed the Rurouni Kenshin television series.{{cite news|author=Kimlinger, Carl|date=May 8, 2009|title=Hunter X Hunter DVD Box Set 2 - Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-2|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=July 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705030500/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hunter-x-hunter/dvd-set-2|url-status=live}} A total of 62 episodes of Hunter × Hunter were broadcast on the Japanese terrestrial television network Fuji Television from October 16, 1999, to March 31, 2001, during the same Saturday evening timeslot as the anime version of Togashi's previous series YuYu Hakusho.{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER オフィシャルホームページ|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Official Homepage|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/na/hunter/index.htm|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916064021/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/na/hunter/index.htm|archive-date=September 16, 2010}}{{cite web|author=Takahashi, Rika|year=1999|title=Weekly Jump 1999 Issue 37-38|url=http://www.ex.org/4.6/26-manga_jump1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000526152744/http://www.ex.org/4.6/26-manga_jump1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 26, 2000|publisher=EX.org|access-date=October 10, 2018}} Additionally, Hunter × Hunter has aired on the satellite television station Animax.{{cite web|script-title=ja:再放送情報|trans-title=Repeat Information|url=http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova3/topnews/topnews_animax.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031855/http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova3/topnews/topnews_animax.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ハンター× ハンター 作品トップ ANIMAX|url=http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?code=NN00015102|publisher=Animax|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917143804/http://animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?code=NN00015102|archive-date=September 17, 2010}} Although it closely follows the manga, the violence in the anime version is lessened for younger audiences. Marvelous Entertainment has released all episodes of the series in Japan on DVD in 13 separate volumes between September 20, 2000, and September 19, 2001.{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER セルDVD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Sell DVD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/dvd01.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040611163128/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/dvd01.html|archive-date=June 11, 2004}}

Viz Media licensed the Hunter × Hunter anime for distribution in the Region 1 market, with English voice-work handled by the Ocean Group at Blue Water Studios in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.{{cite news|date=April 21, 2008|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-21/viz-plans-hunter-x-hunter-release-in-dvd-season-boxes|title=Viz Plans Hunter X Hunter Release in DVD Season Boxes|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622173043/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-21/viz-plans-hunter-x-hunter-release-in-dvd-season-boxes|url-status=live}} The series was released on four DVD boxed sets from December 9, 2008, to December 1, 2009.{{cite web|title=Hunter x Hunter Box Set 1 (DVD Box Set)|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7488|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222162812/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7488|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2008|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 10, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=8381|title=Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 4 (DVD Box Set)|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=October 10, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110609115801/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=8381|archive-date=June 9, 2011}} Starting with the second set, Viz partnered with Warner Home Video to distribute the DVDs.{{cite news|date=December 17, 2008|title=Viz to Distribute Anime through Warner, iTunes Canada|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-17/viz-to-distribute-anime-through-warner-itunes-canada|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623010435/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-17/viz-to-distribute-anime-through-warner-itunes-canada|url-status=live}} Hunter × Hunter began airing in the United States on the Funimation Channel in the spring of 2009.{{cite news|date=April 6, 2009|title=Funimation Channel Adds Viz Anime Starting in Late Spring (Updated)|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-06/funimation-channel-adds-viz-anime-starting-late-spring|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623202844/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-06/funimation-channel-adds-viz-anime-starting-late-spring|url-status=live}}

{{main|List of Hunter × Hunter OVA episodes{{!}}List of Hunter × Hunter OVA episodes}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2005/09/27/ask-john-why-does-anime-use-filler-episodes/|title=Ask John: Why Does Anime Use Filler Episodes?|author=Oppliger, John|access-date=October 10, 2018|date=September 27, 2005|publisher=AnimeNation|author-link=John Oppliger|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320051814/http://www.animenation.net/blog/2005/09/27/ask-john-why-does-anime-use-filler-episodes/|archive-date=March 20, 2012}} 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.{{cite news|date=September 26, 2001|title=Upcoming Anime in Japan|last=Philips|first=George|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-09-26/upcoming-anime-in-japan|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619081040/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-09-26/upcoming-anime-in-japan|url-status=live}}{{cite book|title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917|last1=Clements|first1=Jonathan|author1-link=Jonathan Clements|last2=McCarthy|first2=Helen|author2-link=Helen McCarthy|page=291|year=2006|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|isbn=1-933330-10-4|edition=Revised and Expanded}}{{cite news|date=December 7, 2001|title=News: Hunter X Hunter OVAs Announced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-12-07/hunter-x-hunter-ovas-announced|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619075630/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-12-07/hunter-x-hunter-ovas-announced|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|author=Matsuda, Miyako|magazine=Protoculture Addicts|publisher=Protoculture Inc.|title=Anime & Manga News: Japan|issue=75|date=March–April 2003|page=5|issn=0835-9563}}{{cite news|date=November 26, 2003|title=News: New Hunter X Hunter OVA|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-11-26/new-hunter-x-hunter-ova|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612031326/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-11-26/new-hunter-x-hunter-ova|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER セルDVD (OVA)|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Sell DVD (OVA)|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova01.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040611125008/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova01.html|archive-date=June 11, 2004}} 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.{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER セルDVD (OVA 2)|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Sell DVD (OVA 2)|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova02.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=April 19, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708100302/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova02.html|archive-date=July 8, 2009}} 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.{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER セルDVD (OVA 3)|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Sell DVD (OVA 3)|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova03.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624090832/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/ova03.html|archive-date=June 24, 2011}} After the original anime's initial run on Animax, the OVAs were aired successively.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ハンター × ハンター グリードアイランド編|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Greed Island Episode|url=http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?program=NN00015859|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518061131/http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?program=NN00015859|archive-date=May 18, 2007|publisher=Animax|language=ja|access-date=October 10, 2018}} Viz has shown no intention of releasing English versions of the OVAs.{{cite web|author=Smith, David|date=April 19, 2008|title=NYCC 08: Viz Media Speaks|url=http://anime.ign.com/articles/868/868004p1.html|website=IGN|access-date=April 19, 2008|archive-date=August 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811131426/http://anime.ign.com/articles/868/868004p1.html|url-status=live}}

{{main|Hunter × Hunter (2011 TV series){{!}}Hunter × Hunter (2011 TV series)}}

A new Hunter × Hunter anime adaptation was announced in July 2011. Instead of continuing the story from the OVA series, it restarts the story from the beginning of the manga in an attempt to adapt it more accurately. The series is directed by Hiroshi Kōjina, produced by Madhouse, scripted by Atsushi Maekawa, and character designs were created by Takahiro Yoshimatsu. The series began airing Sunday mornings on Nippon TV starting October 2, 2011.{{cite news|date=August 1, 2011|title=2011 Hunter x Hunter Anime to Retell Story From Start|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-08-01/2011-hunter-x-hunter-anime-to-retell-story-from-start|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706190151/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-08-01/2011-hunter-x-hunter-anime-to-retell-story-from-start|url-status=live}} It switched to airing at 1:29 am on Tuesday nights from October 8, 2013, onwards.{{cite web|date=September 25, 2013|title="Hunter x Hunter" Anime Moves to Late Night|last=Green|first=Scott|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/09/25-1/hunter-x-hunter-anime-moves-to-late-night|publisher=Crunchyroll|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=April 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407121820/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/09/25-1/hunter-x-hunter-anime-moves-to-late-night|url-status=live}} The series ended on September 23, 2014, after 148 episodes.{{cite news|date=August 17, 2014|title=Megumi Han: Hunter x Hunter Anime to End at Episode 148|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-17/megumi-han-hunter-x-hunter-anime-to-end-at-episode-148/.77699|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426231824/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-17/megumi-han-hunter-x-hunter-anime-to-end-at-episode-148/.77699|url-status=live}}

An hour after each episode 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.{{cite news|date=September 30, 2011|title=Crunchyroll to Stream New Hunter x Hunter Anime|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-30/crunchyroll-to-stream-new-hunter-x-hunger-anime|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903122950/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-30/crunchyroll-to-stream-new-hunter-x-hunger-anime|url-status=live}} The series started airing on Animax Asia on April 24, 2012.{{cite web|title=Animax Captures The New Hunter X Hunter Anime Series For Asia|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2012-04-12/animax-captures-the-new-hunter-x-hunter-anime-series-for-asia|website=Animax Asia via Anime News Network|access-date=December 22, 2021|date=April 12, 2012|archive-date=December 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223013235/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2012-04-12/animax-captures-the-new-hunter-x-hunter-anime-series-for-asia|url-status=live}} On October 9, 2015, Viz Media announced their license to the series at their panel at New York Comic Con.{{cite news|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-09/viz-media-adds-2011-hunter-x-hunter-anime/.93993|title=Viz Media Adds 2011 Hunter x Hunter Anime|website=Anime News Network|date=October 9, 2015|access-date=April 28, 2020|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025002755/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-09/viz-media-adds-2011-hunter-x-hunter-anime/.93993|url-status=live}} They would release the anime on DVD/Blu-ray with an English dub. On April 1, 2016, it was announced that the series would premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block, which began airing on April 17, 2016.{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-02/adult-swim-toonami-to-run-hunter-x-hunter-tv-anime/.100577|title=Adult Swim's Toonami to Run Hunter x Hunter TV Anime|website=Anime News Network|date=April 1, 2016|access-date=April 1, 2016|archive-date=April 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403125752/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-02/adult-swim-toonami-to-run-hunter-x-hunter-tv-anime/.100577|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title="Hunter x Hunter" To Be Broadcast On Toonami|last=Green|first=Scott|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/02/hunter-x-hunter-to-be-broadcast-on-toonami|date=April 2, 2016|publisher=Crunchyroll|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=April 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424151459/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/02/hunter-x-hunter-to-be-broadcast-on-toonami|url-status=live}} Madman Entertainment acquired the series for distribution in Australia and New Zealand,{{cite web|url=http://b2b.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?method=view&releaseId=53102|title=Hunter X Hunter Part 1 (Eps 1-26) (Blu-Ray)|publisher=Madman Entertainment|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625024047/http://b2b.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?method=view&releaseId=53102|url-status=live}} and made the series available on AnimeLab.{{cite tweet|user=AnimeLab|author=AnimeLab|author-link=AnimeLab|number=1275579487070179329|title=The hunt is complete… Hunter X Hunter is coming to AnimeLab this Friday in Sub and Dub! 🏹❌|date=June 24, 2020|access-date=July 6, 2020}} Funimation began streaming the series in the United Kingdom and Ireland on July 17, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://animeuknews.net/2020/07/funimation-uk-ie-to-stream-hunter-x-hunter-2011-anime-series/|title=Funimation UK/IE to stream Hunter x Hunter (2011 anime series)|date=July 13, 2020|publisher=Anime UK News|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719105123/https://animeuknews.net/2020/07/funimation-uk-ie-to-stream-hunter-x-hunter-2011-anime-series/|url-status=live}}

{{main|Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge{{!}}Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge|Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission{{!}}Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission}}

Before the first anime television series was created, a short film adaptation of Hunter × Hunter was shown as part of the 1998 "Jump Super Anime Tour" alongside similar adaptations of Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! and One Piece.{{cite book|author=Oda, Eiichiro|year=2007|title=One Piece 10th Treasures|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|page=30|author-link=Eiichiro Oda}} Produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by Noriyuki Abe, it depicts the early events of the manga up to Gon's ocean voyage from Whale Island.

A film adaptation by the second television anime's staff called Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge, featuring an original story, was announced in March 2012. It was released on January 12, 2013, by Toho.{{cite web|title=Hunter x Hunter Anime Film Announced|url=http://www.animekon.com/news-1453-Hunter-x-Hunter-Anime-Film-Announced.html|publisher=Animekon|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727230752/http://www.animekon.com/news-1453-Hunter-x-Hunter-Anime-Film-Announced.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-20/hunter-x-hunter-film-1st-main-visual-unveiled|title=Hunter x Hunter Film's 1st Main Visual Unveiled|date=July 20, 2012|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 22, 2012|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614100909/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-20/hunter-x-hunter-film-1st-main-visual-unveiled|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-22/hunter-hunter/phantom-rouge-film-teaser-streamed|title=Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge Film's Teaser Streamed|date=July 22, 2012|access-date=July 6, 2020|website=Anime News Network|archive-date=July 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705170338/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-22/hunter-hunter/phantom-rouge-film-teaser-streamed|url-status=live}} It centers around Gon and his friends efforts to retrieve Kurapika's eyes which were stolen by Omokage, Hisoka’s predecessor in the Phantom Troupe. The film is based on an unpublished story manga creator Yoshihiro Togashi wrote around 10 years before.{{cite news|date=September 2, 2012|title=Hunter x Hunter Film's Full Trailer, 2nd Teaser Streamed|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-02/hunter-x-hunter-film-full-trailer-2nd-teaser-streamed|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024191847/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-02/hunter-x-hunter-film-full-trailer-2nd-teaser-streamed|url-status=live}}

A second film, titled Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission, was announced following the first one's debut. The film has some focus on Netero, the chairman of the Hunter Association as Gon and his friends discover the dark secrets behind his past. The movie was released on December 27, 2013,{{cite news|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-07/second-hunter-x-hunter-film-to-premiere-on-december-27|title=Second Hunter x Hunter Film to Premiere on December 27|date=7 August 2013|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 20, 2013|archive-date=March 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302154410/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-07/second-hunter-x-hunter-film-to-premiere-on-december-27|url-status=live}} and the DVD and Blu-ray was released on July 23, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.hxh-movie.jp|title=HUNTER x HUNTER -The LAST MISSION-|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111090548/http://www.hxh-movie.jp/index.html|archive-date=January 11, 2013}} At the Japanese box office, Phantom Rouge grossed $12,595,288,{{cite web|title=Gekijoban Hunter × Hunter|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fGEKIJOUBANHUNTER01&country=JP&wk=2013W2&id=_fGEKIJOUBANHUNTER01&p=.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=September 30, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094438/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fGEKIJOUBANHUNTER01&country=JP&wk=2013W2&id=_fGEKIJOUBANHUNTER01&p=.htm|url-status=live}} and The Last Mission grossed {{¥|850 million}}{{cite journal|journal=Kinema Junpo|date=March 5, 2015|script-title=ja:2015年3月下旬 映画業界決算特別号|volume=1684|issue=March 2015|page=90|publisher=Kinema Junposha}} ({{US$|{{To USD|850|JPN|year=2013}} million|long=no}}), bringing both films' total Japanese box office gross to {{US$|{{#expr:12.595288+8.71 round 2}} million|long=no}}.

The background music for the first Hunter × Hunter anime and three OVA series was composed by Toshihiko Sahashi. A large number of audio CDs for the franchise have been released by Marvelous Entertainment. The three-volume soundtrack for the anime television series contains 129 instrumental and vocal songs. The Original Video Animation Hunter × Hunter Sound Trax for the first OVA series contains 18 songs and the Original Video Animation Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island Original Sound Tracks for the second OVA series contains 30 songs.{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER サントラCD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Soundtrack CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/sound.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040611162859/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/sound.html|archive-date=June 11, 2004}} In addition, character-specific and story arc drama CDs and a 17-volume radio drama titled Hunter × Hunter R have been published throughout the anime adaptations' release period.{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER キャラクターCD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Character CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/chara.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601195419/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/chara.html|archive-date=June 1, 2011}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER ドラマCD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Drama CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/dorama.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210518/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/dorama.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER ラジオCD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Radio CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/radio.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210545/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/radio.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}

A musical, titled {{Nihongo|Musical Hunter × Hunter|ミュージカル ハンター×ハンター}}, was performed at the {{ill|Space Zero|ja|スペース・ゼロ}} theater in Tokyo from December 2000 to January 2001.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ミュージカル「ハンター×ハンター」公演決定！！|url=http://www.mmv.co.jp/news.html|publisher=Marvelous Entertainment|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001205165400/http://www.mmv.co.jp/news.html|archive-date=December 5, 2000|language=ja|date=November 1, 2000}} It is an original story that appears to take place between the end of the Yorknew City story arc and the beginning of the Greed Island arc. A second musical, {{Nihongo|Musical Hunter × Hunter: The Nightmare of Zaoldyeck|ミュージカル ハンター×ハンター ナイトメア・オブ・ゾルディック}}, was performed during August 2002 at the Space Zero in Tokyo and at the Sankei Hall in Osaka.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ミュージカル｢HUNTER×HUNTER｣the nightmare of ZAOLDYECK公演決定!!|url=http://www.mmv.co.jp/news/2002/0517.html|publisher=Marvelous Entertainment|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602093241/http://www.mmv.co.jp/news/2002/0517.html|archive-date=June 2, 2002|language=ja|date=May 17, 2002}} It is a retelling of when Kurapika, Leorio, and Gon go to fetch Killua back from his family estate after the end of the Hunter Exam arc. Both musicals have received separate DVD and audio CD releases, as well as a dual DVD release from Marvelous Entertainment.{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER ミュージカル セルDVD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Musical Sell DVD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/musical.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210235/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/dvd/musical.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER CD|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter CD|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/cd01.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210314/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/cd/cd01.html|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}

A stage play, titled {{Nihongo|Real Stage Hunter × Hunter: "A Longing for Phalcnothdk: A Spider's Memory"|リアルステージ ハンター×ハンター｢A Longing for Phalcnothdk 〜蜘蛛の記憶〜｣}}, was performed 16 times at the Theater Sun-mall in Tokyo during August 2004.{{cite web|script-title=ja:MMV: リアルステージ｢HUNTER×HUNTER｣|trans-title=MMV: Real Stage: Hunter × Hunter|url=http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/realstage_hunter/|publisher=Marvelous Entertainment|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=November 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104032243/http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/realstage_hunter/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:MMV: リアルステージ｢HUNTER×HUNTER｣|trans-title=MMV: Real Stage: Hunter × Hunter|url=http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/realstage_hunter/q&a.html|publisher=Marvelous Entertainment|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=April 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404160418/https://www.marv.jp/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:リアルステージ ハンター×ハンター｢A Longing for Phalcnothdk 〜蜘蛛の記憶〜｣|trans-title=Real Stage Hunter × Hunter: "A Longing for Phalcnothdk: A Spider's Memory"|url=http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova3/topnews/topnews_040805.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712231808/http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova3/topnews/topnews_040805.html|archive-date=July 12, 2011|url-status=dead}} The play is a retelling of the Phantom Troupe finale in the Yorknew City arc. It received a DVD release in Japan on December 10, 2004.

Another stage play, Hunter × Hunter: The Stage, was performed at the Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo from May 12–28, 2023.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Gets Stage Play in May 2023|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-17/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-stage-play-in-may-2023/.193053|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204095219/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-17/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-stage-play-in-may-2023/.193053|archive-date=December 4, 2023|date=December 17, 2022|url-status=live}} A second stage play, Hunter × Hunter: The Stage 2, was performed at the Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo from March 16–31, 2024, and at the Umeda Arts Theater Dramacity in Osaka from April 16–14.{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Gets 2nd Stage Play in March 2024|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-04/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-2nd-stage-play-in-march-2024/.205035|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204063818/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-04/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-2nd-stage-play-in-march-2024/.205035|archive-date=December 4, 2023|date=December 4, 2023|url-status=live}} A third stage play, Hunter × Hunter: The Stage 3, is set to run at the Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo in May 2025 and at the Sky Theater MBS in Osaka in June.{{cite web|script-title=ja:舞台「HUNTER×HUNTER」第3弾はG.I.編！ゴン役の大友至恩が卒業、新キャストに西山蓮都|url=https://natalie.mu/stage/news/603419|website=Stage Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212100217/https://natalie.mu/stage/news/603419|archive-date=December 12, 2024|date=December 12, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Hunter x Hunter Manga Gets 3rd Stage Play in May–June 2025|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-12/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-3rd-stage-play-in-may-june-2025/.218922|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213032236/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-12/hunter-x-hunter-manga-gets-3rd-stage-play-in-may-june-2025/.218922|archive-date=December 13, 2024|date=December 12, 2024|url-status=live}}

There are ten Japan-exclusive video games based on Hunter × Hunter, many of which are either developed or published by Konami or Bandai. They range from role-playing and strategy games to action and adventure games. These include titles for the WonderSwan,{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER〜意志を継ぐ者〜|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Will Successor|url=http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN01.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726124631/http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN01.html|url-status=live}} WonderSwan Color,{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER〜それぞれの決意〜|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Determination of Each|url=http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN02.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726124640/http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN02.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER〜導かれし者〜|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Chapters of the Chosen|url=http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN03.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726124701/http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN03.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER G･I|url=http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN04.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=March 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325194353/http://www.swan.channel.or.jp/swan/software/line_up/index_HUN04.html|url-status=live}} Game Boy Color,{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER ハンターの系譜|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M739867|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240915060119/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M739867|archive-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 禁断の秘宝|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Forbidden Treasures|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M739869|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240915060444/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M739869|archive-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}} Game Boy Advance,{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER みんな友だち大作戦!!|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Mission Friends Together!!|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/software/a8nj/index.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516005103/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/software/a8nj/index.html|archive-date=May 16, 2012}} PlayStation,{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 幻のグリードアイランド|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Vision of Greed Island|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M723628|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240915061805/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M723628|archive-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 奪われたオーラストーン|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: The Stolen Aura Stone|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M722627|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240915061322/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M722627|archive-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}} and PlayStation 2.{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER 龍脈の祭壇|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Altar of Dragon Vein|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M723240|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240915062254/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M723240|archive-date=September 15, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}

A game based on the second anime adaptation was released on the PlayStation Portable on September 20, 2012.{{cite web|author=Spencer|date=March 30, 2012|title=Hunter X Hunter Wonder Adventure Lets You Switch Fight With Fists Or A Skateboard|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/30/hunter-x-hunter-wonder-adventure-lets-you-switch-fight-with-fists-or-a-skateboard/|publisher=Siliconera|access-date=April 3, 2012|archive-date=April 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402194915/http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/30/hunter-x-hunter-wonder-adventure-lets-you-switch-fight-with-fists-or-a-skateboard/|url-status=live}} Characters from the franchise have appeared along with other Weekly Shōnen Jump properties in the fighting games Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars for the Nintendo DS, J-Stars Victory VS for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita,{{cite web|script-title=ja:キャラクター紹介|trans-title=Character Index|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ajsj/char12.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306092750/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ajsj/char12.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=JUMP ULTIMATE STARS|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ajuj/character/chara_26.html|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306105551/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ajuj/character/chara_26.html|url-status=live}} and Jump Force for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Jump Force Adds Gon, Hisoka, Sanji, Blackbeard as Playable Characters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-20/jump-force-adds-gon-hisoka-sanji-blackbeard-as-playable-characters/.135614|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 15, 2018|date=August 21, 2018|archive-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915122334/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-20/jump-force-adds-gon-hisoka-sanji-blackbeard-as-playable-characters/.135614|url-status=live}}

In December 2023, Eighting and Bushiroad Games announced a 3-on-3 tag team-based fighting video game based on the manga,{{cite web|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2023/12/bushiroad-games-and-eighting-announce-hunter-x-hunter-fighting-game|title=Bushiroad Games and Eighting announce Hunter x Hunter fighting game|last=Romano|first=Sal|website=Gematsu|date=December 15, 2023|access-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216031949/https://www.gematsu.com/2023/12/bushiroad-games-and-eighting-announce-hunter-x-hunter-fighting-game|archive-date=December 16, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Bushiroad, Eighting Reveal Hunter x Hunter Fighting Game|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-15/bushiroad-eighting-reveal-hunter-x-hunter-fighting-game/.205564|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216031804/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-15/bushiroad-eighting-reveal-hunter-x-hunter-fighting-game/.205564|archive-date=December 16, 2023|date=December 15, 2023|url-status=live}} titled Hunter × Hunter: Nen × Impact.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Bushiroad, Eighting Officially Reveal Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game in Video|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-06/bushiroad-eighting-officially-reveal-hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-in-video/.206199|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106095031/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-06/bushiroad-eighting-officially-reveal-hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-in-video/.206199|archive-date=January 6, 2024|date=January 6, 2024|url-status=live}} It is set to be released for the PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Windows (via Steam). A demo was available to play at the Evo Japan 2024 event on April 27.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game Releases for PS5, Switch, PC via Steam|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-08/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-releases-for-ps5-switch-pc-via-steam/.208450|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308120745/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-08/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-releases-for-ps5-switch-pc-via-steam/.208450|archive-date=March 8, 2024|date=March 8, 2024|url-status=live}} Arc System Works will publish the game in North America.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game Reveals Bisky Trailer, Release This Year|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-07/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-reveals-bisky-trailer-release-this-year/.211679|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 1, 2024|date=June 7, 2024|archive-date=June 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608211547/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-07/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-reveals-bisky-trailer-release-this-year/.211679|url-status=live}} It was planned to be released in 2024; however, it has been delayed to July 17, 2025, due to the implementation of rollback netcode in the game—a mechanism that avoids the lag during online matches.{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game's Release Delayed to 2025|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-30/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-release-delayed-to-2025/.216175|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930141257/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-30/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-release-delayed-to-2025/.216175|archive-date=September 30, 2024|date=September 30, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Fighting Game Reveals July 17 Worldwide Debut in Video|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-16/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-reveals-july-17-worldwide-debut-in-video/.221269|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 16, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216071738/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-16/hunter-x-hunter-nen-x-impact-fighting-game-reveals-july-17-worldwide-debut-in-video/.221269|archive-date=February 16, 2025|date=February 16, 2025|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703091-1|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801200000/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703091-1|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER/2|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703098-9|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=October 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007164525/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703098-9|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=HUNTER×HUNTER/3|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703105-5|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801200015/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703105-5|url-status=live}} A guidebook to the anime titled {{Nihongo|Hunter × Hunter Characters Book: World × Character × Blessing|Hunter × Hunter キャラクターズブック World × Character × Blessing}} was published by Shueisha in January 2001.{{cite web|date=September 21, 2005|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER キャラクターズブック紹介|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Characters Book|url=http://blog.livedoor.jp/togasiyosihiro/archives/50059633.html|publisher=Livedoor|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024110546/http://blog.livedoor.jp/togasiyosihiro/archives/50059633.html|url-status=live}} A guidebook to the manga titled {{Nihongo|Hunter × Hunter: Hunters Association Official World and Character Guide|Hunter × Hunter ハンター協会公式発行ハンターズ・ガイド}} was published by the company on June 4, 2004.{{cite web|title=HUNTER × HUNTER ハンター協会公式発行ハンターズ・ガイド|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter: Hunters Association Official World and Character Guide|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873701-6|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=June 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629153224/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873701-6|url-status=live}} There is also an extensive trading card game by Bandai,{{cite web|script-title=ja:カードダス ハイパーバトル ハンター×ハンター パート4 カードダス ハイパーバトル ハンター ハンター パート4|trans-title=Carddass Hyper Battle Hunter × Hunter Part 4|url=http://catalog.bandai.co.jp/item/4902425786315000.html|publisher=Bandai|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728023351/http://catalog.bandai.co.jp/item/4902425786315000.html|url-status=live}} action and trading figures,{{cite web|title=1/8 Gon Freecss Action Doll|url=http://www.hlj.com/product/OTH081|publisher=HLJ|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=October 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010053806/http://www.hlj.com/product/OTH081|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER グッズネット|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Goods Net|url=http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/goods.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818042405/http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/hunter-goodsnet/goods.html|archive-date=August 18, 2010}} and various other collectables.{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER最新グッズ情報!!|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Latest Goods Information!!|url=http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova2/topnews/goods01.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031854/http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova2/topnews/goods01.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:HUNTER×HUNTER最新グッズ情報!!|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Latest Goods Information!!|url=http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova2/topnews/goods03.html|publisher=Nippon Animation|language=ja|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031855/http://www.hunter-ova.com/ova2/topnews/goods03.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ハンター×ハンター デスクトップアクセサリ Vol.1|trans-title=Hunter × Hunter Vol.1 Desktop Accessories|url=https://www.marv.jp/titles/av/1889/|publisher=Marvelous|language=ja|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-date=July 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707005314/https://www.marv.jp/titles/av/1889/|url-status=live}}

The series ranked fourth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2012.{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=December 8, 2011|title=Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2012 Voters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-08/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2012-voters|access-date=2022-04-04|website=Anime News Network|language=en|archive-date=March 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317131234/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-08/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2012-voters|url-status=live}} In November 2014, readers of Media Factory's Da Vinci magazine voted Hunter × Hunter as the eleventh Weekly Shōnen Jump{{'}}s greatest manga series of all time.{{cite web|last=Green|first=Scott|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/11/13-1/da-vinci-magazine-asks-japanese-readers-to-name-greatest-shonen-jump-manga|title="Da Vinci" Magazine Asks Japanese Readers to Name Greatest "Shonen Jump" Manga|website=Crunchyroll|date=November 13, 2014|access-date=November 13, 2014|archive-date=October 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010182152/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/11/13-1/da-vinci-magazine-asks-japanese-readers-to-name-greatest-shonen-jump-manga|url-status=live}} In 2019, the series ranked seventh on Da Vinci{{'}}s 19th annual "Book of the Year" list.{{cite web|author1=Rafael Antonio Pineda|title=Kingdom Manga Tops Da Vinci Ranking|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-06/kingdom-manga-tops-da-vinci-ranking/.154037|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 6, 2019|date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=March 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317003757/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-06/kingdom-manga-tops-da-vinci-ranking/.154037|url-status=live}} On TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, Hunter × Hunter ranked eleventh.{{cite web|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日『国民15万人がガチで投票!漫画総選挙』ランキング結果まとめ！ 栄えある1位に輝く漫画は!?|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746|website=animate Times|publisher=Animate|access-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103023119/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746|archive-date=January 3, 2021|language=ja|date=January 3, 2021|url-status=live}}

The Hunter × Hunter manga has been largely commercially successful; having sold over 60.6 million collected volumes in Japan by February 2012, making it Shueisha's eighth best-selling manga series.{{cite news|last=Nelky|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-23/top-10-shonen-jump-manga-by-all-time-volume-sales|title=Top 10 Shonen Jump Manga by All-Time Volume Sales|date=October 23, 2012|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 30, 2014|archive-date=October 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008192850/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-23/top-10-shonen-jump-manga-by-all-time-volume-sales|url-status=live}} This number had grown to 66.3 million copies by 2014.{{cite web|script-title=ja:Shueisha Media Guide 2014 少年コミック誌・青年コミック誌|trans-title=Boy's & Men's Comic Magazines|url=http://adnavi.shueisha.co.jp/mediaguide/2014/pdf/boys.pdf|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=October 8, 2016|page=2|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430025858/http://adnavi.shueisha.co.jp/mediaguide/2014/pdf/boys.pdf|archive-date=April 30, 2014}} The manga had over 72 million copies in circulation by December 2018;{{cite web|url=http://news.livedoor.com/lite/article_detail/15804816/|script-title=ja:3位は『NARUTO』、平成元年以降連載「漫画発行部数」TOP10|date=December 28, 2018|publisher=Live Door|access-date=2019-04-01|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401012737/http://news.livedoor.com/lite/article_detail/15804816/|url-status=live}} over 79 million copies in circulation by November 2021;{{Cite web|script-title=ja:USJ『HUNTER×HUNTER』と初コラボ決定、アトラクション登場 念能力など世界観再現で来年3月から期間限定開催|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2215541/full/|access-date=November 28, 2021|website=Oricon News|language=ja|date=November 29, 2021|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128155522/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2215541/full/|url-status=live}} and over 84 million copies in circulation by July 2022.{{cite magazine|script-title=ja:冨樫義博展の開催が決定。『ハンターハンター』『幽遊白書』『レベルE』など名作原画が一挙公開。冨樫先生直筆メッセージも到着|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202207/04267131.html|magazine=Famitsu|access-date=July 4, 2022|language=ja|date=July 4, 2022|archive-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704032606/https://www.famitsu.com/news/202207/04267131.html|url-status=live}} Several individual volumes have topped Oricon's list of the best-selling manga in Japan during their release week; such as volumes 30 through 36.Chart references:

• {{cite news|date=May 11, 2012|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, April 2–8|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-11/japanese-comic-ranking-april-2-8|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 23, 2017|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423152350/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-11/japanese-comic-ranking-april-2-8|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|date=December 12, 2012|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, December 3–9|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-13/japanese-comic-ranking-december-3-9|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 23, 2017|archive-date=November 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104094841/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-13/japanese-comic-ranking-december-3-9|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|date=January 8, 2013|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, December 24–30|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-08/japanese-comic-ranking-december-24-30|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 23, 2017|archive-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518103644/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-08/japanese-comic-ranking-december-24-30|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|date=June 8, 2016|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, May 30-June 5|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-08/japanese-comic-ranking-may-30-june-5/.102990|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 23, 2017|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423162658/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-08/japanese-comic-ranking-may-30-june-5/.102990|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|date=July 6, 2017|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, June 26-July 2|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-06/japanese-comic-ranking-june-26-july-2/.118505|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 19, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219042754/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-06/japanese-comic-ranking-june-26-july-2/.118505|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|date=February 7, 2018|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, January 29-February 4|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-07/japanese-comic-ranking-january-29-february-4/.127494|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 19, 2018|archive-date=February 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214034732/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-07/japanese-comic-ranking-january-29-february-4/.127494|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-10/japanese-comic-ranking-october-1-7/.137976|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, October 1–7|website=Anime News Network|date=October 10, 2018|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126051023/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-10/japanese-comic-ranking-october-1-7/.137976|url-status=live}} Volumes 24, 27, and 30 through 34 were some of the top-selling volumes for their respective years.Chart references:
• {{cite news|date=December 31, 2007|title=Japanese Comic Ranking: Top 10 Manga of 2007|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-31/japanese-comic-ranking-top-10-manga-of-2007|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202101225/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-31/japanese-comic-ranking-top-10-manga-of-2007|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|date=November 30, 2010|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2010 (Part 1)|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2010-part-1|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=February 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220042248/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2010-part-1|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|date=December 2, 2012|title=50 Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2012|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/50-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2012|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620013411/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/50-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2012|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|date=December 1, 2013|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2013|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2013|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518104629/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2013|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|date=November 30, 2016|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2016|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2016/.109353|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503161311/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2016/.109353|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-06/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2017/.124895|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2017|website=Anime News Network|date=December 6, 2017|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=December 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207100011/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-06/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2017/.124895|url-status=live}} Hunter × Hunter was the eighth best-selling manga series of both 2012 and 2013, with 3.4 and 4.6 million copies sold those years respectively.{{cite news|title=10 Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2012|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/10-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2012|website=Anime News Network|date=December 2, 2012|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217015738/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/10-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2012|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2013|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2013|website=Anime News Network|date=December 1, 2013|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=March 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320070310/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-01/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2013|url-status=live}} In North America, volumes 23 through 27 have ranked within the top 300 best-selling graphics novels list of sales estimates by Diamond Comic Distributors.{{cite magazine|date=December 29, 2008|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--November 2008|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13916.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308142538/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13916.html|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|date=March 9, 2009|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--January 2009|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14313.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=April 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418125956/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14313.html|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|date=May 11, 2009|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--March 2009|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14744.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505124011/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14744.html|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|date=February 14, 2010|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--January 2010|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16811.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502073207/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16811.html|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|date=April 12, 2011|title=Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--March 2011|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/19838.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=May 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503213706/http://icv2.com/articles/news/19838.html|url-status=live}}

The Hunter × Hunter manga has received much praise for its plot and characters. In his 2007 book Manga: The Complete Guide, Jason Thompson described its storyline as "an almost random collection of psych-outs, battles, puzzles, and trickery" that works on both a chapter-by-chapter basis and a larger scale. Thompson elaborated that with all the goals and subplots of each of the main characters, the story could seemingly go on forever and is unpredictable enough to hold reader interest.{{sfn|Thompson|2007|p=154}} In a different review for Anime News Network in 2012, Thompson wrote that it was hard to summarize the story because "it is every Shōnen manga in one, with training sequences, tournament battles, a crime-mystery story arc, and a virtual-reality, RPG-style story arc". But unlike most {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga, he called Hunter × Hunter "incredibly dense." Examples being its fictional nen ability, which is explained "so thoroughly that you almost think it could exist," and the little challenges and games the characters face; "Over and over Togashi invents some little closed system or rules just so the heroes can break them; if he ever wants to change careers, I'd suggest game designer." Thompson praised the character art as great, pointing out how instead of alternating between realistic and chibi like other artists, Togashi has cartoony and realistic characters interacting in the same panels. Thompson did note how the artwork during its magazine run is often "sketchy" and missing backgrounds, but that Togashi goes back and fixes it for its collected tankōbon release. Mentioning Togashi's love of gore he stated "the whole manga is about the mixture of childish adventure and creepy, adult themes" and noted how some panels later in the manga are apparently censored for gore by being covered with screentone.{{cite web|author=Thompson, Jason|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)|date=April 26, 2012|title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga – Hunter x Hunter|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2012-04-26|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 18, 2018|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125184651/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2012-04-26|url-status=live}}

Reviewing the first story arc, Chris Sims of ComicsAlliance called Hunter × Hunter one of the most "fun, ridiculous, and ludicrously violent comics I've ever read." He stated that while it has every idea about {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga in force, what sticks out the most is the violence. Sims summed it up as "full of clever setups and characters that, while simple to the point of almost seeming one-dimensional at times, still manage to be solid and entertaining based on their reaction to the increasingly strange, increasingly deadly events around them".{{cite news|date=February 4, 2016|title=Battle Royale at Hogwarts: The Wide-Eyed Optimism And Ludicrous Violence Of 'Hunter X Hunter'|url=http://comicsalliance.com/hunter-x-hunter-review/|work=ComicsAlliance|access-date=February 18, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031219/http://comicsalliance.com/hunter-x-hunter-review/|url-status=live}} Charles Solomon, a writer for The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, praised the moral seriousness of Gon, a quality that gives the protagonist "an appeal his relentlessly upbeat counterparts lack".{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Solomon, Charles|date=July 24, 2005|title=It's only natural for them to be superheroes|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=R7|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/871400751.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+24%2C+2005&author=Charles+Solomon&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=R.7&desc=It%27s+only+natural+for+them+to+be+superheroes%3B+Fullmetal+Alchemist+Volumes+1-2+Hiromu+Arakawa+Viz%3A+192+pp.%2C+paper%2C+%249.99+each+Negima!+Volumes+1-6+Ken+Akamatsu+Del+Rey%3A+224+pp.%2C+paper%2C+%2410.95+each+Hunter+X+Hunter+Volumes+1-3+Yoshihiro+Togashi+Viz%3A+184+pp.%2C+paper%2C+%247.99+each|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718134715/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/871400751.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+24,+2005&author=Charles+Solomon&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=R.7&desc=It's+only+natural+for+them+to+be+superheroes;+Fullmetal+Alchemist+Volumes+1-2+Hiromu+Arakawa+Viz:+192+pp.,+paper,+$9.99+each+Negima!+Volumes+1-6+Ken+Akamatsu+Del+Rey:+224+pp.,+paper,+$10.95+each+Hunter+X+Hunter+Volumes+1-3+Yoshihiro+Togashi+Viz:+184+pp.,+paper,+$7.99+each|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2012}}{{cite magazine|date=July 26, 2005|title=Anime & Manga in NY, LA Times|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/7267.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=June 11, 2011|archive-date=October 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003160126/http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/7267.html|url-status=live}} Publishers Weekly gave a positive review to the first volume of the manga, stating that Togashi "shows a deft touch" with its standard story, calling his artwork "clear and graceful", and mentioning that his characters are "endearing and complex".{{cite magazine|date=April 11, 2005|title=Hunter X Hunter: Vol. 1.(Brief Article)(Book Review)|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76703705.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105234333/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76703705.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|magazine=Publishers Weekly|access-date=June 11, 2011}} While Rika Takahashi of EX.org and Claude J. Pelletier of Protoculture Addicts found the art style in Hunter × Hunter to be much simpler than Togashi's two previous serializations, Level E and YuYu Hakusho, both reviewers appreciated the intricate narrative and characters.

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.{{cite magazine|author=Fukunaga, Gen|date=June 1, 2001|title=Anime in America.|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76703705.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105234333/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76703705.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|magazine=Playthings|access-date=April 22, 2014|author-link=Gen Fukunaga}} The show's viewership was ranked number six among the top ten anime television series in Japan for February 2001.{{cite magazine|date=March 14, 2001|title=Japanese TV Top Ten Anime|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/225.html|magazine=ICV2|access-date=June 11, 2011|archive-date=January 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106231315/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/225.html|url-status=live}} The series was voted as the 16th best anime of 2000 in the Anime Grand Prix, but rose to fourth place the following year.{{cite magazine|script-title=ja:第22回アニメグランプリ [2000年6月号]|trans-title=22nd Anime Grand Prix since (2000 June issue)|url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_2000.html|magazine=Animage|language=ja|access-date=June 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410004053/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_2000.html|archive-date=April 10, 2015}}{{cite magazine|script-title=ja:第23回アニメグランプリ [2001年6月号]|trans-title=23rd Anime Grand Prix since (2001 June issue)|url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_2001.html|magazine=Animage|language=ja|access-date=June 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213081230/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_2001.html|archive-date=December 13, 2010}} In 2001, the staff of the magazine listed Hunter × Hunter as the 94th most important anime of all time.{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2001/01/16/animage-lists-most-important-anime-ever/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320051821/http://www.animenation.net/blog/2001/01/16/animage-lists-most-important-anime-ever/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 20, 2012|title=Animage Lists Most Important Anime Ever|author=Oppliger, John|access-date=June 11, 2011|date=January 16, 2001|publisher=AnimeNation}} 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.{{cite news|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-13/japan's-favorite-tv-anime|title=News: Japan's Favorite TV Anime|access-date=February 2, 2008|format=Poll Results|website=Anime News Network|date=October 13, 2006|archive-date=December 14, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20061214144804/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-13/japan's-favorite-tv-anime|url-status=live}} In 2010, Mania.com's Briana Lawrence listed Hunter × Hunter at number nine of the website's "10 Anime Series That Need a Reboot".{{cite web|author=Lawrence, Briana|date=February 16, 2010|title=10 Anime Series That Need a Reboot|url=http://www.mania.com/10-anime-series-need-reboot_article_120621.html|publisher=Mania.com|access-date=June 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810132840/http://www.mania.com/10-anime-series-need-reboot_article_120621.html|archive-date=August 10, 2011}}

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, and Derrick L. Tucker of THEM Anime Reviews all expressed positive views of the series' narrative and characters.{{cite web|author=Tucker, Derrick L.|title=Hunter X Hunter|url=http://themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=609|publisher=THEM Anime Reviews|access-date=June 11, 2011|archive-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611082352/http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=609|url-status=live}} 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 of Anime News Network, found the first fifteen episodes entertainment, and stated "Gon also inherits Goku's inherent likability, some of the "part of the challenge is figuring out what the challenge is" bits are rather clever, and setting up a situation where a tournament proctor is actually called out for being in the wrong is a nice twist. It does also have some fun moments".

The art and animation of the Hunter × Hunter anime have also been commended by the press. Kimlinger and Tucker were impressed by the art direction of Hunter × Hunter, the former of whom critiquing the adaptation of Togashi's work by Furuhashi as having "understated energy and flair, making the most of the era's (1999) mix of traditional and CG animation to bring Gon and friends' physical feats to fluid, exhilarating life." Martin faulted both the artwork and the subtle differences in character design. "The artistry not only shows its age but, in fact, looks older than it actually is," the reviewer commented, "hearkening back to a day when digital coloring and CG enhancements were not ubiquitous and allowances for a rougher look were greater." Opinions of the series' sound and music have been somewhat mixed. Martin positively noted the soundtrack as the strongest production point of Hunter × Hunter, and was satisfied with both the English translation of the script and Ocean's voice overs. Tucker found the music satisfactory and improved as the series progressed, but did not think it lived up to its potential. Kimlinger agreeably felt the musical score to be appropriate in most instances, but criticized the English dub as "a letdown since day one".

Madhouse's 2011 adaptation was met with near-universal critical acclaim. Adrian Marcano from Inverse considered Hunter x Hunter 2011 to be one of the greatest anime series ever. He said that the anime set itself apart with one of the greatest story arcs in anime history in which the villain, not the hero, takes the anime to instant classic status. He also said that, "It is in the 2011 version where we see probably one of the best story arcs in anime history: the Chimera Ant Arc."[https://www.inverse.com/article/25030-hunter-x-hunter-greatest-anime ‘Hunter x Hunter’ Is One of the Greatest Anime Series Ever] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817203023/https://www.inverse.com/article/25030-hunter-x-hunter-greatest-anime|date=August 17, 2017}}. Inverse. Author - Adrian Marcano. Published 12 December 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017. According to Movie News Guide and Latin Post, the Madhouse's 2011 version received more viewers not only in Japan but also around the world, particularly in North America.[https://www.movienewsguide.com/hunter-x-hunter-latest-updates-erica-mendez-reveals-gon-freecs/322147 Hunter X Hunter Latest Updates, Erica Mendez Talks About Gon Freecs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817162103/https://www.movienewsguide.com/hunter-x-hunter-latest-updates-erica-mendez-reveals-gon-freecs/322147|date=August 17, 2017}}. MovieNewsGuide. Author - Alka Vishnoi. Published 10 January 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.[http://www.latinpost.com/articles/130648/20170104/interview-erica-mendez-voice-behind-gon-hunter-x.htm Interview With Erica Mendez: The Voice Behind Gon From "Hunter X Hunter"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817163257/http://www.latinpost.com/articles/130648/20170104/interview-erica-mendez-voice-behind-gon-hunter-x.htm|date=August 17, 2017}}. LatinPost. Author - Staff Writer. Published 04 January 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017. Nick Creamer held similar sentiments, writing "the show's fantastic aesthetics elevate it above almost everything out there – in direction, in sound design, in pacing, in animation, in basically every relevant aesthetic metric, Hunter x Hunter triumphs. That it's been maintaining this level of quality for well over a hundred episodes is nothing short of astonishing."{{cite web|last=Creamer|first=Nick|title=Top 30 Anime Series of All Time|url=http://wrongeverytime.com/2014/03/31/top-30-anime-series-of-all-time/|website=Wrong Every Time|date=March 31, 2014|access-date=30 March 2015|archive-date=December 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214184631/http://wrongeverytime.com/2014/03/31/top-30-anime-series-of-all-time/|url-status=live}}

In 2019, Polygon named the series as one of the best anime of the 2010s,{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/6/20948241/best-new-anime-of-the-decade-2010s|title=The best anime of the decade|website=Polygon|date=November 6, 2019|access-date=November 10, 2019|archive-date=December 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220154644/https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/6/20948241/best-new-anime-of-the-decade-2010s|url-status=live}} and Crunchyroll listed it in their "Top 25 best anime of the 2010s".{{cite web|last=Wolf|first=Ian|title=Crunchyroll Names The Top 100 Anime of the 2010s|url=http://animeuknews.net/2019/11/crunchyroll-names-the-top-100-anime-of-the-2010s/|website=Anime UK News|access-date=November 27, 2019|date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127213200/http://animeuknews.net/2019/11/crunchyroll-names-the-top-100-anime-of-the-2010s/|url-status=live}} IGN also listed the Hunter × Hunter 2011 adaptation among the best anime series of the 2010s.{{cite web|title=The Best Anime of the Decade (2010 - 2019)|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2020/01/01/best-anime-of-the-decade-2010-2019|website=IGN|access-date=January 4, 2020|date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=January 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101214124/https://www.ign.com/articles/2020/01/01/best-anime-of-the-decade-2010-2019|url-status=live}}

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• {{cite book|first=Jason|last=Thompson|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)|title=Manga: The Complete Guide|publisher=Ballantine Books & Del Rey Books|location=New York|year=2007|isbn=978-0-345-48590-8}}

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• {{Official website|https://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/hunter.html|Official Hunter × Hunter manga site}} {{in lang|ja}}
• {{Official website|http://www.viz.com/hunter-x-hunter|Official Viz Media Hunter × Hunter site}}
• {{Official website|https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100015/|Official English manga website}}
• {{Official website|http://www.ntv.co.jp/hunterhunter/|Official Nippon Television Hunter × Hunter (2011) anime site}} {{in lang|ja}}
• {{Official website|http://www.vap.co.jp/hunterhunter/|Official VAP Hunter x Hunter (2011) anime site}} {{in lang|ja}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180619035838/https://mangaplanet.jp/manga-planet-visits-yoshihiro-togashis-childhood-home/ Hunter x Hunter Story Board Exhibit at the Shinjō Mogami Manga Museum Event Report]
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