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NEWS: Hunter x Hunter's English Dub Previewed in Adult Swim's Toonami Ad

What...What did they do to Killua....

So um, is it pronounced Hunter Hunter, or Hunter ex Hunter? Because I have always done the latter

Well, really a lot of anime Toonami aired between 2005-2008 got cut short (the only ones I recall them actually completing on the block were Dragon Ball GT and Bobobo), and Cyborg 009 ended up finishing in a Friday night death slot off Toonami along with Yu Yu Hakusho, IGPX, and Gundam Seed.

angelmcazares wrote:

I am sure the dub will be solid. My only question is if Toonami is prepared to run this series for 3 years. What happens if the ratings start tanking? .

According to the Toonami blog post I read about it, the deal with Viz has the option to cancel if the ratings are too low. Toonami seems to be fully aware that taking on another long-running series potentially has the negative consequences of the audience growing bored with a lineup that would have little room for change. The impression I got is that they are willing to take that chance for the sake of not having to look for more shows to fill out the lineup when the shorter ones end.

So are they not planning on releasing the Hunter Hunter DVDs until the show has been on Toonami for a long time?
I want them now.

AceLuffy4Ever wrote:

So do you guys think they will dub the openings of Hunter x Hunter? i hope they do

You mean "opening"? Well, Departure is a good opening, and if it doesn't get dubbed, at least we have a dub from an official voice actress (Morgan Berry, aka The Unknown Songbird). That being said, there haven't been any dubs for openings in, like, forever. I'm more hoping they use the official English translation for the first ending, sung by the original Japanese band.

Might be at that point, she didn't know Killua would be anything other than a happy boy on a skateboard who happens to come from a family of assassins. There was that recent Answerman column about how actors often perform not knowing how their characters will be like later, for the purposes of time and authenticity, after all.

Greed1914 wrote:

angelmcazares wrote: I am sure the dub will be solid. My only question is if Toonami is prepared to run this series for 3 years. What happens if the ratings start tanking? . According to the Toonami blog post I read about it, the deal with Viz has the option to cancel if the ratings are too low. Toonami seems to be fully aware that taking on another long-running series potentially has the negative consequences of the audience growing bored with a lineup that would have little room for change. The impression I got is that they are willing to take that chance for the sake of not having to look for more shows to fill out the lineup when the shorter ones end.

For most of Toonami's anime deals, they buy the rights to individual episodes, and those episodes can be re-aired for a short while until they expire. As of late they've been increasing those expiration dates so they can run marathons on holidays, but that's why most anime on Toonami don't get second runs anymore. They would have to re-buy the rights. So if Hunter X Hunter tanks that badly, which would be a hard feat to accomplish IMHO, they can simply cease buying additional episodes of the show.

CyberLance wrote:

So are they not planning on releasing the Hunter Hunter DVDs until the show has been on Toonami for a long time? I want them now.

Guess we'll wait for Viz's schedule. Sometimes what distributors will do I've noticed is release sets in the middle of TV runs. When Adult Swim ran Attack on Titan, Funi released episodes 1-13 to disc around the time episode 5 aired, then episodes 14-25 around the time episode 19 aired.

Ahmazein wrote:

What...What did they do to Killua....

Heh, that was my reaction when I first heard him in Japanese as well. I didn't like his voice the most for a few episodes. He sounds too happy compared the 1999 voice. However that changed. I don't know why fans freak out over ONE line that was meant to be very joyful, it doesn't convey his entire character so not the best line to go by.

For the record, both of the Hunter X Hunter anime are straight adaptations. The first one has bits of filler here and there, and both of them simply end at whatever the most recent completed arc was at the time. The tone between them is different though, due to having different creative teams. The first anime has a darker, more serious feel to it, whereas this one is happier and more colorful.

Another difference between both series is that the first series was less violent than the latter.