This was a disappointing experience. The fact that it's dubbed isn't all that bad, but the voice acting is dry and unnatural, which is also the fault of the writers for making such bland dialogue. The characters seemed dumbed down a bit, as if the writer had never seen the anime and just had a bullet point list of character traits to work with. It seemed to be filled to the brim with tropes and cliches as well. (Sudden overpowered abilities, a character changing their worldview because someone treated them nicely, a character snapped out of state by a specific word or phrase.) The pacing also seemed off. Of course there's only so much you can do in a movie but it all seemed a bit rushed. There were no breaks in action to reflect on what's happening, and they don't show us what the chatacters are feeling, resorting to washed out phrases and declarations of emotions and intentions instead. The amount of information packed in makes it feel like one big fight scene with very little substance. The villains suffered exceptionally from this fast pace. It was impossible to find character traits in all of the antagonists besides "evil" or "bloodthirsty". The only real characterization was when the youngest antagonist (forgive me for forgetting their name) smiled when a little girl bumped into them. Kurapika also suffered from the crunched timeframe. His characterization was fairly accurate to the show in the first part of the movie, but only because he didn't speak, remaining a cold and emotionless bodyguard as he sometimes is. There was no time to explain "emperor time" which makes it a lousy tension builder for people who haven't watched the anime, and the people who have would just be wondering why he's not using his chains. Even Hisoka who's usually an absolute joy to watch was demoted to an exposition device and someone we can point at and go "oh look it's the murder-fetish magician." The only real upsides I can find are that it never feels boring due to the constant action, the guy killing himself as a nen restriction was morbidly entertaining, and that one scene with Leorio and Hisoka was amusing. Yoshihiro Togashi is a legend and it's sad to see his characters so misrepresented. To end on a light note though, the animators did just as fantastic as someone would expect for a Hunter x Hunter film, props to them.
I thought this Was pretty Good! Hope the show comes back 😛
Yeah it’s the dub, but I think we can all agree that the animation is fucking CRISPY 👌👌👌👌
This was a disappointing experience. The fact that it's dubbed isn't all that bad, but the voice acting is dry and unnatural, which is also the fault of the writers for making such bland dialogue. The characters seemed dumbed down a bit, as if the writer had never seen the anime and just had a bullet point list of character traits to work with. It seemed to be filled to the brim with tropes and cliches as well. (Sudden overpowered abilities, a character changing their worldview because someone treated them nicely, a character snapped out of state by a specific word or phrase.) The pacing also seemed off. Of course there's only so much you can do in a movie but it all seemed a bit rushed. There were no breaks in action to reflect on what's happening, and they don't show us what the chatacters are feeling, resorting to washed out phrases and declarations of emotions and intentions instead. The amount of information packed in makes it feel like one big fight scene with very little substance. The villains suffered exceptionally from this fast pace. It was impossible to find character traits in all of the antagonists besides "evil" or "bloodthirsty". The only real characterization was when the youngest antagonist (forgive me for forgetting their name) smiled when a little girl bumped into them. Kurapika also suffered from the crunched timeframe. His characterization was fairly accurate to the show in the first part of the movie, but only because he didn't speak, remaining a cold and emotionless bodyguard as he sometimes is. There was no time to explain "emperor time" which makes it a lousy tension builder for people who haven't watched the anime, and the people who have would just be wondering why he's not using his chains. Even Hisoka who's usually an absolute joy to watch was demoted to an exposition device and someone we can point at and go "oh look it's the murder-fetish magician." The only real upsides I can find are that it never feels boring due to the constant action, the guy killing himself as a nen restriction was morbidly entertaining, and that one scene with Leorio and Hisoka was amusing. Yoshihiro Togashi is a legend and it's sad to see his characters so misrepresented. To end on a light note though, the animators did just as fantastic as someone would expect for a Hunter x Hunter film, props to them.
Well for those who might not know yet, word has it that HXH is getting a 2021 version
I really hope you die for putting this in english dub who ever did this
I wish they could make more
Is this in dub
It wasnt clear about the language, it's the english dub
I miss this show
this is what happens when it's not written by Togashi