Hunter X Hunter (Original + Remake)

[LumRanmaYasha]

I literally shouted out loud "HOLY SHIT!" when I saw this news.

Viz has licensed Hunter X Hunter (2011) and will be releasing it on blu-ray and giving it an english dub.

I'm so happy and hyped. This has been a long time coming, and I'm glad it finally has.

[VLordGTZ]

HOLY SHIT YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[gunswordfist]

Awesome. I hope the English dub is great.

[Spark Of Spirit]

They sure took their time.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I'm a tad skeptical about the quality of the dub given how bad of a job they did with the old anime (I was sort of hoping for FUNimation to license this), but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that they will take this property more seriously this time around. After the 1999 anime sold so poorly for them, they wouldn't have snagged this reboot up unless they saw a lot of potential in it, and its massive popularity on CR certainly must have helped with that.

I'd love for this to air on Toonami, as well.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Viz doesn't work with Blue Water anymore. This will be getting a Bang Zoom or Studiopolis dub. And if you've seen any Viz dub they've done in the past five years, there's definitely nothing to worry about. They know this is a big property with a lot of potential for them (especially in a time with so few long-running shonen hits, and with them finally through with releasing Bleach), so they'll do the best job possible on it.

And yeah, this should be a shoe-in for Toonami next year as well.

[gunswordfist]

I'd want cable back just to get in on the Toonami Hunter X Hunter hype.

[Lord Dalek]

I doubt it, they only have two timeslots remaining (not counting the 2:30 AM rerun slot which is a death sentence anyway) and its highly unlikely that DeMarco wants to waste one on yet another 150 episode shonen whose ratings are pretty much going to crash and burn in the first ten weeks.

You can keep dreaming your weeaboo fantasies but realistically its not gonna happen unless either Shippuden or One Piece get pulled and that ain't gonna happen.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Has Bleach still been pulling in good ratings on Toonami? Is it even still on Toonami (I honestly haven't kept up with TV this year)? If the answer to both is yes, then I'd be surprised. But I'd find it hard to believe that there isn't something with weak ratings on the channel that could afford to be replaced.

You can keep dreaming your weeaboo fantasies

How exactly is it a "weaboo" fantasy if one is excited about the prospect of an "English" dub airing on an "American" channel?

[LumRanmaYasha]

Has Bleach still been pulling in good ratings on Toonami? Is it even still on Toonami (I honestly haven't kept up with TV this year)? If the answer to both is yes, then I'd be surprised. But I'd find it hard to believe that there isn't something with weak ratings on the channel that could afford to be replaced.

It hasn't aired since, like, February, and probably never will again.

DeMarco has said time and again that he doesn't think OP and NS's ratings are bad, and the network doesn't think so either, at least not enough to gut them. It might be an issue of money that prevents them from getting HXH next year, but as far as getting timeslots go, the block can reclaim 11:30 and put Kai there to make room for it. It's their highest performing show ever and has done better than in it's timeslot than Attack on Titan ever did during it's run at 11:30, so it'd hardly be unjustifiable.

Also, if DeMarco likes a show, he'll try to put it on and keep it on the block anyway. That's why One Piece and Naruto Shippuden are on the block; they might have had fan demand, but OP is actually one of DeMarco's favorite anime and he likes Naruto and actively wanted Shippuden on the block to begin with. So I certainly don't think he has any pessimism or disinterest in airing more running long-running shonen series, and he's said before they'd look into getting HXH once it got licensed. I doubt a lack on interest on his part is going to factor in how and when the series gets on the block.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Long running shonen anime on Toonami?

Talk about a pipe dream. When has that ever happened? We all know that's not what Toonami was known for.

[VLordGTZ]

Considering that DeMarco still gets a lot of requests to bring back Yu Yu Hakusho, I'm sure he'll be interested in airing another Togashi series, and Viz will probably be pushing Toonami to pick it up.

[gunswordfist]

Long running shonen anime on Toonami?

Talk about a pipe dream. When has that ever happened? We all know that's not what Toonami was known for.

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[VLordGTZ]

Viz has started announcing the cast for the HxH 2011 dub.

Erica Mendez as Gon Freecss
Cristina Vee as Killua Zoldyck
Matt Mercer as Leorio
Keith Silverstein as Hisoka

[Lord Dalek]

Still no reason this will ever air on tv. Toonami just doesn't have a time slot to give.