Hunter x Hunter Anime Chimera Ant Arc to Air This April

According to this year’s 13th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shounen Jump magazine, the Hunter x Hunter anime will continue into the Chimera Ant story arc, starting April 21st.

The arc starts after Gon and Killua finishes the Greed Island, and was brought to Kite, instead of his mentor and Gon’s father, Ging Freecss. Rough designs for the Queen, Meleoron, the thousand-fisted ant, Yunju, and the mosquito-type ant were also revealed in the magazine.

Hunter x Hunter manga: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/hunter_x_hunter/

Aku no Hana Anime Voice Cast Revealed

In the March issue of Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shounen Magazine, the three leading voice actors of the TV anime adaptation of Aku no Hana (The Flowers of Evil) manga have been revealed. The anime will be premiering this April.

Shinichiroh Ueda, a newbie who was a finalist in the 24th Junon Super Boy Contest, will voice the main character, Takao Kasuga.

Sawa Nakamura, the main heroine will be voiced by Mariya Ise, a veteran voice actor who voiced Ringo in Air Gear and voiced Killua in Hunter x Hunter.

Nanako Saeki will be voiced by Yoko Hikasa.

Aku no Hana is a school romance manga series by Shuuzou Oshimi. It began serialization in the inaugural issue of Bessatsu Shounen Magazine in 2009.

Aku no Hana manga: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/aku_no_hana/

Hunter X Hunter 2nd Film Gets Green-lit

A special teaser after the ending credits of the Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge film revealed on Saturday that a second film has been green-lit to production. The teaser, featuring Netero, the chairperson of the Hunters Association, was added to the film on its official opening day.

The first film, Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge, opened Saturday Jan 12, 2013. The movie centers around Kurapika, who became a hunter to seek revenge on the Phantom Troupe for killing his clan.

Hunter X Hunter manga: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/hunter_x_hunter/