# Hunter × Hunter Pilot (1998)

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**Original title**: *ハンターxハンター*
**Runtime**: 25 min
**Genres**: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Noriyuki Abe
**Written by**: Hiroshi Hashimoto
**Starring**: Rica Matsumoto, Noriko Hidaka, Nobutoshi Canna, Shigeru Nakahara, Akemi Okamura, Kenji Utsumi

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You're Gon, a boy leaving Whale Island to become a Hunter. The exam is brutal, but you make fast friends. Then a rivalry threatens everything. Abe’s direction makes the most of limited animation budgets. The pilot leaves one wondering why it was not used.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, playful, tender

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