Hunter x Hunter Squashes Rumors of the Anime’s Return

It has been quite some time since Hunter x Hunter graced fans with an update, and it seems the fandom will be waiting longer yet. The manga is currently on its longest hiatus to date, and there are no anime projects in the work. At least, that is what fans believed until a little rumor convinced some otherwise. Fandom chatter about the anime being rebooted picked up heavily at the start of 2021, but it turns out Hunter x Hunter has no such plans in mind. Instead, its cast is coming together for a very different project, and it will allow some lucky fans to experience Hunter x Hunter through a virtual lens.

The Virtual Escape Room, titled “Escape From The Trick Dungeon”, will attempt to re-create the “Hunter Exam” arc from the first season of the anime, which saw Gon and his newfound friends attempting to win their Hunters’ licenses. Though Gon and a majority of his friends were successful in winning the coveted statuses as Hunters, their brutal friend Killua was ultimately unable to pass the exam due to his killer nature and thus a brand new arc was born. Fans of Hunter x Hunter are awaiting the return of both the anime and the manga, though there has yet to be any hints as to when either of them will return.

Real Escape Game, the company responsible for this new Hunter x Hunter Virtual Game, shared the details about the upcoming experience that fans of the franchise will be able to access in March of this year:

Needless to say, while this may be disappointing to fans that this isn’t the official return of Hunter x Hunter, it just goes to show how popular the anime franchise remains to this day.

Will you hop into this Hunter x Hunter Escape Room when it lands this March? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, and the world of the hunters.