Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge (2013)

Kurapika became a Hunter to take vengeance on the Class-A crime group Phantom Troupe who massacred his clan for their unique eyes. The eyes of the Kurta clan turn scarlet in times of anger ... See full summary »

Director:

Yûzô Satô

Writers:

Yoshihiro Togashi (manga) (as POT), Shôji Yonemura (screenplay)

Stars:

Tom Bauer, Edward Bosco, Griffin Burns

Cast

Credited cast:
Tom Bauer	...	Feitan (voice)
Edward Bosco	...	Franklin (voice)
Griffin Burns	...	Shalnark (voice)
Robbie Daymond	...	Chrollo Lucilfer (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara	...	Leorio Paradinight (voice)
Chris Hackney	...	Illumi Zoldyck (voice)
Megumi Han	...	Gon Freecss (voice)
Erika Harlacher	...	Kurupika (voice)
Mariya Ise	...	Killua Zoldyck (voice)
Janice Kawaye	...	Shizuku (voice)
Erica Mendez	...	Gon Freecss (voice)
Matthew Mercer	...	Leorio Paradinight (voice)
Kayli Mills	...	Retsu (voice)
Daisuke Namikawa	...	Hisoka (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro	...	Kurapika (voice)

Storyline

Kurapika became a Hunter to take vengeance on the Class-A crime group Phantom Troupe who massacred his clan for their unique eyes. The eyes of the Kurta clan turn scarlet in times of anger or emotional agitation and are considered the most beautiful treasures in the world. Kurapika continues to pursue the Phantom Troupe but an unknown party has stolen his "scarlet eyes". With the help of Gon, Killua and Leorio, Kurapika' s life was saved. However, the Phantom Troupe shows up before them and blocks their way. The true identity of the one with the No.4 spider tattoo is about to be unveiled.

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Connections

Spun-off from Hunter x Hunter (2011)

User Reviews

Fantastic first film to an amazing series

The movie is really a split bag. It's made by a different studio to a mostly successful degree. The action is much tighter and fluid and most characters retain their looks with almost no clear failure. The one character they do fail to represent is wildcard Hisoka. Instead of the fun sexually creppy hisoka from the series. We now get a more serious and way too much tongue Hisoka.

While it has the characters and dynamics or earlier arcs in the series with the phantom troupe being involved and having the classic foursome with Leorio and Kurapika. The tone and pace are entirely derived from the latter arcs with less of a focus on action and fighting minutia and more of a focus on drama and characters dynamics. So expect to think about deep themes and cry is what i'm saying.

The new characters are great (except the villain). This movie resolves one of the show's biggest problems with it being mainly a huge sausage fest. This is also a very Kuripika focused plot with his childhood best friend being another fantastic addition. Everybody gets their due and again it will mostly hit on an emotional level which is really where hunter x hunter has excelled.

There are huge flaws however. Chronologically it seems to be before the series finale but that's only learned at the end so it makes the preceding events somewhat more confusing. The villain gets the shaft in the character development. He's mainly a background villain and his story and arcs are pretty bad. But that's mostly to leave more screen time for the other 2 main new characters.

Kiliua's brother Illumi also shows up in an extremely confusing fashion and he also brings the baggage of an issue that was resolved in the main series (killua's flee or fight problems). Also a long scene is spent on a previously though dead phantom troupe character that really dragged since we in no way wanted to see him back. The worse flaw is it's use of music. Though it's the same music from the series hearing the same tunes multiple times in weird moments and scenes that just didn't match the mood.

As my scores shows none of the flaws really took away from the pure emotion this film gave me. It easily rivals the chimera ants biggest moments mostly because it will happen multiple times in you're 1h30 watch. The ending is satisfying, all the old and new characters shine equally and in potent ways. As always Hunter X Hunter Delights and surprises you with wonder and feelings you wouldn't think you'd feel. So find it and watch it.

This was a green review

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

12 January 2013 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$12,705,094

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color