(streaming) Original run October 10, 2001 – March 26, 2003 Episodes 75 Anime television series Hikaru no Go: New Year Special Directed by Music by Kei Wakakusa Studio Original network Original run January 3, 2004 Episodes 1 Hikaru no Go ( ヒカルの碁, lit. 'Hikaru's Go') is a Japanese series based on the board game, written by and illustrated. The production of the series' Go games was supervised by Go professional. It was serialized in from 1998 to 2003, with the chapters collected into 23 volumes. It was adapted into an television series by, that ran for 75 episodes from 2001 to 2003 on, with a New Year's Special aired in January 2004. Released both the manga and anime in North America; they serialized the manga in in addition to releasing its collected volumes in entirety, while the anime aired on in addition to a DVD release that was cancelled prematurely. Hikaru no Go was well-received, with over 25 million copies in circulation and winning the in 2000 and the in 2003.
It is largely responsible for popularizing Go among the youth of Japan since its debut, and considered by Go players everywhere to have sparked worldwide interest in the game, noticeably increasing the Go-playing population around the globe. See also: While exploring his grandfather's shed, Hikaru stumbles across a Go board haunted by the spirit of Fujiwara-no-Sai, a Go player from the era. Sai wishes to play Go again, having not been able to since the late, when his ghost appeared to, a top Go player of that period. Sai's greatest desire is to attain the ( 神の一手, 'Divine Move') – a perfect move.
Because Hikaru is apparently the only person who can perceive him, Sai inhabits a part of Hikaru's mind as a separate personality, coexisting, although not always comfortably, with the young boy. Urged by Sai, Hikaru begins playing Go despite an initial lack of interest in the game. He begins by simply executing the moves Sai dictates to him, but Sai tells him to try to understand each move. In a Go salon, Hikaru twice defeats Akira Toya, a boy his age who plays Go at professional level, by following Sai's instruction. Akira subsequently begins a quest to discover the source of Hikaru's strength, an obsession which will come to dominate his life. Hikaru becomes intrigued by the great dedication of Akira and Sai to the game and decides to start playing solely on his own.
He is a complete novice at first, but has some unique abilities to his advantage; for instance, once he has a basic understanding of Go, he can reconstruct a game play by play from memory. Through training at Go clubs, study groups, and practice games with Sai, he manages to become an and later a pro, meeting various dedicated Go players of different ages and styles along the way. While Hikaru is at this point not yet up to the level of Akira, he demonstrates a natural talent for the game and remains determined to prove his own abilities to Akira, Sai, and himself. Hikaru enters the Hokuto Cup, an international tournament for under-18 Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Go professionals. As the highest-ranking under-18 pro, Akira qualifies for the tournament, but Hikaru has to compete in a series of games to become one of the three Japanese competitors. His friends Waya and Ochi also enter the qualifying matches. He meets Kiyoharu Yashiro, a player from the, whose style is as strange and offbeat as his own.
Hikaru, along with Akira and Kiyoharu Yashiro, are selected to represent Japan, while Suyong Hong (a Korean Go player who was beaten by Hikaru earlier in the series) and two others represent Korea and three of Shinichiro Isumi's Chinese friends represent their country. The captain of the Korean Go team, Ko Yong Ha, is interviewed and his remarks are translated for Japanese viewers. The translator makes an error which causes it to appear that he is disparaging the skill of Honinbo Shusaku, who, like Hikaru, was possessed by Sai. Although Ko Yong Ha later finds out, he refuses to correct the error and instead emphasizes it when he realizes that it enrages Hikaru, who takes it as a direct affront to Sai. Considering their achievements and skills, Hikaru is still slightly under Akira. Therefore, their team coach, Atsushi Kurata, chooses Akira to be the captain. However, Hikaru wants to play against Ko Yong Ha, who is the captain in Korea, in order to show him that Sai is the most skillful Go player in the history of the game.
Atsushi Kurata grants Hikaru's request when they play against Korea in the tournament because he sees the burning spirit in him. At the end, Hikaru loses by only half a point. Japan eventually comes in last, behind Korea and China. But the Japanese team impressed both professionals from China and Korea because they did much better than what was expected. At the end of the game, Ko Yong Ha asks Hikaru for his reason for playing Go. With tears in his eyes, he answers with the line 'To link the far past, with the far future'. The hidden meaning of this line indicates the links and emotional relationships between Sai, Shusaku, and Hikaru.
However, no one understands the context of this line besides Hikaru. A bonus story, set shortly after the Hokuto Cup event, shows two Inseis, who are ranked 14th and 16th in the group, discussing whether Akira Toya or Hikaru Shindo were stronger. In the Young Lions tournament, they are each paired with Hikaru and Akira, making them change their minds about who is stronger. In the second round, Hikaru and Akira are paired against each other and begin a match, but the conclusion is unknown.
Media Manga. Main article: Written by and illustrated by, Hikaru no Go was serialized in magazine from December 1998 to July 2003. Go professional provided 'supervision' for the series.
The 189 chapters were collected into 23 volumes by; the first published on April 30, 1999 and the last on September 4, 2003. Viz Media acquired the North American English-language rights to Hikaru no Go in June 2003. The series debuted in the January 2004 issue of Viz's magazine, released in December 2003. However, after the April 2008 issue it was replaced. They released all 23 collected volumes from May 19, 2004 to May 3, 2011. Unlike the Shonen Jump serialization, the collected volumes from Viz were censored.
Instances of cigarettes were removed, as were some clothing designs and actual trademarks. Main article: Hikaru no Go was adapted into an television series.
It was broadcast on from October 10, 2001 to March 26, 2003 for 75 episodes. A New Year's Special aired on January 3, 2004. Viz Media acquired the North American English-language rights to the Hikaru no Go anime at the same time as the manga, in June 2003.
Produced an English voice dub for the series. A 'Sneak Preview' DVD of the first episode was included in the January 2006 issue of Shonen Jump (Volume 4, Issue 1) to subscribers. Viz began releasing the series on DVD on December 27, 2005. However, only eleven volumes were released (covering 45 episodes) before they were officially discontinued in April 2008. Hikaru no Go debuted on in the United States on May 2, 2006. Each episode aired in subtitled Japanese every Tuesday, before the English dub of the same episode was shown on Saturday.
It premiered on the online streaming service on July 14, 2006, and ran until the service shut down in January 2009 with only three episodes remaining. The entire series was added to in April 2011. The entire series is available on Hulu, both in Japanese and English. Other media A series of three Go video games based on the series were created by for the. The third was also released on the. Hikaru and Sai also appear as support characters in the Weekly Shōnen Jump crossover game. Reception Hikaru no Go has been well-received, with more the 25 million collected volumes in circulation.
It also won the in 2000 and the in 2003. Hikaru no Go dramatically increased the popularity of Go in Japan and elsewhere, particularly among young children. Go professional served as the technical advisor for the anime and promoted the game on behalf of the. She had a short one-minute special at the end of every episode instructing kids how to play Go. One of the reasons she helped increase Go's popularity was from being called the 'best looking Go professional'.
Hikaru no Go also caused an increase in popularity and awareness of Go throughout all other countries where it was read or seen. As a result, many Go clubs were started by people influenced by the manga. In 2004, Hikaru no Go came in 18th on readers poll of their Favorite Anime Series. In 's 2008 Top 100 Anime poll, the series came in 83rd in the nationwide survey of multiple age groups and 93rd in the online poll. The following year, it came in 81st in the online poll.
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12 year old Shindou Hikaru is just your average 6th grader. One day, while searching through his grandfather's attic, he comes across an old Go board. Upon touching the Go board, Hikaru is possessed by the spirit of Fujiwara no Sai, and continues to be haunted by him soon after.
Sai was once a great Go player, who committed suicide and continued to stay in the world as a spirit desiring only to play Go once again. Finally bending to Sai's pleas, Hikaru allows Sai to play Go through himself, unknowingly attempting the first game with the young prodigy Touya Akira. Time has finally started moving, as Sai's quest for the perfect game, 'The Hand of God', is set underway. Based on the manga by Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata.