Netflix US Has Added A New Hunter x Hunter Story Arc

Netflix has finally added Hunter x Hunter's fourth season, aka the Greed Island Arc, for viewers in the States. 17-episodes long, the season can be watched in dub or sub. If you're outside of the US, you most likely already have the Greed Island arc on Netflix. The streaming service has executed a different rollout of Hunter x Hunter seasons for different regions. Some countries, including the US, only received seasons one to three, while other countries got more episodes.

The Greed Island Arc follows Gon and Killua as they get transported into a game no one has cleared before. They do it for the challenge (and the cheque, provided by a billionaire), but what transpires has a significant impact on Gon's overall journey. Along the way, the duo finds a mentor, Biscuit--a middle-aged woman who masquerades as a young girl--and at one point, actually have to team up with Hisoka, an antagonist of sorts. While the infamous clown is present, two of the four main characters we started out with--Leorio and Kurapika--are almost entirely absent.

Beyond the Greed Island arc, Netflix still needs to add the Chimera Ant arc and the Election arc as well. And for those fans who have watched both and are wondering if there will be a new anime season in the near future, it's looking unlikely. Yoshihiro Togashi, author of the manga, hasn't released a new Hunter x Hunter chapter in over a year, making it hard for the anime to continue, given that there's no material to adapt. A silver lining is that Togashi does want to finish and commented in an interview translated by VeraciousCake, "It has come to a point where either the story concludes first, or I die before that happens (lol). But I do intend to finish it."

Netflix also added all the episodes for Akame Ga Kill, an anime released in 2014, and 48 episodes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders. The remake of Pokemon: The First Movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution, also made its debut on the streaming service on February 28.