AniWorthSoul Hunter
Introduction
Thousands of years ago, it was a time of witchcraft and dark magic. An evil sorceress has bewitched the emperor of the mighty dynasty and he has become a mindless puppet. The country is in shambles, and evil spirits lurk everywhere. The human world is on the verge of utter destruction. A bold mission is planned by the Confederation of the Immortal Masters. They send a young master wizard to hunt down the villains and evil warlocks in the devastated lands.
(Source: ANN)
Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 7.05/10 · 7376
| 1/10 | 60 |
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| 2/10 | 59 |
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| 3/10 | 130 |
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| 4/10 | 276 |
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| 5/10 | 615 |
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| 6/10 | 1216 |
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| 7/10 | 2229 |
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| 8/10 | 1542 |
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| 9/10 | 744 |
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| 10/10 | 505 |
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Audience reviews
5 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
kirazerorequiem
I would like to give this show a 4/10 because the characters became enjoyable overtime even though they didn't flesh them out much. The main character is made out to be fool throughout the show but it is also shown that he is actually observant and charismatic, which everyone gets to realize eventually. The comedy was only decent at times IMO.
What was wrong with the series is that i found the plot to be lacking and boring, maybe even confusing whilst it was also being shown in poor animation. with that and how the fighting was implemented I could get zero enjoyment out of the fight scenes, it looked like it was jumping from picture to picture (like they were teleporting) making it not at all fluent.
Read at the sourceMonsterZed
With the release of Hakyu Houshin Engi i was reminded of this old gem. I personally view it as one of the bests of all time and a rare case when anime straying away from manga's storyline is not a sin, but an actual improvement.
Story:
Excellent. The plot (which takes center stage in this anime) takes place in ancient China, where a vastly superior, more advanced and culturally deveoloped world of immortals co-exists with that of mortals. However the relation is neither of mutual friendship nor subjugation. The immortals for most part avoid influencing the moral realm and keep to themselves, out of reach of normal men.
That however changes when an immortal demon fox Dakki bewitches the China's emperor and becomes de facto ruler of the empire. What follows is poverty, famine, misuse of…
Read at the sourcePedroLB
An anime that is truly a gem, very old but indeed memorable. The characters feel so natural and fresh, the history is simple and direct with no fillers and the pasting is nice. Without a doubt if you are looking for a good shounen anime this is your catch, few episodes but it's all it need and specially I recomended to everybody that thinks they've seen every good old anime, at least I asure you will enjoy it most of the time.
Read at the sourcecat-craze
Okay, before I get into the nitty gritty, I’ll make it clear that I won’t be wasting time by recounting the series, so if you were hoping to get a better squint into the plot- sorry but there’s no juice. None.
Based on Ryu Fugisaki’s epic manga series Houshin Engi, Soul Hunter had all the potential to be a master piece in itself. But the constraints of condensing over 200 chapters of vivid narration into 26 episodes of animation not only forced the title off to an entirely different plot tangent but also off the leader boards of great anime.
STORY:
The story is your typical shounen in which the protagonist is made to face a myriad of powerful oppositions and does so with the aid of a growing group of allies each with distinct and varying abilities. With that said, Soul Hunter doesn’t d…
Read at the sourceOtakuFreak
Hello, it's been a while since I've wrote a review, so I decided to write an article on one of my favorites, the famous but yet not so famous Soul Hunter (aka Hoshin Engi). It sounds like I'm contradicting myself but listen to this tid bit of history. Soul Hunter was a popular manga series from the very renown Shonen Jump Magazine, and lasted for a good 4 years (1996 to 2000) and won a best Manga award. Which soon became an Anime in 1999, one year prior to the end of the manga series. The show had good audience and was pretty successful. When the series traveled overseas to the US it was meeting a market that was just being introduced to Anime: Animes like Akira, Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, etc. But the series quickly fell short into a VHS format due to its short 26 episode line up. Major Te…
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