A really great anime

 Hunter x Hunter

A series that are animated in Japan are named "anime", and this in particular belong to the category of shonen, that literally means "young man or teenager". These kind of anime are mostly focused in fighting, but that doesn't mean that about a light theme.

This in particular was written first as a "manga" (a japanese comic) in 1998 by Yoshihiro Togashi and is still being writing until today. The first adaptation to anime was in 1999 and ended in 2001. But I want to focus on the latest version from 2011, because it last more and have better color quality than the older version. 

The story talks about a 12 years old kid who's name is Gon, that live in a small village in an island with his aunt. He want to find his father, because when he was little he found his father's apprentice and after saving his life, he tells that his father was alive and to find him, he will need to become a hunter. The hunters in this world are people that have special skills and status to make things that other people can't do. And to become one of them you need to pass a secret test, that require ability, strenght, cleverness and luck, because, as usual shonen, you can die.

In this test Gon know his friends who will have a lot of adventures. Like Kurapika, the only survivor of the extict clan of Kuruta, who is focused on get revenge from the people that killed his clan and to recover the eyes that stole from his clan´s bodies. Leorio, who want to become a hunter to get rich and pay the medicine school to become a doctor and save lives, that's because when he waas little he was very poor and when a friend of his get sick, he couldn't help him, letting him die. And finally, my personal favorite: Kilua, that have 12 years old, like Gon, but he comes from a assassins family and run away from home.

I think this is my favorite anime because the veracity of the things that happens, the characters don't have power ups or special powers just because they get mad or someone give it to them. They really worked for it or else they did a really dangerous pact to get that power but with an enourmous risk. The other thing I like so much about this anime is the grey zone that are all. The protagonist group are not interested in justice or in evangelize (Naruto) someone to become good. They have their own goals and if someone dies and it doesn´t affect them directly they are not gonna do very much.

So finishing I let you all invited to watch this anime, you will really enjoy it. If you saw Naruto this is the next step.

PS: All the plot I gave doesn't count as spoiler because that happen between the first and second chapter.