Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island Final
HUNTER×HUNTER G・I Final
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Super Power
- Episodes
- 14
- Duration
- 23 min per ep
- Aired
- Mar 3, 2004 to Aug 18, 2004
- Status
- Finished Airing
Synopsis
On Greed Island, Gon and Killua throw themselves into intense training under Biscuit’s supervision, determined to sharpen their skills and improve their chances of clearing the game. As their abilities grow, the island’s challenges become even more demanding—and far more dangerous.
With player killers stalking the game and tense encounters waiting around every corner, Gon and his allies press on, risking everything to keep moving forward. Based on the manga by Yoshihiro Togashi.
Otaku Consensus
Greed Island Final earns its strong reputation by treating shounen combat as a rules-and-training problem rather than a string of drawn-out clashes, with Nippon Animation keeping the 1999-era adaptation’s tactical identity intact across a compact 14-episode finish. Its best-regarded strengths are the Biscuit-led development of Gon and Killua, the game-arc structure, and a soundtrack fans repeatedly single out during fight scenes. The recurring criticism is that, compared with the earlier Hunter x Hunter TV series and OVAs, this stretch can feel like a relative low point: less emotionally forceful, more uneven, and not always as rewatchable as the franchise’s best arcs.
Why You Should Watch
Watch Greed Island Final if you want shounen that rewards paying attention to systems, matchups, and training logic without turning every confrontation into a multi-episode endurance test. It scratches the same strategic itch as the more cerebral parts of Yu Yu Hakusho and the puzzle-combat side of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, but filtered through Hunter x Hunter’s obsession with consequences and incremental growth. Biscuit’s presence gives the arc a sharper coaching dynamic than most tournament or game-world stories, and the 14-episode OVA length keeps the focus tight. Viewers coming from the 1999 adaptation also get a valuable bridge into later Hunter x Hunter consequences, while fans of the 2011 version can compare how Nippon Animation handled the same material with an older, moodier production style.
Key Characters
- GGon Freecss(VA: Junko Takeuchi)
Gon remains compelling because his optimism is never treated as a shortcut; the arc measures his growth through discipline, repetition, and the limits of raw instinct.
- BBiscuit Krueger(VA: Akiko Kimura)
Biscuit is the arc’s secret weapon, turning the usual shounen mentor role into a mix of ruthless trainer, comic disruption, and tactical evaluator.
- KKillua Zoldyck(VA: Kanako Mitsuhashi)
Killua’s appeal here comes from watching a prodigy forced to refine control and teamwork rather than simply rely on assassin-bred talent.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
Nippon Animation produced this as a 14-episode OVA rather than a TV cour, giving Greed Island Final a compact format that avoids the long battle padding associated with many early-2000s shounen adaptations.
- 2
The arc’s reputation is unusually split for Hunter x Hunter: Star Crossed Anime praised the franchise for going against typical shallow fight-fest instincts, while other commentary labels Greed Island one of the series’ weaker or least rewatchable arcs.
- 3
Biscuit’s training material gives the OVA a structural backbone built around skill acquisition, not just escalation, which is why fan reviews often highlight the small details in how Gon and Killua develop across episodes.
- 4
Multiple viewer responses single out the music as an upgrade within the older Hunter x Hunter adaptation, with fight scenes described as having a “boss battle” feel and piano-driven cues standing out.
- 5
As part of the 1999 continuity, Greed Island Final is a useful comparison point for viewers who know the 2011 anime, since it adapts the same Yoshihiro Togashi material through Nippon Animation’s earlier visual and pacing sensibilities.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- Greed Island Final aired from March 3, 2004 to August 18, 2004, making it a mid-2000s OVA continuation rather than part of the original 1999 TV broadcast.
- Fun fact 2
- It is listed with 14 episodes and functions as the third Hunter x Hunter OVA installment after the original television series and the earlier OVA continuations.
- Fun fact 3
- The anime is based on Yoshihiro Togashi’s manga, and this portion of the adaptation is often discussed as a bridge because later Hunter x Hunter material deals with consequences that follow this arc.
- Fun fact 4
- On MyAnimeList, it holds an 8.25 score from 84,351 votes, with a rank of #389 and popularity position of #1727, reflecting strong approval from a smaller audience than the most widely watched franchise entries.
- Fun fact 5
- Fan reception often compares its art and sound directly to the preceding Greed Island OVA, with several viewers noting continuity in presentation while disagreeing sharply on whether the story lives up to earlier arcs.
Studios
- Nippon Animation
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