Hikaru no go

TV Series
2001–2003
TV-G
23m

IMDb RATING

8.3/10

1.5K

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A sixth-grader Hikaru Shindo accidentally awakens the spirit of a deceased Go prodigy Fujiwara no Sai who then accompanies Hikaru and helps him develop his Go skills.A sixth-grader Hikaru Shindo accidentally awakens the spirit of a deceased Go prodigy Fujiwara no Sai who then accompanies Hikaru and helps him develop his Go skills.A sixth-grader Hikaru Shindo accidentally awakens the spirit of a deceased Go prodigy Fujiwara no Sai who then accompanies Hikaru and helps him develop his Go skills.

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IMDb RATING

8.3/10

1.5K

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Awards
- 1 win total

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Trivia
Anime adaptation of the japanese manga series of the same name based on the board game Go, written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The production of the series' Go games was supervised by Go professional Yukari Umezawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shounen Jump from 1998 to 2003, with its chapters collected into 23 tankoubon volumes.

Connections
Featured in AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005)

Soundtracks
Bokura no Bouken
by Kids Alive

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7/10

Better than all the other Go anime shows!

I can safely say that "Hikaru No Go" is the best anime show I've ever watched that is based on the ancient board game Go. Of course, it's the ONLY board game based on Go! After all, just how big can the demand be for this sort of thing?! Surprisingly, the anime both was popular AND featured in "Shonen Jump"....a manga magazine usually devoted to fighting manga.

So why did I give this one an 8? Well, much of it is because it is so unusual. Plus it manages to be one of a kind without being bad or utterly ridiculous...which you'd assume it would be! After all, the story is about a young man who has the ghost of a long-dead Go master following him about and helping him to become a great Go player! Silly....but also endearing and rather clever.

UPDATE: After finally finishing the series, I dropped my score a point. This is because "Hikaru No Go" is like many anime series, such as "Naruto", in that the pacing is glacial! Instead of the 70 plus episodes, it could easily have been told in half to 2/3 as many. A neat show and a lot of fun to watch...but just too slow to put it among the best anime programs.