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[121] Video games[edit] There are ten Japan-exclusive video games based on Hunter × Hunter, many of
which are either developed or published by Konami or Bandai. They
range from role-playing and strategy games to action and adventure games. These include titles for the WonderSwan,[124] WonderSwan Color,[125][126][127] Game Boy Color,[128][129] Game Boy Advance,[130] PlayStation,[131][132] and PlayStation 2. [133] A game based on the second anime adaptation was released on the PlayStation Portable on September 20, 2012. [134] Characters from the franchise have appeared along with other Weekly Shōnen Jump properties in the fighting games Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars for the Nintendo DS, J-Stars Victory VS for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita,[135][136] and Jump Force for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. [137] In December 2023, Eighting and Bushiroad Games announced a fighting video game based on the manga,[138][139] titled Hunter × Hunter Nen × Impact. [140] It is set to be released for the PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Windows (via Steam). A demo is set to available to play at the Evo Japan 2024 event on April 27. [141] Other merchandise[edit] A series of three film books based on the first anime series and authored by Nobuaki Kishikan has been released by Shueisha from December 3, 1999, to August 24, 2001. [142][143][144] A guidebook to the anime titled Hunter × Hunter Characters Book: World × Character × Blessing (Hunter × Hunter キャラクターズブック World × Character × Blessing) was published by Shueisha in January 2001. [145] A guidebook to the manga titled Hunter × Hunter:
Hunters Association Official World and Character Guide (Hunter × Hunter ハンター協会公式発行ハンターズ・ガイド) was published by the company on June 4, 2004.
Funimation has licensed the eighth, tenth, and twelfth films for release in North America, and these films have received in-house dubs by the company. [62][63] Live-action series Main article: One Piece (2023 TV series) On July 21, 2017, Weekly Shōnen Jump editor-in-chief Hiroyuki Nakano announced that Tomorrow Studios (a partnership between Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios) and Shueisha would commence production of an American live-action television adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga series as part of the series' 20th anniversary celebrations. [64][65] Eiichiro Oda served as executive producer for the series alongside Tomorrow Studios CEO Adelstein and Becky Clements. [65] The series would
reportedly begin with the East Blue arc. [66] In January 2020, Oda revealed that Netflix ordered a first season consisting of ten episodes. [67] On May 19, 2020, producer Marty Adelstein revealed during an interview with SyFy Wire, that the series was originally set to begin filming in Cape Town sometime around August, but has
since been delayed to around September due to COVID-19.
5 million copies sold,[161][162] while volume 23 and Stories of Water and Flame were the first and second, respectively, best-selling manga volumes. The second fanbook and four other manga volumes were among the top 30 best-selling volumes. [163] According to ICv2, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was the best-selling manga franchise for Q4 2021 (September–December) in the United States, and it was also the second "most efficient manga franchise" for retailer bookshelves,
based on the website's calculations of which manga franchises had the highest sales per volume. [164] According to NPD BookScan, two manga volumes of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba were ranked among the top 20 adult graphic novels list in 2020;[165] four volumes were among the top 20 highest-selling manga volumes in 2021;[166] three volumes and Stories of Water and Flame were among the top 20 highest-selling manga volumes in 2022;[167] its first volume was the best-selling manga series in 2023, with the second volume also featured on the top 20 highest-selling manga volumes. [168] By May 2021, the Viz Media edition had over 4 million copies in circulation. [169] Critical reception Before its anime series adaptation, Nicholas Dupree of Anime News Network included the series on his list of "The Most Underrated Shonen Jump Manga", and wrote: "Kimetsu is still arguably an oddity in Jump, but it's firmly established its style that's
certainly worth looking out for.