Hunter x Hunter: Sub or Dub?

Hunter x Hunter has two television anime, and the sub-or-dub question is really two questions. The 2011 series ended its Japanese broadcast in 2014, and its English dub reached American television in 2016. This page sets out who made each track, who is on it, where each can be streamed, and what named critics wrote, and the verdict at the end says what it rests on.

The short answer

For the 2011 series, either track is a sound choice, and the one named critic we found who reviewed both called both "worthy of your time." The deciding factor is practical rather than artistic: as checked from the United States on October 7, 2026, Crunchyroll streams the 2011 series in Japanese only, while Netflix lists English audio for it. Pick the service you have, and the track follows.

Two productions

The 1999 series ran for 62 episodes from October 16, 1999 to March 31, 2001, produced by Nippon Animation with Kazuhiro Furuhashi as series director. The 2011 series is a separate adaptation by Madhouse, directed by Hiroshi Kōjina, which ran for 148 episodes from October 2, 2011 to 2014; ANN's report on the dub notes that it retold the manga's story from the beginning. If you are choosing between the two versions rather than between tracks, start with the Hunter x Hunter watch order.

The 2011 dub

Viz Media licensed the 2011 series and commissioned an English dub from Bang Zoom! Entertainment, with Tony Oliver credited for voice direction. ANN reported in April 2016 that Adult Swim's Toonami block would premiere the dub on April 16, 2016, and ANN's encyclopedia records its Toonami run as April 16, 2016 to June 22, 2019. The principal casts, from ANN's credits:

Character	Japanese (2011)	English (2011)
Gon Freecss	Megumi Han	Erica Mendez
Killua Zoldyck	Mariya Ise	Cristina Vee
Kurapika	Miyuki Sawashiro	Erika Harlacher
Leorio	Keiji Fujiwara	Matthew Mercer
Hisoka	Daisuke Namikawa	Keith Silverstein

What a named critic said about the 2011 tracks

Reviewing the first Blu-ray volume for Anime News Network in December 2016, Mike Toole wrote that he had watched the Japanese version as it aired and the dub on Blu-ray, and that "both are worthy of your time." He called Megumi Han's and Erica Mendez's Gon "class-act shonen hero performances," and said he slightly preferred Keiji Fujiwara's Leorio to Matthew Mercer's lighter take. He graded the release B+ overall for both the dub and the sub.

The 1999 series and its dub

The 1999 series has its own English dub, produced by The Ocean Group and recorded at Blue Water Studios, with Keith A. Goddard directing episodes 1 to 25 and Karl Willems from episode 26, according to ANN's credits. Its English cast is entirely different from the 2011 dub's: Elinor Holt (Gon), Annika Odegard (Killua), Cheryl McMaster (Kurapika), Jonathan Love (Leorio) and Brendan Hunter (Hisoka). In Japanese, the 1999 leads were Junko Takeuchi (Gon), Kanako Mitsuhashi (Killua), Yuki Kaida (Kurapika), Hozumi Gōda (Leorio) and Hiroki Takahashi (Hisoka). ANN lists Viz Media's license for that series as expired.

Reviewing the first DVD set in 2009, Theron Martin wrote that the English script "stays satisfyingly close to the original, as do most of the performances," and that the cast gets "the job done competently enough." He graded both dub and sub B-minus.

Where to watch each track

Checked October 7, 2026, from the United States: Crunchyroll's Hunter x Hunter page (the 2011 series) is marked "Subtitled" and lists Japanese as its only audio. Netflix's Hunter X Hunter (2011) page lists English, Japanese and other audio tracks across six seasons. A Crunchyroll search for the title on the same date returned only the 2011 series; we did not confirm a current official stream for the 1999 series or its dub. Availability varies by region and changes over time.

Which to pick

For the 2011 series, the evidence does not separate the tracks: a named critic who reviewed both rated them the same, so choose by service. In the US, as checked on October 7, 2026, Crunchyroll gives you the sub and Netflix lets you choose. For the 1999 series, the one critic we found called the dub faithful and competent, but finding either track on an official stream is the harder problem. Our best Hunter x Hunter quotes and Hunter x Hunter quote pages note which rendering each line comes from.