Hikaru no Go

2001

Seasons & Episodes

  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • 0

8.2| 0h30m| TV-G| en
Synopsis

Hikaru Shindō is just a normal 12-year-old boy, but one day he's rummaging through his grandfather's things to see if he can find something to sell and pulls out an old go board. A ghostly apparition appears out of the board and tells Hikaru his sad story. His name is Fujiwara no Sai, a man who was a go instructor to the emperor of Japan a thousand years ago. However, because of the bad sportsmanship of his opponent during a game, Sai was accused of cheating and banished from the city. With no livelihood or any other reason to live, Sai committed suicide by drowning himself. Now, he haunts a go board, and wants to accomplish the perfect go game, called the "Hand of God" which he hopes to do through Hikaru. If Hikaru will be able to do it or not (or even wants to) will have to be seen.

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Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...