Togashi Yoshihiro’s popular manga series, ‘HUNTER X HUNTER‘, has made its comeback on August 8th’s issue of the weekly ‘Shonen Jump‘! In this issue, the list of voice actors for the upcoming anime series was revealed.

The voice cast is different compared to the anime series that aired before. Ise Mariya, voice actress for Cure Lemonade in ‘Yes! Pretty Cure 5‘, will be voicing the role of ‘Killua‘. ‘Kurapika‘ will be played by Sawashiro Miyuki, who was the voice for Lag in ‘Tegami Bachi‘. They have also revealed that ‘Leorio‘ will be voiced by Fujiwara Keiji, and that Namikawa Daisuke will play the role of ‘Hisoka‘. Fujiwara Keiji is best known for playing the character of Nohara Hiroshi in ‘Crayon Shinchan‘ and Namikawa Daisuke voiced the prince in ‘Level E‘. Finally, the main character of ‘Gon‘ will be voiced by newcomer Han Megumi.

The anime series for ‘HUNTER X HUNTER’ will begin airing on October 2nd, and thereafter, every Sunday at 10:55am. The animation will be taken on by Mad House and directed by Koujina Hiroshi. Composition will be done by Maekawa Jun and the character design will be taken on by Yoshimatsu Takahiro. The anime series will kick off from the very first volume.

source : tokyohive