Agreed! This anime literally changed my life 12 years ago, not only it made me become a full-blown anime/manga fan, but also re-sparked a huge interest in Japanese culture which eventually led to me getting a BA degree and living in Japan for a year. When I watched this opening, I literally felt like falling down a wormhole to 2006 and feeling all the same emotions as back then:)) Such a powerful anime indeed! I've been having the same kind of renaissance thanks to FMA: Brotherhood lately and I think it's high time to re-watch this HnG gem :)
It really was a powerful anime. I only watched it recently, but it has a feel to it that inspired me like no other anime did. I don't really understand why, but this anime really carved into my brain.
Imagine meeting a ghost. The ghost is a master of a hobby of yours. You use the ghosts abilities as your own just to win at whatever it is you're doing. But then you discover your own inner talent and passion for this hobby through the ghost that you used to cheat in the first place.
I've found this is one of the hardest anime to convince people to watch. It just doesn't sound like a good show no matter how you explain it. But it's soooo good! I'm not sure if there's an anime that digs deeper into the rawness of human emotions than this one does.
I never thought that of all the anime I've watched in my lifetime, the countless anime about combat, living life, and what it means to live, out of all the anime I've watched, this is the one that has impacted my life the most. As cool as something as Dragon Ball is, it never truly impacted my life, as mentally provocative as something like Death Note was, it didn't change my life. Hikaru no Go is a simple anime about a board game, working hard to become a master at your craft, despite that craft being something as mundane as a board game. I watched this anime 11 years ago, and Go has become a lifelong hobby of mine without me even knowing it. It always stuck with me, it's something that I just casually picked up for fun because of the anime, and I never let go of it. There were times where I stopped, but I always picked it back up. I'm no master of Go like Fujiwara no Sai, but it's something I love and I'm happy to continue playing.
This anime has a special place in my heart the emotion the story the music and everything in between you can't go wrong with this anime at all it is so perfect
One of my favorite childhood anime, first time I cry so hard because Sai disappeared. I love the OST song so much that start to learn to sing with romaji lyrics. 😭👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Thanks for posting this!
It had a bunch of plot holes, sai leaving cause he thought hikaru was strong enough but hikaru lost every important match, also people still keep talking about sai as if he’s gonna come back on and the hand of god and so on nothing is resolved
@@Urmsomethingsome how is that a plot hole? What you are referring to is being anti-climatic, it doesn’t imply there are logical inconsistencies with the story.
@@OHOHOHCOME it is anticlimatic but it was also a plot hole to me because the story didn’t serve the purpose that was originally introduced, making it feel inconsistent
@@Urmsomethingsome same thing i ponted out at 9anime since they uploaded the anime, in addition to how the manga and anime deviate from each other too much, good drama, good sound track but terrible conclusion, sai got injustice twice by fate or god while alive and as a ghost
The only issue I have with this anime is that I was never introduced to it early enough. But at least now I know that this is one of the best masterpieces of an anime there are. Everything in this show is perfect, and it’s truly great how well they portray the battles in the episodes. Will forever remain a Top 5 anime for me.
This is engraved in my top three anime of all time. I remember being a 10 year old kid watching the first 10 episodes dubbed online at Toonami Jetstream. Having no idea what it was but I was super intrigued. Eventually it got cut and the website kinda just fell off. About 5 years later when I was 15 I was all about streaming Naruto and Bleach, the big guns back in those days. But I remembered, it just crossed my mind that I never did see how this anime finished or even how it went. I watched the entire thing and I was in love once again. Flash forward 10 more years. A 25 year old man who still loves to come back once every year or two to re watch this absolute gem of a series. High quality, great dub voice cast and an amazing story with great characters. I love Hikaru no go :)
Wow, reading this I felt like I wrote it haha. 24 here, same situation. Won’t forget about this show, I remember watching this and MAR on Toonami Jetstream.
I must say that I don't know how to play Go, and have never heard of the game "Go" but for some unknown reason I can watch this anime to the end without skipping an episode. This anime really made me fascinated with what Go is called. 🤗
People forget that back when it was popular in the good old days of the mid 2000s. The anime/manga especially when released in the west greatly inspired a lot to play the game. I remember entering an old fashioned Go website to play against others. I could never understand how to play but the fact that good players never heard of the series...when asked 'how did you find Go?' and of course, Hikaru no Go. He did hear a lot of people say that, even wanted to watch it.
I read the manga in middle school! My favorite pass time riding home on the bus! I even got my friends into it! I used to feel so sad for Sai's past but touched by his love for Go.
I agree that the first four measures have a powerful feeling to them. If that's in your interest, I highly recommend Hikaru no Go ending theme 1, as well as Hikaru no Go opening theme 2, and, perhaps, Yu-Gi-Oh season 0 ending theme 1 and Yu-Gi-Oh season 0 opening theme 1. In short, a lot of it probably has to do with the time period of Japanese music (at least in the anime scene). A lot of early Detective Conan openings/endings are spectacular as well (e.g. Two-Mix's Truth is amazing).
Heh. Back in Elementary school, my best friend introduced me to the manga before I was able to find the anime. I actually aspired to learn the game through the manga and the anime. We even held game times during recess after borrowing a board from one of the cool teachers there. That manga and this anime is a timestamp of one of my best times in my childhood.
When my dad put this song on a few months ago, i was immediately drawn to it. Later he tells me its cuz he put this song on when i was a baby, and he told me i would fall asleep to it. No i do not have any memories of that... But it may explain as to why i instantly loved this song
Kimi ga ima Boku wo sasaete Boku ga ima Kimi wo sasaeru Dakara mayoi takara mo tomo ni? Ikite ikou yo mirai e to Nakama to towamure Sorenari de ii kamo Monotarinasa wo kanjite shimau Sameta me de mirarete Kawaita jidai no kaze ni fukaseteiru Fuan na kokoro to yuuki ga senaka awase ni natteru Dakedo ima nara yume wo kono te de kanaete miseru yo Kidzuzuite kowaresou na hi mo Namida shite komaraseru hi no Aru keredo bokura wa sore wo koete ikunda Dare yori ue wo mezashite
Very nostalgia with anime since era.gundam seed.ghost at school.jigoku sensei nube.yu yu hakusho.dr slump and arale chan.chibi maruko chan.inuyasha.crush gear.tamiya.detective Q.detective conan.kindaichi.ninja hattori.nintama ninja kids.and more. Any people remember thats anime.😃😃
This is one of my all-time favorites. I really wished new modern anime fans appreciate old shows like this & not just watch forgettable seasonals. There's nothing wrong with those shows, but for a change, they should try checking out 2000s anime gems like Hikaru no Go, Eureka Seven, Wolf's Rain, Gunslinger Girl, Honey and Clover, etc.
Ugh yess!! I finished wolfs rain a month ago after being obsessed with the opening song stray for months! Truly one of the greatest stories of all time and even greater sound track. Yoko Kanno's music was truly a gift.
It's crazy how huge this was in its own time, and how completely forgotten it is now. Even Assassination Classroom wasn't memory-holed as quickly or deeply as HikaGo.
Why is this opening so familiar? I’ve never seen this anime. The group who sings it is called Dream.they’ve done my will from Inuyasha. Does any other anime sound this identical for an opening?
Я обожаю это Аниме, больше всего из персонажей Сая Фудзивару, он такой классный, озвучка лучшая, я плакала час после того, как он ушел, хочу смотреть это Аниме каждый день! ❤
one of the first if not the first anime i ever wathed as a kid. i was definetly too young and probably didnt understand wtf was happening most of the time but thx for being created
TRUE LYRICS: Kimi wa Ima Boku wo Sasaete Boku wa Ima Kimi wo Sasaeru Dakara Mayoi Nagara mo Tomo ni Ikite Ikou yo Mirai He to Nakama to Tawamure Sore Nari de Ite mo Mono Tarinasa wo Kanjite Shimau Sameta Me de Mirarete Kawaita Jidai no Kaze ni Fukarete Iru Fuan na Kokoro to Yuuki ga Senaka Awase ni Natte Iru Dakedo Ima Nara Yume wo Kono Te de Kanaete Miseru yo Kizutsuite Koware Souna Hi mo Namida Shite Komaraseru Hi mo Aru Keredo Bokura wa Sore wo Koete Ikunda Dare Yori Ue wo Mezashite
Ah... this song bring back my memories. I created the board using unused carton and collected lot of stones from the river. My friend played this game with me after watched a tutorial in the end of anime (after ending song). 😅
Super underrated anime/manga that got lost in the yugioh era. Still one of my top fave series
That's exactly what it was. Yugioh out shined it into obscurity :(
Not in Japan though. This show's crazy popular over there.
toriloveSubarukun This was super popular in Indonesia though 😄
Vietnam too
agree, so underrated, hikari no go need a movie about the last chapter in the manga.. best anime/manga ever for me , i cry when sai gone D:
I don't think any anime had the same impact on me as this one did. I don't know why but it'll always be my favorite. Nothing will ever be better.
Agreed! This anime literally changed my life 12 years ago, not only it made me become a full-blown anime/manga fan, but also re-sparked a huge interest in Japanese culture which eventually led to me getting a BA degree and living in Japan for a year. When I watched this opening, I literally felt like falling down a wormhole to 2006 and feeling all the same emotions as back then:)) Such a powerful anime indeed! I've been having the same kind of renaissance thanks to FMA: Brotherhood lately and I think it's high time to re-watch this HnG gem :)
It really was a powerful anime. I only watched it recently, but it has a feel to it that inspired me like no other anime did. I don't really understand why, but this anime really carved into my brain.
Do u play Igo too?
Everybody's got that one anime....
3 gatsu no Lion is like HnG but also delve more to the characters while still having the boardgame as an important part of the story
Imagine meeting a ghost. The ghost is a master of a hobby of yours. You use the ghosts abilities as your own just to win at whatever it is you're doing. But then you discover your own inner talent and passion for this hobby through the ghost that you used to cheat in the first place.
well sai got him into it it wasn't already his hobby but yeah.
Yugioh?
@@yunleung2631 Hikaru no Go subverts Yu-Gi-Oh.
@@projectmessiahthank you, someone needed to correct that statement lol
@@christopherwicker6651 guess its good I got to him quick lol
I've found this is one of the hardest anime to convince people to watch. It just doesn't sound like a good show no matter how you explain it. But it's soooo good! I'm not sure if there's an anime that digs deeper into the rawness of human emotions than this one does.
Should I watch it?
Joachim Oyalegan hell yes
its pretty good despite i understrnad nothing about the chess lol i justkeep watching i dont know why xd
@@kkhanthony8533 Dude. It is not chess. It is go or Igo.
@@vasundarakrishnan4093 sorry yeah go
やっぱり神アニメと神曲はセットなんだよなぁ
I never thought that of all the anime I've watched in my lifetime, the countless anime about combat, living life, and what it means to live, out of all the anime I've watched, this is the one that has impacted my life the most. As cool as something as Dragon Ball is, it never truly impacted my life, as mentally provocative as something like Death Note was, it didn't change my life.
Hikaru no Go is a simple anime about a board game, working hard to become a master at your craft, despite that craft being something as mundane as a board game. I watched this anime 11 years ago, and Go has become a lifelong hobby of mine without me even knowing it. It always stuck with me, it's something that I just casually picked up for fun because of the anime, and I never let go of it. There were times where I stopped, but I always picked it back up. I'm no master of Go like Fujiwara no Sai, but it's something I love and I'm happy to continue playing.
We need kinda shonen anime like this again with less fanservice.
いつ見ても神OP、そして神アニメ。
前に夜の確か19時代ゴールデンタイムに再放送という偉業成し遂げてたけど、
もう1回やってほしい。
何度でも見たいし、今の子供たちにも見てほしい…。
テレビサイズだけの、出だしのエコー加工が好きなんです…
This anime has a special place in my heart the emotion the story the music and everything in between you can't go wrong with this anime at all it is so perfect
最初の「君が今僕を支えて、僕が今君を支える」で泣きそうになる…佐為…
Exactly, the depth behind those few words pierces right through the chest
1年前のコメにアレやけど
「君が今僕を支えて、僕が今君を支える」やぞ(涙)
@@Homowaal_BL_Mathers うお、本当だありがとう…！
@とらぼるた この頃何見てた？
One of my favorite childhood anime, first time I cry so hard because Sai disappeared. I love the OST song so much that start to learn to sing with romaji lyrics. 😭👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Thanks for posting this!
I like this anime too
Yeah those where some real tears back then
I can't believe I found this in my school library and that's how it all started.
I was in grade 5, over grade under Hikaru
Exactly what happened to me lmao
OMG SAME
same lol
OMFG THATS LEGIT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME XDDDDDDDD LMFAOOO
Same here omg
This is one of the few good manga that doesn’t have any plot holes. It is just a good wholesome story about growth.
it did have a plot sai's history and how it was resolved
It had a bunch of plot holes, sai leaving cause he thought hikaru was strong enough but hikaru lost every important match, also people still keep talking about sai as if he’s gonna come back on and the hand of god and so on nothing is resolved
@@Urmsomethingsome how is that a plot hole? What you are referring to is being anti-climatic, it doesn’t imply there are logical inconsistencies with the story.
@@OHOHOHCOME it is anticlimatic but it was also a plot hole to me because the story didn’t serve the purpose that was originally introduced, making it feel inconsistent
@@Urmsomethingsome same thing i ponted out at 9anime since they uploaded the anime, in addition to how the manga and anime deviate from each other too much, good drama, good sound track but terrible conclusion, sai got injustice twice by fate or god while alive and as a ghost
The only issue I have with this anime is that I was never introduced to it early enough. But at least now I know that this is one of the best masterpieces of an anime there are. Everything in this show is perfect, and it’s truly great how well they portray the battles in the episodes. Will forever remain a Top 5 anime for me.
I watched that show like 1 year ago. It really deserves to be more popular, I really enjoyed this anime.
いろんなアニメ見たけどやっぱりこれが一番
This is engraved in my top three anime of all time. I remember being a 10 year old kid watching the first 10 episodes dubbed online at Toonami Jetstream. Having no idea what it was but I was super intrigued. Eventually it got cut and the website kinda just fell off. About 5 years later when I was 15 I was all about streaming Naruto and Bleach, the big guns back in those days. But I remembered, it just crossed my mind that I never did see how this anime finished or even how it went. I watched the entire thing and I was in love once again. Flash forward 10 more years. A 25 year old man who still loves to come back once every year or two to re watch this absolute gem of a series. High quality, great dub voice cast and an amazing story with great characters. I love Hikaru no go :)
Wow, reading this I felt like I wrote it haha. 24 here, same situation. Won’t forget about this show, I remember watching this and MAR on Toonami Jetstream.
囲碁のルール本当にわからないけど
本当に好きな作品。。、
当時特有のアニメのクオリティが懐かしい
I must say that I don't know how to play Go, and have never heard of the game "Go" but for some unknown reason I can watch this anime to the end without skipping an episode. This anime really made me fascinated with what Go is called. 🤗
People forget that back when it was popular in the good old days of the mid 2000s. The anime/manga especially when released in the west greatly inspired a lot to play the game.
I remember entering an old fashioned Go website to play against others. I could never understand how to play but the fact that good players never heard of the series...when asked 'how did you find Go?' and of course, Hikaru no Go. He did hear a lot of people say that, even wanted to watch it.
ONE OF THE BEEEEST I PREFER THIS OVER YU GI OH. SUPER UNDERRATED, JUST THE OPENING BLEW ME AWAY❤❤❤❤
I don't know how to play go but this Anime really entertained my childhood
ヒカルの碁大好きで見てて、さいが消えた所はめっちゃ泣いた
exacto bro pienso lo mismo
まさに今世紀初頭の伝説ソング、非深夜アニメでこのクオリティはすごい
This anime is criminally underrated.
中学生の時これおもろすぎて一日で20話くらい見たw
自分は一日に300話観ましたよ
@@user-op2iu6ps2m 300もないよw
The name of the song is Get Over from May Matsamuro
"Get over" by Dream
my first manga i ever read, it started when i found this book on a chair and started reading it untill the end. The best series ever
The early 20's and the late 90's were the best times to watch anime
กลับมาดู
I read the manga in middle school! My favorite pass time riding home on the bus! I even got my friends into it! I used to feel so sad for Sai's past but touched by his love for Go.
I swear to god the melody at the beginning make me wanna cry it’s so beautiful 😭
I agree that the first four measures have a powerful feeling to them. If that's in your interest, I highly recommend Hikaru no Go ending theme 1, as well as Hikaru no Go opening theme 2, and, perhaps, Yu-Gi-Oh season 0 ending theme 1 and Yu-Gi-Oh season 0 opening theme 1.
In short, a lot of it probably has to do with the time period of Japanese music (at least in the anime scene). A lot of early Detective Conan openings/endings are spectacular as well (e.g. Two-Mix's Truth is amazing).
I’m so glad to know someone feels the same way about it, I love it
Underrated classic. I’ve watched/read this series so many times. Even bought my own Go board but I can’t play for shit lol
You need Sai to haunt you to reveal your hidden potential :)
Recently Finished the Anime Series, made me tear up when Sai vanished
I started watching this manga when I was in elementary school...omg...still one of my favourite anime
Heh. Back in Elementary school, my best friend introduced me to the manga before I was able to find the anime. I actually aspired to learn the game through the manga and the anime. We even held game times during recess after borrowing a board from one of the cool teachers there. That manga and this anime is a timestamp of one of my best times in my childhood.
For me it was junior high school.
Happy birthday to the character Yuta Fukui and future birthday wishes for the whole cast🎉🎁🎂🎊
sick opening for an anime with a (almost) whole episode of talking in an elevator
小学生の時碁のルールも知らずに見てたやつは多いはず
Top 5 anime of all time, the idea, the concept behind all this, rivalry makes both great.
I agree, I'm still looking for future 10 in my opinion, but Hikaru no Go, Serial experiments lain and Yu Yu Hakusho are masterpieces
When my dad put this song on a few months ago, i was immediately drawn to it. Later he tells me its cuz he put this song on when i was a baby, and he told me i would fall asleep to it. No i do not have any memories of that... But it may explain as to why i instantly loved this song
My favourite fansub for my favourite nostalgic anime ever, this warms my heart every time.
Perfect op&ed, soundtrack
Soundtrack from my childhood...
Kimi ga ima
Boku wo sasaete
Boku ga ima
Kimi wo sasaeru
Dakara mayoi takara mo tomo ni?
Ikite ikou yo mirai e to
Nakama to towamure
Sorenari de ii kamo
Monotarinasa wo kanjite shimau
Sameta me de mirarete
Kawaita jidai no kaze ni fukaseteiru
Fuan na kokoro to yuuki ga senaka awase ni natteru
Dakedo ima nara yume wo kono te de kanaete miseru yo
Kidzuzuite kowaresou na hi mo
Namida shite komaraseru hi no
Aru keredo bokura wa sore wo koete ikunda
Dare yori ue wo mezashite
Just randomly started thinking about this song after yeeears. Dam man 🥹 miss my childhood. 2023 is a far cry from simpler times
My childhood memories.. between 2004-2005. From Indonesia. 🇮🇩
Very nostalgia with anime since era.gundam seed.ghost at school.jigoku sensei nube.yu yu hakusho.dr slump and arale chan.chibi maruko chan.inuyasha.crush gear.tamiya.detective Q.detective conan.kindaichi.ninja hattori.nintama ninja kids.and more. Any people remember thats anime.😃😃
I remember running home every day after middle school to do my homework on my floor with this playing in the background.
I just finished hikaru no go and I would rewatch it after some time
Sept 2022 still hear this song, after 20 years ago, still sad sai gone... i hope can see the true face sai
I remember I read this comic in one sitting. I vaguely remember it now but I know I loved it at the time. I should reread it
I'm currently in Japan, in my hotel room after a long day, and I'm listening to this masterpiece that rocked my childhood, life is good. 🌼
Man, kids these days don't know about this BANGER op.
We know we know
Yea so sad
this whole anime had good opening and endings
ughh... my heart now looks like squashed M&N or skittles...the impact...I can't... XD
0:42-0:48 best part :’)
Agreed
A series about winning and losing in life 💜🙏
This is one of my all-time favorites. I really wished new modern anime fans appreciate old shows like this & not just watch forgettable seasonals. There's nothing wrong with those shows, but for a change, they should try checking out 2000s anime gems like Hikaru no Go, Eureka Seven, Wolf's Rain, Gunslinger Girl, Honey and Clover, etc.
Ugh yess!! I finished wolfs rain a month ago after being obsessed with the opening song stray for months! Truly one of the greatest stories of all time and even greater sound track. Yoko Kanno's music was truly a gift.
Wolf's Rain, how nostalgic.
I loved this anime ! When the music started before the ending video...
This song is a memory that ill never forget
It's crazy how huge this was in its own time, and how completely forgotten it is now. Even Assassination Classroom wasn't memory-holed as quickly or deeply as HikaGo.
RIP Kawakami Tomoko :'( I think she did a great job for voicing Hikaru.
Потрясный опенинг😍
きつきてさかちくけ
Why is this opening so familiar? I’ve never seen this anime. The group who sings it is called Dream.they’ve done my will from Inuyasha. Does any other anime sound this identical for an opening?
I remember watching it after coming back from school (2004)
Childhood memories in 2024😢
I remember reading this manga before I even knew what manga was. So many good memories
This show is so intense that it is criminal.
Anime which ALL opening & ending songs got me HYPED UP
Still don't know understand the game, but i am such a big fan of the manga and anime! This reminds me to rewatch it now
Я обожаю это Аниме, больше всего из персонажей Сая Фудзивару, он такой классный, озвучка лучшая, я плакала час после того, как он ушел, хочу смотреть это Аниме каждый день! ❤
one of the first if not the first anime i ever wathed as a kid. i was definetly too young and probably didnt understand wtf was happening most of the time but thx for being created
I searched for "Hikaru Nakamura" and this showed up. I don't regret it.
My first anime and also one of my favorite
I just realised how chubby Shindou used to be as a kid. 😂😂😂
This truly was a Hikaru no Go.
Hikaru no Go is a masterpiece
I've seen this from a while back and this helped shape my childhood and teenage life.. now this screams like chihayafuri
People say Naruto vs Sasuke is epic, L vs Kira is epic. I got shiver from Touya Meijin and Sai Fujiwara GO match.
better than some of the most popular anime ops, love this
Bro I dont know why but I like the beginning of the theme and the middle of the theme
I’ve been watching this opening since I was so young
Kinda miss old anime song like this, it's kinda has a same vibe as the shaman king song.
TRUE LYRICS:
Kimi wa Ima Boku wo Sasaete Boku wa Ima Kimi wo Sasaeru Dakara Mayoi Nagara mo Tomo ni Ikite Ikou yo Mirai He to Nakama to Tawamure Sore Nari de Ite mo Mono Tarinasa wo Kanjite Shimau Sameta Me de Mirarete Kawaita Jidai no Kaze ni Fukarete Iru Fuan na Kokoro to Yuuki ga Senaka Awase ni Natte Iru Dakedo Ima Nara Yume wo Kono Te de Kanaete Miseru yo Kizutsuite Koware Souna Hi mo Namida Shite Komaraseru Hi mo Aru Keredo Bokura wa Sore wo Koete Ikunda Dare Yori Ue wo Mezashite
Gr2 podcast romance dawn gua disini, jd nostalgia lagi. Thanks bang arya dan bang uus
aahh, just remembered the moment when i spared my pocket-money for rent hikaru-no-go comics..
신의 한수를 터득하기 위해서
This is awesome even though it's an anime for all ages
almost 20 years and most of the anime nowadays isnt even half as interesting as this one
佐為の子供っぽさがまじでかわいい
1:00 to 1:04 always hits me
この曲好きだった。
ちなみにヒカルの碁は母の影響で見てました
Ah... this song bring back my memories. I created the board using unused carton and collected lot of stones from the river. My friend played this game with me after watched a tutorial in the end of anime (after ending song). 😅
Dedication! I want to try but real Go boards are expensive...
This was my first anime and remeber buying a go board and playing with my dad.
freaking crying listening to this T^T
Amazing EEcho
DeafWingXX I can relate
Oh my god... I used to love this anime
The best anime ever
Started the manga recently and its so good.It also introduced me to go,highly recommend it
Best anime ever
Underated af