Hikaru no Go
Hikaru no Go
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Hikaru no Go

7.6 / 10
2001
3 seasons
75 episodes
AnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy

Hikaru Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal kid with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. His life completely changes when he finds an old bloodstained go board in his grandfather's attic. The ghost of an ancient go master named Fujiwara-no-Sai was trapped in the board and soon becomes a part of Hikaru's consciousness. Together Hikaru and Sai make an unstoppable go-playing team!

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Seasons

  • Eternal Rival

    1.Eternal Rival

    10.0
    10-10-200124m

    Sixth grader Hikaru Shindo stumbles upon a mysterious Go board with a blood stain on it. Before he knows it he's hearing voices, one voice to be exact. The voice of an ancient Go i...

  • Discovered Weakness!!

    2.Discovered Weakness!!

    17-10-200124m

    With the recent defeat of the Meijin's son, Hikaru goes about his day normally. However, Akira is obsessing over the game he lost. He won't do anything but stare at the Go board an...

  • Akira Bears His Fangs

    3.Akira Bears His Fangs

    24-10-200124m

    After confronting Hikaru, Akira challenges him to a rematch. As they sit down to play, Sai notices Akira's fangs bearing down on him. Will Sai go easy on Akira, or will he crush hi...

  • Kaga in Shogi Club

    4.Kaga in Shogi Club

    31-10-200124m

    Akari invites Hikaru to the Haze Junior High festival. Hikaru reluctantly goes, but cannot find Akari anywhere. So, while walking around he stumbles upon a group of kids around a G...

  • Prediction of an Awakening

    5.Prediction of an Awakening

    07-11-200124m

    After loosing the game to Kaga, Hikaru is forced into joining a Jr. high school Go Club Tournament. He is to join Tsutsui and Kaga as the third member for the Haze Jr. High Go Club...

  • The Beautiful Match

    6.The Beautiful Match

    14-11-200124m

    The finals of the Third Annual Junior High Go Tournament - Kaiou Junior High V. Haze Junior High. With a score of 1-1 it is up to Hikaru to win it for Haze. Can he do it? And what...

  • I Won't Play Against You

    7.I Won't Play Against You

    21-11-200124m

    Hikaru is now in Haze Middle School and joins the Go club. Akira Toya is now in Kaio. He pays a visit to Haze and challenges Hikaru to a match. Will Hikaru accept to play him?

  • The Scheme in the Rain

    8.The Scheme in the Rain

    28-11-200124m

    Akira is too good against everyone at Kaio's Go club. The members don't take this sitting down, as three of them plan to take him down.

  • An Irritating Presence

    9.An Irritating Presence

    05-12-200124m

    Akira is still loathed in the Go club, but he doesn't care. Even the club's sensei has bad feelings about him being there. How long will Akira stay in the club?

  • The Third Member

    10.The Third Member

    12-12-200124m

    A boy named Yuki Mitani solves a challenging problem on the Haze Go club's posters. Hikaru knows they need a third member really badly, and tries to convince Yuki to join. However,...

  • The Most Inconsiderate Act

    11.The Most Inconsiderate Act

    19-12-200124m

    The Go Sallon Yuki goes to doesn't mind giving him money for winning games, but they are tired of him cheating to get it. They hire a skilled player who pretends not to know anythi...

  • You Are The Third Board

    12.You Are The Third Board

    26-12-200124m

    After Hikaru gets back Yuki's money, Yuki decides to join the club, but refuses to play in the tournament. Tsutsui explains how strong Kaio is and Yuki changes his mind. But will h...

  • Each of Their Decision

    13.Each of Their Decision

    09-01-200224m

    Hikaru, Tsutsui, and Yuki all manage to defeat their first round opponents. But, the next next round won't be so easy as they face of against Kaio. Hikaru is excited about facing A...

  • The Third Match

    14.The Third Match

    19-01-200224m

    Akira is quite tense at the fact that he is finally facing Hikaru, or rather Sai. All is going well, until Hikaru notices a point that he thinks should be played and Sai doesn't pl...

  • The Player On The Net

    15.The Player On The Net

    26-01-200224m

    Hikaru let's Sai play Go online, that way nobody will think Hikaru is really good when in reality he's not.

  • Who Is Sai?

    16.Who Is Sai?

    30-01-200224m

    Everyone is anxious to find out just who this mysterious user named "Sai" is. How long can Hikaru keep playing before he gets caught?

  • The Match of Revelation

    17.The Match of Revelation

    06-02-200224m

    Players who have been following Sai's net matches attended the 20th International Amateur Go Tournament in Japan. A commotion occurs at the mention of Sai's name as everyone is try...

  • Akira vs. Sai

    18.Akira vs. Sai

    13-02-200224m

    Akira skipped his first match of the Pro exams in order to play the match against Sai on the net. Akira is perplexed over the identify of Sai which he thinks might be Hikaru while...

  • Hikaru's Strength

    19.Hikaru's Strength

    20-02-200224m

    Hikaru is slowly, but surely, getting better as evidenced when he beats Mitani in a game though with a handicap as well as Tsutsui. To play go with Sai, now that they decided not t...

  • The Road to Becoming a Pro

    20.The Road to Becoming a Pro

    27-02-200224m

    Kishimoto (Kaio's first board) played a match with Hikaru to find out his real strength and expressed his puzzlement as to why Akira sees Hikaru as a opponent when he's not as stro...

  • The Haze Jr. High Go Club

    21.The Haze Jr. High Go Club

    06-03-200224m

    Hikaru is torn by the decision he has to make. An unlikely saviour came in the form of Kaga who proposed that Shindou quit the club after showing them how strong he is - by playing...

  • The Insei Examination

    22.The Insei Examination

    13-03-200224m

    Hikaru is losing the game in his anxiousness to win it. He freaks out when he realised that he didn't necessarily have win the game to pass as the purpose is for the examiner to ga...

  • The Room of Yuugen

    23.The Room of Yuugen

    20-03-200224m

    Hikaru aims to progress to the first class of the Insei program where Waya and Isumi take the top spots. Both of them wanted to pass the Pro exams quickly this year, due to various...

  • Ouza vs. Akira

    24.Ouza vs. Akira

    27-03-200224m

    Although Ouza initally contemplated letting Akira win the match as a form of encouragement, he is angered by Akira's nonchalent attitude and decided to crush him completely. Akira...

  • Sai's Sword Unsheathed (1)

    25.Sai's Sword Unsheathed (1)

    10-04-200224m

    HIkaru can't seem to get any better at Go, despite the fact that he plays with Sai every day. If he wants any chance to get into a tournament and face Akira, he needs to get strong...

  • The Greatest Wall for Hikaru (2)

    26.The Greatest Wall for Hikaru (2)

    10-04-200224m

    With help from Sai, Hikaru overcomes his weakness and finally makes it into the A league. Back at school, Kaga and Kimihiro have already graduated to HIgh School. Now that Hikaru's...

  • A Place To Go Back To

    27.A Place To Go Back To

    17-04-200224m

    Yuuki Mitani decides to go back to the Go Club.

  • The Wakajishisen

    28.The Wakajishisen

    24-04-200224m

    The top 16 in the A league all take part in the Young Lions Tournament. If Hikaru can manage to get past the first round, he'll finally get to face Akira again. Meanwhile, Isumi fa...

  • Kuwabara Honinbou

    29.Kuwabara Honinbou

    01-05-200224m

    Ogata and Kuwabara are anticipating their matches for the Honinbou title, both anxious to greet the upcoming wave of pros in the Go world. Meanwhile, a guy who has won many college...

  • Ogata vs Honinbou

    30.Ogata vs Honinbou

    08-05-200224m

    Ogata and Kuwabara Honinbou continue their set of matches for the Honinbou title. They are on their final match, both having won the same number of games. When Ogata plays a sealed...

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