Hikaru no Go - Season 1
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.
Year: 2003
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Country: Japan
Studio: TV Tokyo
Director:
Cast: Tomoko Kawakami, Susumu Chiba, Sanae Kobayashi, Yumi Kakazu, Makoto Tsumura, Kentaro Ito
First Air Date: Oct 10, 2001
Last Air date: Mar 26, 2003
Season: 3 Season
Episode: 75 Episode
Runtime: 23 minutes
IMDb: 7.60/10 by 38.00 users
Popularity: 72.867
Language: Japanese
Episode
Eternal Rival
Discovered Weakness!!
Akira Bears His Fangs
Kaga in Shogi Club
Prediction of an Awakening
The Beautiful Match
I Won't Play Against You
The Scheme in the Rain
An Irritating Presence
The Third Member
The Most Inconsiderate Act
You Are The Third Board
Each of Their Decision
The Third Match
The Player On The Net
Who Is Sai?
The Match of Revelation
Akira vs. Sai
Hikaru's Strength
The Road to Becoming a Pro
The Haze Jr. High Go Club
The Insei Examination
The Room of Yuugen
Ouza vs. Akira
Sai's Sword Unsheathed (1)
The Greatest Wall for Hikaru (2)
A Place To Go Back To
The Wakajishisen
Kuwabara Honinbou
Ogata vs Honinbou