ヒカルの碁

Hikaru no Go

With a two-tone hairstyle and a streak of immaturity, Hikaru Shindou finds an old Go board with a hidden surprise - trapped within the Go Board is Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master! In the blink of an eye, Sai becomes part of Hikaru's consciousness and soon begins to learn the true essence behind this ancient game of skill and strategy. (Source: VIZ Media)

Names

Original	ヒカルの碁 (japanese)
Romaji	Hikaru no Go
English	Hikaru no Go
Chinese	棋靈王 (traditional · via wikidata)
Also known as	히카루의 바둑 · Хікару і Ґо · Хикару и го · Hikaru's Go · Хикару және го · Hikaru və go · היקארו נו גו

Facts

Format	TV series · 75 ep · 23 min · 29h total
Aired	2001-10-10 → 2003-03-26 (Autumn 2001)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Studio Pierrot
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Demographic	Shounen
Genres	Comedy Sports Supernatural
Themes	GoComing of Age Primarily Male Cast Shounen Ghost Board Game Male Protagonist
Streaming	Hulu · Crunchyroll

Reception

Community score	7.94 / 10
Bayesian score	7.88 / 10
Composite	63.4
On lists	27,880
Favourited	769 (2.8%)
Completion	74.7%
Drop rate	7.3%
In backlog	43.5%
Score spread σ	1.52

Score distribution

1442183404895335662671,52682,39291,900101,173

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Broadcast season	Autumn 2001	S+	1 of 40
Year	2001	S	4 of 127
Length	Epic-run	B	14 of 70
Studio	Studio Pierrot	B	17 of 115
Era	Early 2000s	A	37 of 687
Genre	Sports	B	64 of 447
Season (all years)	Autumn	A	176 of 1,921
Genre	Supernatural	B	192 of 1,234
Demographic	Shounen	B	223 of 1,219
Genre	Comedy	A	273 of 3,488
Source material	Manga	B	398 of 3,025
Format	TV series	B	450 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	A	645 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Susumu Nishizawa, Jun Kamiya, Tetsuya Endou
Series composition	Yukiyoshi Oohashi
Character design	Takeshi Obata, Hideyuki Motohashi
Original creator	Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata