Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-28246788-20160419013310/@comment-105.107.166.154-20190825174956

Honestly for me the first arcs are better in the 1999 version,somehow it seems much darker and has more depth as opposed to the 2011 version where the coloring seems brighter. Personally i would recommend watching the 1999 version first : esp the heaven's arena and yorknew arcs, i mean the kurapika vs uvogin fight is soooooo much better there. but after u can watch from 2011 as i thought it gets better ( the greed island arc isn't really that interesting in my opinion but since it does build in the plot what can u do)(plus the chimera ant arc?????? EPIC!!!! the animation the dark atmosphere it gives and the soundtracs are ON POINT!!)

So all in all you can't not watch the 1999 version,even if you are planning on watching the 2011 from the beggining,i think it stands that since the 1999 is the original and with slight differences it has to the manga (and to the 2011 version) it must be watched.