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.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Eternal Rival | 2001-10-10 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Discovered Weakness!! | 2001-10-17 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Akira Bears His Fangs | 2001-10-24 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Kaga in Shogi Club | 2001-10-31 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Prediction of an Awakening | 2001-11-07 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Beautiful Match | 2001-11-14 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | I Won't Play Against You | 2001-11-21 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Scheme in the Rain | 2001-11-28 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | An Irritating Presence | 2001-12-05 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Third Member | 2001-12-12 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | The Most Inconsiderate Act | 2001-12-19 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | You Are the Third Board | 2001-12-26 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Each of Their Decision | 2002-01-09 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | The Third Match | 2002-01-19 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Player on the Net | 2002-01-26 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | Who is Sai? | 2002-01-30 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | The Match of Revelation | 2002-02-06 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | Akira vs. Sai | 2002-02-13 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | Hikaru's Strength | 2002-02-20 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | The Road to Becoming a Pro | 2002-02-27 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | The Haze Jr. High Go Club | 2002-03-06 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | The Insei Examination | 2002-03-13 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 23 | The Room of Yuugen | 2002-03-20 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 24 | Ouza vs. Akira | 2002-03-27 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 25 | Sai's Sword Unsheathed (1) | 2002-04-10 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 26 | The Greatest Wall for Hikaru (2) | 2002-04-10 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 27 | A Place to Go Back To | 2002-04-17 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 28 | The Wakajishisen | 2002-04-24 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 29 | Kuwabara Honinbou | 2002-05-01 | 25 min |
Season 1 | Episode 30 | Ogata vs Honinbou | 2002-05-08 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | The Preliminary Starts | 2002-05-15 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | The Last Day of the Preliminaries | 2002-05-22 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | Team Formed! | 2002-05-29 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Don't Win | 2002-06-05 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | There is Only One Winner | 2002-06-12 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | My Name is... | 2002-06-19 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | The Pro Exam Begins | 2002-06-26 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | The Challengers | 2002-07-03 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | The Dead Moment | 2002-07-10 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | Whereabouts of the Win | 2002-07-17 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | Three Weeks Isn't Enough! | 2002-07-24 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | The First One to Pass | 2002-07-31 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | Waya vs Shindou | 2002-08-07 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 14 | A Desperate Life | 2002-08-14 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 15 | Hikaru vs Ochi | 2002-08-21 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 16 | The Last Day of the Pro Exam Finals | 2002-08-28 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 17 | To the World of the Pros | 2002-09-04 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 18 | Sai vs Meijin | 2002-09-11 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 19 | A Painful Match | 2002-09-18 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 20 | Fujiwara no Sai | 2002-09-25 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 21 | Kurata 6-dan | 2002-10-02 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 22 | Hikaru vs Akira | 2002-10-09 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 23 | The Confession of Sai | 2002-10-16 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 24 | Excitement (A.K.A. Excited Spirits) | 2002-10-23 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 25 | Sai vs. Toya Koyo | 2002-10-30 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 26 | The Thousand Year Answer | 2002-11-06 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 27 | Let Me Play Sai! | 2002-11-13 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 28 | One-Color Go | 2002-11-20 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 29 | Toya Koyo Retires! | 2002-11-27 | 25 min |
Season 2 | Episode 30 | Farewell Hikaru | 2002-12-04 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | Sai is Gone? | 2002-12-11 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Top Player in Hiroshima | 2002-12-18 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | I Won't Play Anymore | 2002-12-25 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Keichou Flowerpots | 2003-01-08 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | Isumi No Go | 2003-01-05 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | The Fated Encounter | 2003-01-22 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | Isumi Tested | 2003-01-29 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | Forfeits | 2003-02-05 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 9 | The Determined Visitor | 2003-02-12 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 10 | Sai Was Here... | 2003-02-19 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 11 | The First Comeback Match | 2003-02-26 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 12 | And So They Began to Run | 2003-03-05 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 13 | Shindou vs Touya | 2003-03-12 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 14 | Forever Inside You | 2003-03-19 | 25 min |
Season 3 | Episode 15 | That Same Old Smile | 2003-03-26 | 25 min |
Writing | Takeshi Obata | Comic Book |
Writing | Yumi Hotta | Comic Book |