![]() It is a classic Shonen anime featuring colorful characters, lots of humor, and very clever fights. Early on in his career they send him to the Old Master Genkai, a short, crotchety old woman who nevertheless is a highly capable spiritual guru and martial artist.Īmong his closest teammates he also got some more-than-capable fighting partners in the form of Kazuma Kuwabara, his old school rival Kurama, a benevolent reformed fox-spirit trapped in a human body and Hiei, a not-so-benevolent, not-so-reformed demon who reluctantly tags along with Yusuke and his entourage as part of his sentence.ĭuring Yu Yu Hakusho's initial run in Japan, it was one of the few shows to compete at all with Dragon Ball Z during the early 90's. Lucky for him, he has the help of Botan as a liaison and tactical support. With much reluctance, Yusuke takes on the job, and finds himself facing all manner of supernatural baddies. ![]() ![]() With the help of Botan (a perky female shinigami "Angel of Death" or essentially " Grim Reaper") and the approval of Koenma (the snarky son of King Enma, the judge of the dead in Buddhist belief system, and the part-time stand-in for his father) Yusuke returns to the living world.īut Koenma has other plans for Yusuke, as both his fighting ability and new found spirit awareness makes him a prime candidate to be a Spirit Detective, an agent of the spirit world hunting down renegade demons who threaten peace on Earth. Because of this surprising (if ultimately useless) Heroic Sacrifice, they offer Yusuke a chance to return from the dead. He discovers that the forces of the Spirit World were expecting the boy to miraculously survive the accident but did not expect Yusuke to even be a part of it. One particularly bad day gets worse for Yusuke after he dies saving the life of a small boy from a car accident. Writing, characters, and amount of action.Originally a manga by Yoshihiro Togashi, Yu Yu Hakusho tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a bitter, beleaguered (and legendary street fighter) junior high punk. Mostly positive reviews by critics in North America, complimenting its Wide range of age groups in the United States. Has been watched by a large number of television viewers in Japan and a The animated series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for best anime in 19. Yu Yu Hakusho has been well received, with the manga selling over 50 million copies in Japan alone and winning the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga in 1993. The Yu Yu Hakusho franchise has spawned two animated films, a series of original video animations (OVAs), audio albums, video games, and other merchandise. The television series has also been broadcast in various other countries around the world. It was later licensed in NorthĪmerica by Funimation Entertainment in 2001, where it aired on popular Cartoon Network blocks including Adult Swim and Toonami. The television series originally aired on Japan's Fuji TV network from An anime adaptation consisting of 112 television episodes was directed by Noriyuki Abe and co-produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising, and Studio Pierrot. In North America, the manga ran completely in Viz's Shonen Jump from January 2003 to January 2010. The series consists of 175 chapters collected in 19 tankōbon volumes. The manga was originally serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 1990 to July 1994. Togashi began creating Yu Yu Hakusho around November 1990, basing the series on his interests in the occult and horror films and an influence of Buddhist mythology. The manga becomes more focused on martial arts battles and tournaments as it progresses. Investigate various cases involving demons and apparitions in the human world. The son of the ruler of the afterlife Underworld, Yusuke is revived andĪppointed the title of "Underworld Detective", with which he must After a number of tests presented to him by Koenma, The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and killed by a car while attempting to save a child's life. "Ghost Files" or "Poltergeist Report"), also known as Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. ![]() ![]() Yu Yu Hakusho ( Japanese: 幽☆遊☆白書 Hepburn: Yū Yū Hakusho, lit. ![]()
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