The manga was originally serialized in Shueisha's "Weekly Shōnen Jump" from December 1990 to July 1994. The series consists of 175 chapters collected in 19 "tankōbon" volumes. In North America, the manga ran completely in Viz's "Shonen Jump" from January 2003 to January 2010. An anime adaptation consisting of 112 television episodes was directed by Noriyuki Abe and co-produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising, and Studio Pierrot. The television series originally aired on Japan's Fuji TV network from October 1992 to December 1994. It was later licensed in North America by Funimation in 2001, where it aired on popular Cartoon Network blocks including Adult Swim and later Toonami.
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Yu Yu Hakusho | Introduction
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The English episodes aired from February 2002 to April 2003. The first twenty-one episodes were shown on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, with re-runs playing after July 2002. New episodes began airing in April 2003, when the episodes began showing on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block. Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; one opening theme and one closing theme. The opening theme is by Matsuko Mawatari. Another of Mawatari's works, is the closing theme.
Yu Yu Hakusho (season 1) | Introduction
The manga was originally serialized in Shueisha's "Weekly Shōnen Jump" from December 1990 to July 1994. The series consists of 175 chapters collected in 19 "tankōbon" volumes. In North America, the manga ran completely in Viz's "Shonen Jump" from January 2003 to January 2010. An anime adaptation consisting of 112 television episodes was directed by Noriyuki Abe and co-produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising, and Studio Pierrot. The television series originally aired on Japan's Fuji TV network from October 1992 to December 1994. It was later licensed in North America by Funimation in 2001, where it aired on popular Cartoon Network blocks including Adult Swim and later Toonami.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Introduction
The first seventeen English episodes were originally shown from July 2004 to November 2004 on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block. New episodes began airing in September 2005, with the saga concluding in November 2005. Three pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: one opening theme and two closing themes. The opening theme is by Matsuko Mawatari. The closing theme for the first seventeen episodes is Hiro Takahashi's , with , also by Takahashi, used for the remaining episodes.
Yu Yu Hakusho (season 3) | Introduction
Funimation president Gen Fukunaga remarked that "Yu Yu Hakusho" "came 'out of nowhere' to surprise people with huge ratings", which were just below those achieved by the popular series "Dragon Ball Z". "Yu Yu Hakusho" was frequently watched by several age groups during its early run in North America. When it aired on Adult Swim, the anime, along with others such as "Inuyasha" and "Cowboy Bebop", met with male audiences ages 18–34. During its Toonami debut in May 2003, "Yu Yu Hakusho" placed in seven out of the top 111 Nielsen ratings for Cartoon Network telecasts, with the highest being number 30 on May 13 at a two percent share of all viewing televisions in the country.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Anime
The anime has been given mostly positive reviews by critics in North America, complimenting its writing, characters, and amount of action.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Introduction
He described the episodes as trying too hard to draw sympathy from the audience for anime's villains. Despite his overall praise of "Yu Yu Hakusho", Divers noted in a review about one DVD release that the show "[walks] that fine line of a solid long running series or being a broken record". He also called the artwork of the first few episodes "dated" and pointed out questionable script choices regarding the English dub.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Anime
The third season of the "Yu Yu Hakusho" anime series, known as the Chapter Black Saga, was directed by Noriyuki Abe and produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising and Studio Pierrot. The episodes were released in North America by Funimation. Like the rest of the series, it adapts Yoshihiro Togashi's "Yu Yu Hakusho" manga from the thirteenth through seventeenth volumes over twenty-eight episodes. The episodes follow Spirit Detective Yusuke Urameshi and his conflict with a former Spirit Detective, Shinobu Sensui, and the latter's desire to open the gateway to Makai. The season initially ran from February 5 to August 13, 1994, on Fuji Television in Japan.
Yu Yu Hakusho (season 3) | Introduction
The television series has also been broadcast in various other countries around the world. The "Yu Yu Hakusho" franchise has spawned two animated films, a series of original video animations (OVAs), audio albums, video games, and other merchandise. "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 animated series won the "Animage" Anime Grand Prix prize for best anime in 1994 and 1995. "Yu Yu Hakusho" has been watched by a large audience in Japan and a wide range of age groups in the United States.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Introduction
The second season of the "Yu Yu Hakusho" anime series, known as the Dark Tournament Saga, was directed Noriyuki Abe and produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising and Studio Pierrot. The episodes were released in North America by Funimation. Like the rest of the series, it adapts Yoshihiro Togashi's "Yu Yu Hakusho" manga from the through the thirteenth volumes over forty episodes. The episodes cover the story of Yusuke Urameshi and how his tenure as Spirit Detective led him to participate in the "Dark Tournament," a competition between demons to determine the strongest supernatural inhabitants of the Living World. The season initially ran from April 17, 1993, to January 29, 1994, in Japan on Fuji Television.
Yu Yu Hakusho (season 2) | Introduction
The English episodes were shown from December 2005 to April 2006 on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block. Three pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; one opening theme and two closing themes. The opening theme is by Matsuko Mawatari. The closing themes are by Hiro Takahashi, used for the first eight episodes, and Mawatari's "Daydream Generation" for all remaining episodes except episode 112, which uses "Hohoemi no Bakudan" as the closing theme.
Yu Yu Hakusho (season 4) | Introduction
The fourth and final season of the "Yu Yu Hakusho" anime series, known as the Saga of the Three Kings, was directed Noriyuki Abe and produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising and Studio Pierrot. The episodes were released in North America by Funimation. It adapts Yoshihiro Togashi's "Yu Yu Hakusho" manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi from the seventeenth through volumes over eighteen episodes. The episodes cover Yusuke Urameshi's journey to Makai to meet his demon ancestor, and his attempts to resolve the unstable political situation in Makai. The season initially ran from August 20 to December 17, 1994, on Fuji Television in Japan.
Yu Yu Hakusho (season 4) | Introduction
The episodes of the Japanese animated television series , part of the "Yu Yu Hakusho" media franchise are directed by Noriyuki Abe and produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising and Studio Pierrot. They are based on the "YuYu Hakusho" manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi, incorporating nineteen volumes of the source material over one hundred and twelve episodes. The series concentrates on the adventures of Yusuke Urameshi, who after his death becomes a Spirit Detective, the protector of the Living World against supernatural threats. The series aired weekly from October 10, 1992 to December 17, 1994, on Fuji Television in Japan.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho episodes | Introduction
The first season of the "Yu Yu Hakusho" anime anime series, the Spirit Detective Saga, was directed by Noriyuki Abe and produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising and Studio Pierrot. The episodes were released in North America by Funimation. The season adapts Yoshihiro Togashi's "Yu Yu Hakusho" manga from the through volumes over twenty-five episodes. The episodes follow the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage boy who dies in an accident, and is resurrected as a Spirit Detective, Spirit World's protector of the Living World against demons and other supernatural threats. The season ran from October 10, 1992, to April 10, 1993, on Fuji Television in Japan.
Yu Yu Hakusho (season 1) | Introduction
The first eighteen episodes of the English adaptation of the anime were aired between April and July 2003 on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block. "Yu Yu Hakusho" was then removed from Toonami's listings until January 2004, when re-runs of the old episodes were shown. New episodes began airing in April 2004, with the last episodes of the saga shown in July 2004. Four pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; one opening theme and three closing themes. The opening theme is by Matsuko Mawatari. The closing themes are , also by Mawatari, used for the first four episodes of the saga, Mawatari's , for the next thirty episodes, Hiro Takahashi's in the last seven episodes.
Yu Yu Hakusho (season 2) | Introduction
The play ran from August 8 to September 22, 2019 in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Aichi. In September 2019 Yu Yu Hakusho joined the Universal Fighting System CCG, this marked the second anime license to make it into the system.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Other media
The "Yu Yu Hakusho" television series was voted the best anime of the year in the 1994 and 1995 "Animage" Anime Grand Prix and the second best in 1993 after "Sailor Moon". Additionally, the publication declared the series number 53 on its top 100 anime listing in 2001. In a 2006 web poll conducted in Japan by the network TV Asahi, "Yu Yu Hakusho" was voted as the 15th best anime of all time. The Japanese magazine "Brutus" voted it the sixth best anime of all time. The hit show garnered a large number of viewers during its run in Japan.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Anime
, was released in Japanese theaters on April 9, 1994. The plot revolves around Yusuke and his friends defending the human world against inhabitants of a fourth plane of existence called the "Netherworld". This full-length feature received its first English dubbed version by Central Park Media, which released it on VHS on March 3, 1998, and on DVD on October 8, 2002, under the name "". A series of "Yu Yu Hakusho" OVAs collectively titled was released in Japan in VHS format between 1994 and 1996. The OVAs feature very short clips that take place after the end of the series.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Films and original video animations
The "Yu Yu Hakusho" manga was written and drawn by Yoshihiro Togashi and was published by Shueisha in the Japanese-language magazine "Weekly Shōnen Jump". The series concentrates on the adventures of young delinquent Yusuke Urameshi, who after his death becomes a Spirit Detective, the protector of the Living World against supernatural threats. The manga consists of 19 "tankōbon"; the first "tankōbon" was released on April 10, 1991, and the last one was released on December 2, 1994. An anime adaptation of the series of 112 television episodes was directed by Noriyuki Abe and co-produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising, and Studio Pierrot.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho chapters | Introduction
Atari stated in December 2003 that the anime was one of the top-rated television programs in North America for males ages 9–14. Nielsen additionally reported that "Yu Yu Hakusho" tied with "Dragon Ball GT" as the top-rated Cartoon Network program for the same demographic during the week of September 28, 2004. It was the second highest-rated show among ages 12–17 the same week. Cartoon Network dropped the show from Toonami in March 2005 due to declining ratings. "Yu Yu Hakusho" proved to be popular in the Philippines, where it was rerun several times and managed to draw more viewers in the prime time slot than both local and foreign soap operas.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Anime
They also contain video montages from the anime, image songs, voice actor interviews, and satirical animated shorts focusing on the four protagonists. The OVAs consist of three volumes as well as an opening and ending encyclopedia. A four-DVD box set containing this series was released in Japan by Pony Canyon on December 15, 2004. Funimation dubbed the OVAs (though not the anime montages) and (re)dubbed the first theatrical film with their original cast from the anime, and released them both in North America in a two-disc DVD bundle titled " Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie & Eizou Hakusho" on December 13, 2011.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Films and original video animations
This version splits up parts of the OVAs and does not include the Japanese voice actor interviews. A brand new OVA of "Yu Yu Hakusho" was released with a Blu-ray box set of the series on October 26, 2018, in Japan. It adapts the "Two Shot" bonus chapter from the manga's seventh volume and the manga's penultimate chapter "All or Nothing". In October 2019, Funimation announced the OVA release with an English dub.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Films and original video animations
Polley also discounted the manga's comedy, considering the "bit gags or fairly lame jokes" to be "too much" at times.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Manga
Author Yoshihiro Togashi stated that he began working on "Yu Yu Hakusho" during a period of time around November 1990, though he forgot the exact time. He had recently completed the serialization of his romantic comedy "Ten de Shōwaru Cupid" in "Weekly Shonen Jump". Having felt somewhat intimidated by some of his more popular fellow authors during this manga's run, Togashi realized he would need to create a fighting manga to both gain popularity and write something he enjoyed. As a fan of the occult and horror films, he desired to write and illustrate a new manga based on his interests.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Production
The "Yū Yū Hakusho Original Soundtrack" was released in two separate volumes by Pony Canyon on January 18, 1997. The discs contain the show's instrumental tracks and some vocal themes. Also released on that day is "Yū Yū Hakusho: Music Battle", a series of three albums featuring vocal tracks sung by the Japanese voice actors as their corresponding characters. Compilations of vocal songs including "Yū Yū Hakusho Super Covers", "Yū Yū Hakusho Super Dance Mix", and "" were released on December 16, 1995, March 21, 1996, and March 21, 1997, respectively. "Yū Yū Hakusho: Collective Songs" and "Yū Yū Hakusho: Collective Rare Trax", which contain covers of the theme songs performed by the series' voice actors, were both released on March 17, 1999.
Yu Yu Hakusho | CDs
The series adapts the first 59 chapters of the manga series in a heavily abridged format; skipping many chapters and featuring several key differences from the manga. It also adds a new regular character to the group, Miho Nosaka, who was originally a one-shot minor character in the manga. The series was broadcast on TV Asahi from April 4, 1998 to October 10, 1998 and was followed by a theatrical movie released on March 6, 1999. It has not been ever localized in the west, possibly due to its mature subject matter, though the series has been spread across the internet on many unofficial anime streaming sites as well as YouTube.
Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998 TV series) | Introduction
"Yū Yū Hakusho" is a fighting game based on the "Yuu Yuu Hakusho" anime. The player has a choice of 15 characters, each of which has their own special and hyper moves. The animation for the characters was drawn by the animation studio responsible for the TV animation.
Yū Yū Hakusho (1994 video game) | Gameplay
There are two feature films based on the manga and anime series "Yu Yu Hakusho" by Yoshihiro Togashi. The films were produced by Studio Pierrot and released in Japan theatrically, the first "Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie" in 1993 and the second "Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report" in 1994. Before Funimation Entertainment acquired the rights to the anime in 2001, the films were dubbed and released in North America by two other companies. The first by Anime Works and the second by US Manga Corps, both released in 1998. However, the first film and the OVAs ("Eizou Hakusho" I and II) have since been acquired by Funimation and they produced a new English dub of the film using their original cast from the anime.
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie and Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report | Introduction
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie, also known as "The Golden Seal", is a 30-minute film that was released theatrically in Japan on July 10, 1993 at the seasonal Toei Anime Fair. The movie was directed by Noriyuki Abe. The movie was English dubbed by Anime Works and Animaze and released on VHS on June 9, 1998 and on a single DVD with "Ninku: The Movie" on January 30, 2001. Funimation Entertainment later released the film to DVD, along with the "Eizou Hakusho" OVAs, on December 13, 2011 as "Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie & Eizou Hakusho", featuring a new English dub with their original voice cast from the anime.
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie and Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report | "Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie"
The Yu Yu Hakusho Trading Card Game was first published in 2003 by Score Entertainment, and is based on the anime and manga series YuYu Hakusho (the series is spelled Yu Yu Hakusho in FUNimation's anime version and spelled "YuYu Hakusho" in the Viz English manga). It is a two-player tournament-styled collectible card game; each player uses a deck of forty-four or more cards that is headed by a team of four character cards. The game was discontinued in 2005.
Yu Yu Hakusho Trading Card Game | Introduction
A collectible card game based on the franchise was released by Movic. In North America, the series saw licensing for apparel from ODM, lines of action figures by IF Labs and Jakks Pacific, a Skannerz electronic toy from Radica Games, and an activities book from Scholastic. Score Entertainment created the "Yu Yu Hakusho Trading Card Game" for release in the United States. An English guidebook to the series titled "Yu Yu Hakusho Uncovered: The Unofficial Guide" was published by Cocoro Books on October 12, 2004. A stage play adaptation produced by Office Endless was announced in May 2019. The play is written and directed by Chūji Mikasano, a screenwriter for the "Tokyo Ghoul" anime series.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Other media
Two animated films based on "Yu Yu Hakusho" have been produced. Both films have original storyline content that is not canonical to the manga. The first, simply titled "" was released in Japan on July 10, 1993, as part of a seasonal film festival. In the movie, the protagonists Yusuke and Kuwabara are on a mission to rescue a kidnapped Koenma from a pair of demons who desire the Golden Seal, a stamp used for finalizing the sentencing of souls in the afterlife. AnimeWorks released an English dubbed version of the half-hour film on VHS in both English-dubbed and subtitled formats on May 5, 1998, and on DVD on January 30, 2001.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Films and original video animations
The animated series received a generally positive reception in North America. In January 2004, "Yu Yu Hakusho" was named the second best action-adventure anime by "Anime Insider". It was voted by the users of IGN as the tenth best animated series of all time. Critical reviews focused on the series' attempt at a versatile balance of narrative, character development, and action sequences. "Animerica's" Justin Kovalsky defined "Yu Yu Hakusho" as a character-driven series and compared it to other anime like "Phantom Quest Corp.", "Rurouni Kenshin", and "Flame of Recca" in that it successfully combines different ideas such as martial arts battles, character dynamics, the supernatural, and mythology.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Anime
Though he felt there was an "air of authenticity" from the new dialogue, he admitted it would "probably just come off sounding like some silly anime acting." Davis additionally felt the sound design and "rather understated music" was aimed for consistency with the source material rather than a strive for high-quality.
Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament | Reception
The music for the "Yu Yu Hakusho" anime adaptation was composed by Yusuke Honma. The series has one opening theme, by Matsuko Mawatari, as well as five closing themes: , and "Daydream Generation" also by Mawatari; and and by Hiro Takahashi. When Funimation gained rights to the series, English language versions of each of these songs were produced and arranged by musician Carl Finch. The localized opening theme is sung by Sara White and the closing themes are sung by members of the English cast including Stephanie Nadolny, Jerry Jewell, and Meredith McCoy. A number of audio CDs have been released in Japan.
Yu Yu Hakusho | CDs
"Yu Yu Hakusho" has sold more than 50 million copies in Japan alone, making it one of "Weekly Shonen Jump"'s best-selling manga series. Patricia Duffield, a columnist for "Animerica Extra", acknowledged the manga as "one of the kings of popularity in the mid-1990s" in the region where it saw mass availability from large bookstore chains to small train station kiosks. "Yu Yu Hakusho" earned Yoshihiro Togashi the Shogakukan Manga Award for "shōnen" in 1993. Towards the end of the series' run, Togashi was publicly criticized for not meeting chapter deadlines and for lower quality art. In North America, several volumes of the manga have ranked within the weekly Nielsen BookScan graphic novels list, including volume five at both sixth and ninth in October 2004, volume six at sixth in February 2005, and volume seven at seventh in June 2005.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Manga
N. S. Davidson of IGN concluded that having several concurrent plot branches is not enough for an anime to succeed, but that good writing, interesting characters, and action are also necessary. He proclaimed in his review of the anime's final episodes that "Yu Yu Hakusho" possesses all of these qualities. This was concurred upon by Joseph Luster of "Otaku USA", who summed up his feelings about the universe of "Yu Yu Hakusho" by stating, "Togashi's world is eternally hellish and dark, but wildly varied. The only thing that doesn't change throughout its run is the fact that you'll still be rooting for the well-defined protagonists until the credits run on the last episode." Jeffrey Harris of IGN was more critical when looking at later episodes, and felt that the end of the show's third arc involving the villain Sensui is too similar to the finale of the second arc with Toguro.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Anime
As the series progressed, he would draw figures and faces very detailed or "cartoony, sketchy and jumping with action" whenever he desired such effects. During the years he worked on "Yu Yu Hakusho", Togashi would calculate the personal time he had based on a formula of four hours per page without scripting and five hours of sleep per night. He wrote in his own dōjinshi "Yoshirin de Pon!" that he stopped the production on "Yu Yu Hakusho" out of selfishness. The author had originally wanted to end the manga in December 1993, at the climax of the Sensui arc. Although there was not a large demand from the editorial staff, Togashi was under a great deal of personal stress at certain points of the series' run, particularly during its final six months of publication.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Production
These were released together as "Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie & Eizou Hakusho" on December 13, 2011.
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie and Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report | Introduction
When the anime series aired on Fuji TV in the early 1990s, games were released on both home and handheld consoles. These include a group by Tomy on the Nintendo Game Boy, a group by Namco on the Super Famicom, releases on Sega consoles, and a few miscellaneous platform titles. In May 2003, following the show's western debut, Atari acquired the rights to distribute new "YuYu Hakusho" games in North America and PAL regions. The company published three games exclusive to those locations. More Japan-exclusive games have since been released by Banpresto and Takara Tomy. Games in the series are of several different genres, though many are action or fighting-themed in relation to the manga's story arcs.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho video games | Introduction
He claimed that, beginning with the Dark Tournament arc, inconsistent sleep resulting from overwork was causing him health problems. He noted himself as being very ill while working on the color pages for Yusuke's match with Chu. There were also many instances where he would create nearly entire manuscripts by himself, such as Yusuke's meeting with Raizen and the battle between Kurama and Karasu. The editors of the publication tried to make Togashi reconsider cancelling "Yu Yu Hakusho", though he justified his decision by stating that it would simply be replaced by another popular series. Togashi was relieved at the conclusion of the manga.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Production
"Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament" was developed by Digital Fiction and published by Atari. The "YuYu Hakusho" anime adaptation by Studio Pierrot had begun airing in North America on Cartoon Network in 2002, where it proved popular on the afternoon Toonami block. In July 2003, Atari established a publishing agreement with Funimation Entertainment, the English licensor of the anime adaptation series. Prior to this deal, games based on the series had never been made available to English-speaking audiences in North America, Europe or Australia. Atari had previously published games based another successful Funimation property, "Dragon Ball Z ". Atari released its first game "" for the Game Boy Advance in December 2003 and announced "Dark Tournament" just before the Electronic Entertainment Expo in May 2004.
Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament | Development
"Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective" was developed by the US company Sensory Sweep Studios in association with Screaming Games. Before its development, a multitude of licensed video games based on "Yu Yu Hakusho" were released in Japan during the anime television series’ original airing. The anime began its broadcast in North America in 2002, gaining popularity on the afternoon Cartoon Network block Toonami. In June 2003, the gaming company Atari and Funimation Entertainment, the English licensor for the "YuYu Hakusho" anime, established a publishing agreement for video games in western regions. "Spirit Detective" for the GBA is the first "Yu Yu Hakusho" game title in this deal.
Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective | Development
In August 2004, the Japanese publishers of "Yu Yu Hakusho" released the "kanzenban" edition. Each "kanzenban" volume features a new cover. The "kanzenban" release of the series is 15 volumes long (as opposed to the original 19 "tankōbon", each book contains more chapters than the basic editions), with two coming out monthly. The "Yu Yu Hakusho" manga is serialized in North America by Viz Media in the American "Shonen Jump" magazine. The first volume was released on May 13, 2003, and the last on March 2, 2010. As of 2013, VIZ has started to adapt the volumes to a digital format as part of their digital manga releases which was completed in 2014.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho chapters | Introduction
A note on the "season" nomenclature: The seasons that comprise the following list correspond to the box sets released in North America by Funimation. However, these "seasons" only correspond to story arcs, and not to the pattern in which the show actually aired in either Japan or the United States. In Japan, Yu Yu Hakusho was aired year-round continuously, with regular pre-emptions for sporting events and television specials taking place, not split into standard seasonal cycles. In the United States, the show did indeed have four seasons, but those contained different episodes than on the DVDs. Season One contained episodes 1~21, Season Two contained 22~53, Season Three contained 54~83, and Season Four contained 84~112.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho episodes | Episode list
Reviewing the 2002 DVD release, Allen Divers of Anime News Network gave the subtitled version a "B" and the dubbed version a "C." He noted that the film has all the action, drama and comedy that makes the TV series great, but with higher animation and artwork due to a theatrical budget. Divers stated that the dub was well-done and close to the original Japanese, but said it was disappointing that a different English voice cast from the TV series was used. The VHS version was the 31st-best selling video during its release week in North America. It fell to number 37 the following week and rose to number 34 the third week.
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie and Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report | Reception
This came in the form of the supernatural, fighting manga series "Yu Yu Hakusho", which began its serialization late that same year.
Ten de Shōwaru Cupid | Production
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Yū Asakawa | Anime television
The author claimed to not have been involved in the production of the "Yu Yu Hakusho" anime adaptation due to his own work schedule. He stated that he was greatly impressed by Shigeru Chiba's voice depiction of Kuwabara, admitting that the voice actor understood the character better than Togashi himself.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Production
Allen Divers of the Anime News Network identified "Yu Yu Hakusho" as "one of the best action series out there", and noted consistently good storytelling and character development throughout his critique of key points of the series. Todd Douglass Jr. of DVD Talk declared, "It's a fun show with a great cast, a sense of humor, and a lot of action so there's no excuse not to at least give it a chance." He recommended the first three-season box sets of "Yu Yu Hakusho", as well as the original boxset of the Three Kings Saga, but enjoyed the show's third season more than the others because of its multiple plotlines.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Anime
Though he easily found the Ice Maidens' home, his lust for revenge fades, he can not find his jewel and set out to find his sister instead. Hiei is a popular character with fans, coming in first place in the series' first two popularity polls. He also came in first in the American "Shonen Jump" poll. He was ranked as the first, then second, then third most popular male anime character in "Animage"s Anime Grand Prix for the consecutive years of 1993, 1994, and 1995. The Japanese publication "Newtype" ranked him as the fifth best male anime character of the 1990s.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Hiei
Fans of the show have referred to this series as "Season Zero", due to it adapting the first seven volumes of the manga, whereas "Duel Monsters" picks up from Volume 8 onwards.
Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998 TV series) | Introduction
At the end, Yukina is living with his family as a homestay. Kuwabara is a popular character with fans, coming in fourth place in the series' first two popularity polls. He came in fifth in the American "Shonen Jump" poll.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Kazuma Kuwabara
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1977 in comics | Hakusensha
Voiced by: Kazuyuki Sogabe (Japanese), Takashi Taguchi (Japanese, disguise); Jeremy Inman (English; Funimation dub), James Fields (English, disguise; Funimation dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Suzuki
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Yuu Shimaka | Television animation
The first "Yu-Gi-Oh!" anime adaptation was produced by Toei Animation and aired on TV Asahi between April 4, 1998 and October 10, 1998, running for 27 episodes and one theatrical movie released on the 6th March, 1999. This adaptation was never released outside Japan. This series is heavily abridged from the manga, skipping many chapters, and often changes details of the manga stories it does adapt, featuring several key differences from the manga. It also adds a new regular character to the group, Miho Nosaka, who was originally a one-shot minor character in the manga. This adaptation is not related to any other works in the franchise.
Yu-Gi-Oh! | "Yu-Gi-Oh!" (1998 TV series)
An encyclopedia titled was published by Shueisha on March 4, 2005. It contains extensive character profiles, story summaries, and an exclusive interview with Yoshihiro Togashi. An art book, , was published by Shueisha on April 27, 2005. It is composed of pieces of artwork from the series, including illustrations created for the "kanzenban" edition reprints and an index of print material where each image was first used. Shueisha has also released two volumes of a guide book titled and books based on both films, each containing screenshots organized in manga-style panels. In Japan, various collectibles such as trading figures, plush dolls, and gashapon toys also exist.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Other media
Voiced by: Mitsuaki Madono (Japanese); Travis Willingham (English; Funimation dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Mitsunari Yanagisawa
Voiced by: Hisako Kyoda (Japanese), Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese, young); Linda Young (English, TV Series; Funimation dub), Candice Moore (English, TV Series; Animax Asia dub), Caryl Marder (English, second film; Central Park Media dub) Played by: Elizabeth Marry
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Genkai
The manga's shift from occult detective fiction to the martial arts genre after Yusuke's death and revival in the early chapters was planned by Togashi from the beginning. He took this idea from the series "Kinnikuman", which began largely as a comedy before concentrating more on action. Togashi's intention was to establish the main characters and familiarize the reader with them before placing them in tense, physical conflicts. His editor at the time was nervous of him beginning the manga this way and recommended he transition to a battle-focused plot after about 30 chapters. "Yu Yu Hakusho" borrows many elements from Asian folklore, particularly Buddhist beliefs in the afterlife.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Production
In 2004, the "Yu Yu Hakusho" manga serialization sparked a controversy when a Florida grade school teacher issued a complaint about material found in an issue of the American "Shonen Jump" magazine purchased by a fifth-grade student at a Scholastic Book Fair. The complaint centered around portions of the manga containing violence, mild profanity, a character wearing a swastika, and another character smoking a cigarette. About 18,000 copies of the publication (out of 120,000) were returned from the fairs as a result of the matter. A Viz spokesperson defended the manga, clarifying that it is intended for older teens and that the alleged swastika is actually a Buddhist "manji".
Yu Yu Hakusho | Manga
Gama voiced by: Kazuyuki Sogabe (Japanese); Christopher Sabat (English) Bakuken voiced by: Hajime Koseki (Japanese); Andrew Chandler (English) Risho voiced by: Aruno Tahara (Japanese); Mike McFarland (English)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Team Shadow Channelers
Voiced by: Nobuaki Fukuda (Japanese); Sean Schemmel (English; Funimation dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Shigeru Murota
The "Yu Yu Hakusho" manga series features a diverse cast of fictional characters created by Yoshihiro Togashi. It follows fourteen-year-old junior high school delinquent Yusuke Urameshi, who dies and is resurrected in order to become the Underworld's detective of paranormal events in the Human World. Yusuke begins his work in the Human World, but ends up traveling to the Underworld and then eventually to the Demon Plane. In each case he undertakes, Yusuke meets several new enemies and allies. Other predominant characters include Yusuke's rival delinquent Kazuma Kuwabara, the fox demon Kurama, and the sword-wielding fire demon Hiei. While several characters are humans, many are demons, and both have different supernatural abilities due to harnessing their Reiki, one's own aura or life energy.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Introduction
Voiced by: Takashi Taniguchi; Pete Webber (English; Funimation dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Shigure
Media Blasters license-rescued the series, and released the first season to DVD on June 19, 2012. Season 2 was released on February 12, 2013.
Fushigi Yûgi | Anime
Voiced by: Katsumi Suzuki (Japanese); Bill Townsley (English; Funimation dub), Victor Lee (English, Animax Asia dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Elder Toguro
Voiced by: Takayuki Sugo (Japanese); Christopher Sabat (English; Funimation dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Raizen
Like the television series, it features the songs "Smile Bomb" and "Sayonara Bye Bye" by Matsuko Mawatari (Sarah White and Stephanie Nadolny in the FUNimation English version) for its opening and closing credits respectively.
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie and Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report | "Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie"
"EGM" seconded the notion that the sprites were too small while also experiencing "break-up" when too many present were on-screen at once.
Yu Yu Hakusho Makyō Tōitsusen | Reception and legacy
The second season was broadcast in 2012. A third season was announced titled with filming planned in the later half of 2016, and it broadcasts in 2016.
Yūsha Yoshihiko | Introduction
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Furuta (Japanese); Eric Vale (English, Funimation dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Sakyo
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese); Iman Nazemzadeh (English; Funimation dub, as "Ethan Rains")
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Asato Kido
Voiced by: Sanae Miyuki (Japanese); Cynthia Cranz (English, TV Series and first film; Funimation dubs), Sarah Hauser (English, TV Series; Animax Asia dub), Veronica Taylor (English, second film; Central Park Media dub), Lia Sargent (English, first film; Anime Works dub) Played by: Yuka Hirata
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Botan
On July 10, 2020, it was announced it will be delayed again due to the aforementioned pandemic and will resume on August 8, 2020.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens | Anime
"Yu Yu Hakusho" follows Yusuke Urameshi, a 14-year-old street-brawling delinquent who, in an uncharacteristic act of altruism, is hit by a car and killed in an attempt to save a young boy by pushing him out of the way. His ghost is greeted by Botan, a woman who introduces herself as the pilot of the River Styx, who ferries souls to the "Underworld" or where they may be judged for the afterlife. Botan informs Yusuke that his act had caught even the Underworld by surprise and that there was not yet a place made for him in either heaven or hell.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Plot
He later disappeared after high school.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Kaname Hagiri/ Sniper
Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (Japanese); Kent Williams (English; Funimation dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Chu
There are numerous video games based on the "YuYu Hakusho" manga and anime series created by Yoshihiro Togashi. The Japanese name of the series is romanized as "Yū Yū Hakusho" and the anime is officially titled "Yu Yu Hakusho" in North America. The games primarily revolve around the protagonist Yusuke Urameshi, a delinquent junior high school student who is killed while trying to save a young boy from being hit by a car. Yusuke is brought back to life and is promptly given the task of solving cases involving ghosts and demons in the human world. There are a total of twenty-one video games based solely on "YuYu Hakusho", most of have only been released in Japan.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho video games | Introduction
Voiced by: Issei Futamata (Japanese); Jackie Cabe (English; Funimation dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Yu Kaito
Two drama albums have been released by Shueisha, the first of which has an audio adaptation of the chapter "Yu Yu Hakusho Tales: Two Shot". A CD soundtrack for the second film and a maxi single with the vocal songs of Mawatari and Takahashi have also been published.
Yu Yu Hakusho | CDs
The "Yu Yu Hakusho" manga publication has received mixed criticism by reviewers in English-speaking regions. Martin Ouellette of the Canadian "Protoculture Addicts" compared the progression of the series to "Dragon Ball Z" and stated, "Togashi's art, while simple, is extremely efficient and the story is really fun." An older article by the same reviewer disagreed with the notion that "Yu Yu Hakusho" was similar to "Dragon Ball", stating that the former franchise has better developed characters, more interesting action sequences, and more humor. Eduardo M. Chavez of Mania.com enjoyed the manga's artwork and found that the supporting characters tend to be illustrated with more detail than the main characters.
Yu Yu Hakusho | Manga
Voiced by: Ai Orikasa (Japanese); Kasey Buckley (English; Funimation dub), Andrea Kwan (English; Animax Asia dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Shizuru Kuwabara
Voiced by: Reiko Kondo (Japanese); Kimberly Grant (English; Funimation dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Rinku
Shinbo's involvement with "Yu Yu Hakusho" lessened over time, and it was in 1994, in the middle of "Yu Yu Hakusho"s production, that he was chosen to direct J.C.Staff's anime-original television series "Metal Fighter Miku" after their initial director had dropped the project. Shinbo said that he was only chosen as the series director out of "coincidence" when an executive producer had "accidentally" watched the 74th episode of "Yu Yu Hakusho", which he episode directed. The series received mixed to negative reactions from reviewers. Shinbo then directed the sixth and final episode of Madhouse's "Devil Hunter Yohko", which garnered mixed reception for the series overall, but was again cited by Shinbo as being a major point in his development as a director.
Akiyuki Shinbo | Developing as a director (1994–2000)
Voiced by: Ryo Horikwawa (Japanese); Kyle Hebert (English, Funimation dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Karasu
Voiced by: Yuri Amano (Japanese); Laura Bailey (English, TV Series; Funimation dub), Andrea Kwan (English, TV Series; Animax Asia dub), Shannon Conley (English, second film; Central Park Media dub) Played by: Mirai
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Keiko Yukimura
Masashi Kishimoto said that he used Hiei as a reference when creating Sasuke Uchiha from "Naruto" and his Sharingan technique.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Hiei
Voiced by: Tetsuo Kanao (Japanese); Vic Mignogna (English, Funimation dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Bui
During the fight for control of the Demon Plane, Shishiwakamaru is one of the demons that Genkai and Kurama train to fight for Yomi, though they eventually all disband to fight individually in the Demon Plane Unification Tournament.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Shishiwakamaru
He then goes back to hating his job as Koenma's aide.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Jorge Saotome
Voiced by: Yuri Shiratori (Japanese); Susan Huber (English, TV series; Funimation dub, first voice), Jessica Dismuke (English, TV series; Funimation dub, second voice), Veronica Taylor (English, second film; Central Park Media dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Yukina
Voiced by: Yoko Somi (Japanese); Meredith McCoy (English; Funimation dub)
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Atsuko Urameshi
In the 1990s, after working in Josei manga, he took a break from manga publications which is still in effect.
Yū Okazaki | Introduction
Later NIS America released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 7, 2014. An original video animation titled was screened in five theaters in Japan on November 29, 2014 before being released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 18, 2015. Unlike the series, the OVA is animated by TYO Animations instead of Doga Kobo, with Hiroyuki Hata replacing Ohta as director, Michiko Yokote replacing Takashi Aoshima as scriptwriter, and Motohiro Tanaguchi replacing character designer Chiaki Nakajima and serving as chief animation designer. Two additional episodes, titled "Nachuyachumi!+", aired on August 21 and September 18, 2015.
YuruYuri | TV Anime
After releasing the last volume on March 21, 2006, ADV released the complete series in a DVD box set on October 2, 2007, and on March 24, 2009. The first three episodes of "Yugo the Negotiator" were screened at the Barbican Centre on February 26, 2008 in London; Helen McCarthy, an anime expert, did an introduction of the show for the audience.
Yugo (manga) | Anime
"Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens" was first announced as a then-untitled new anime series in the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" franchise on July 21, 2019. The series will mark the second studio turnover in franchise history with Bridge taking over as head studio in animation production from Gallop, which oversaw every television series and films in the franchise beginning with "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters" in 2000. The series is being directed by Nobuhiro Kondo with screenplay by Toshimitsu Takeuchi and character designs by Kazuko Tadano and Hiromi Matsushita. It began airing in Japan on April 4, 2020 on TV Tokyo. On April 28, 2020, it was announced that after episode 5, the remaining episodes would be delayed for five weeks due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens | Anime
The series is currently licensed by 4K Media Inc.. Hulu and Crunchyroll are currently streaming dubbed episodes, with the latter beginning to stream the subtitled Japanese version of the series in August 2015.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX | Anime
The series began serialization in Shueisha's "V Jump" magazine in August 2015, and also began serialization by Viz Media in English in its digital "Weekly Shonen Jump" on August 24, 2015.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V (manga) | Introduction
Voiced by: Megumi Ogata (Japanese, normal form); Shigeru Nakahara (Japanese, demon form); John Burgmeier (English, TV series and first film; Funimation dubs), Candice Moore (English, TV Series; Animax Asia dub), Chris Orbach (English, second film; Central Park Media dub, as "Hideo Seaver"), David Hayter (English, first film; Anime Works dub) Played by: Hiroki Suzuki Kurama was Megumi Ogata's first voice acting role. She stated that while auditioning it was a requirement by the anime's production company that the character's voice sound like a 17-year old male but also like that of a member of Takarazuka Revue, an all-female musical theatre group that portrays both men and women.
List of Yu Yu Hakusho characters | Kurama