Polley also discounted the manga's comedy, considering the "bit gags or fairly lame jokes" to be "too much" at times. 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.
An English translation of the Yu Yu Hakusho manga was serialized in North America by Viz Media in the American Shonen Jump magazine, where it debuted in its inaugural January 2003 issue and ended in January 2010. Viz released all 19 collected volumes of the English manga between May 13, 2003 and March 2, 2010.
In 2004, the YuYu 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.
^ Togashi, Yoshihiro (May 2005). Chapter Index. YuYu Hakusho. 7. Viz Media. ISBN 1-59116-812-0. ^ Togashi, Yoshihiro (October 2005). Chapter Index. YuYu Hakusho.
There are few little changes but it's basically the same. Also few first chapters are some random stories in the human world so it takes a while until it gets to the main storyline (at least I had such a feeling). And the ending is more emotional in anime.
In a doujinshi (unofficial manga) that Togashi released called Yoshirin de Pon!, he further explained his reasoning, saying that while he still cared for the work, the stress and how it dominated his life simply became too much, and so he ended the series with such finality that no one could continue it.
"Ghost Files" or "Poltergeist Report", romanized as Yu Yu HAKUSHO), part of the Yu Yu Hakusho media franchise are directed by Noriyuki Abe and produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising and Studio Pierrot.
Quite frankly, it really deserves a spot. This arc showcases pretty much everything great about shounen battle manga: some comedy, light romance, friendship, good and bad rivals, and, of course, several life-or-death moments. The Dark Tournament is just that good.
For perspective, Togashi worked on Yu Yu Hakusho from 24 to 27. He ended it because the physical, mental, and emotional strain of weekly Jump deadlines killed his interest in going any further.
Yu Yu Hakusho - Season 5.
Yu-Yu-Hakusho also uses the style of fighting found in DBZ, which draw heavily on Hong Kong action films and tiered opponent fighting matches (tournaments). A theme which is commonly found in a majority of the anime on this list.
Now, fans of Yoshihiro Togashi's '90s Weekly Shōnen Jump classic YuYu Hakusho have reason to celebrate as it has just been announced that a live-action adaptation is slated for a December 2023 release.
When you ask anime fans what their favorite series are, chances are you'll hear Yoshihiro Togashi's Yu Yu Hakusho among their many responses. Capturing a zeitgeist in both Japan and the United States, there are many reasons why this series stands on the top.
It has already been confirmed ahead of time that Yu Yu Hakusho season 1 won't be coming to Netflix until December 2023. Kazutaka Sakamoto, the producer of the Yu Yu Hakusho, is also the executive producer behind the popular Alice in Borderland live-action adaptation, which doesn't arrive on Netflix until December 2022.
While the title of the series literally translates as "White book of Melancholy", or "White book about Ghosts", it was changed to Poltergeist Report and Ghost Files to be more catchy for American audiences. Edit. Report This.
All characters from both verses at their strongest. We don't really know how strong Yusuke's demon grandfather was in his prime. But I would think that the Yu Yu Hakusho universe is physically stronger. But the Naruto Universe has so many more hacks that they would easily be able to compensate for it and win.
Yusuke's Mazoku blood must have been obtained through his mother, Atsuko, given that her general attitude is identical to the woman that Raizen, his ancestor, once fell in love with.
Yusuke decides that the next monarch of the Makai will be "elected" through a series of matches , dubbed as the Demon World Tournament. Thousands of combatants participate in the fights, but only the important characters (obviously) end up making it to the final roster.
Yusuke playfully teases him about the consequences of having his crush around him all the time, specifically in terms of his academic accomplishments. The anime Yukina stays with Genkai instead, aiding her in the management of her temple and the vast estate surrounding it.
Right before the conclusion of the story, Genkai invites her friends over for tea and offers them her property in the form of inheritance, should she die at some point. Everyone else is stunned by this revelation, but they return to their normal cheerful selves soon after.
It is generally accepted that anime based on manga often divert from the original storyline, sometimes by very little, as in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and in other cases, by a huge margin, as in Fullmetal Alchemist. Other stories make it worse by stuffing the show with ridiculous filler episodes.
Genkai's manga role ends in death (of old age, most likely), but the specific terms and conditions of her bequeathal remain unchanged. More importantly, it seems that she still wields some power even in death, as she takes control of Puu's body in order to deliver a message to Yusuke.
The manga, though, contains several specialized abilities that were never adapted for the screen, for instance, Giji Kuricha, a horrifying botanical punishment involving a parasite; Ha Ken, a blade that he generates from a leaf; not to mention that Kurama can also travel to the Spirit World at will using Astral Projection.
The YuYu Hakusho manga series was written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi and originally serialized by Shueisha in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 3, 1990 to July 25, 1994.
YuYu 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. YuYu 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. On TV Asahi 's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150.000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, YuYu Hakusho ranked #17.
YuYu 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 Spirit World (霊界, Reikai) 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. Thus Koenma, son of the Underworld's ruler King Enma, offers Yusuke a chance to return to his body through a series of tests. Yusuke succeeds with the help of his friends Keiko Yukimura and Kazuma Kuwabara. After returning to life, Koenma grants Yusuke the title of "Underworld Detective" (霊界探偵, Reikai Tantei, lit. "Spirit World Detective"), charging him with investigating supernatural activity within the Human World (人間界, Ningen Kai). Soon Yusuke is off on his first case, retrieving three treasures stolen from the Underworld by a gang of demons: Hiei, Kurama and Goki. Yusuke collects the three treasures with the aid of his new technique, the "Rei Gun", a shot of aura or Reiki (霊気, Reiki, "Spirit Energy") fired mentally from his index finger. He then travels to the mountains in search of the aged, female martial arts master Genkai. Together with his rival Kuwabara, Yusuke fights through a tournament organized by Genkai to find her successor. Yusuke uses the competition as a cover to search for Rando, a demon who steals the techniques of martial arts masters and kills them. Yusuke defeats Rando in the final round of the tournament and trains with Genkai for several months, gaining more mastery over his aura. Yusuke is then sent to Labyrinth Castle in the Demon Plane (魔界, Makai, lit. "Demon World"), a third world occupied solely by demons, where Kuwabara and the newly reformed Kurama and Hiei assist him in defeating the Four Beasts, a quartet of demons attempting to blackmail Koenma into removing the barrier keeping them out of the human world.
The television series has also been broadcast in various other countries around the world. The YuYu Hakusho franchise has spawned two animated films, a series of original video animations (OVAs), audio albums, video games, and other merchandise.
Between August 4, 2004, and March 4, 2005, Shueisha released the kanzenban (complete) editions of the manga. Each of the 15 kanzenban volumes features a new cover and more chapters than the tankōbon edition. YuYu Hakusho has also been published as part of the Shueisha Jump Remix series of magazine-style books.
Author Yoshihiro Togashi stated that he began working on YuYu 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. Togashi had previously published an occult detective fiction manga titled Occult Tanteidan, of which he referenced positive reception from readers as a reason for continuing to create manga. When first producing YuYu Hakusho, he did not have a clear idea of what he wanted to call it. He used the tentative title "How to be a Ghost" while presenting rough drafts to his editors. Once given the go-ahead to begin publication, Togashi proposed "YuYu-Ki (Poltergeist Chronicles)" for the title, as there would be battles with demons and it would be a play on the title SaiYu-Ki. Because a series with a similar name ( Chin-Yu-Ki) had already begun publication, Togashi quickly created an alternative: "YuYu Hakusho (Poltergeist Report)". He commented that he could have used "Den (Legend)" or "Monogatari (Story)", but "Hakusho (Report)" was the first thing that came to his mind. He contiguously developed the names of the main characters by skimming through a dictionary and taking out kanji characters he found appealing. "Yusuke Urameshi" is a pun, "Kazuma Kuwabara" is a combination of two professional baseball players, and "Hiei" and "Kurama" are "just names that popped into [Togashi's] head". When he introduced the latter two characters in volume three, the author had early plans to make Kurama a main character but was not certain about Hiei.
Yusuke collects the three treasures with the aid of his new technique, the "Rei Gun", a shot of aura or Reiki (霊気, Reiki, "Spirit Energy") fired mentally from his index finger.