It was among FUNimation's earliest shows to dub alongside Dragon Ball Z, and therefore, starred some of its earliest regular cast members and kickstarted their reputation- Justin Cook, who played the lead role, is now the chief producer at the studio. It wasn't as popular in the States as other series, but was one of the first anime to air (mostly uncut) on Adult Swim, until it migrated to Toonami with an edited weekday version. 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. 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.
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