Fushigi Yuugi


Mysterious Play

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Fushigi Yugi, Curious Play
Japanese: ふしぎ遊戯
English: Mysterious Play
German: Fushigi Yugi
Spanish: El Juego Misterioso: Fushigi Yugi
French: Fushigi Yugi
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 52
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 6, 1995 to Mar 28, 1996
Premiered: Spring 1995
Broadcast: Thursdays at 18:00 (JST)
Studios: Pierrot
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, FantasyFantasy, RomanceRomance
Themes: HistoricalHistorical, IsekaiIsekai, Martial ArtsMartial Arts, Reverse HaremReverse Harem
Demographic: ShoujoShoujo
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.611 (scored by 5313853,138 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #15452
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1902
Members: 124,075
Favorites: 2,116

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Synopsis

During a visit to the National Library, Miaka Yuuki and Yui Hongo stumble upon a strange old book that casts a red light, sucking them inside its unfamiliar world. Upon arrival, the two encounter hostile slave traders and barely escape with the help of Tamahome—a powerful young man bearing a Chinese symbol on his forehead. But, a moment later, the red light returns and takes Yui away.

Desperate to reunite with her companion, Miaka asks Tamahome for assistance. However, the situation escalates when the pair encounters the land's emperor, Hotohori, who believes Miaka is the foretold priestess of the kingdom's protector god Suzaku. By gathering the god's seven Celestial Warriors, the priestess can summon Suzaku and have all her wishes granted. Hotohori hopes this will save his country, and since it appears to be a fitting solution to the girl's problems as well, he convinces her to accept the role.

Meanwhile, at the library, Yui realizes she has been brought back alone. Unable to intervene, she helplessly witnesses Miaka traversing through courageous trials as the mysterious book's heroine.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Despite presenting some disturbing imagery, Fushigi Yuugi was broadcasted at 6 p.m. during its airing in Japan, a timeslot that now no longer permits such content.

The series' English version was made available in DVD and VHS formats by Geneon Entertainment, formerly known as Pioneer, under the expanded title Fushigi Yuugi: The Mysterious Play. The DVDs were released as eight volumes between July 27, 2004 and September 20, 2005. It was also released as two box sets: Suzaku on November 30, 1999 and Seiryuu on December 12, 2000.

Seven years later, Media Blasters released another two DVD box sets and a collection with the entire series using the original title. The sets, Fushigi Yuugi Season 1 and Season 2, were released on June 19, 2012 and February 12, 2013 respectively. The collection was made available on April 28, 2015.

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Kimura, Kyoutarou
Producer
Kamegaki, Hajime
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard
Ishihara, Tatsuya
Episode Director
Motonaga, Keitarou
Episode Director


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"Itooshii Hito no Tame ni; For My Darling" by Akemi Satou
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Ending Theme

1: "Tokimeki no Doukasen" by Yukari Konno (eps 1-32,34-51)
2: "Kaze no Uta" by Chika Sakamoto (eps 33)
3: "For Epilogue…" by Yukari Konno & Akemi Satou (eps 52)

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Reviews

Nov 7, 2024
Fushigi Yuugi is a classic, chaotic, and unforgettable anime in all ways. For some, I agree that the animation won't fit right, but let's be real. It's a 1995 anime, so of course, it's like that. We wouldn't ruin the fun of the plot just because of the animation.

Alright, let’s get into Miaka’s character since she's the protagonist. Honestly, she’s the definition of frustrating and annoying at its highest level. Like, half the time all you hear is her screaming “Tamahome, Tamahome!” on loop. I get she’s in love, but come on, does she even have a personality outside of her obsession with Tamahome? She’s ...
May 24, 2020
Mixed Feelings
Review in English and then in Spanish....


Introduction

This time and seeing that I had time on my schedule. I chose to return about 25 years in the industry to observe some of the work of the Pierrot study back then, and I found it striking not only because of its synopsis and genres it covers, but also the good overall average score that “MAL” leaves us. " But let us not go any further and enter fully into the analysis.

Story: (5/10)

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This section tells us the adventures of how 2 friends find a strange book in a library and are taken inside it to another world from ...
Sep 20, 2018
Fushigi Yûgi is like if The Neverending Story was a melodramatic soap opera. It literally has the same precurser to The Neverending Story: two girls go to an antiquated library and then get rabbit holed into a magical storybook, but in this variation, it isn’t a high fantasy world, but a mystical version of ancient China. This series would have been much stronger if Yu Watase could write a story without leaning on the same old, tired reverse harem tropes.

• As far as the characters are concerned, there are a multitudinous amount in this series. There are seven Celestial Warriors to protecting the priestesses of fate ...

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