Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho (Movie)

Yusuke Urameshi is not exactly what you'd call an angel. In fact, some might call him down right devilish. But when he dies in an accident trying to save a child, he finds himself in the Spirit World. Unfortunately for Yusuke, his name is not listed in the Book of Enma, which means it was one big mistake! So he should return from the Spirit World, but must pass a few tests first, and become a detective of the spiritual world.

So now Yusuke works in the Spirit World as a half-dead, half-alive agent for Koenma, son of the ruler of the Spirit World. This position does have its disadvantages, especially when you're trying to enjoy your summer vacation and Koenma gets kidnapped! So now Yusuke must interrupt his summer fun to find Koenma and trade the Golden Seal of King Enma for his life. But if someone other then King Enma has the Golden Seal there will be chaos in the Spirit World! What's a half-dead spirit detective to do?

With the aide of his closest allies, Yusuke sets off for Magma Valley, to save the life of the one who saved his, and find out who's at the bottom of this evil conspiracy.

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Urameshi, Yuusuke Main

Sasaki, Nozomu Japanese

Hiei Main

Hiyama, Nobuyuki Japanese

Kurama Main

Ogata, Megumi Japanese

Kuwabara, Kazuma Main

Chiba, Shigeru Japanese

Botan Main

Miyuki, Sanae Japanese

Koenma Main

Tanaka, Mayumi Japanese

Garuga Main

Aono, Takeshi Japanese

Koashura Main

Matsumoto, Rica Japanese

Kotennyo Supporting

Shiratori, Yuri Japanese

Tree Demon Supporting

Suzuki, Masami Japanese

Maseba, Yutaka Producer

Hagino, Ken Producer

Abe, Noriyuki Director

Tomita, Sukehiro Script

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Jan 11, 2022

giffica

Recommended

Anime features and extended OVAs tend to get a bad reputation, and I'm not exactly sure why that tends to be the case. I think in part it has to do with the issues of canonicity, and the fandoms obsession with canon, as well as the nature of the promotion. If this was labeled "Bonus Episode" rather than movie, i'm sure you would see a score point boost alone. There is really nothing here that significantly differs from the actually series itself, and for what is essentially 20 minutes worth of content, it really didn't feel very different from the main series?

It could be ... the English voice cast in the Media Blasters version, which is undoubtedly how majority of the watchers of this are consuming it, but it should be noted in the Japanese version the cast is their normal cast. Shoakura is also Rica Matsumoto, who is mainly known as Ash, but also voiced Fusuke in Ninku (the other movie produced and premiered along side this one in the DVD). So most of the voice acting problems definitely do not exist, but since it's pretty hard to find the funimation version i doubt anyone saw it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Feb 14, 2008

DARGONofWitWGARA

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Yu Yu Hakusho is an Anime about an aberrant young man named Yusuke Urameshi who is killed while attempting to save a boy’s life. After leaving his body he finds that a place for him in the spirit world is not available! After fulfilling a task given to him, he is resurrected in his old body. This time around his body comes with Spirit Powers, and a few strings attached; he is called upon to work as a Spirit Detective to investigate any suspicious activities brought about by the demon world.

Yusuke's resurrection changes his mind-set and behavior, he slowly discovers new ways to use ... his Spirit abilities, and faces many strong opponents in his battle for good. Some of his opponents however are inspired by Yusuke Urameshi’s honorable intensions. His love for his friends and family brought about a change in 2 of his most difficult adversaries, namely Kurama and Hiei.

In addition to his two new allies, there exists an on-going rivalry between Yusuke and his schoolmate Kuwabara. Seeing Yusuke possessing great psychic power leads Kuwabara to train harder to develop his own powers, his family line boasting some psychic ability as well. Botan; the Secretary of Heavens aids the four unlikely battling partners, guiding them on their quests and solving mysteries, quite often using a liberal dose of Whoop-@$$.



DARGON / Tera-Alpha's Notes:
I like this Anime Series a lot! I watched all of the episodes that have been aired during the "Adult-Swim" on Cartoon Network at least twice. It is exciting and a bit violant (comparable to DBZ). The plot, and the charachters are as realistic as can be expected considering the situation This anime is GORY and deffanitly NOT intended for younger audiances.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Feb 1, 2019

kekekeKaj

Mixed Feelings

Nothing screams cash grab quite like a side-story movie to a popular shounen series. In the case of "Yuu Yuu Hakusho: The Movie", nothing screams mediocrity quite like it either.

So little effort was put into "Yuu Yuu Hakusho: The Movie" that it hardly qualifies as a movie: it clocks in at a stingy half hour in length. When you also take into account the inconsequential story, then this anime should really have been named "Yuu Yuu Hakusho: The Throwaway Episode".

"Yuu Yuu Hakusho: The Throwaway Episode" is set after the Dark Tournament arc, so it's hard to believe how overpowered the bad guy in this anime ... is - given how powerful Yusuke must be by this point, I'd expected him to wipe the floor with almost everyone, but instead he was forced to dig deep in the headline fight. Conversely, the series conditioned me to expect hard fights to drag on for many episodes, and this one was over so quickly that I'm left with an incongruous feeling that it was simultaneously too easy AND too hard.

While the comic relief moments tickled me, "Yuu Yuu Hakusho: The Throwaway Episode" is mostly dull, so much so that the rather epic background music feels out of place. The appearance of Kurama and Hiei was predictable, but did manage to breathe a little life into the proceedings - I admit: I'm a sucker for cameos of cool characters.

Other than that, there really isn't much to see in "Yuu Yuu Hakusho: The Throwaway Episode", and I would hesitate to recommend this "movie" even to hardcore fans of the main series.

Personal rating: -0.5 (mediocre)

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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