Yu Yu Hakusho

Yu Yu Hakusho 	Yu Yu Hakusho
Genre 	Martial arts, Bangsian fantasy
Manga 	Manga
Written by 	Yoshihiro Togashi
Published by 	Shueisha
Demographic 	Shōnen
Original run 	December 1990 – July 1994
Volumes 	19
Anime television series	Anime television series
Original run 	October 10, 1992 - December 17, 1994
Episodes 	112
Yu Yu Hakusho is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. The name of the series is spelled YuYu Hakusho in the Viz Media manga and Yu Yu Hakusho in other English distributions of the franchise. The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and killed by a car while attempting to save a child's life. After a number of tests presented to him by Koenma, the son of the ruler of the afterlife Underworld, Yusuke is revived and appointed the title of "Underworld Detective", with which he must investigate various cases involving demons and apparitions in the human world. The manga becomes more focused on martial arts battles and tournaments as it progresses. Togashi began creating YuYu Hakusho around November 1990, basing the series on his interests in the occult and horror films and an influence of Buddhist mythology.
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 Television network from October 10, 1992 to January 7, 1995. It was later licensed in North America by Funimation Entertainment in 2001, where it aired on popular Cartoon Network blocks including Adult Swim and Toonami. The television series has also been broadcast in various countries around the world. It is currently being aired across Japan, other parts of Asia, and Eastern Europe by the anime satellite television network Animax. The YuYu Hakusho franchise has spawned two animated films, a series of original video animations, audio albums, video games, and other merchandise.
Yu Yu Hakusho has been well received since its debut, 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 number of television viewers in Japan and wide range of age groups in the United States. The anime has been given mostly positive reviews by critics in North America, which compliment its writing, characters, and amount of action.
==Anime==
===Yu Yu Hakusho===
====Spirit Detective Saga====
# 	Title 	Original air date
1 	"Surprised to be Dead" 	October 10, 1992
2 	"Koenma Appears" (Koenma of the Spirit Realm! A Trial Towards Resurrection) 	October 17, 1992
3 	"Kuwabara: A Promise Between Men" (Kuwabara in a Corner! A Man's Oath) 	October 24, 1992
4 	"Requirements for Lovers" (Hot Flames! Ties of the Beloved) 	October 31, 1992
5 	"Yusuke's Back" (Yusuke's Resurrection! A New Trial) 	November 7, 1992
6 	"Three Monsters" (The Three Yokai! Hiei, Kurama, and Gouki) 	November 14, 1992
7 	"Gouki and Kurama" (Kurama's Secret!? The Ties Between Mother and Son) 	November 21, 1992
8 	"The Three Eyes of Hiei" (Keiko in Peril! Hiei, the Jagan Master) 	November 28, 1992
9 	"The Search Begins" (The Successor to Genkai! The Tournament Begins) 	December 5, 1992
10	"Kuwabara's Spirit Sword" (Death Battle in the Dark! Kuwabara's Reiki Sword) 	December 12, 1992
11	"Hard Fights for Yusuke" (Yusuke's Hard Battle! A Bruised and Bloody Counterattack) 	December 19, 1992
12	"Rando Rises, Kuwabara Falls" (Rando Appears! Kuwabara's Grievous Defeat) 	December 26, 1992
13	"Yusuke vs. Rando: 99 Attacks" (Yusuke vs. Rando, Sorcery Thrown Into Chaos!!) 	January 9, 1993
14	"The Beasts of Maze Castle" (The Four Holy Beasts in the Labyrinthine Castle! A Challenge to the Spiritual Realm)	January 16, 1993
15	"Genbu, the Stone Beast" (The Beautiful Dance of the Rose! The Elegant Kurama) 	January 23, 1993
16	"Byakko, the White Tiger" (Grow, Rei-ken! Kuwabara — A Man's Fight) 	January 30, 1993
17	"Byakko's Lair" (Byakko's Hellish Roar) 	February 6, 1993
18	"Seiryu, the Blue Dragon" (Hiei Comes Forward to Battle! A Slashing Sword) 	February 13, 1993
19	"Suzaku, Leader of the Beasts" (The Last of the Four Holy Beasts, Suzaku!) 	February 20, 1993
20	"Seven Ways to Die" (Secret Techniques Clash! The Seven Suzaku) 	February 27, 1993
21	"Yusuke's Sacrifice" (Yusuke's Life or Death Counterattack) 	March 6, 1993
22	"Lamenting Beauty" (A Sorrowful Young Beauty — Yukina) 	March 13, 1993
23	"The Toguro Brothers Gang" (Envoys of Darkness! The Toguro Brothers) 	March 20, 1993
24	"The Deadly Triad" (Terrifyingly Mighty Foes! The Sankishu) 	March 27, 1993
25	"Kuwabara's Fight of Love" (Burn, Kuwabara! The Underlying Power of Love) 	April 10, 1993
====Dark Tournament Saga====
# 	Title 	Original air date
26	"Toguro Returns" (Invitees To The Dark Tournament) 	April 17, 1993
27	"The Dark Tournament Begins" (Departure of Death! To The Island of Hell) 	April 24, 1993
28	"First Fight" (The Little Mighty Foe! Rinku's Secret Technique) 	May 1, 1993
29	"Flowers of Blood" (Kurama Makes Blood Flowers Blossom) 	May 8, 1993
30	"Dragon of the Darkness Flame" (The Unfinished Secret Technique--Ensatsu Kokuryuha) 	May 15, 1993
31	"Stumbling Warrior" (The Drunken Warrior! Chu's Sui-ken) 	May 22, 1993
32	"Knife Edge Death-Match" 	May 29, 1993
33	"A Day in Waiting" (Clash! The Best 8 are Decided) 	June 5, 1993
34	"Percentage of Victory" (A Desperate Battle, With a 0.05% Chance of Winning) 	June 12, 1993
35	"Glimpse Beneath the Mask" (The Identity of Mask?! A Beautiful Warrior) 	June 19, 1993
36	"Ambition Destroyed: A Trail of Light" (Ambition Crushed! A Baptism by Light) 	June 26, 1993
37	"Master of Disguise" (Stealthy Figures of Darkness, The Mashotsukai Team) 	July 3, 1993
38	"Kurama's Stand" (A Desperate Kurama! Bodypaint of Death) 	July 10, 1993
39	"Crushing Revenge" (Annihilation! Yusuke's Iron Fist of Fury) 	July 17, 1993
40	"Jin, the Wind Master" (Jin, the Wind Tamer! A Stormy Air Battle) 	July 24, 1993
41	"Reverse Decisions" (Reikodan! An Unexpected Conclusion?!) 	July 31, 1993
42	"A Matter of Love and Death" (A Desperate Kuwabara! The Charge of Love) 	August 7, 1993
43	"The Masked Fighter Revealed" (The Masked Warrior's Stern Face!) 	August 14, 1993
44	"Yusuke's Final Test" (The Greatest Trial from Genkai) 	August 21, 1993
45	"Hiei Battles On" (Hiei Battles Consecutively! Shoot Your Kokuryuha!) 	August 28, 1993
46	"Many Faces, Many Forms" (Tremble! Kuromomotaro's Transformation) 	September 4, 1993
47	"Legendary Bandit: Yoko Kurama" (The Legendary Thief! Yoko Kurama!) 	September 11, 1993
48	"The Cape of No Return" (Item of Darkness: The Mantle of Death) 	September 18, 1993
49	"Genkai's Strength" (Remaining Power! Genkai's Life or Death Battle) 	September 25, 1993
50	"Suzuka's Challenge" (Demon Battler Suzuki's Challenge!) 	October 2, 1993
51	"Arch-Rivals" (Confrontation of Destiny! The Shadow of Toguro) 	October 9, 1993
52	"The Death of Genkai" (Genkai Falls! Settled After 50 Years) 	October 16, 1993
53	"Overcoming Grief" (Before the Storm! Overcoming Sorrow) 	October 23, 1993
54	"The Beginning of the End" (The Turbulent Final Round Begins!) 	October 30, 1993
55	"The Beast Within" (Explosion! The Yoko Awakened) 	November 6, 1993
56	"Yoko's Magic" (The Desperate Kurama! A Final Measure) 	November 13, 1993
57	"Beneath Bui's Armor" (Intimidation! Bui Removes his Armor) 	November 20, 1993
58	"Wielder of the Dragon" (The Ultimate Secret Technique! Roar of the Kokuryuha) 	November 27, 1993
59	"The Shadow of Elder Toguro" (The Eerie Shadow of Toguro the Elder) 	December 4, 1993
60	"Sakyo's Proposal" (Explosion of Anger! Kuwabara's Counterattack) 	December 11, 1993
61	"Yusuke vs. Toguro" (Confrontation of Destiny! The Tempestuous Battle of Captains Commences)	December 18, 1993
62	"Toguro's Full Power" (Toguro's 100 Percent Terror!) 	December 25, 1993
63	"Yusuke's Despair" (Yusuke! A Trial to the Limits of Sorrow) 	January 8, 1994
64	"Toguro's Desire" (Deathbattle Concluded! A Final Full Power) 	January 15, 1994
65	"Out With a Bang" (The Scheme Vanishes, Together With the Stadium) 	January 22, 1994
66	"Toguro's Wish" (Toguro's Atonement -- His Greatest Desire) 	January 29, 1994
====Chapter Black Saga====
# 	Title 	Original air date
67	"Return to Living World" (A New Prologue) 	February 5, 1994
68	"Setting the Trap" (The Traps Lurking Inside Yojigen Mansion) 	February 12, 1994
69	"The Power of Taboo" (The Power of Taboo! Kurama's Intellect) 	February 19, 1994
70	"Genkai's Ruse" (The Terrifying Truth! A New Mystery) 	February 26, 1994
71	"The Tunnel" (The Coming Terror! The Gateway To The Demon World!) 	March 5, 1994
72	"The Reader" (Envoys of the Demon Realm! Seven Enemies) 	March 12, 1994
73	"The Doctor's Disease" (The Stalking, Demonic Hand of the Doctor) 	March 19, 1994
74	"Sleep, Doctor, Sleep" (Bring Down the Territory!!) 	March 26, 1994
75	"Caught in the Rain" (Seaman--A Trap Lurking in the Rain) 	April 2, 1994
76	"Kuwabara: Awakening" (Kuwabara Restored?! A Power Awakened) 	April 9, 1994
77	"Sensui's Fall" (The Dark Past of the Spirit Realm Detective) 	April 16, 1994
78	"Divide and Conquer" (Charge! Dark Angel) 	April 23, 1994
79	"The Human Race" (Yusuke's Mad Dash! Save Kuwabara!) 	April 30, 1994
80	"Moving Target" (Hagiri's Targets! Death Crest Cross Spots) 	May 7, 1994
81	"Let the Games Begin" (The Game World Inside the Cave) 	May 14, 1994
82	"If You Could Play Forever" (Gamemaster's Fearsome Aptitude) 	May 21, 1994
83	"Game Over" (The Remaining Measure! Kurama's Resolve) 	May 28, 1994
84	"Kurama's Anger, Gourmet's Guest" (Kurama's Fury! Who is That, Really?!) 	June 4, 1994
85	"Spirit Detective Showdown" (Spirit Realm Detectives--A fated One-on-One Battle)	June 11, 1994
86	"The Difference Maker" (Yusuke's Tough Battle! A Decisive Difference) 	June 18, 1994
87	"Power Between the Teeth" (Koenma--Primed With The Mafukan!) 	June 25, 1994
88	"The True Face of Sensui" (Sensui--Sacred Light Energy Unleashed!) 	July 2, 1994
89	"Death of a Spirit Detective" (Foreboding! When Everything Comes to a Halt) 	July 9, 1994
90	"Attempting Revenge" (Carrying On Their Friend's Will!) 	July 16, 1994
91	"Waking the Lost" (A Time of Awakening! The Battle Commences Again) 	July 23, 1994
92	"The Proof" (The Ultimate Battle! Proof of Demon Kinship) 	July 30, 1994
93	"Sensui's End" (A Conclusion! Deathbattle in the Demon Realm) 	August 6, 1994
94	"Topside" (Epilogue! Towards Tomorrow!) 	August 13, 1994
====Three Kings Saga====
# 	Title 	Original air date
95 	"Yusuke's Destiny" (Yusuke's Destiny--Footsteps of Danger) 	August 20, 1994
96 	"Three Strangers, Three Kings" (Visitors of Darkness--The Mystery Deepens) 	August 27, 1994
97 	"Departing Living World" (Parting--Our Respective Departures) 	September 3, 1994
98 	"Return to Demon World" (To the Demon Realm! A Meeting with the Father) 	September 10, 1994
99 	"Haunted by the Past" (Unforgettable Memories! A Time of Birth) 	September 17, 1994
100	"The Secret of the Jagan" (The Secrets of the Jagan Revealed) 	September 24, 1994
101	"Reunion of the Bandits" (Demon Realm Thieves--A Thousand-Year Reunion) 	October 1, 1994
102	"Torn Between Identities" (Yoko Transformation! A Creeping Bloodlust) 	October 8, 1994
103	"Inheritance" (A Father's Last Words-- Memories of a Distant Day) 	October 15, 1994
104	"Every Demon For Himself" (An Unexpected Proposal -- A Change in the Demon Realm) 	October 22, 1994
105	"The Preliminaries" (Great Battle in the Demon Realm -- The Preliminaries Commence!)	October 29, 1994
106	"The Battle of Father and Son" (Father and Son Battle! Yomi and Shura) 	November 5, 1994
107	"The Demon World Tournament Begins" (Fierce Fighting! Men Fighting for their Dreams)	November 12, 1994
108	"Farewell, Kurama" (Kurama, A Break with the Past) 	November 19, 1994
109	"Love and War" (Showdown! Hiei and Mukuro) 	November 26, 1994
110	"A Reason to Fight" (My Power--This is My All!) 	December 3, 1994
111	"Closure" (Concluded! The End of the Conflict) 	December 10, 1994
112	"To the Future" (Forever YuYu Hakusho!) 	December 17, 1994
===OVAs===
*Eizou Hakusho
*Eizou Hakusho II
===Movies===
*Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie
*Poltergeist Report
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