Funimation

**Funimation** is an American entertainment company that licensed, distributed, and dubbed the Yu Yu Hakusho anime in English for North American audiences, where it aired on popular Cartoon Network blocks Adult Swim and Toonami.

## Production History

### NA Television Run (2002-2005)

In early 2001, the Yu Yu Hakusho anime series was acquired by Funimation Entertainment for North American distribution as **Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files**. Funimation's production saw a significant contribution from voice actor Justin Cook, who served not only as director of the dub but also voiced the Yusuke Urameshi.

Yu Yu Hakusho premiered, uncut, on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on February 23, 2002, and ran until February 27, 2003. The series then moved to Toonami on March 3, 2003, where it aired heavily edited until February 26, 2005. Some of the show's original depictions of mature content including violence, sexual humor, and coarse language, as well as some controversial cultural discrepancies were edited out for broadcast.

The series initially aired weekdays on Toonami from March 3, 2003, to August 29, 2003. After a 5-month hiatus, the series returned to Toonami on January 5, 2004, where it aired weekdays until March 26, 2004. From March 29 through April 15, 2004, Yu Yu Hakusho along with most of the regularly scheduled Toonami lineup, was bumped for Dragonball Chronicles, which was meant as a farewell to the weekday Toonami block.

On April 17, 2004, Toonami made its move to Saturday nights and Yu Yu Hakusho returned to the lineup, airing weekly on the block until February 26, 2005. Yu Yu Hakusho was taken off Toonami around March 2005 and moved to an early Saturday morning time slot that October where the series finished its run.

### Blu-Ray & DVDs

Funimation established the four seasons of Yu Yu Hakusho that each compose of their own saga of the story. In North America, 32 DVD compilations have been released by Funimation for the four sagas, with the first released on April 16, 2002, and the last on July 19, 2005. The episodes have been released in both edited and uncut formats.

In addition, DVD collection boxes have been released for all four sagas, each containing all the episodes of that particular saga, with the exception of the Dark Tournament Saga, which was split into two collection boxes

Funimation released season box sets of the anime starting with season one on July 8, 2008, and ending with season four on January 13, 2009. Justin Cook has stated that the production staff made minor improvements to their recordings, such as redubbing certain lines, cleaning up the dialogue, and removing "arrant anomalies".

## Staff

Executive Producers
* Gen Fukunaga
* Cindy Brennan Kukunaga

Producers
* Daniel Cocanougher
* Barry Watson
* Carly Hunter
* Justin Cook

Line Produer
* Justin Cook

Head Writer
* John Burmeier

Scrip Writer
* Jared Hedges

ADR Director
* Justin Cook

Assistant ADR Directors
* Christopher R. Sabat
* Mike McFarland

ADR Engineers
* Zach Bolton
* Aaron Davidson

Assistant Producer
* Michael Harcourt

Production Assistants
* Trenton Jons
* Gino Palencia

Talent Coordinator
* Tara A. Williams

Mixing Engineer
* Neal Malley

Post-Production Director
* Brandon Tyler

Senior Video Editors
* Daniel Mancilla
* Jeremy Jiminez

Video Editors
* Jessie Mancilla
* Robert Bell
* Josh Tyler
* Ashley Rosse
* Christopher Bryan

Post-Production Assistants
* Aya Spann
* Jason Weems

Lead Video Engineer
* Sara Mueller

Video Engineers
* Michael Rivas
* Casey Barteau
* Brittany Smith