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Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play

Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play
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Cover of the first edition of the first volume of Fushigi Yûgi, published by Shogakukan on May 26, 1992
ふしぎ遊戯
(Fushigi Yūgi)
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy-drama, Reverse harem, Historical fantasy, Romance, Martial arts
Manga
Written by Yuu Watase
Published by Shogakukan
English publisher
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Shōjo Comic
Original run May 1992July 1996
Volumes 18 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by Hajime Kamegaki
Music by Yusuke Honma
Studio Studio Pierrot
Licensed by
Original network Animax, TV Tokyo
English network
Original run April 6, 1995March 28, 1996
Episodes 52 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Directed by Hajime Kamegaki
Music by Yusuke Honma
Studio Studio Pierrot
Licensed by
Released October 25, 1996 – August 25, 1998
Runtime 25 minutes (each)
Episodes 9 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Written by Megumi Nishizaki
Illustrated by Yuu Watase
Published by Shōgakukan
Original run January 30, 1998September 26, 2003
Volumes 13 (List of volumes)
Original video animation
Fushigi Yûgi Eikoden
Directed by Nanako Shimazaki
Written by Hiroaki Sato
Music by Ryo Sakai
Studio Studio Pierrot
Licensed by
Released December 21, 2001June 25, 2002
Runtime 30 minutes (each)
Episodes 4 (List of episodes)
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Fushigi Yūgi (ふしぎ遊戯?), also known as Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play or Curious Play, is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Watase. Shogakukan published Fushigi Yûgi in Shōjo Comic in its original serialized form from May 1992 through June 1996. Viz Media released the manga series in English in North America starting in 1999. Spanning eighteen volumes, Fushigi Yûgi tells the story of two teenaged girls, Miaka and Yui, who are pulled into The Universe of the Four Gods, a mysterious book at the National Library. It is essentially based on four mythological creatures of China.

Studio Pierrot adapted the series into a 52-episode anime series. The show originally aired from April 6, 1995 through March 28, 1996 on the anime satellite channel Animax and on the regular cable channel TV Tokyo. The anime series spawned three Original Video Animation releases, with the first having three episodes, the second having six, and the final OVA, Fushigi Yûgi Eikoden, spanning four episodes. A thirteen-volume Japanese light novel series also followed Fushigi Yûgi: Shōgakukan published the novels from January 30, 1998 to September 26, 2003. On October 25, 2003, Watase began releasing a prequel to the manga series, Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden, and ended in May 2013. Another prequel to the manga series, Fushigi Yûgi Byakko Hen will be published on August 27, 2017. It also became popular in the Philippines when it was first shown in Tagalog version by GMA Network in early-2000s and also in TV5 in 2009.


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