Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play

Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play
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	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Viz Media SEA Chuang Yi UK Gollancz Manga
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Shōjo Comic
Original run	May 1992 – July 1996
Volumes	18 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Hajime Kamegaki
Music by	Yusuke Honma
Studio	Studio Pierrot
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Media Blasters
Original network	Animax, TV Tokyo
English network	NA International Channel
Original run	April 6, 1995 – March 28, 1996
Episodes	52 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Directed by	Hajime Kamegaki
Music by	Yusuke Honma
Studio	Studio Pierrot
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Media Blasters
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, 1998 – September 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	NA Media Blasters
Released	December 21, 2001 – June 25, 2002
Runtime	30 minutes (each)
Episodes	4 (List of episodes)
Related
Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden, is a prequel manga series written after Fushigi Yûgi Fushigi Yûgi Byakko Hen, is a prequel manga series written after Fushigi Yûgi

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.