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YuYu Hakusho

Yu Yu Hakusho
The image shows a cartoon portrait of a young man in a green uniform with slicked-back hair and a hitaikakushi on his forehead. In the foreground below him is a curious-looking girl with brown pigtails, wearing a blue and yellow school uniform. The background depicts blue clouds and the red Japanese title さよなら現世!!の巻. Above the characters is the title "Jump Comics", the number "1", and stylized kanji reading 幽☆遊☆白書 (Yū Yū Hakusho). At the bottom of the image is the author's name, 冨樫 義博 (Yoshihiro Togashi).
Cover of Yu Yu Hakusho volume 1 as released by Shueisha
幽☆遊☆白書
(Yū Yū Hakusho)
Genre Action, Mystery, Supernatural
Manga
Written by Yoshihiro Togashi
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine
Original run December 3, 1990July 25, 1994
Volumes 19 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by Noriyuki Abe
Produced by Ken Hagino
Kenji Shimizu
Koji Kaneda
Kyotaro Kimura
Written by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Music by Yusuke Honma
Studio Studio Pierrot
Licensed by
Original network Fuji TV
English network
Original run October 10, 1992December 17, 1994
Episodes 112 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Eizou Hakusho
Directed by Noriyuki Abe
Written by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Music by Yusuke Honma
Studio Studio Pierrot
Licensed by
Released September 21, 1994February 7, 1996
Episodes 6
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Yu Yu Hakusho (Japanese: 幽☆遊☆白書 Hepburn: Yū Yū Hakusho?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. 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 Yu Yu 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 TV network from October 10, 1992 to December 17, 1994. It was later licensed in North America by Funimation in 2001, where it aired on popular Cartoon Network blocks including Adult Swim and later Toonami. The television series has also been broadcast in various other countries around the world. The Yu Yu Hakusho franchise has spawned two animated films, a series of original video animations (OVAs), audio albums, video games, and other merchandise.


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