The notorious Yusuke Urameshi dies while saving a boy's life in a car accident. Despite Yusuke's punk-attitude, he has a heart of gold, which prompt Botan (a beautiful girl who happens to be the grim reaper) and Koenma (the guy who decides who goes to heaven or hell) to give him a second chance in life - and spiritual powers!
Alive once again, Yusuke discovers that he now possesses the "spirit gun", the ability to fire powerful energy blasts. With his new powers, Yusuke is dubbed by Koenma as the "spirit detective" to eradicate any evil that disturbs the balance between the human world and the spirit world. Together with Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei, Yusuke (along with his new powers) must destroy anything that threatens not only mankind, but also demonkind.
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Story & Characters
Altought a little old, Yuu Yuu Hakusho is the anime that was claimed to be the successor of Dragon Ball. Well, in my
opinion, it's better than Dragon Ball, not only the plot but the drawing and the characters. It is not a long
story, just 19 volumes and 112 episodes.
Personally, i think that Yuu Yuu Hakusho has a very well-developed plot and it's easy to follow. There's not a
lot of mysteries so the connections that are established between arcs are clear and simple.
If i'm not wrong, the final arc in the manga has its own version in the OVAs, called "Eizou
Hakusho".
About the characters... they are, in some way, stereotypes. Even thought, there's a underlying originality that
makes them unique and charismatic. Throughout the story, they are constantly changing, they do evolve. In the end,
despite being themselves, they also share something similar with their peers. Their powers are really strong, even at
the beginning but due to an accumulation of circumstances, these powers are dormant. Not until the end do they
awake.
Ignoring the fact that this kind of people could not exist, both the life and the past of the characters can be true. I
mean, two of them are high school "hooligans" but deep inside, they are soft and good-hearted: they cannot
stand cruelty and do have a great sense of honor. The other ones had a difficult childhood so they found on each other
his soulmate and became good friends.
Villians have is own terrible past. So, while fighting, we do realize that they were not as bad as we thought, but their
lives made them get uncontrolled and therefore "bad guys". Even some of them arouse in the viewer a feeling of
tenderness and compassion. Of course, there's always the bad guy that cannot be forgiven.
Yuu Yuu Hakusho is an anime with humor, drama and fellowship. Simply great.
Rating: 10
Art
Both the character design and the secenics are really well-done. There's not too much difficult in drawing; stroke
is simple and clean but has strenght, character.
Considering that Yuu Yuu Hakusho is an old anime, quality is good enough... though their clothes ar a little
old-fashioned.
There're some episodes where the drawing is quiet ugly but to offset that "mistake", the next ones are
really good. In fact, i think i just came across 2 or 3 poorly drawn episodes out of 112 so it is not a bad rating.
Nowadays, there's a BlueRay version of the anime that's pretty good. However, the HDTV version is not bad.
Moreover, it is the most widespread and easier to find, and it takes up less hard drive size on the computer.
Rating: 9
Sound
All i can say about sound is that the catalan version was really good, great indeed... but i have no records about the
original one. However, seeiyus who appear in the anime are a very good ones and from what i've read in magazines,
voices really suit characters.
About the opening and ending themes... well, they are all absolutely wonderful. The music used seemed made ??expressly
for anime, as if the mangaka himself had designed.
What i dislike are characters' songs. Not awful but close. Maybe there're a couple of songs that can be heard
without taking unnecessary risks. In my opinion, the better ones are the songs sung by Hiei and Kurama.
For me, one of the best songs is "Daydream
Generation"... it is a song that inspires confidence, which provides strenght allowing us to keep
going, to keep fighting and not to surrender never.
Rating: 8
Presentation
It's pretty easy to watch this anime cause once you're in, you cannot leave it. Very funny and entertaining
even the fighting is good.
The relationship between characters gets stronger during the anime., and it's so solid that it makes you want to be
a part of it.
And there's also time for love... just one couple at least one that is real. Maybe there's some suggestion on
other possible couples, but they fail to be. Even so, the one real couple is weird... they don't seem to fit
together. But in the end, the viewer sees that their relationship can not end any other way. They are meant to be
together no matter what.
Strongly recommended, this anime will make you have a good time. And once you finished it, sure you'll begin it
again. It's addictive!
Rating: 9
Final Verdict
9.1667 (very good)
Reviewed by Nalataia, May 05, 2011
