Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report

Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji幽☆遊☆白書 冥界死闘篇 炎の絆
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnYū Yū Hakusho: Meikai Shitō Hen – Honō no Kizuna
Directed byMasakatsu Iijima
Written byHiroshi Hashimoto
Sukehiro Tomita
Yukiyoshi Ohashi
Based onYu Yu Hakusho
by Yoshihiro Togashi
Produced byHaruo Sai
Ken Hagino
Naoji Hōnokidani
StarringNozomu Sasaki
Megumi Ogata
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Sanae Miyuki
Shigeru Chiba
Music byYusuke Honma
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • April 9, 1994 (1994-04-09)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥3.3 million

Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report, known in Japan as Yū Yū Hakusho: Meikai Shitō Hen - Honō no Kizuna (Japanese: 幽☆遊☆白書 冥界死闘篇 炎の絆; lit.'Yu Yu Hakusho: Chapter of Underworld's Carnage - Bonds of Fire'), is a 1994 Japanese anime film based on the YuYu Hakusho manga series created by Yoshihiro Togashi. Directed by Masakatsu Iijima and produced by Studio Pierrot. Featuring the talents of Nozomu Sasaki, Megumi Ogata, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Sanae Miyuki, Shigeru Chiba, among others, the plot revolves around Yusuke Urameshi and his friends defending the Human World against inhabitants of a fourth plane of existence called the "Netherworld". The film was dubbed into English by Central Park Media, which released it on VHS on March 3, 1998, and on DVD on October 8, 2002.

The film was released to mixed critics with praise given to the animation and fight sequences but criticism being aimed towards its derivative plot or lack of.