YuYu Hakusho (1992 TV series)

YuYu Hakusho
Promotional Fuji TV poster featuring Yusuke Urameshi, Botan, Kurama, Hiei, Kazuma Kuwabara and Koenma
Japanese name
Kanji幽☆遊☆白書
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnYū Yū Hakusho
Based onYuYu Hakusho
by Yoshihiro Togashi
Written byYukiyoki Ohashi
Directed byNoriyuki Abe
Music byYusuke Honma
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes112 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerYuji Nunokawa (Studio Pierrot)
Producers
  • Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV)
  • Koji Kaneda (Fuji TV)
  • Kyotaro Kimura (Yomiko Advertising)
  • Ken Hagino (Studio Pierrot)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFNS (Fuji TV)
ReleaseOctober 10, 1992 (1992-10-10) –
January 7, 1995 (1995-01-07)
Related
Original video animation
Yu Yu Hakusho: Eizou Hakusho
Directed byNoriyuki Abe
Music byYusuke Honma
StudioStudio Pierrot
Released September 21, 1994 February 7, 1996
Runtime25 minutes
Episodes6
Original video animation
Yu Yu Hakusho: Two Shot & All or Nothing
Directed byNoriyuki Abe
StudioStudio Pierrot
ReleasedOctober 26, 2018
Runtime15 minutes
Episodes2
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YuYu Hakusho (Japanese: 幽☆遊☆白書, Hepburn: Yū Yū Hakusho), also known as Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files, is a Japanese anime television series based on Yoshihiro Togashi's manga series of the same name and produced by Studio Pierrot. Covering the entire storyline of the manga, the series follows the adventures of Yusuke Urameshi who after dying in a car accident and after encountering Botan is now tasked to complete tasks from the Spiritual World in order to return to his world as well as fighting supernatural threats.

The series aired on Fuji Television and its affiliates from October 1992 to January 1995 resulting in two movies, an OVA compilation series, video games, toys and other merchandise.

A sequel OVA, covering the last two chapters of the manga and made in commemoration of the anime series' 25th anniversary, titled both Two Shots and All or Nothing respectively were released on October 26, 2018.