We learned at the end of 2017 that a new run of Yu Yu Hakusho box sets are coming up this year with some of the films getting a first time on Blu-ray release while also rolling out a new OVA adapting manga material that wasn’t done before. To build on the nostalgia for it, Tokyo MX is bringing out select episodes for rebroadcast with the popular fights for folks. And it looks like the 55th episode of the series for broadcast on August 20th, 2018 with a newly recorded commentary by three of the voice actors. To help celebrate that, the opening sequence has found itself streamed through the Bandai Namco channel to raise awareness.
The films are being done up with a new HD telecine so there’s a whole lot of interest there in that first set alone because of this.
- Spirit Detective (eps 1 – 26; 2 movies): 18000yen + tax. July 27, 2018.
- Dark Tournament (eps 27 – 66): 24000yen + tax. August 28, 2018.
- Chapter Black (eps 67 – 94): 17000yen + tax. September 26, 2018.
- Three Kings (eps 95 – 112; new animated work): 13000yen + tax. October 26, 2018.
The series comes from the manga by Yoshihiro Togashi which ran from 1990 to 1994, culminating in nineteen volumes. Togashi’s also well known for his work on the Hunter X Hunter series that he created as well as the short series Level E.
The anime TV series originally aired back in 1992 to 1997 with Studio Pierrot animating it. FUNimation picked up the North American license in the early 2000′s and has released it on both DVD and Blu-ray here.
Plot Concept: From cutting classes to brawling in the streets, Yusuke Urameshi is not your typical role model. In fact, this kid’s nothing more than a fourteen-year-old delinquent with a talent for trouble. But in a single selfless act Yusuke dies while saving another. For such noble sacrifice he is given a second chance at life, but it’s to be a life far different than the one left behind. Now a Spirit Detective, the young man must track down demons and humans alike who desire to rule over the three realms of reality.
Granted with amazing new powers to be used in the cause of good versus evil, Yusuke sets out on his first assignment. He will gather together those who will fight alongside him: Kuwabara, Yusuke’s intellectually challenged formal rival from high school; Kurama, an infamous thief from the Demon World who inhabits a human body; and Hiei, a hot-headed demon skilled with both the sword and the third eye.
