The AsianCrush channel on Amazon previously added a very fun classic series to its streaming ranks with the Fushigi Yugi property with the main series being made available in its original Japanese language with English subtitles for free as a prime member for streaming. For those that are looking for it beyond the TV series itself, the show now has its OVA run available on the AsianCrush site itself with a couple of variations on it:
Media Blasters brought out the TV series on DVD in early 2015 again in North America. The show was originally licensed and released by Pioneer back at the dawn of the DVD era.
Based on the manga by Yuu Watase, the series was directed by Hajime Kamegaki based on the series composition by Yoshio Urasawa. Hideyuki Motohashi handled the character designs and it was animated by studio Pierrot.
The Japanese cast includes Hikaru Midorikawa as Tamahome, Kae Araki as Miaka Yūki, Chika Sakamoto as Nuriko, Kouji Ishii as Mitsukake, Nobutoshi Hayashi as Tasuki, Takehito Koyasu as Hotohori, Tohru Furusawa as Nakago, Tomokazu Seki as Chichiri, Tomoko Kawakami as Chiriko and Yumi Touma as Yui Hongo.
The English cast includes David Hayter as Tamahome, Ruby Marlowe as Miaka Yuuki, James Penrod as Tasuki, Melissa Williamson as Nuriko, Richard George as Mitsukake, Sean Mitchell as Chichiri, Sean Thornton as Hotohori, Sean Thorton as Hotohori, Wendee Lee as Yui Hongo and Zan as Chiriko.
Plot concept: Miaka, a junior high school student in Tokyo, has normal problems: fights with her mom, entrance exams, and deciding where she’s going to go eat with her friends. Then, she finds a mysterious book in the library, The Universe of the Four Gods, and her life is changed forever when she and her friend Yui are transported inside it!
Upon arriving in this new universe, the girls are immediately attacked by would-be slavers. Lucky for them, a dashing young man happens to be around! Saved from the would-be slavers, both girls are enthralled with him, but all he’s really after is money! When Miaka isn’t looking, both Tamahome and Yui vanish. Could he have kidnapped her to sell her for money? Unbeknownst to Miaka, Yui has been sucked back into the real world. Back in the library, all she can do is read on as her childhood friend sets out for the city to find the mysterious young man.
But what awaits for Miaka isn’t what either of the girls expect – and now Miaka’s only way back to her world is to become the Priestess of Suzaku and save their world.
