How Yu Yu Hakusho Holds Up!
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2015
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There are too many reasons why I love YYH. For starters, the main character friendships are all believable. They talk shit to each other and poke fun, but you can tell it's out of love. I really wish more series had their characters interact like Yusuke and co did.
Because Yusuke is a real nigga, the end.
100
hiei is that nigga
Lmao. For real! #YusukeIsBAE
Hiei is the original Tsundere. xD
Yusuke was my very first anime crush. Good times.
When Yuske and Toguro have one of those classic anime stare-offs in the distance and Yuske decides to break it by giving him the bird, best anime moment ever.
tru
Iron Tarkus oh hey Reborn your shows awesome
Kuwabara is the greatest anime character of all time.
Yes he is. Christopher Sabat's performance in the Chapter Black Arc is award-winning!
+Bizarraga
You're right, Kuwabara.
+The Bizarre Hermit
i was so sad when he was left out of demon world tournament arc
***** As was I. Actually, I thought the Chapter Black Arc was preparing him to be the main character. I was so disappointed when that didn't happen.
Joseph Kerr haha never thought of that but i does kinda make sense. im glad yusuke didn't die though. kuwabara ending up just being a plot device i guess more than anything in chapter black.
I'm always happy when Yu Yu Hakusho gets brought up again! Honestly, this show needs more attention!
+TehPiemaygor YYH is one of the most popular older anime out there. If anything, YYH doesn't need more attention, especially considering how many others are forgotten.
YYH needs a remake, lol fuck HxH js
+Ryuma King I have this feeling that YYH is actually more popular / known in japan than it is here. YYH got passed over for the likes of Inyuyasha and DBZ and Sailor Moon here in the US. I mean it's definitely known but I hear no one really bring it up.
I second that. A lot of anime "fans" have never heard of it when I mention it
+Juan Richardson Can't forget about Rurouni Kenshin too, that shit was so hype back in the day.
Yu Yu Hakusho is hands down the best tournament shounen I have ever seen.
Even better than DBZ.
+Angel P NOSTIGA MAN NOSTIGA TT^TT SPIRIT GUN!
+Angel P completely agree
+Angel P Agree
+Angel P And best tournament announcer lady xD
+Angel P totally agree :D
Best. English. Dub. Ever.
Blatantlyrude nah
Blatantlyrude
Lol no, it’s definitely tier 1 or 2 though for sure.
Ripper 30 yeah
It's pretty decent.
Togashi wasn't getting bored with Yu Yu Hakusho. I read that he was being pressured and cornered by his editors and whoever he worked for to move YYH more in the direction of DBZ, but apparently he didn't quite want to do that so they all had a falling out and the manga ended. Therefore the anime did too.
Yep the ending in the manga seemed super rushed especially the last "villain" lol
fuck!
That sucks man. It was an amazing series. And it did seem kinda rushed toward the end. Wish it woukd make a comeback like dbz
Ryan Freimark ikr! I really want yyh to be rebooted, much in the same way togashi's hxh got rebooted...but alas, I don't think it will happen, not anytime soon anyways.... rurouni kenshin may still have a chance however.... unlike yyh RK never truly finished getting animated and w all the hype from the live action films perhaps it might get re-done and finished properly.
+MrEvldreamr hell yea I want to see Rurouni kenshin finished properly in the anime
YU YU HAKUSHO Has been my SECOND FAVORITE ANIME OF ALL TIME for years. Ill always love DBZ for inspiring me to go from a chubby anime fanboy getting bullied to start training and doing MMA but Yu Yu Hakusho I think is Just a Phenomenal SHOW ive rewatched it all the way through at least 17 times in my life. Matter of fact after this semester finishes I know what Im marathoning again. Though I do need to watch Hunter X Hunter since my friends told me they train for strength as well and I always love that ^u^ cause it motivates me to train harder. Great video man!
+JaxBlade AGREED!
+JaxBlade Also while you are at it watch Jojo and Ping Pong The Animation
+Gregory Bowman Jojo really doesn't have strength training in it the way that other shounen stuff does tho, come to think of it.
+JaxBlade Have you watched Hajime no Ippo?
+ARandomGuy I can't believe I've never thought to recommend this to him. +JaxBlade, WATCH IPPO!
this is literally the best anime in my opinion.
Yes
It's certainly my favorite.
agree. just finished it yesterday
i would say, yyh is for sure the best shonen ive ever had the pleasure of enjoying
MrEvldreamr yeah, definetely at least that. But since it's that good while being 112ep long, I think this makes YYH the best anime ever.
Yusuke was just a fun and hilarious dude. One of the best anime characters of all time.
My absolute favorite anime characte!
think about it, he's one of the few protagonists we actually support 100%
Yu Yu Hakusho is a great straight forward anime that had the decency to wrap it itself up just before it ran out of gas and became redundant. And it had some of the best characters and fights ever.
YYH may not be deeper than the rest, but it has so much personality, charm, humanity in it, and thats whats able to make it stand out, and the fact its so much fun!
I think I'm a part of the minority that prefers *YYH* to *HxH*.
+SilverVeil I'm with you in that camp, but only because YYH is DONE! It's a complete story. HxH is still going, though it seems to be a bit long in the tooth now. Time will tell.
+SilverVeil To me they are about equal. One does some things slightly better than the other and vice-versa. Either way they are head and shoulders better than most battle shounen out there.
+Kamodomon Not even considering the current status of both works YYH is more coherent and self-aware. HxH have some jarring asspulls and plot conveniences. Of course they both share alot of the same issues (they are shounens afterall) but with HxH is just more grating to me. I gave both of them a 7 at the end of the day but YYH is my go-to title.
+TheUndefeatedMagician Yea I consider them both to be battle shounen's best. It terms of of enjoyment however YYH is leaps and bounds ahead for me.
SilverVeil I can agree to that. Wouldn't say YYH is more self aware, but yeah. A 7 for both.
I liked the one where Yu Yu Hakusho punches the guy
My favorite character from Mars of Destruction
lol
Which guy?
I like when he headbutted the alcoholic.
Who is this Yu Yu Hakusho you speak of?
How did you not bring up how bad ass Kurama and Hiei were in this show? They are two of the best secondary characters in any Shonen series period. And each has their own unique flavor of bad ass. Kurama is an intelligent, but somewhat kind person. He wants to learn his foe's strengths and weaknesses to find the most effective way to beat them (but he's also scary if you really piss him off). And Hiei is a confident arrogant jerk who can actually back up his attitude.
Saltyk maybe he didn't want to spoil
This shows main characters are all so good they are all pretty much protagonist level, you can easily give HIei, Kurama or Kuwabara their own shounen to star alone and it would be top notch.
Haha, my jagan eye my be unnatural, but it lothes to be disrespected. *proceeds to nuke a demon in the first round*
*suprised Kuabara face*
He may not be the strongest, but Toguro is definitely the greatest villain in anime history. Hands down.
never heard of Meruem
Meruem was great too, but just not as much of an interesting antagonist when compared to Toguro and didnt have as much backstory as toguro as well. One was normal and became fucked up, while the other was born fucked up and became more 'normal'. But Toguro is more interesting because he has a back story and he has a more badass personality that many antagonist from other anime seem to lack without it being cheesy.
madworld06 CELL RIPOFF!!! 🗣🗣🗣
Meruem is a much better villain than toguro
I agree... him, orochimaru,Kira,Ganon, and Hisenberg are the best villians to ever exist.
No lie, favorite anime, hands down
hands down the best manga/anime in my opinion seen this in the 90's in japanese and dubbed in tagalog. It's funny how it only blew up later in the US because of the dubbing and legalities.
not gonna lie better than DBZ! I just wished the ending wasn't rushed because of SJ pressuring togashi. HxH is a close second to me
ARCHIEzzle totos agrees with yas. i remember watching this back in 92. the art style hold s up better then todays animation. plus i still think this is better then hunter x hunter. sword get longer!!!!! best phrase ever.
Eugene, Alfred, Vincent, Dennis, nuff said 😁.
Togashi got sick and had to rush it.. same thing for the HxH hiatuses
What are the chances that the greatest mangaka is also sick alot😥 I'ma if he was able to write consistently. We'd be so far in hxh
Yeah. This was so popular in the Philippines which peaked with Toguro with his 100% strength. 😁
We saw this after being familiar with DBZ, Yu Yu is quite slow from the first few episodes with unusual characters.
I agree that the shows after the fight with Toguro are not compelling that I forgot what happened with the last remaining episodes
Always praised the show for its writing and evolving story and characters. I really did miss Kuwabara within the final season during the Makai tournament. He is my favorite, and I understand why he didnt go because unlike most series where "The gang" would stick together, he had is reasons for staying behind or not going to the tournament at all when it was announced.
All in all the series holds up well and in my opinion is a lot better than most of the short running or long running anime's to date.
Many anime's have great characters, even newer anime's do even if I do not care for the franchise, but Yu Yu Hakusho's characters and comedy melded together perfectly. You never felt that the series was overdoing it or out of place with its jokes. The bickering between everyone, the trust, what built over this series run, it was pretty damn impressive and ended on a good note and not a cliffhanger like a lot of anime's tend to do.
God Justin Cook as Yusuke and Chris Sabat as Kuwabara are voice presets that my brain instantly recognizes thanks to that excellent dub...
Yu Yu Hakusho ruined Bleach for me. Everything about it was done just so much better in YYH.
BLEACH totally ripped off YU YU HAKUSHO, that's why. Lol.
how dare you lol bleach almost got caned cause it was too similar to yu yu hakusho
don't forget naruto ripped off hxh togish is the goat
+Antonio Jackson faxx
Bleach was good for the first arc, but (unlike YYH) it was horrible at characterization. After (and during) the Soul Society arc they introduced like a billion forgettable characters that you were supposed to remember, like and care about and really sidelined the ones that had been developed previously in favor of these new guys.
Where as YYH had 4 characters, all incredibly memorable and well developed, and a tight supporting cast who were mostly all well developed (I always thought Yukina deserved a bigger role)
Yu Yu Hakusho is my favorite anime. I re-watch it once a year. It's exciting to see other folks who really love it too!
Well, I didn't need to re-watch it because I can remember every single moments from every episode and all the casts' names as if I just watched it yesterday. Yeah, I probably love YYH a bit much. You have to know that I and my two female friends love it too.
+JennyAnimation did you mean to reply to my comment or to make that general comment? it kind of seems like you're being competitive about who loves the series more which is really upsetting when all I want is to express my joy that YYH still has a thriving fandom.
Marry me
Dragon of the Darkness Flame was the hypest shit ever, damn right!
Great job bro! I love this show almost as much as Dragon Ball. It's so underrated.
+Qaaman's Land So you better start making them new yu Yu Hakusho videos
When ever I get suicidal I just watch the first episode of YYH so I realize how young I am and how much life has in store for me. Then I realize how badly I want to watch the rest of the show and that stops me from doing it
YU YU HAKUSHO is my FAVOURITE ANIME OF ALL TIME. FUNIMATION's dub was the best dub of all time
i usually watch anime subbed, but this and cowboy bebop definitely have the best dubs ever.
Whelp. I'm sold. Gotta watch it, now.
jeramahia123 how'd you like it
Botton is best girl!
I finished the entire show within 2 weeks
Yu yu hakusho is so nostalgic for me. I remember watching the DVDs again and again with my siblings and cousin
my personal favorite anime, I really wish the three kings arc ended a little differently and we could've gotten an arc about Yusuke finding out about his ancestral family or his past or whatever. At least Eizou Hakusho gave me some closure :)
I loved YYH as a teen, but I was in my 20s when I finally understood Kurama's character arc and made the realization that the character arcs for the main four in YYH are all about them achieving self-acceptance in their own ways.
Yu Yu hakusho has something that most anime doesnt quite have anymore to me. Thats sincerity. No new anime has that authentic feel of dark shaded environments, well shaded and less cartoony character models and human like personas anymore. This is exemplified in the two versions of Hunter X Hunter. The older version from what ive watched, strikes this direction and style amazingly. The new show, while still good, has a very light look to it that just doesnt grab me. Its too cartoony to me, lacking any maturity that used to give a certain depth to these shows from when i was a kid. Its the down to earth and investive atmosphere that always makes me come back to Hakusho.
Yeah Hunter x Hunter was kinda cartoony but the plot is great
That's more in line with the time both anime came out than now. Hunter x Hunter is supposed to be a light hearted adventure when Gon is involved in contrast to the surprisingly dark world of the series. Nevertheless, it's supposed to feel like an adventure.
During the time when anime was becoming a thing, it was popular to make certain series darker than it should be. Yu Yu Hakusho benefitted from this, but JoJo Bizarre adventure and Hunter x Hunter did not. Likewise, HxH 2011 didn't quite nail the balance either. Sometimes it's lighthearted when it shouldn't be. Of course, I felt that this was fixed after the Chimera arc and onwards. Despite this I do enjoy the contrast of both version of Hunter x Hunter and JoJo.
Joseph Franc fucking christ thats pretenious
chiyoxosakafan Then leave......no one is trying to MAKE you understand what im talking about
Eunro Jo Jo was better the way it was in the OVA. At least its just as good. I see no issue with this.
The Three Kings arc seemed like it had potential to be amazing. Too bad it was rushed to an early end.
Everything up to the end of the part with Kurama and Yomi seemed to building up to some pretty awesome shit. Then when the focus shifted back to Yusuke things took a nosedive. Raizen suddenly dies early, and Yusuke proposes the final tournament to Yomi (who goes from a mysterious and interesting guy with a lot of power, to a guy who is just looking for a good fight).
Although I can easily see the final episode actually happening after everything that was SUPPOSED to go down in Three Kings arc went down. Got hit in the feels when the opening song came on at the end.
I hear that Shonen JUMP was overworking Togashi and he abruptly ended the series as a big "fuck you" to them.
I can't say for sure what it was though.
Regardless, I absolutely loved this series. Easily one of my favorite anime of all time.
HunterxHunter still takes the cake though ;)
Oddly that's why Hunter x Hunter is still going even though any normal magazine would've told him to end it after the second long hiatus.
His new deal with Hunter allows him to just stop when he feels overworked and come back whenever unlike with say one piece where Oda takes a week or two off now and then along with a shrunk page count to keep up now that he's older and his smoking and stress for years is catching up with him.
It's the plight of these mangaka since unlike in the American system they can't just hand art duties completely to assistants that rotate out of just be writers when they need time off.
+Jorge Perez I concur the 3 Kings arc had potential to be great. I would have liked to seen Yusuke, Yomi and Mukuro wage war against each other instead of another tournament.
To my knowledge, the reason Togashi sensei rushed the ending was due to him feeling ill at the time or having recovered from feeling ill and just wanting to finish the series.
What do you like about HunterxHunter more than Yu Yu Hakusho?
+Jorge Perez I'm too ADHD to actually read your whole comment right this minute, but I'm gonna like it anyway because your picture is awesome
I agree I was so excited about the three kings arc. Also, in the manga I guess some corruption was going on in spirit world, some cool shit was shaping up and ended in disappointment:(
+Jorge Perez Those feels were the worst.....
this is my favorite anime of all time probably because the character growth feels so satisfying to watch
AM I the only one who thinks bleach kind of borrowed it's ENTIRE PLOT basis from this, at least somewhat?
I had the exact same thought after watching bleach! damn bleach copied the entire thing!! even in naruto kishimoto copied "kurama the nine tail fox" as well as the "dark forest" was used in chunin exams!! yyh is the best! it formed the base for a few anime! 😎✌
+Gaurav Bc dude kurama is not a copy...... & if we use your logic YYH copied dragonballs world tournament.....
kubo does look up to togashi & there are a few similarities, but they are wayyyyyy different
Marc Renaud you are right! Yyh did copy dragonballs world tournament!! Nevertheless it was entertaining!!
The nine-tiled fox may just be thing in japanese folklore, like king Yemma. Not really copying.
Not to say Kishi didn't "borrow" a lot from togashi. Just that the fox is kind of open source material :).
I didn't agree with everything that was stated about Yu Yu Hakusho, but I am biased because YYH is my favorite anime of all time. I personally feel like Chapter black is underrated because of its complexity for the series. It does delve into deep and serious issues like mental health. I was able to appreciate it since I suffered with severe depression when I first watched it. That being said, most parts were very awkward and hard to watch because if it taking such dark turns. I have a huge level of appreciation for this series and I DESPISE it when people talk about wanting it rebooted or continued since Yoshihiro Togashi's wife continued Sailor Moon. YYH was great as it is alone, some of the art I didn't care for. Other than that, for its time, it was excellent and great footing for others to take inspiration from for the new anime we know today. While I have never seen HxH, I do take it personally when people put that above YYH. YYH was before and the first, obviously it wouldn't be perfect, but HxH wouldn't be what it ended up as without YYH. Give credit where credit is due is all I'm saying.
1:08 Opening Scene
1:48 Resurrection
2:06 Spirit Detective
2:27 Demon Hunting
2:36 The Toguro Brothers. *_The Dark Tournament_*
2:46 Incredible Animation And Battle Sequences
4:24 The Narrative. The Characters
4:43 Yusuke 6:03
6:19 Hiei
6:54 Kuwabara and Kurama
7:04 Backstory
7:37 Keeping it fresh. Smooth logical transitions
8:26 Chapter Black Saga, Sensui
8:54 Recap, less emotional gravitas
9:22 Three Kings Arc
10:17 Decidedly Straightforward And decisive
11:19 Raw Entertainment. Highly Memorable, Distinct Characters.
12:49 Conments
Exactly, i loved chapter black so much because it was more darker and physiological.
It was definitely the best arc.
My absolute fave even till now. I have videotapes of the episodes back when you just had to sit in front of the tv and press record just in time after commercial breaks. Aaah, it was a simpler time. YYH will always have my heart.
Seriously one of my favourites of all time - so glad to see a review of this! Got the box set a few years back and it's one of my most favourite collections!
My big sister is a gigantic fan of the series. I remember she used to collect the DVD's individually as they came out, and we would always watch them together since I was just as hyped for the show as she was! She still owns the discs but had to get rid of the original covers along the way sadly.
We also used to turn down the volume of the TV and dub over the characters voice's ourselves and make them say silly things. We had this running gag where Kurama was always tripping out on some kind of drug like a hippy. (I was going for weed because of all the plant imagery) Plus you never knew what kind of whacky thing that was gonna come out of Yusuke or Kuwabara's mouths. Thinking back on it- it was so easy to make ourselves have laughing fits while doing our gag-dubs because the timing of the animation, the over-the-top movements, and and the hilarious faces always gave way for some of the best reactions to our goofy ad-libbing.
As for the show itself; is there really anything I can say that hasn't already been said? It's flippin' fantastic!
+Lori P great now I wanna see your gag-dub version even though it was just your and your sis messing around XD sounds fun.
aceotaku oh thanks XD we never recorded our sessions though and it wouldn't be as good as like an abridged series or anything. It was just one of those "you had to be there" things xD
Lori P XD I understand, still it'd be good for a laugh iff you ahd XD
I was so excited when I saw this pop up in my sub box! It's always a treat to see someone talking about a show that you love especially one as old as Yu Yu Hakusho is.
Yu Yu Hakusho was my first anime and remains to be one of my all time favorites. Because it has fast paced action, a great cast, and an awesome english dub it's easy to get into and is a a good gateway anime (in my opinion). I've re-watched the Dark Tournament saga more times than I would be comfortable counting and I still get excited for all of the fights. It's truly a great show so if anyone hasn't seen it and has some time they should definitely check it out.
+SuperFan686 I certainly felt after finishing it that, more so than anything else remotely close to this length, I'd be comfortable rewatching it in the not-distant future. Especially all the best fights!
your analysis of the anime was excellent. This is my favorite anime, always has been, and you summarized all of the aesthetics that make it a timeless work of art. A very enjoyable video
I watched this with my sister on UA-cam. You can imagine the quality not to be so well, since it was on UA-cam, but it was probably the best viewing experience I had with any anime and it has been a favourite of mine for quite the time.
First a Yu Yu video and then an announcement that you're doing a video on 90's Shinbo? Yes!! You were already my favorite anime UA-camr but this will guarantee you stay number one.
i first watched yuyu hakusho in cartoon network as a kid and now im rewatching it i love it
This was my jam for years. I'm so glad you reviewed it. :)
Anytime I wish to smoke some nostalgia... Yu Yu Hakusho is my go to nostalgia drug. I've watched this show back when I was a kid, and around 2010 I did a marathon on the whole series from start to finish. The English dub is a gold mine for twists and turns as well as humor. Though I will agree with you on Chapter Black's lack of good and fluid animation like the first 66 episodes, I still think all 112 episodes were great in their own way. Another thing, was that after a while of watching it... I began to realize that, most shonen really were lacking in what Yu Yu Hakusho, Fullmetal Alchemist, Dragon ball and hell even Digimon brought into the fray. Characters that are capable of holding the show on their own, without too many people to assist them at one time.
Chapter Black was somewhat weak compared to the rest with the animation, but... HOLY SHIT that fight between Yosuke and the Doctor!!! HOLY HOLY SHIIIITTTTTT
+Ray Caburnay I know it's so weird that that scene looks good because the doctor is probably one of the dumber villains, though he was the only human fight that really highlighted the struggle Yusuke was having with killing humans.
eartianwerewolf You're right, it kinda has a lot of emotional tension there too
Ray Caburnay I think the animation in chapter black better than ever
My favorite moment in the Chapter Black arc has to be Puu's transformation and Yusuke's rebirth. The sound effects, for one, are so damn intense; Puu's cry made me shiver the first time I heard it. Then, there's the subtlety of Yusuke's changes into a demon. He's animated with slightly more pronounced canines, and his hair seems to have more volume. It's great foreshadowing to the revelation of his actual demon form later as a Toshin. Plus, that arc has the only scene of Hiei genuinely laughing, and it's absolutely priceless just to see his face in that moment.
there are no words kuwabaras the fucking man walked head long in to death on more then one occasion with a smile on his face and always survived 'a mulberry is a tree and Kuwabara is a man and ill prove it we all have die when our time comes but if we do our duty we dont got regrets '
I've recently started binge watching these videos and I have to say what I love about them is that in comparison to most review/analysis videos they are lengthy but not without good reason. the amount of work put into these videos is always evident because never do I feel like you don't know what you're talking about. You've done your research and its clear just in the way that you speak about the subject matter. Long story short I love your videos keep it up.
Me and my brothers grew up watching Yu Yu Hakusho and after 13 years it still is extremely iconic and one of my favorite shows of all time.
For me The Best Four Main Character in Anime History . . .
facts i feel the same way and i seen other stuff sense then and other team shows and this still is the best character building team i ever seen i like all except the woman i didnt like her much
@@cmoneytheman yeah and in History of Gundam the best four is in the series of GUNDAM 00
@@cediemina4528 I never got into that
I'm such a mixed bag with shounen.
YYH has always been a favorite of mine, and there are a lot of others I enjoy like JoJo, Toriko and Saint Seiya.
but on the flip side some of the anime I absolutely can't sit through are Shounen.
a lot of what I love about YYH is how quick paced it is and how focused it is on the main group's relationship. all of the characters interact with each other and remain relevant throughout the series, while a lot of other shounen has an annoying habit of extending their cast and never properly characterizing everyone.
Bro I fucking loved Saint Seiya. One of my favorite anime ever. Could be because that and yu yu hakusho have a lot of similarities. I would still say YYH is better tho because it had better character interactions and animation/fights imo.
stilll gotta get around to Saint Seiya, but JoJo and YuYu are some of the best around
Jojo is technically Seinen now so maybe you can sit through it
I absolutely adore yu yu hakusho
its the one of the shows that really got me into anime today
and yyh deserves the love it gets
Digibroski, Thanks for doing all this man. You are making me want to watch anime again! Thank you so much for helping me find my love of something I thought I lost.
YYH has one of the greatest English dubs of all time. It surpasses the original in almost every way. It's a crime that Justin Cook hasn't done more directing.
my thoughts? simple.
I fucking love the series.
Love this video man! This is my favorite series by a pretty large margin and for everything you listed and more! You just don't get that much these days. The series was of good but not ridiculous length. It felt like a full and fulfilling package. And it was so flawlessly animated and dubbed.
Great vid, This is one of my fave series ever.
I had my doubts. a out you digi but pulling out the Kodacha and yu yu hakusho dub made me smile.
+Chu E. what's that about kodocha?
AHHHHH YAASSS KODOCHA! I love the dub for that show, though sad it didn't finish it throughout the rest of the series. so would have to start over again in subbed
This is still my favorite anime series to this day.
Great video! Chapter Black is actually my favorite shounen arc of any anime. Sensui made that arc complex on a level rarely seen in anime.
hands down best anime i have ever watched in my life. still holds up and i have watched it at least 8 times over. never gets dull
KUWABARA IS THE SHIT
I was blown away watching Yu yu Hakuso for the first time. The charecters were so complex and involved you felt like they were real people. The whole "redemptive villain" thing I feel it a little over used but again with Yu yu Hakuso I didn't really mind.
I would say that in terms of story, character, and even animation Yu yu Hakuso is one of the best Shonen Anime around. Heck we even got a clear happy resolution! (that rarely happens)
So...why isn't it more well known? I think because it had to compete with DBZ at the time. This is also a show that requires a lot of soul searching and emotional searching. Most 12 year olds would find this series to be so "slow".
YET adults would still be put off with the "childish notion" of shonen in general. So what is it's audience?
I think thats the biggest question. I think that anyone who watches will enjoy it immensely...but only if they can swallow their ego, and patience enough to let this series unfold.
Awesome video! I'm such a fan of yu yu hakusho. Thanks for making this video!
I've been thinking about rewatching YuYu Hakusho for years, but I didn't think it would hold up as well as I remembered. Now I'm definitely going back, thanks guy!
I don't know how the english dub was, but I love Yu Yu as it was aired here in Brazil. I don't know what the dub directors had in mind, but they let the actors loose. Maybe they though "Well, another japanese cartoon. Do whatever you want." or something like that.
The end result was a dub that used a lot of slangs and stupid expressions from the 80's and early 90's and didn't had much caution in keeping a perfect grammar or pronounciation usage of portuguese. It's awesome.
Also, it had an endless stock of bad puns everywhere.
+rafagd the puns in the English dub are SO GREAT. And they're not there in the original Japanese! I tried rewatching with subs, because I'm mostly a sub person, and... tbh, it took like half the enjoyment away, until I recalibrated my brain to "serious characterization" mode.
Seriously, it sounds like the English dub did something similar. I'd recommend that version JUST for some of the puns. (Faves: fight with Byakko, fight with Jin, escaping the collapsing Dark Tournament.)
+rafagd It is the best English dub ever. It's solid as hell. I've watched it in Subbed and Dubbed and a lot of the subs don't have the same impact of the dub IMO
The Dubs a bit similar in that it's not all that faithful. This is why weebs complaining about dubs for changing things (which is extremely rare these days) are complete idiots, because so many of the best ones aren't particularly faithful
Also check out Level E
+Gregory Bowman I have seen the anime, and it was great.
+Digibro Are you planning on doing an analysis on it
+Gregory Bowman Not currently, but it could happen.
+Digibro Fingers crossed
This anime will always have a place in my heart. I love Yu yu hakusho and don't understand why others don't
this is one of the best to watch I started in 2016 an it made my Christmas an it end in the best way
I.... loved this anime as a kid. it's probably the first anime I ever watched that my dumb kid brain actually recognized as "anime". I remembered it came on Toonami at 10:30 every Saturday (past my 9pm bed time). But my parents would go to bed at 10 like clockwork and I'd sneak back into the living room to watch it on super low volume. I just remember the heart ache I had when I was tuning in one weekend what would have been the climax of the chapter black arc when.... i saw a show about a tiny child shooting lightning from his mouth instead..... THEY HAD SUDDENLY REPLACED YYH WITH ZATCH FREAKING BELL!!!!! I cried that night!!!!
I just realized that Danny Phantom is basically a western reimagining of yuuyuu hakusho
On the surface, yes. Both are about 14 year old protagonists fighting spirits. But Danny Phantom draws more inspiration from the Silver to Bronze Age of comic books. DP is almost entirely episodic (even when they start introducing plot threads) whereas YYH tends to tell overarching stories (even though it starts off largely episodic).
+Spider Monopatín in premise at least, if not in execution
Now I want to see Yusuke fight the Box Ghost
^ I'm the box ghost
y u do this?
Damn! This vid came out 2 years ago! This was one of the few videos I started watching you. The first being An Analytical Diatribe. Also the reason I watched Yu Yu Hakusho. Time flies by dumb fast.
Whew! It really does.
As someone who watched a very poorly subbed version of Yu Yu Hakusho years before it made it's way stateside it is so great to see the success and fandom that it has found outside of Japan after all these years. My favorite anime, and the things you touched on about the animation I have always felt and the sound effects were always so exaggerated that they got me so hyped for the fights.
The number one reason I preferred YYH to DBZ growing up were the characters. Yusuke may not be as strong as Goku( which is apparently is the only thing that matters to kids) but he is MUCH more interesting as a character
You are an idiot db has way better characters
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@@dinogt8477 yea you know you're right, the development gokus gone throughout the years puts amateur manga main characters to shame. If only we had more varied and nuanced characters like goku, like is he going to get stronger? Or super stronger?! You never know with dragon balls writing, keeps you on the edge of your seat
Goku’s depth
Goku values his strength because of the events of his life. After losing his parental figure to a “monster”, his helpessness created a will to grow more powerful to defend himself and those around him. He trains to push himself to new heights and defeats the greatest evil in the world, Piccolo, and is then effortlessly defeated by his brother Raditz, When he asks Krillin to spare Vegeta in the Saiyan Saga, he does not out of morality, but out of curiosity of how far he can push himself. He calls himself selfish for this, but makes the choice anyways. This is the first step of Goku’s change as a person, Goku is pure of heart by the standards of the Kinto’un and yet he is innately flawed. His pure mindset is a both a blessing and a curse. He sees the best in people, he wants to be the best he can be, and he assumes that those around him should share his values. Goku puts his son into a situation that he didn’t realize Gohan wasn’t prepared for, and even gives Cell a senzu because hes so confident. Depsite his flaws, Goku is extremly self aware. Towards the end of the Cell Games, he sacrifices himself and apologies to Gohan for not making the best choices. He even chooses to say dead because he realizes that his existence has drawn seveal enemies to Earth, and during the Buu saga, he tries to give the mantle of Earth’s defender to Goten and Trunks that he cant fight all of the battles anymore, even if deep down he wants to. Goku literally abstained from fighting, the one thing he has dedicated his life to his son. Kid Goku is a child all alone in the woods away from society and his lack of understanding of modern technology like cars which he describes as “monsters” is a result of his lack of indoctrination, speaking of indoctrination Kid Goku is a pretty great embodiment of curiosity, and freedom his curiosity is a result of his lack of teachings of subjects in modern society (lack of indoetrination), The flying nimbus is an magic yellow that Goku uses to transport those who have a pure heart are able to ride on the flying nimbus , clouds symbolize clear thinking and emotional purity these fit Goku well seeing how he is pure of heart and has strong set belifes on what is wrong or right, the nimbus also correlates to he freedom in the many way Goku is free is a set purpose or place Identity crisis
Identity crisis is the questioning in ones own idenity, once Goku sees Raditz and Raditz unfolds the story to him and his friends about the saiyans their heritage and occupation and just on general how bad of people they are, Goku is quick to say that he isn’t a saiyan and that he is Son Goku from earth. This neglectance of identity isn’t surprising seeing how Goku and the sayians are opposites and have drastically different morals,
Goku’s self acceptance
Goku’s self acceptance coming from the realization that his saiyan heritage is something that can be used to good in the world to bring peace one might say the saiyan were ruthless and violent and ransacked peoples worlds to sell them when he accepts that’s he is indeed a sayian and tells Frieza he’s the super saiyan Son Goku, echoed through his speech “I am the light in the darkness” Goku here can be referring to himself the good out of the bad. The one good saiyan out of the many evil saiyans, Affect on world
Goku’s affect on his world is the affect on his friends who eventually became his enemies and the whole physical world, Goku in the cell saga knew that if he kept residing on earth his friends said everyone else would be in danger so it was convenient he could use transporting cell to the king kai’s place and also just leave earth for the sake of peace In moral philosophy, deontological ethics or deontology is the normative ethical theory that morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules, rather than based in the consequences of the action, Goku has always kept this philosophy with him since a kid and this connects with his sacrifice great. Goku always had his morals over the consequences we can see this a lot with his interactions with vegetea ginyu and frieza, We saw many instances when Goku has put his morals above the consequences. For example, with his battle with Vegeta he could’ve killed Vegeta and bring peace. But he chose to let him alive because of his moral code and to fight him again. With Frieza he had the chance to kill him and yet he let him live becuase again he let his morals take over him and didn’t see the consequences
Now it’s time for paralles between goku and vegeta Battle stance
In saiyan saga goku and vegeta stance and position are contrast of each other. While Goku sgands below Vegeta showing that he is the low class warrior also shows his view on strength. Goku was always taught that there was always someone stronger than him while Vegeta was taught he was destined to be the strongest and Vegeta looking down shows that he believes that he is the strongest and his strength is complete. While Goku looking up shows how he believes that his strength us limitless and that there are others stronger than him. Both of their stance show how they were trained, Goku stance presents the turtle hermit school, they move low and find a weakness and strategies, Vegeta represent the elite saiyan training and how the fight full offensive seeing how both hands show are prepared to strike in showing his nature as a saiyan
Spirit bomb vs great ape
Goku and Vegeta main attacks contrast each other in the saiyan saga. The spirit bomb is said to take energy from your enviorment and goku being a saiyan yet denies his nature and stays with his nurture or his enviorment and it is also said that the spirit bomb is stronger when it absorbs the sun. Vegeta on the other hand uses his saiyan nature as his trump card which is great ape form and it is to be said to be powered up by the moon showing how goku symbolises the sun (being clear and self) while vegeta symbolize the moon (being a shadow and blocks the light) these two attacks symbolise their nature vs nature
Identity crisis
Both Goku and Vegeta were confusion on who they were. Goku was in conflict with his saiyan nature and we can see him in conflict with his own morals and identity where he spares nappa out of the goodness of his hear (nurture) while he spares Vegeta because he wants to fight him again (nature). We can see more of this in his fight with Frieza and how he toys with him, says he’s going to kill him, and is drowning in anger (nature) he also speares him, gives him ki, lets him leave (nurture). Vegeta is going throught the same thing but is apposite as well. Vegeta is in conflict with his humanity and his saiyan nature. He can’t see to understand who he truly is which leads him to Majin Vegeta and Vegeta putting up a facade while deep down he isn’t him true self. He even goes to greater lengths and abandon his own mortality to gain strength. What’s great is that they were facing the person who had the biggest impact on them in their entire lives. Goku to frieza and vegeta to goku. Another is how it contast their nature vs nurture dynamic where vegeta was in conflict with his nurture while goku was in conflict with his nature
Nationalism vs patriroism
Vegeta and Goku ideology both contrast each other as well. Vegeta ideology being nationalism and Goku being patriotism shows how they both took pride and identified with their race. This difference is how they toke in reactions when they witness the flows of the saiyan race tries to deny it and live in this false ideology that they are the perfect warrior which would cause him to go majin vegeta (trying to return the status of the saiyan race which vegeta believes are the perfect warrior) What I love about this part of the dynamic is how it showed the difference of Goku and Vegeta in terms of being free. Goku believing that humanity can move forward hows how free goku is while vegeta can get over the past and is blind by it
Still holds up in 2020
I fell in love with the characters to the point where I'd watch episodes of the cast hanging out with each other not doing much and enjoy it
Agreed. The only other show that got me to that point is Getbackers, mostly thanks to the absurdly spot-on voice casting. Check it out, I promise you'll enjoy it.
Every year in the fall I rewatch Yu Yu Hakusho from beginning to end because of how much I loved it as a teenager.
I want Yu Yu Hakusho to be remade like HXH just because I love it so much!!!
No, no, NO! They might do it all wrong!!!!! That's just my opinion.
HxH was remade so they could do the Chimera ant saga without trying to tie it to an anime that's over 10 years old.
YYH was completely animated and (as Digibro said) stuff was even added compared to the manga to give it a more well rounded ending.
Let's be real. A remake is probably not going to be as good as what we got.
It just depends on who does it. If Studio Bones was in charge, the fights would be amazing, if you had A1 do it on the other hand, it would be very lackluster. It just depends on who does it, and the voice actors.
i think that YuYu is so explicitly tied to the 90's that a modern remake is just asinine. I'm mostly speaking in terms of visuals here
there’s no need for a remake imo. the series is fine as it is. good art/animation, great music, perfect dub, no filler, etc. a remake would likely do more bad than good.
Yu Yu is actually one of my favorite animes of all time, long running Shonen or otherwise. The powers scaled, but one thing I always like about it better than every other anime is how formidable the secondary characters were.
Obviously, Urameshi was the strongest, but it wasn't like the other characters just stalled for time until he showed up. If it wasn't for Kurama and Kuwabara, they would have lost to team Masho (sorry for bad American spelling). If it wasn't for Genkai, not sure how the team would have gotten past the Dr. Ichigaki team. And the team did the entire semi-finals without him! It is so refreshing after being raised on DBZ to see secondary characters not just hold their own, but actually be useful and helpful in battles.
Kuwabara was thrown away real quick. And In DBZs case in every saga, the secondary characters have done their part. YYH just provides some person that everyone other person can fight on their level.
No way man. YYH generally have a lot of care for their secondary characters. Kuwabara wasnt necessarily thrown out. The last arc, was in the demon world. You need to remember Kuwabara is the only human out of the 4, he has other concerns, but still made an appearance in a very important moment in the anime. And at the end im pretty sure Kuwabara is with the other 3 at the start of the next demon tournament?
Yu Yu Hakusho has been a long time favorite of mine. I would watch it with my big brother when I was 3-5 years old, and only a couple years ago decided to rewatch it all. Love it. Definitely a quality, nostalgic, satisfying dynamic anime.
Just watched this vid and I gotta say I'm glad you made it. I grew up in the 90's and in my opinion it was the golden age of cartoons and animation. Story's were told better, characters were better developed, and at the end of the day you could connect better with the characters and what they were feeling then you can with the way cartoons are now. Yu Yu Hakusho is to this day one of my favorite TV shows because of its great characters, their back story's, their development, and the overall tone that was set through the coloring and the music in the back round. I recommend checking out the movie Darkside Blues if you haven't seen it, as in my opinion it brings the same kind of feeling to it as Yu Yu. Great vid with great points.
+Digibro Very good video. Btw I'm surprised you didn't mention how incredibly well done the English dubbed opening and ending themes are. Funimation did a phenomenal job on them. They blow the original versions out of the water imo.
+TheUndefeatedMagician The original blows the dub out of the planet , the cast is millions and millions of times better, and especially the theme songs are absolute masterpieces, comparing the Original Japanese to the english dub is like comparing Gold to Shit ~
Kami Kage That's cool if you think that but I have to disagree.
+TheUndefeatedMagician I will never get Smile Bomb out of my head for the rest of my life I think.
***** Ikr?
雄大 Sakurai hiei and yusuke sound way to childish to me Kuwabara is way to annoying in the sub and kuramas sounds way to feminine also no ones going to beat Jin, chu, and botan
The YYH manga was my SHIT in middle school. It wasn't until years later that I was introduced to the English dub and my love was renewed. Kurama is my husbando forever, Shizuru is the standard to which all other Cool Big Sis characters should measure themselves, and all those colorful one-off guys we met in the Dark Tournament will never be forgotten. Especially that drunken fist dude.
+False Name Chu!!!!!
Honestly Chu and Jin and Touya and Shishwakumaru and the 'beautiful Suzaku' are all pretty good...oh yeah I almost forgot Riku!!!
So many awesome minor characters.
I think it holds up rather well I remember seeing bits of it when I was little but didn't really sit down and watch from start to finish till early this year it easily became one of my favorites
I just finished watching the entire series for the first time.I Loved it!
I don't think that was completely fair to the chapter black arc. Things like Gormet vs Kurama and the yaminate were epic, and Kuwabara's end game blew me away, and for the time I felt was cutting edge. Even with fist blurs, there were still a lot of individual strikes and so many different settings that it more than made up for the declining art. I honestly didn't notice until the Three Kings lol
For some reason, it annoys me when people say that Hiei is like Killua... They have younger sisters with powers... And the similarities end there, in background, and in personality, they are nothing alike.
you're a great shounen manga theorist. rare to run into one. good job man
This will go down as one of the best anime of all time. I have never been disappointed going back to it years after the fact. I will watch it all the way through over and over
How the fuck can you call yourself a HxH fan if you havent watched the 1999 HxH. That series was WAY too good for it's time.
+totallymageful I watched the 1999 and 2013 to be honest the begginging of 1999 did kind of a better job than 2013.
Dan Nick Yeah the only way the 2013 version was superior compared to the 1999 one was the fact that the 2013 version had more content lol.
+totallymageful and a better english dub :P
1999 dub sounded pretty cheesy
Greatvideo Digi! Looking forward to your next Shinbo videos!
Since you've done YuYu Hakasho, HunterXHunter and One Piece, I would love to to hear your thoughts on other shonen titles as well, like Fma, Fma:B, Bleach and Naruto if you are up for it.
+LaviArray Fma/Fmab is an overrated trash , not even top 5 Shounen level
+Daisuke Ono Said no one credible ever.
+Daisuke Ono That is just false.
Bob Evans Yeah, I figure that but it would cool to see a video about though.
za21 Sm4sh Meta-Knight is Justice I think he meant to type in Naruto but mistyped. Stupid auto correct.
The funeral at the beginning made me cry so hard, Kuwabara had me balling. Lots of crying here. And the end of the cave with poo, so touching so vulnerable.
My childhood anime, always excited going home after school just to watch it. Ahh memories!
I just finished watching the series, and you really explained why I've enjoyed it so much more than I thought I would. Although, as someone who watched HxH first, I'd rate Chapter Black a little higher. The Dark Tournament may have had some really interesting animation, but it started to overstay its welcome by the end. For me, at least.
MozillaVulpix I agree with chapter black the dark tournament was too long and just felt boring near the end
So basically Naruto ripped off Hunter x Hunter and Bleach ripped off Yu Yu Hakusho?
But Hunter X Hunter and Naruto came out around the same time.
Naruto manga started coming out a year after HxH did
Yeah, around the same time. I haven't watched/read Naruto so maybe it does rip it off, but with such a small time frame, I can't see him reading a few chapters and then creating the series in such a short period of time.
+Felik10yearold both bleach and Yu Yu Hakusho anime made by the same guy........
I like how you have absolutely no idea what are you talking about yet make fun of my nickname. Linh Nguyen
This show is what got me into anime, I remember it like it was 2001. To This day this is my favorite anime of all time, so much so that I have rewatched it at least 10 times.
I was watching the Dr Kamiya fight today during a rewatch, and was hoping it would be shown as you discussed the animation, I was not disappointed.