It’s the story of a regular delinquent, named Yusuke Urameshi, who dies in a car accident. He wasn’t suppose to die so he is brought back to life. Now he has become a Spirit Detective and must protect the world from demons. Yu Yu Hakusho is filled with just about everything: action, comedy, romance, etc. It’s one of the best animes out there! In my opinion at least.

The show itself ran for 112 epsiodes, running for over two years in Japan in the years of 1992-1994. In 1997 it had a second movie, this time full length. It also has quite a few OVAs. The manga, which started the series, ran from 1990 to 1994 in Japan's Weekly Shonen Jump. It ran a total of nineteen volumes. They have been recently rereleased in Japan in 2004. They contained extras and were shortened into fifteen volumes.

In the United States the anime of Yu Yu Hakusho was released by Funimation. Currently the manga is being released monthly in Viz's Shonen Jump manga magazine and compiled into graphic novels in the Shonen Jump graphic novel line.

Who created YYH?

In 1986, when Yoshihiro Togashi was just 20 years old, he began his career as a manga artist. In 1989 he debuted in Japan’s Weekly Shonen Jump with his romance comedy, Tende Showaru Cupid. He has also won the Tezuka Award for new manga artists.

In 1990 Yoshihiro began his smash hit manga Yu Yu Hakusho. The series ended in 1994.

Yoshiro Togashi has also written and drawn Level E, Tende Showaru Cupid (An Ill-tempered Cupid in Heaven),Okami Nante Kowakunai! (I'm Not Afraid of Wolves!), and is now working on a series called Hunter X Hunter. In 1999 he married the creator of Sailor Moon, Naoko Takeuchi. The two announced their wedding at a doujinshi Convention in Japan, where at which they sold a doujinshi that they made together. Only 100 copies were made, making this comic little known and very rare.