YuYu Hakusho is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi.
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21 Facts About YuYu Hakusho
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The YuYu Hakusho franchise has spawned two animated films, a series of original video animations, audio albums, video games, and other merchandise.
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YuYu Hakusho follows Yusuke Urameshi, a 14-year-old street-brawling delinquent who, in an uncharacteristic act of altruism, is hit by a car and killed in an attempt to save a young boy by pushing him out of the way.
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When first producing YuYu Hakusho, he did not have a clear idea of what he wanted to call it.
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YuYu Hakusho borrows many elements from Asian folklore, particularly Buddhist beliefs in the afterlife.
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YuYu Hakusho has been published as part of the Shueisha Jump Remix series of magazine-style books.
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An English translation of the YuYu Hakusho manga was serialized in North America by Viz Media in the American Shonen Jump magazine, where it debuted in its inaugural January 2003 issue and ended in January 2010.
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Yu Yu YuYu Hakusho was taken off Toonami around March 2005 and moved to an early Saturday morning time slot that October where the series finished its run.
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Yu Yu YuYu Hakusho was localized in the Philippines as Ghost Fighter and aired on IBC in the mid-1990s, as well as on GMA Network in 1999.
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The first, simply titled Yu Yu YuYu Hakusho was released in Japan on July 10,1993, as part of a seasonal film festival.
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Yu Yu YuYu Hakusho characters were featured in the Weekly Shonen Jump crossover fighting games J-Stars Victory VS and Jump Force.
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An art book, Yu Yu YuYu Hakusho Illustrations, was published by Shueisha on April 27,2005.
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An English guidebook to the series titled Yu Yu YuYu Hakusho Uncovered: The Unofficial Guide was published by Cocoro Books on October 12,2004.
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In September 2019, YuYu Hakusho joined the Universal Fighting System CCG, this marked the second anime license to make it into the system.
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YuYu Hakusho earned Yoshihiro Togashi the Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen in 1993.
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Funimation president Gen Fukunaga remarked that Yu Yu Hakusho "came 'out of nowhere' to surprise people with huge ratings", which were just below those achieved by the popular series Dragon Ball Z Yu Yu Hakusho was frequently watched by several age groups during its early run in North America.
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Nielsen additionally reported that Yu Yu YuYu Hakusho tied with Dragon Ball GT as the top-rated Cartoon Network program for the same demographic during the week of September 28,2004.
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Yu Yu YuYu Hakusho proved to be popular in the Philippines, where it was rerun several times and managed to draw more viewers in the prime time slot than both local and foreign soap operas.
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In January 2004, Yu Yu YuYu Hakusho was named the second best action-adventure anime by Anime Insider.
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