![]() Serialized from 1990 to 1994 in Shonen Jump, Yu Yu Hakusho became an instant phenomenon throughout Japanese culture and set many standards for Studio Pierrot in setting the bar to a new height in animation, cinematography, and fight choreography for the Japanese animation industry. Early on in his career they send him to the Old Master Genkai, a petite, crotchety old woman who nevertheless is a highly capable spiritual guru and martial artist.Īs his closest teammates, he gathers some more than capable fighting partners in the form of Kazuma Kuwabara, his old school rival Kurama, a benevolent reformed fox-spirit trapped in a human body and Hiei, a not-so-benevolent, not-so-reformed demon who reluctantly tags along with Yusuke and his entourage as part of his sentence. Lucky for him, he has the help of Botan as a liaison and tactical support. With much reluctance, Yusuke takes on the job, and finds himself facing all manner of supernatural baddies. With the help of Botan (a perky female shinigami "Angel of Death" or essentially " Grim Reaper") and the approval of Koenma (the snarky son of King Enma, the judge of the dead in the Buddhist belief system, and the part-time stand-in for his father) Yusuke returns to the living world.īut Koenma has other plans for Yusuke, as both his fighting ability and newfound spirit awareness makes him a prime candidate to be a Spirit Detective, an agent of the spirit world hunting down renegade demons who threaten peace on Earth. Because of this surprising ( if ultimately useless) Heroic Sacrifice, they offer Yusuke a chance to return from the dead. He discovers that the forces of the Spirit World were expecting the boy to miraculously survive the accident but did not expect Yusuke to even be a part of it. One particularly bad day gets worse for Yusuke after he dies saving the life of a small boy from a car accident. ![]() ![]() he's dead."Ī Shonen Fighting manga authored by Yoshihiro Togashi, and adapted into animation by Studio Pierrot, YuYu Hakusho (幽☆遊☆白書, also romanized as Yuu Yuu Hakusho) tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a bitter, beleaguered, junior high punk - and legendary street fighter. He's 14-years-old, and is supposed to be the hero of this story, but oddly enough. But for a new adaptation? I think it's appropriate, especially given the target audience."And so it all begins. I'm absolutely, in no way, asking for the manga, or even the old anime, to be rewritten or re-cut. This isn't about revising an already existing work, but a new adaptation of old material you're revising. Heck, even modern adaptations have actually removed problematic material. And this is the same demographic too.Īnd as for re-looking back on your older works, sometimes authors will re-work something because they've since recognized things they did back then weren't great or wouldn't fly today because of understanding issues better. Hell, I don't wanna get into this a bit, but Dragon Ball has some REALLY misogynistic jokes, targeting Bulma mostly, but sometimes other female characters too, along with Roshi. ![]() In fact, you'd be surprised how much anime that has certain types of content that are for young kids. I don't know about you, but "8 years and up" is still fairly young. This is directly from Fuji TV's licensing site for their current and backlog titles for anime, drama, etc., and they often define the age of the target demographic. ![]()
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