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Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie (movie 1/1993)



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©1996 Yoshihiro Togashi/Shueisha/Studio Pierrot 

 
Alternative title:
Ghost Detectives 
Ghost Files 
Poltergeist Report 
Poltergeist Report: Yuu Yuu Hakusho 
The Ghost's White Report 
Yu Yu Hakusho (Japanese) 
Yu Yu Hakusho - Il sigillo d'oro (Italian) 
Yu Yu Hakusho - le Film (French) 
Yu Yu Hakusho: La película (Spanish) 
Yu Yu Hakusho: La Pel·lícula (Spanish) 
Yu Yu Hakusho: O rapto de Koenma (Portuguese) 
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Golden Seal 
Yuu Yuu Hakusho (Japanese) 
Отчёт о буйстве духов: Фильм первый (Russian) 
幽☆遊☆白書 (Japanese) 
유유백서 코엔마 납치사건 (Korean) 
Genres: supernatural 
Themes: demons 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: It's summer break, and Yusuke and Kuwabara are enjoying their time by doing one of their favorite hobbies: getting into gang fights and kicking major butt. However, their vacation is cut short when Botan shows up and tells them that Lord Koenma, Prince of the Spirit World, has been kidnapped. The kidnappers demand the Golden Seal for ransom, a seal that is so powerful, that even King Enma, ruler of the Spirit World, could be overthrown if it's stolen from him. Yusuke, Kuwabara and Botan, along with their friends, have very little time to rescue Koenma, before he'll be thrown into lava. Yusuke can't give away the seal, but he can't let Koenma, the person who brought him back from the dead, be hurt either. 
Ratings: 524 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 20 votes (sub:12, dub:8)
 Excellent: 34 votes (sub:21, dub:12, ?:1)
 Very good: 72 votes (sub:40, dub:27, ?:1, others:4
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Good: 136 votes (sub:65, dub:62, ?:3, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:4
1 Catalan dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 109 votes (dub:60, sub:39, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:7
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 So-so: 68 votes (sub:35, dub:32, raw:1)
 Not really good: 35 votes (dub:19, sub:15, ?:1)
 Weak: 25 votes (sub:13, dub:11, ?:1)
 Bad: 8 votes (dub:7, sub:1)
 Awful: 10 votes (dub:5, sub:4, raw:1)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (dub:4, sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 1424 s, rank: #872 (of 9997)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.239 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.9939, rank: #6878 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 6.145 (Decent), rank: #7089 (of 10155) (seen all: 6.16 / seen some: 5.21)
Bayesian estimate: 6.178 (Decent+), rank: #6352 (of 7635)
Running time: 30 minutes 
Vintage: 1993-07-10
Premiere date:
1993-07-10 (Japan) 
Opening Theme:
"Bomb of your Smile" by Matsuko Mawatari 
Ending Theme:
"Sayonara Bye Bye" by Matsuko Mawatari 
Links: We have 1
Comment:
Due to its short running time, this was shown in Japan as a part of a tripple feature with two other short movies spun off from TV series.
In the United States Media Blasters released this as a double feature with Ninku. 
Review:
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie & Eizou Hakusho DVD (Jan 9, 2012)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Ninkū: The Movie / Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie [Double Feature] (DVD) 2001-01-30 (from $30.48)
    Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files - The Movie & Eizou Hakusho (DVD) 2011-11-29 (from $22.88)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Noriyuki Abe 
Script: Yukiyoshi Ōhashi 
Storyboard: Noriyuki Abe 
Unit Director: Shigeru Ueda 
Music: Yusuke Honma 
Original Manga: Yoshihiro Togashi 
Character Design:
Mari Kitayama 
Art Director: Shigenori Takada 
Animation Director: Akihiro Enomoto 
Sound Director: Kan Mizumoto 
Director of Photography: Toshiyuki Fukushima 
Executive producer: Yūji Nunokawa 
Producer:
Ken Hagino  (Studio Pierrot) 

Animation: Masaya Ōnishi (OP; ED) 
Art Setting: Yūji Ikeda 
Assistant Animation Director:
Hiroto Tanaka 
Background Art:
Yutaka Itō (Studio Wyeth) 
Color setting: Yukie Ishida 
Editing:
Junichi Uematsu 
In-Between Animation:
Yutaka Takehara 
In-Between Check:
Yaeko Kodama (Zero One) 
Key Animation:
Tetsuya Nishio (Anime Spot) 
Literature Production: Hideko Ikeda 
Paint:
Yumiko Mihara 
Paint Check:
Yukiko Uehara 
Photography:
Yukiko Maruhashi (Takahashi Production) 
Planning Assistant:
Kyōtarō Kimura (Yomiko Advertising) 
Production Advancement: Ryuichiro Nishi 
Production manager: Fuminori Kageyama 
Recording Adjustment: Ryō Narikiyo (Seion Studio) 
Sound Effects: Shōji Katō (Anime Sound) 
Special Effects: Kenji Ikeda 
Theme Song Arrangement: Matsuko Mawatari (OP; ED) 
Theme Song Composition: Matsuko Mawatari (OP; ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics: Xioulong Lee (OP; ED) 
Theme Song Performance: Matsuko Mawatari (OP; ED) 
Nozomu Sasaki as Yuusuke Urameshi 

Megumi Ogata as Kurama 
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Hiei 
Sanae Miyuki as Botan 
Shigeru Chiba as Kazuma Kuwabara 

Masami Suzuki as Tree Demon 
Mayumi Tanaka as Koenma 
Mitsuaki Madono as Monster 
Rica Matsumoto as Koashura 
Takeshi Aono as Garuga/Yasha 
Tarō Arakawa as Shobu 
Tomomichi Nishimura as
Devil 
Jorge Saotome 
Yuri Shiratori as Kotennyo 
Japanese companies
Background Art: Studio Wyeth 
Distributor:
Toei Company, Ltd. 
Editing: Falcon, Inc. 
Film Developing: Toei Chemical Industry 
In-Between Animation: Seong Bo Yang Haeng 
In-between Check: Zero One 
Key Animation: Anime Spot 
Paint: Seong Bo Yang Haeng 
Photography: Takahashi Production 
Planning Assistance:
Yomiko Advertising, Inc. 
Production: Pierrot 
Production Cooperation:
Twenty First 
Recording Studio: Seion Studio 
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production 
Sound Production: Zack Promotion 
Titles: Maki Production 
English staff
English cast
Director: Jenny Haniver 
ADR Director: Justin Cook (FUNimation) 
Script: Jared Hedges (FUNimation) 
Translation:
Steven J. Simmons (FUNimation)Tokyo Rose 
Executive producer:
John Sirabella 
Producer:
Carly Hunter (FUNimation)Justin Cook (FUNimation)Yutaka Maseba 

3D Animation: Michael Fenimore 
Additional Music: Ivan Woolfe 
ADR Engineer: Joseph Tompkins (FUNimation) 
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt (FUNimation) 
Digital Tracking: Joe Romersa 
DVD Authoring:
John Andreas (FUNimation)Matthew O'Hara (FUNimation)Trace Furniss (FUNimation) 
DVD Compression:
Duncan YanJacob Martin (FUNimation) 
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez (FUNimation) 
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia (FUNimation) 
DVD Menu Design: Ian Bailon (FUNimation) 
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp (FUNimation) 
DVD Quality Control:
Caesar Lopez (FUNimation)Christine Bertolino (FUNimation)DJ Fonner (FUNimation)Jason Gee (FUNimation)Kris Bryan (FUNimation)Rob Schindlbeck (FUNimation) 
Editing: Scott Marchfeld 
Final Mix: Joe Romersa 
Head Writer: Jared Hedges (FUNimation) 
Lead Video Engineer: Sarah Mueller (FUNimation) 
Line Producer: Justin Cook (FUNimation) 
Mix Engineer: Andrew Tipps (FUNimation) 
Packaging Design:
Alissyn Brock  (DVD)Soho Chic  (VHS) 
Post-Production Assistant: Aya Spann (FUNimation) 
Production Assistant:
Sarah Sullivan (FUNimation)Sarah Alys Lindholm (FUNimation)Trenton Jons (FUNimation) 
Production manager: Sam Liebowitz 
Production Supervision:
Susie Nixon (FUNimation) 
Senior Video Editors:
Jeremy Jimenez (FUNimation) 
Subtitling:
Ashley Hayward (FUNimation)Ben Phillips (FUNimation)Freddie Arnold (FUNimation)Jon Uzzel (FUNimation) 
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams (FUNimation) 
Theme Song Arrangement: Carl Finch (FUNimation dub) 
Theme Song Performance:
Jessica Dismuke (FUNimation; ED; Extra)Stephanie Nadolny (FUNimation; ED) 
Video Editing:
Ashley Rosse (FUNimation)Josh Tyler (FUNimation)Robert Bell (FUNimation) 
Video Engineer:
Brittany Smith (FUNimation)Casey Barteau (FUNimation)Christopher Bryan (FUNimation) 
Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler (FUNimation) 
Christopher R. Sabat as Kazuma Kuwabara (FUNimation) 
Chuck Huber as Hiei (FUNimation) 
John Burgmeier as Kurama (FUNimation) 
Jonathan Charles as Yusuke Urameshi (Media Blasters) 
Justin Cook as Yusuke Urameshi (FUNimation) 
Lex Lang as Kazuma Kuwabara (Media Blasters) 

Chris Ayres as Garuga/Yasha (FUNimation) 
Cynthia Cranz as Botan (FUNimation) 
Dougary Grant as Garuga/Yasha (Media Blasters) 
Greg Ayres as Koashura (FUNimation) 
Ian Hawk as Koenma (Media Blasters) 
Julie Kliewer as Koashura (Media Blasters) 
Sean Barker as Kurama (Media Blasters) 
Sean Thornton as Hiei (Media Blasters) 
Sean Michael Teague as Koenma (FUNimation) 

Bob Marx as Lord's Attendant (Media Blasters) 
Chad Gouffahtts as
Jaki Goblin Walla (FUNimation) 
Ogre Servant B (FUNimation) 
David Lucas as Thug (Media Blasters) 
Doug Stone as Winged Demon (Media Blasters) 
Egg Nebula as
Jaki Goblin Walla (FUNimation) 
Ogre Servant C (FUNimation) 
Jeff Johnson as Tree Demon (Funimation) 
Jerome Fifty-Seven as Gang Leader (FUNimation) 
Kaboom as
Jaki Goblin Walla (FUNimation) 
Ogre Servant A (FUNimation) 
Kate Bristol as Kotennyo (FUNimation) 
Kent Williams as Jorge Saotome (FUNimation) 
Lia Sargent as Botan 
Richard Barnes as Tree Demon (Media Blasters) 
Troy Williams as Jaki Goblin Leader (FUNimation) 
Wendee Lee as Kotennyo (Media Blasters) 

Andrew Ebert (Media Blasters) 
Bambi Darro (Media Blasters) 
Ceclia Elam (Media Blasters) 
Dougary Grant (Media Blasters) 
Gloria Gines (Media Blasters) 
Jerome Fifty-Seven (FUNimation) 
Jetta E. Bumpy (Media Blasters) 
Richard George (Media Blasters) 
Rob Thomas (Media Blasters) 
Troy Williams (FUNimation) 
English companies
Broadcaster: International Channel 
Dubbing: Animaze 
Editing Studio: RG Video 
Licensed by:
Media Blasters  (Expired) 
Production: ZRO Limit Productions 
Recording Studio: Magnitude 8 Post 
French cast
French staff
ADR Director: Philippe Roullier 
Constantin Pappas as Yusuke Urameshi 

Colette Noel as Botan 
Frederic Popovic as Kurama 
Martial Leminoux as Hiei 
Yann Pichon as Kuwabara 

Alain Floret as Monstre de la forêt 
Bruno Magne as
Jorge 
Yasha/Garuga 
Frederic Popovic as Mashari 
Naïké Fauveau as
Koenma 
Kotennyo 
Nathalie Homs as Koashura 
Patrick Pellegrin as Monstre ailé 
Philippe Roullier as Narrateur 
French companies
Distributor: Dybex 
Dubbing: Studio Chinkel 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Joaquín Gómez (Spain dub) 
Translation: Takako Otsuki (Spain dub) 
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas 

Subtitler: Fabián Sierra (Jonu Media) 
Enrique Hernández as Yuusuke Urameshi (Spain dub) 

Ariadna Giménez as Koenma (Spain dub) 
sc Rocamora as Hiei (Spain dub) 
Gloria Garcia as Kurama (Spain dub) 
Joaquín Gómez as Garuga/Yasha (Spain dub) 
Noemi Bayarri as Botan (Spain dub) 
Rosa Moyano as Koashura (Spain dub) 
Tasio Alonso as Kazuma Kuwabara (Spain dub) 

Antonio Moro as Jugan (Spain dub) 
Eduardo Diez as Thug (Spain dub) 
Elvira García as Kotennyo (Spain dub) 
Joaquín Gómez as Jorge Saotome (Spain dub) 
Spanish companies
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain) 
Dubbing Studio: Mix Sound (Spain dub) 
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Davide Garbolino as Yusuke Urameshi 

Claudio Moneta as Kazuma Kuwabara 
Dania Cericola as Kurama Shuichi Minamino 
Federica Valenti as Botan 
Felice Invernici as Hiei 

Felice Invernici as Monster 
Gianni Quillico as George Saotome (Jorge Saotome) 
Irene Scalzo as Ashura (Koashura) 
Paolo Sesana as Tree Demon 
Pietro Ubaldi as Garuga/Yasha 
Sabrina Bonfitto as Piccolo Enma 
Serena Clerici as Tennyo (Kotennyo) 

Gianni Quillico 
Paolo Sesana 
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Man-Ga 
Distributor:
Yamato Video (DVD) 
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster:
GMA Network (April 11, 2005) 
Tagalog cast
Jeremy Emmanuel Joya as Dennis (Kurama) 

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