Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho: Meikai Shitou-hen - Honoo no Kizuna

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English: Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report

Synonyms: Yuu Yuu Hakusho Movie 2, YuYu Hakusho

Japanese: 幽☆遊☆白書冥界死闘篇炎の絆

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 9, 1994

Producers: Movic, A-Line

Licensors: Central Park Media

Studios: Studio Pierrot

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Demons, Supernatural, Martial Arts, Shounen

Duration: 1 hr. 34 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.30¹ (scored by 8,775 users)

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Ranked: #2477²

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Popularity: #3040

Members: 17,049

Favorites: 27

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Millennia ago, a war was fought between the Netherworld and the Spirit World. Ultimately, the Netherworld was destroyed and Lord Yakumo, the King of the Netherworld, was banished to the depths of space. Now, five defenders from the Spirit World must team-up against Yakumo's Demon-Gods for possession of five, mystical sites. But Lord Yakumo is dangerously close to reclaiming the Power Sphere—the source of the Netherworld's energy—and once it is again in his possession, our world will become the new Netherworld.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Urameshi, Yuusuke

Main

Sasaki, Nozomu
Japanese

Hiei

Main

Hiyama, Nobuyuki
Japanese

Kurama

Main

Ogata, Megumi
Japanese

Kuwabara, Kazuma

Main

Chiba, Shigeru
Japanese

Hinageshi

Main

Yokoyama, Chisa
Japanese

Yakumo

Main

Suzuoki, Hirotaka
Japanese

Botan

Supporting

Miyuki, Sanae
Japanese

Genkai

Supporting

Kyouda, Hisako
Japanese

Koenma

Supporting

Tanaka, Mayumi
Japanese

Yukimura, Keiko

Supporting

Amano, Yuri
Japanese

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Mizumoto, Kan

Sound Director

Togashi, Yoshihiro

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Hosoda, Mamoru

Key Animation

Ribeiro, Marco

ADR Director

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"Sayonara wa Iwanai" by Person Z

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Mar 29, 2008

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

Ayria (All reviews)

23 people found this review helpful

It's been at least three years since I finished watching Yu Yu Hakusho and I was more than happy to once again pick up a title from one of my most beloved series.

Story: When transferring a television series into a movie one expects series with a very short run time (ATHF for example) to be especially problematic in this area as the writers/characters are not used to a prolonged storyline. Ironically, this can also be the case with series that deal with huge story arcs trying to condense what would at least be a 20-some episode arc into about ninety minutes. The story wasn't lacking in this movie, rather it felt extremely rushed. If prolonged throughout a season of the series then it would have done rather well.

Art: Never lacking in Yu Yu Hakusho, old-school anime style with it's own sense of personality about it. It's animation style is very versatile, able to transfer between lighter and more melancholy scenes with ease.

Sound: Because it's been a few years since I've watched the television series I didn't realize that the voice actors weren't the same until I looked it up just now. The dub for this movie, with the exception of Yusuke, was just poorly done. Hardly any emotion put into the acting and I considered a few times switching over to the Japanese track. I was wondering what was off about the voices because I didn't remember the series being this badly dubbed, but now it all makes sense. Why they chose a different cast for the movie escapes me, but it was the wrong decision.

Character: Another unfortunate aspect of this script being turned into a movie rather than a series arc is that there were many chances at character development, and even movie-exclusive characters weren't fully exploited or handled briefly before being thrown to the wayside. I would have liked to see and know more about the antagonists in this movie as they could have made for some interesting characters, but nearly all of them were given five minutes of screen time before sudden, unbelievable defeat.

This was where the movie failed, while these were the characters I know and love it was utterly unbelievable that they were able to emerge from this scenario alive. Yusuke went from being nearly helpless against the King of the Netherworld to suddenly being powerful enough to change the energy-format of the Power Sphere, something King Enma couldn't do. If he really had that much energy, I would expect that we would have seen it before the critical moment. Godlike characters bug me as they are completely unbelievable, one of the reasons I never got into series such as Dragonball is because of this. In the series Yusuke develops at a reasonable, believable pace after much training, blood, sweat, and tears. In the movie the leap was sudden and inexplicable, a plot "device" that can ruin any good movie for me.

Enjoyment: Despite the previous statement this was a joy to watch, mostly because I was happy enough simply seeing one of my favorite cast of characters again. I've decided that I need to watch the series again, it's been too long my friends...

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Mar 8, 2008

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

Jin_Kaze_Tsukai (All reviews)

16 people found this review helpful

A few years back I had watched the first Yu Yu Hakusho movie. During which time I was rather new to the series, but even so I deemed that movie unfit in the line of YYH media. I wrote it off as crap and went about my life. Some time later the second one pops up. Curious I nabbed it and brought it home hoping it would be better than the first....and I was right! Meikai Shitou Hen is a very good movie, with a sense of action gripping you from the start. Yakumo the evil lord of Meikai (Netherworld) has come to take Reikai read more

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Dec 26, 2014

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 5

literaturenerd (All reviews)

12 people found this review helpful

Overview:

Shonen action movies have never really changed since the Dragonball Z movies of the early 1990s and late 1980s. The formula is that a new villain shows up out of nowhere, the heroes beat him, and this is NEVER mentioned again. These stories are almost always non-canon to the actual story. American comics have a phrase to describe these kinds of stories: "elseworlds". What is important is that the action is good and we the audience are entertained. Yu Yu Hakusho the movie delivers some decent action scenes, but also has an unfortunate amount of shoddy exposition on a story that we don't care about.

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Aug 3, 2011

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

BBHood22 (All reviews)

10 people found this review helpful

One of the classics again! Well, one of MY classics, at least... I always have fun whenever I revisit the Spirit World with Yusuke and the gang...

Main Characters: Yusuke Urameshi, Kuwabara Kazuma, Kurama, Hiei

Story: 7/10 - not much of a plot since once you've seen 1 arc of YYH, you've practically seen them all... this time Yusuke and the gang needs to defend against a Demon King named Yakumo... what I usually look forward to are the action scenes and it did not disappoint... though it was kinda anti-climactic since the villain kept on talking/taunting and i was like - shut up & get your read more

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