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Yu Yu Hakusho - The Movie - Poltergeist Report

Yu Yu Hakusho - The Movie - Poltergeist Report

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: THIS IS NOT MADE BY FUNIMATION! NOT LIKE THE TV SHOW!
Review: With the first word spoken in the dub (I always watch the dub first, even if it is terrible), I was disappointed. To my shock, US Manga failed to get ANY of the voice actors from the TV show to do their characters in the movie. And the voice actors they did use -frankly- suck. Except for Kurama and Hirigeshi (sp?), I was wholy unimpressed. The translations aren't very good and completely lack character, even in the sub. While I enjoyed the movie itself, US Manga's horrible translation of the movie and the God awful voice acting makes me wish I hadn't bought the DVD.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Flawed but very entertaining
Review: If anyone has watch it they'd know that names has been changed such as Kuwabara's name, and if you'd notice, those aren't the normall charicters voices, but if you like YuYu you'll love the action and story line, I'd recomend it for anyone who dosen't take those flaws too sericioly, good movie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: this is the one you want to watch
Review: this is a good movie! the animation is all fancy, and the plot is clever. it was a LOT better than Yu-Yu Hakusho: The Movie, which is only 40 minutes long and lacks a complex plot.

i do, however, realize that you might like either film for different reasons, so i advise you to watch both and see what you think.

this has been Apollyon ^_^

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: mellow_fish
Review: not very exciting. The translation wasn't that great. I much prefer the voices from the TV series on Cartoon Network. The DVD extras was adaquate ( could add more, ie. the making of
the movie)
I don't know about other people DVD copies, but mine wasn't that great. Some part of the movie, I notice circle light spots. The quality of the film wasn't that good. Could be that it is an old film.
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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: What did they do?!?!?
Review: I think that manga corps didn't dub it right. They screwed up all of the voices. I'm sure that there is a reason for it, but they killed it! Hiei was ripping out his Jagan eye every minute, and never turned demon. Once you get past the little flaws like that, the movie is actually ok. The plot is good and all. The scariest thing is this: Kuwabara actually sounded intellegent! o.O

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: ***************
Review: It's entertaining, though the new english cast is dissapointing. Also, I wouldn't recomend it to anyone not familiar with the series, and I've never liked the english version better than the Japanese version. (If you understand Japanese I would recomend the undubbed version, it's much better) Anyway, I am a devoted fan of Kurama and love how they tell us more about his Youko days. And Yuyu Hakusho is they ONLY anime that has ever made me go weak in the knees.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Okay Yusuke.
Review: I was a bit disappointed. This movie did not live up to the series. It was good, and an addition for any fan's collection, but not a good watch for those new to Yu Yu Hakusho.

I would suggest that you watch the series collection before this movie. It'll make more sense.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: =^_^=
Review: In my opinion, this movie is pretty entertaining. It has a fairly good storyline, and lots of pulse-pounding action, including a one-on-one Yusuke vs. the Evil Guy, as can be expected from the series.

Being a dedicated fan of Kurama, I was very pleased that they showed more of his past. One of the the evil Netherworld Emperor's demon servants has the power to create "evil halucinations" with these swinging scythes. He tricks Kurama by turning into this guy with crow wings and black clothes, claiming he is Kurama's old partner, Kuronue, from way back when he was the legendary theif, Youko. They have a flashback scene where Youko and Kuronue have just robbed somewhere, but while making their escape the chain of a pendant that was obviously extremely important to Kuronue broke, and when he dived to get it, a bunch of bamboo-blade things came down and killed him. The part of this memory the demon servant twisted was what Kuronue said to Kurama while he was dying, as well as saying that the fox demon deliberately cut the chain of the pendant to kill him. Back in the present, Kurama goes down into this mystical fog to fight with his old partner, but he doesn't want to attack. Unfortunately for him, the demon posing as Kuronue has deadly scythes and attacks Kurama while taughting him about his past. That is all I think I should give away ^^

The only thing that bugged me about this was the voices. If you have seen the television series alot, the difference in voices may slowly eat away at you and maybe, like in my case, drive you insane. Also, a warning to people who are not familiar with the Yu Yu Hakusho series; no introduction is given for the characters or storyline. If you do not watch Yu Yu Hakusho and understand it , this probably is not the best DVD for you. Besides that, I think this movie was good and highly recommend it to all Yu Yu Hakusho fans. =^_^=

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Good Movie, Different English Cast
Review: For those introduced to YYH from Cartoon Network and the subsequent DVD's from FUNimation, take note -- this is NOT done by FUNimation. As a result, the English cast is not the one you are accustom to and this may put people off. However, if you've been watching the DVD's and using the Japanese audio, the Japanese cast is the same (as best as I can tell). You should have seen the TV series through DVD volume 9 in order to understand everything that goes on here. If you've never seen the show, you are going to have a difficult time understanding who the characters are and their relationship to each other.

Story-wise, Spirit World is under attack and Botan barely makes it to Earth to alert Yusuke. Thus Yusuke and his crew have to fight demons from the supposedly banished Netherworld. We have some of the typical one-on-one battles the series is famous for but this time we actually get to see the boys work as a team! The ending is kind of weak in that I would have enjoyed seeing an aftermath portion, but that didn't happen.

Bottom line: YYH is an anime title I have a weakness for. Having a new English cast is disappointing, and the English subtitles aren't as good as FUNimations, but if you are a YYH fan, you'll want this movie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: *applaud*
Review: Yu Yu Hakusho is a great anime series, and though the animation in the movie is kind of ...different, the movie was fabulous. It had a plot that was easy enough to follow along with, and yet it was still exciting. Go for it.


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