Yu Yu Hakusho, Vol. 1-14: First Battles
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Movie Reviews of Yu Yu Hakusho, Vol. 1-14: First Battles
Movie Review: A Yu Yu Heaping
Summary: 4 Stars
Yu Yu Hakusho: First Battles will do two things: the first, it will give all those people who enjoyed the series but never collected it an opportunity to buy it from the start, and second, it will anger a lot of the fans who bought every separate DVD release or box set over the past couple years. I happen to be in the first category, and I think this was a brilliant release of a series that I got into because of the excellent action and strangely interweaving story.
Yu Yu Hakusho has probably the strangest beginning for an action anime ever created. It starts out somewhat dramatic, with a punk kid, Yusuke, getting hit by a car. From there, he must attempt to earn back his life from the gods of death. He must perform a series of tasks and the like in order to achieve this. The subtitle for Yu Yu Hakusho, Ghost Files, made a lot of sense when you consider the beginning. But after Yusuke goes about getting his life back, he becomes a spirit detective and fights in a series of battles in order to either a) stop a demon criminal or, b) gain more power. It doesn't fit, and that is the only reason why I gave this series a four rather than a five, for the incongruous start.
Still, the heaping of Yu Yu episodes in this DVD set makes up for that, as it quickly gets past the early part to the spirit detective part. This DVD contains the first fourteen episodes, and go as listed:
1. Surprised To Be Dead
2. Koenma Appears
3. Kuwabara: A Promise Between Men
4. Requirements for Lovers
5. Yusuke's Back
6. Three Monsters
7. Gouki and Kurama
8. The Three Eyes of Hiei
9. The Search Begins
10. Kuwabara's Spirit Sword
11. Hard Fights for Yusuke
12. Rando Rises, Kuwabara Falls
13. Yusuke vs. Rando: 99 Attacks
14. The Beasts of Maze Castle
FUNimation knows how to please it fans--for the most part; the insane amount of episodes for the cheap price is definitely proof of that. With maybe a few odd moments of voice-acting (such as Botan's continually shifting accent), this series was surprisingly well-done. If you haven't already started collecting the set and you're a fan of Yu Yu's days on Cartoon Network, then now is the perfect time to get this set.