Product Details

• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
• VHS Release Date: November 24, 1998
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305151105
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #431,856 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The Universe of the Four Gods is an enchantment, a book, a mystical world, and the story of the reader of the book, who is trapped by the enchantment within the mystical world, until the story reaches its conclusion. Confused? Not half as confused as poor Miaka, a Tokyo girl, who reads the book and then finds herself being saved from lecherous bandits by a gorgeous hero, becoming the high priestess of a bird, and befriending an Emperor - just so she can go home! Miaka's Lesson: You can find true love in the Konan Empire, but no fast food.

Episodes:
1. The Girl of Legend
2. Priestess of Suzaku
3. The Seven Stars of Suzaku
4. Missing Love

Product Description

The Universe of the Four Gods - This is a book and an enchantment, that whosoever reads it will be pulled into it's pages and trapped until the last page is turned! Meet Miaka Yuki, a junior high school student who happens upon this book...a book filled with romance, adventure, danger, and terror!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exellent, no da!, August 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fushigi Yugi - The Mysterious Play - The Universe of Four Gods (Vol. 1) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This series is my favorite anime. I would recommend FY to anyone who likes to see people kick meanie butt! :) In case you don't know already, the story is about two girls, Miaka and Yui who are sucked into the Universe of the Four Gods, a library book. They are saved from slave traders by a VERY cute Tamahome, and to know the rest, well, you'll have to see it for yourself!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great anime that rivals sailor moon!, November 6, 2000

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lizzy mcneil (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fushigi Yugi - The Mysterious Play - The Universe of Four Gods (Vol. 1) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Fushigi Yuugi or Mysterious Play is one my favorite anime series. Sailor Moon is what got me hooked on anime, but I have enjoyed this series just as much if not more because its targeted at a more mature audiance ages 13 and up whereas Sailor moon is Y7. The animation and the plot work together to produce excellant results. Some anime has great animation but no plot, this does have plot and its interesting. The story is about a junoir high graduate named Miaka Yuki. She is a little ditsy like Serena from Sailor moon but with a little more brains. It starts out with Miaka and her friend Yui at the national library. While Yui goes to return a book,Miaka finds the vending mashines to buy a soda. She forgets to buy it however because a red phionix appears and flies by her. She follows it into a referance room, and sees a book lying on the ground open. Yui joins her and the 2 start to read the book. Its an anchient chinese novel called The Universe of the Four Gods. Yui translates the chinese while Miaka listens to her read. Suddenly a red light flashes and the 2 girls are pulled into the book. Now Miaka is the main character of the story. When they first arrive they are attacked by slave traders. A man with an ogre simble on his forehead saves them. He then asks to be paid for his services. Yui tells him they have none he sighs and walks away. Miaka filters for some money in her pocket but while she is not looking,Yui is taken back to the real world by the same red light. Miaka turned around and cannot find Yui so she thinks the man kidnapped her so she walks down the road to find him. Later he saves her again and decides to help her find Yui. His name is Tamahome. The rest of the tape introduces Hotohori(the Emperor),Nuriko( a maiden with great strengh), and the reason Miaka was summoned to the Konan Empire. I can't wait to get the next tape. This series is awesome and has great lines and characters. Each episode leaves you with a cliffhanger so you beg to see more. Fushigi Yuugi is one of the best anime's out there.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh my God! I Loved it!, March 13, 2000

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Chibi Moon (Missouri, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fushigi Yugi - The Mysterious Play - The Universe of Four Gods (Vol. 1) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I just received this video from Amazon and had the chance to watch it for the first time yesterday. It is the best anime I have ever seen!

The first time I heard about Fushigi Yugi was when I decided to check out all the anime Amazon had to offer. I looked at all the volumes and read what other viewers had to say about it. Everyone commented that 'It was just so great. One of the best shows out there'. That's what helped me to decide that I should check it out!

I know there are a ton of anime's out there, but I am really only familiar with Sailor Moon. It has always been my favorite show, but...after watching Fushigi Yugi, I have decided that I like it better! Fushigi Yugi just has so much more to offer. It always has suspense(great fighting scenes!), alot of romance, and is extremely humorous. It also has a ton of cute guys (where SM just has one, Mamoru)!

Plus, there is always something new going on in every episode where in SM it seems like every episode is the same with that 'killing the youma of the day' routine.

The only downside I could find was that each tape is kinda expensive $$ (for me anyway). And it makes me sooo mad because FY is so very addictive!

Fushigi Yugi touches my heart in a way SM never could. (SM certainly never made me cry the way FY does!) It's just a very emotional series.