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Fushigi Yugi - The Mysterious Play - The Universe of Four Gods (Vol. 1) [VHS]

5 star:		(65)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

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!

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.

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.

This video is so amazing! I love the story line. Miaka is an awesome character. she is everything you should have in a main Character! I also think Tamahome is awesome! If you love suspence then be sure you get this one! The ending is a total clif hanger (thats the only bad thing about it) but it really gets you hooked.

This is one of the best, if not THE best, anime i have ever seen. The storyline and the plot are beautiful... If you've ever seen Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon, you will absolutely love this anime. The artwork and animation is gorgeous, the characters are personalized very well, and everything goes together like clockwork. This anime will keep you on the edge of your seat the whole time!

Fushigi Yugi is a thoroughly fun series, with beautiful animation, fun comedy, sweet romance, and great drama. While this video is really good, it's not the best ever.

Miaka Yuki is an ordinary, if slightly ditzy and gluttonous, junior high school girl. One day, when she went with her best friend Yui to the national library, they were "sucked" into the book, the Universe of the Four Gods. There they are attacked by a group of men, and rescued by the gorgeous-but-greedy Tamahome. Yui is spontaneously brought back to her world, and Miaka is left alone. After some time searching, she finds Tamahome, who inadvertently agrees to help her find Yui if Miaka gets one of the emperor's jewels. When Miaka tries to do so, they are arrested and taken prisoner of the emperor. There she is made the Priestess of Suzaku, and must find the Seven Celestial Warriors of Suzaku. Tamahome is one, and so is the emperor, Hotohori. Throughout the course of the video, Miaka also finds Nuriko, the third warrior, who is a beautiful court lady, and fights with her until Miaka wins her over. Also, Hotohori falls in love with Miaka, and Miaka falls in love with Tamahome, who claims not to love anyone. Nuriko also tries to seduce Tamahome, but is in love with Hotohori!

Fushigi Yugi is definitely a five-star series, but this video alone is only four stars. Why? Several reasons:

1. The animation: Yeah, yeah, I know it's superficial. But the animation in the first few episodes are notable inferior to the rest of the series. They often have still frames, which are okay every so often, but they use them in abundance. At times, the motion is stiff and jerky, though not always. Also, it can be noted that while Miaka is chasing Tamahome and yelling at him, the background repeats itself. The art, nevertheless, is gorgeous.

2. (Lack of)Characters: Part of what makes FY so fun is the lovable (and hate-able) characters. In this volume, the only major characters introduced are Nuriko, Hotohori, Tamahome, Miaka, and Yui. While these characters are all great, other characters such as Tasuki or Chichiri greatly add to it, and their absence definitely takes away.

3. Development: I love series with complex, twisty plots, and multifaceted, strongly developed characters. FY definitely has one of those! However, at this point, the plot is still simple and the characters are still shallow.

If you watch this video, but aren't impressed, stick with it! The best is yet to come!

I love the series Bishoujo Senshi Sera Muun, but once I saw this, I found that there is another anime just as great as it! It captivates you, brings you into its world, and has you griping that you didn't find a way to get the next tape and continue watching it! Way to go, Yuu Watase!

Fushigi Yuugi has gotta be one of the most overrated animes ever; it gives anime a bad name. The formulaic plots, the 1 dimensional characters (I know it's a cartoon, but I've seen more depth in one episode of SponegeBob SquarePants!), the cheesiest dialogue and the [worst]animation ever produced by Studio Pierrot.

In any case here's what's in store for you if you get volume one. The series begins with a young Japanese schoolgirl named Miaka journeying into a different world (actually it's Ancient China) through a book. Inside, she meets Tamahome, a rebel-without-a-cause prettyboy, and of course, they instantly fall in love. In a wild outburst of stupidity, Miaka chases after the Emperor's wagon, and when she idiotically reaches inside to get his attention, she is arrested and brought to jail with Tamahome. Miaka manages to escape, and meets up with Hotohori the emperor. At first she thinks he's a woman, but then he tells her he's "No, I'm a man and I'm the empororer!". And BIG SURPRISE, he instantly falls in love with her. Hotohori then tells Miaka that she is the "Priestess of Suzaku" and that he's been waiting for her his whole life, and that he is a "Suzaku Warrior" sworn to protect her. Tamahome is also a Warrior of the Suzaku, it turns out, and The Priestess supposedly will have great power when her all of her warriors are assembled, and the series takes off from there.

Now that I've gotten the "plot" out of the way, you're probably saying to yourself, "Hey, that doesn't sound so bad!" Yeah, written down it really doesn't sound so bad. It's the way this anime was executed and especially the way Miaka is portrayed that makes this such a terrible show. Miaka is your standard whiny, obsessive, skinny chick heroine who eats too much and whines to much. Now sometimes a character like this can work, but not when every man in the show falls in love with her. It just makes no sense, and it becomes very annoying. The final straw for me was when the gay guy fell in love with her; I knew it had gone to far--but I've said too much.

The animation is static, the backgrounds are rushed, the music is shrill. The characters are all drawn to be "pretty" and at times it's hard to tell them apart. The use of "Super Deformed" characters is abused for, I guess, humor effect, but it falls flat for me every time. The men especially are very bland, and after the first couple of episodes the action really slows down.

Yes, so there's my two cents on this show. But most people seem to love it, so use your best judgement here. People looking for deep, emotional entertainment need not look here. If you just want to stare at colorful pictures and listen to whiny characters being all romantic then this is SO for you. I would recommend titles like "Rurouni Kenshin" and "Cowboy Bebop" to people with more sophisticated tastes, and not for fans of this horrible show.

I absolutely love this anime! It has a great story and animation is great.(I just love the way they draw the eyes!) The music is great! There is not much more to say. Although Miaka's voice sound very babyish and sounds like a seven year old is speaking, but it almost fits her. And the subtitles run very quickly, so if you can't read fast, I would try the dubbed version. With fast subtitles, you sometimes get distracted form the story and don't know who is talking. Also you can't see the absolutely WONDERFUL animation! ^_^ I highly reccomend it!

What a great anime! What we have is a shojo of unbelievable quality. Yes, I did say shojo. I can't believe how beautiful this is! The storyline, the characters, the voice acting, it was almost perfect! The characters were all unique and creative, and as with all good stories, there is no black and white... only shades of gray. All the characters were very deep and always had something deeper to reveal. I can't say this video itself is a complete story, as it just sets up the main characters and doesn't have to much intense action. Just some complex love polygons and some story setting. The story sounds interesting so far, with the 4 gods and all. The story itself is pretty religious, but I can't say you need to know a lot to understand it. (You probably should get the dub if you're new to anime) I can't help but think this is the beginning of an incredible saga. I MUST see more, for three reasons: 1. I think this is going to get MUCH better 2. I think Yui is a cool character and to restrict her to the role of "story teller" just isn't fair. 3. I would be a terrible otaku to not watch this. Really, you need to see this incredible series. It's something all anime fans should experience. ^^