Product Details

• Actors: Justin Cook, Kent Williams, Christopher Sabat, Cynthia Cranz, Sean Teague
• Directors: Noriyuki Abe
• Writers: Yoshihiro Togashi
• Producers: Justin Cook, Cindy Brennan Fukunaga, Daniel Cocanougher, Gen Fukunaga, Ken Hagino
• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Us Manga Corps Video
• VHS Release Date: March 3, 1998
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (103 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1562196367
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #502,073 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Originally titled Fight for the Netherworld, this 1994 feature is the second theatrical release based on the 1992 TV series. Viewers unfamiliar with the series may have trouble following the story, as the filmmakers don't introduce the characters or situations adequately. When the River Styx floods the Spirit World, Koenma entrusts a Sphere of Power to Botan; she tries to take it to "spirit investigator" Yusuke. Yakumo, the former King of the Nether World, returns from exile in space to obtain the Sphere: its power will enable him to reestablish his vanished realm on Earth. After initial fights at five sites in Tokyo between Yusuke and his friends and Yakumo's agents, the conflict climaxes with the inevitable duel between Yusuke and Yakumo. The animation is quite lavish by anime standards, but it's wasted on a threadbare story and hackneyed dialogue. Rated 16 Up: Considerable violence, grotesque imagery, minor profanity. --Charles Solomon

Product Description

Item Name: Yu Yu Hakusho - The Movie - Poltergeist Report; Studio: Us Manga Corps Video

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Movie, Different English Cast, April 25, 2003

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AstroNerdBoy "AstroNerdBoy" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yu Yu Hakusho - The Movie - Poltergeist Report (DVD)

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.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yu Yu Hakusho Poltergeist Report the movie, December 26, 2002

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CJ (Mesa, Arizona United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yu Yu Hakusho - The Movie - Poltergeist Report (DVD)

This movie is an awesome example of good fighting evil to save the human world. Fans of the television show wiil not be disapointed though use of different voice actors takes getting use to. This is a great story and the demons and battles are animated great. The characters are shown a little differently and in more depth than any episode shows. You also meet characters thet have not yet been shown on US television.In short if you are a fan of Yu-Yu-Hakusho or you just like butt-kicking action,good against evil, then you will not regret buying this movie.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Yu Yu Hakusho - Poltergeist Report...What a Weird Movie!, July 12, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Yu Yu Hakusho - The Movie - Poltergeist Report (DVD)

Now I am a huge fan of the Yu Yu Hakusho TV series, but I found this movie a bit strange. Don't get me wrong, I liked it, but it was very different from the YYH series. The plot and length were okay, and the artwork was great. This movie is rated 16 and up because there is some violence (with blood), and some minor cursing. I do not recommend watching this until you have watched up to the part in the YYH series where Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama have become allies and have fought enemies together (Example:the Gate of Betrayal and Seven Ways to Die episodes).

First of all, Funimation did not do this movie. Some company called U.S. Manga did, so the English voice actors were different. All of the Japanese voice actors were the same as the series. All of the English voice actors in the YYH series were excellent, and the Engilsh voice actors in this movie are either good, a bit off, or really off. Yusuke's voice was a bit off, lower than usual, but it was okay for the movie. Same with Hiei's. Kurama's voice was almost identical to the one from the series. Koenma's voice startled me at first because it was so different! Genkai's voice was horrible, but all the other female voices were okay. Although it did impress me that Nobuyuki Hiyama (Hiei's voice actor) and Yuri Amano (Keiko's voice actress) did both Japanese and English versions, and they were great at speaking English (even though they were not the same English voice actors in the series).

Now for Kuwabara... the Engilsh version of him was really off. First of all, they made the mistake of calling him "Kuwahara"! What idiots! It's Kuwabara not Kuwahara! Even though it was a huge mistake in the movie, I found it quite funny! And his voice... agh! Kuwabara (or should I say "Kuwahara"?) actually sounded intelligent! He wasn't his old stupid self, he didn't add much comic relief to the movie because he had this intelligent sounding voice unlike in the series.

In this movie, Botan was not able to give advice and help the YYH guys fight off the demons,so her apprentice, Hinageshi,(YAY! Another redhead!) was helping the guys instead. I am glad they were able to introduce a new character.

Some things I did not like about this movie was that there was not much of Yukina, Botan, and Keiko, and not much character development. It was mostly action, and even though I like the action a bit, I really wanted to see some funny character scenes (examples:Hiei making fun of Kuwabara, Yusuke acting stupid, Kuwabara trying to flirt with Yukina, etc.)

Overall, I am glad I bought this movie because I am a big fan of Yu Yu Hakusho, and I didn't find this movie too bad. But if you want to see Yu Yu Hakusho at it's best, watch the TV series.