Yu Yu Hakusho Releases New Character Art for 30th Anniversary

Yu Yu Hakusho is currently celebrating the 30th Anniversary of its now classic anime series, and the franchise is going all out with some special art of Yusuke Urameshi and the rest of the core group of fighters! Yoshihiro Togashi is currently more active than the creator has been in four long years now that he has returned to the pages of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine with new chapters of Hunter x Hunter, and it’s worked out at the perfect time as his previous series is also in the middle of a milestone anime anniversary this year as well.

After kicking off its celebration for the 30th Anniversary earlier this year with a special logo and some new character art, Yu Yu Hakusho has continued this even further with some cool new character portraits for Yusuke Urameshi, Kazuma Kuwabara, Hiei and Kurama. It’s a cool new look at the cast from the classic anime series (that’s really in desperate need of some kind of revival) mirroring Togashi’s own art, and you can check out these cool new designs below: 

How to Watch Yu Yu Hakusho

Although there are no signs of Yu Yu Hakusho’s anime coming back any time soon with new projects, there is some forward momentum for the franchise as a whole. Not only will it be getting a full live-action series with Netflix, but the OVA specials released for the anime’s 25th Anniversary will finally get their English dubbed release. If you wanted to check out the anime’s classic run, you can now find it streaming with Crunchyroll. They tease Yu Yu Hakusho as such: 

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“From cutting classes to brawling in the streets, Yusuke Urameshi is not your typical role model. In fact, this kid’s nothing more than a fourteen-year-old delinquent with a talent for trouble. But in a single selfless act Yusuke dies while saving another. For such noble sacrifice he is given a second chance at life, but it’s to be a life far different than the one left behind. Now a Spirit Detective, the young man must track down demons and humans alike who desire to rule over the three realms of reality.” 

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