Yu Yu Hakusho - Did You Know Voice Acting?

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Did you know about the voice actors of your favorite Yu Yu Hakusho characters? The show's significance as FUNimation's next big Anime series after the Dragon Ball franchise was a big landmark and its English dub is beloved by fans. This is very much in part to the work put into it by the show's ADR director and voice of Yusuke Urameshi, Justin Cook...who, funnily enough, wanted to voice Kurama! In fact, several of the main cast wanted to play different characters than the ones they booked! A little while before the series made its debut in the US on Toonami, a couple other companies had their shot at dubbing the movies with totally different-sounding casts! Then, the recent Blu-Ray boxsets have some interesting, but very subtle, changes you might not've caught right away! Grab your Spirit Detective gear and enter the world beyond for some trivia on Yu Yu Hakusho!

Originally inspired by "Did You Know Gaming?"

Audio mastering by Omahdon
Music by ChrissaSJE

Voice Acting audio samples and research from:

Likenesses used: Brianne Sidall, Barry Watson, Chuck Huber, Cliff Lazenby, Chris Orbach, Chris Sabat, David Hayter, Eric Stuart, John Burgmeier, Justin Cook, Jerome-57, Jonathan Fahn, Jeremy Inman, Jerry Jewell, J. Michael Tatum, James Stanley, Kirk Thornton, Kent Williams, Lex Lang, Linda Young, Megumi Ogata, Mayumi Tanka, Peter Webber, Rik Nagel, Sean Michael Teague and Shigeru Nakahara.

All borrowed images are © their respective owners and are used for educational purposes only.

[dylans.]

Justin Cook was only 19 when he worked on this show. That always manages to impress me.

[SoraHjort]

Yu Yu Hakusho is among my most favorite of animes. One that I feel ended perfectly, never over staying it's welcome, but not leaving you wanting more. So hearing that they took special care to the bluray release just makes it feel so nice.

[Crazelord]

Thank god Funimation got the localization license for this and not 4Kids... imagine this masterpiece being handled by them is a thought that depresses me. While One Piece and DBZ were able to recover from subpar original dubs, Yu yu hakasho's English voice acting is so specific and iconic that if it didn't happen the exact way it did, it never would have made it to the great heights it did in any other scenario

[AutovoltGTS]

Props to Justin for the George/Narrator connection.

[Lghtweaver]

Did you know? It's surprising that Chris Sabat can still talk after voicing Kuwabara

[thegamingnoobs]

Man that 4th wall break at the end of the series is the best

[UnderratedSheet]

hands down one of the best english dubs

[InfernoScorpion]

Interesting. It's neat to see how much can change over such a brief period of time. You can easily spot during the Suzuki/Suzuka line how much more refined their voice work got.

[DaFro]

Kurama is voiced by David Hayter. It is now confirmed that Solid Snake is Kurama

[CloudLightning]

Also Veronica Taylor, the original voice of Ash Ketchum, played Botan and Yukina in Yu Yu Hakusho The Movie: Poltergeist Report.

[cuddlesfloof]

Their names in the Filipino dub are all so dorky and I can't stop laughing

Alfred is best character

[laxstrat]

I always liked the way the narrator said "koenma-sama" In the episode reviews and finding out Jorge was the narrator made me so happy

[elebirdz]

Yeah, I grew up knowing 'Yu Yu Hakusho' as 'Ghost Fighter'. I only found out about the original, like, five years ago. It's now on my PTW list.

[JonesDylan]

God, I love this anime. And this dub is truly one of the highest quality.

[dontmatter]

Kurama? Kurama!?







GAME OVER

[MicrosoftNestleTea]

The dub is essentially perfect, I love it. Although he's my favorite character, and I love impersonating him, Kuwabara's the only voice that doesn't really fit. But GOD do I love him. No homo.

(ok maybe a little)

[RPGtourguide]

I was curious if you were going to mention the joke about George and the narrator. Thank you for not disappointing. ;) Great episode of DYKVA!

[TurnBasedPPS]

The Filipino dub was hilarious in that they casted Genkai(Master Jeremaiah) with a male voice. Things got awkward in the Dark Tournament when it was implied that Genkai was in a relationship with Toguro, not to mention how she would revert to her younger self. For the longest time I thought Genkais power allowed her to change her sex

[PokeDude]

Yusuke was voiced by Chris from Garzey's Wing in Poltergeist Report...

"THIS SPIRIT GUN IS INCREDABLY DULL!"

[DGDN]

Does anybody else remember this coming on Adult Swim before airing on Toonami?