Yu Yu Hakusho (2023)

Watchseries; Unnecessary changes, such as the cause of the crash and everything around the first mission are more complicated than the source and add nothing.

Weird choices were made that take away from the emotional tones that are so key to the series and replace them with forgettable scenes and odd pacing.

I understand that you can't always recreate a show one for one, but this is an awkward instance where the source was simpler and more accessible than the remake.

It's hard for me to imagine that the creators were familiar with the source manga or anime and it's even harder to believe you could enjoy the live action if you were already a fan.

This remake is only moderately better than the ATLA movie adaptation to me. No where in the realm of other recent adaptations.

Unnecessary changes, such as the cause of the crash and everything around the first mission are more complicated than the source and add nothing.

Weird choices were made that take away from the emotional tones that are so key to the series and replace them with forgettable scenes and odd pacing.

I understand that you can't always recreate a show one for one, but this is an awkward instance where the source was simpler and more accessible than the remake.

It's hard for me to imagine that the creators were familiar with the source manga or anime and it's even harder to believe you could enjoy the live action if you were already a fan.

This remake is only moderately better than the ATLA movie adaptation to me. No where in the realm of other recent adaptations.

Yu Yu Hakusho watchseries. I don't care much about changing the original script to fit into just 5 episodes. However, he was run over, which had an impact on the final fight, it didn't cause that tense air of fear. Much of this factor was because it shortened the narrative a lot.

It's a shame it doesn't have at least 10~12 episodes, it would have been possible to improve this, following the recipe of the first two episodes which, despite adapting and summarizing, everything was fine.

Congratulations to the cast, you surprised me and the battle effects, especially Yusuke's initial fights and Karazu's fight at the end. Perfect choreography and using objects from the scene well, making it more dynamic than in the anime.

The series in question is an adaptation of a popular work about thirty years ago, the original work is rich in story, characters and fights, however, this live action adaptation is not up to the standard of the original work.

First of all, the series is not faithful to the original work, this has created a product that is not comparable to the original work.

Secondly, the series lacks much of the story of the work it is based on. The series focuses only on some events, however neglecting a lot of the original story, just think that the entire final part is completely absent, but it is just an example of the numerous cuts to the story.

Furthermore this live action is not suitable for those unfamiliar with the original work, as it does not provide a satisfactory introduction to the story and characters.

And there are also other defects that I won't list so as not to make my review too long.

I appreciate and actually like the YuYu Hakusho LIVE action. I enjoyed watching it like the One Piece and Alice in Borderland LIVE action. I don't know why people keep comparing the anime since it's common sense that they cannot copy everything or exaggerate everything right? These are real people who are exerting their efforts to give us an 'adaptation' to remember the anime that we know. The sound and visual effects are excellent, and the actors portray their characters convincingly.. Why complain? I cannot believe some people rate this 1 or even below 7. They don't know what art and efforts are.

First of all, I'm a fan of the YYH anime, so was hard for me to not compare this mini-series to the anime. The story changes made was understandable to me. Especially, when it was obvious that Netflix wasn't going into the Dark Tournament saga.

There are some things this mini-series fail to deliver. I believe it was due to it being 5 episodes. One of YYH anime's highlights was the resonating backstory and motivations of the main antagonists, which the anime builds up as the story moves forward. But this mini-series failed to do that. They tried to do a quick retelling of younger Toguro's backstory with just few minutes of dialogue during the last episode. But that's weak. I think younger Toguro's backstory itself deserves one whole flashback episode. It might've made the climax battle and ending more emotionally impacting. In other words, in order for me to care about the deliverance of a tortured soul, I need to get to know the tortured soul first. If not, I won't care and don't know how to care about the deliverance. And again, this mini-series was just 5 episodes, maybe that's why they're forced to only use dialogue.

I wondered if this series was meant to be a one off and season 2 was never considered. It seemed to wrap up so nicely. Hopefully, it performs decent enough for a season 2. I want to see how Netflix would do Sensui (this antagonist is so emotionally scarred that he 7 personalities inside him). Please make at least 8-10 episodes if there's season 2, like One Piece or other Netflix original series.

The plot may be thin and felt so rushed up but the fights to me is just a fun ride. Great watch just for those action sequences. Kudos to the choreographer and the camera angles because they produced something so fluid and I can actually see how they "danced".

As for the story. When I heard that it would just be 5 episodes I didn't think it could do any good but I did try to keep hope up and well the plot line needs more work but I'm pleasantly surprised to find the whole thing watchable. They don't dig in deep but it's still easy to keep up. I do lament the lack of time to get to know more of some of the leads though.

The VFX bordering on uncanny is doable. I like the color gradient they chose. There wasn't any point where I went "TOO DARK" because I can actually see. They didn't hide the VFX under darkness and you know what. Kudos.

Warning: Bright flashing lights sequence in ep 1. Also had plenty of blood if you're queasy on that.