The animated series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for best anime in 1994 and 1995 and remains one of the best-selling manga series of all time.
This 1992 series follows Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who dies while saving a child’s life and is revived as an “Underworld Detective” by Koenma, the ruler of the afterlife Underworld. As the story progresses, it’s up to Yusuke and his friends to protect Earth from demon invasions. Taking extreme influence from horror films, this shonen boasts more of a demonic element that we’re used to seeing in contemporary anime, such as Bleach or JuJutsu Kaisen. The animated series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for best anime in 1994 and 1995 and remains one of the best-selling manga series of all time. And thanks to its fantastic dub, art direction, and Shonen flair, it broke major ground when it debuted on Toonami and later Adult Swim in 2001.