Fushigi Yugi

Fuhigi Yugi is some of the best anime I have ever seen. It's Kinda Sailor Moon-esque, but the plots are so much better. Fushigi Yugi (or the Mysterious Play) is about a book called the Universe of the Four Gods (Thanks to Meggipup who finds me to be a fool and terribly annoying for correcting my previous error in this sentence) which becomes a spell when read and transports Miaka and her best friend Yui to ancient China. Here, they are immediately attacked by slavers. However, before any damage can be done a young man with an ogre symbol on his forehead rescues them. His name is Tamahome. After the rescue, Yui is transported back to earth, while Miaka travels to the Konan empire and meets a beautiful man name Hotohori.

It turns ou Hotohori is the emperor of Konan, and he befriends Miaka. Yui continues to read about Miaka's adventures as she is named the Priestess of Suzaku, the beast God that protects Konan. Hotohori informs Miaka that she must locate the seven celestial warriors of Suzaku to save his empire. Also, if Miaka can summon Suzaku she will be granted 3 wishes. Miaka finds that both Hotohori and Tamahome are celestial warriors of Suzaku. They begin the search for the other warriors by summoning note-worthy individuals to the palace. Miaka taunts them saying that a real warrior would be able to resist the taunts of a little girl. Several men attack her and she is trapped under a fallen gazebo, only to be saved by the concubine Nuriko. Nuriko posses immense stregnth and reveals that she is also a celestial warrior.

A journey is then undertaken to find the remaining 4 warriors. In time, Chichiri, Tasuke, Mitskake, and Churiko are all located. Of course, by this time Miaka has acquired enemies. To limit  the amount of spoilers on this page, I won't name any names. However, I will say that the neighboring empire of Kutou, which is protected by the beast God Seiryu, has it's own celestial warriors. They would be slightly put out if Miaka can summon Suzako.

The OAV/OVA Series

Finally after months of waiting for Anime Nation to ship my damn pre-order, I cancelled the order with them and found the first two tapes of the OVA series. If anyone is interested in knowing, Amazon.com has the first tape in stock and Buy.com has the second one.  Just a warning, I almost always buy dubbed (Who the hell wants to read when they' re watching TV?), so I'm am not certain about whether the subtitled tapes are in. I can only say one thig about this series. IT IS PHENOMENAL! The original series can't even measure up to this continuation of one of my favorite animes. What makes it so great? Well, the animation is better, Miaka and Yui have grown up a little bit, so they look different. The villians are almost as cool as Nakago, and there are extras on each tape. Those of you who have seen anime on DVD know that there is usually some extras, like Omake Theater. Well, these VHS tapes have an extra short after the credits of each episode that are so funny I almost skipped the actual episodes to watch them . Highlight below and you can read some spoilers for the extras.

Ok, the first tape contains a three part skit called The Relaxation Bus Trip. Both the Suzaku Seven and the Seiryu Seven have their own buses to take them to hot spring for a vacation the producers and Yu Watase have gifted to them. Tetsuya, now Yui's boyfriend, drives the Seiryu bus; Kasuke, drives the Suzaku bus. When the Seiryu seven discover that Omiboshi is on the Suzuka bus they send him a rude message by writing on Suboshi's arm. This makes Tasuke write an equally funny message back. Finally, the whole thing deteriorates when Tamahome asks Nakago if he's received any fan mail lately. When the buses arrive at the hot spring, you find out that poor Chiriko puked all over the Suzaku bus, and he can cuss like a sailor...I won't ruin the end for you, but it's funny as all hell.

Return to my Home page

Visit the Chichiri Mini Shrine