Fushigi Yûgi - The Mysterious Play 

A girl named Miaka Yuuki and her friend Yui Hongo are taken into the book called The Universe of the Four Gods. There they battle many hardships including each other in order to become the ... See full summary »

Stars:

Kae Araki, Nobutoshi Canna, Tôru Furusawa

Cast

Series cast summary:
Kae Araki	...	Miaka Yuuki 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Nobutoshi Canna	...	Tasuki 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Tôru Furusawa	...	Nakago 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Nobuyuki Hiyama	...	Hikitsu 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Kôji Ishii	...	Mitsukake 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Tetsuya Iwanaga	...	Tomite 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Tomoko Kawakami	...	Chiriko 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Takehito Koyasu	...	Hotohori 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Hisako Kyôda	...	Narrator / ... 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Hikaru Midorikawa	...	Tamahome 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Shin'ichirô Miki	...	Keisuke Yuuki 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Ken Narita	...	Tatsuya 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Chika Sakamoto	...	Nuriko 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Tomokazu Seki	...	Chichiri 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Nobuo Tobita	...	Tomo 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Yumi Tôma	...	Yui Hongo 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Yûji Ueda	...	Amiboshi / ... 65 episodes, 1995-2002
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo	...	Ashitare 65 episodes, 1995-2002

Storyline

A girl named Miaka Yuuki and her friend Yui Hongo are taken into the book called The Universe of the Four Gods. There they battle many hardships including each other in order to become the priestess of Suzaku and Seiryuu and summon them. What they didn't expect was to fall in love and watch their comrades die.

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Plot Keywords:

love | priestess | alternate reality | magic book | teenager | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Quotes

Nuriko: That's a plate, Tamakins.

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Connections

Referenced in Anime Fiction 2 (2003)

User Reviews

Beautiful

Neverending Story goes anime.

That's what I thought after episode one. =)

This is a kawaii fairy-tale that takes place inside a magical book. A girl from the real world (she is super-annoying and I hate her) is pulled into the book, in which she becomes the priestess of Suzaku, a red phoenix-bird. To bring Suzaku to life, and fulfill her wishes, she must find the seven stars of Suzaku, seven men with marks on their bodies. She falls in love with the first she finds, Tamahome, who has the make of the Ogre upon his forehead.

This is a cute show, but I was surprised of the darkness that springs forth in a few episodes. Between all the puke-kawaii "I love you - I love you too - I love you more - W'll always be toghether - Yes, I love you!", there is torture and rape. Some episodes are not for children.

Overall, I really like this one. The shrieky heroine gets slightly less annoying as the show goes on, but if you can put up with her, the rest of the characters are much more interesting.

Beautiful, fairy-tale-like and cute, with some dark streaks.

Don't miss it!

/Auryn

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

6 April 1995 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Fushigi Yûgi - The Mysterious Play

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pierrot, TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min

Color:

Color