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Yu Yu Hakusho S1E9 — The Search Begins

7.5

Yu Yu Hakusho•Season 1•Episode 9

The Search Begins

7.5/10 · 437 votesDec 5, 199224 min

Ranked #14 of 25 in Season 1•−0.1 vs season avg

Yusuke's three-day weekend is cut short when Botan delivers his next big case. Genkai, an aging psychic, will hold a contest to find a worthy apprentice to her powerful technique: the Spirit Wave. But an evil demon, Rando, plans to steal the technique and use

Directed byShigeru Ueda

Written byKatsuyuki Sumisawa

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Seasons4

Cast10

Nozomu Sasaki

Nozomu Sasaki

Yūsuke Urameshi (voice)

Shigeru Chiba

Shigeru Chiba

Kazuma Kuwabara (voice)

Megumi Ogata

Megumi Ogata

Kurama/Shūichi Minamino (voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Hiei (voice)

Yuri Amano

Yuri Amano

Keiko Yukimura (voice)

Hisako Kyoda

Hisako Kyoda

Genkai (voice)

Mayumi Tanaka

Mayumi Tanaka

Koenma (voice)

Ai Orikasa

Ai Orikasa

Shizuru Kuwabara (voice)

Sanae Miyuki

Sanae Miyuki

Botan (voice)

Tomomichi Nishimura

Tomomichi Nishimura

Narration (voice)

Crew9

Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Writer

K

Kanji Nishida

Key Animation

A

Akihiro Enomoto

Storyboard Artist

Tetsuya Nishio

Tetsuya Nishio

Key Animation

S

Shigeru Ueda

Director

A

Akihiro Enomoto

Animation Director

T

Takemi Tanemoto

Key Animation

C

Chouta Ota

Key Animation

H

Haruo Miyagawa

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"The Search Begins" is episode 9 of Yu Yu Hakusho season 1. It scored 7.5/10 from 437 votes, ranking #14 of 25 episodes this season (season average 7.6). Directed by Shigeru Ueda and written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa, it aired on December 5, 1992.

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