![]() ![]() Outside of voice acting work you’ve also had a healthy career as an ADR director for anime series. Perhaps that’s where folks have also connected with that character. That’s something that I admire in his character and it certainly inspires me to kind of want to keep those parts of Yusuke in me–what can I learn from Yusuke, as it were–and so to me that’s what makes him connectable. That emotional attachment that he has to his friends is something that transcends the animation and allows audiences to connect with him. He has a chip on his shoulder, but there’s a heart that’s there. I really do feel that he’s a unique character. On that note, why do you think that not only Yu Yu Hakusho, but also specifically Yusuke, have found such an audience over the years and continue to show up in video games and grander shonen discussions? Is it satisfying to see the legacy that the dub has left behind? You voice the main character in Yu Yu Hakusho, but you’re also an ADR director, and producer on the show’s dub and seem to be deeply involved in the property. With the number of folks who have been inspired by the show and like the dub, it seems to me like it hit all of the chords that it needed to at the right time and so why mess with that.? So in that sense, I wouldn’t want to change a thing. That’s not how these things were remembered. However, from the other perspective, I like a lot of TV shows and I would hate it if people took old episodes of whatever and decided to mess around with them or change them. A lot of actors–certainly myself–are perfectionists. I will say, the magic of which was captured–and this goes for any show, not just Yu Yu Hakusho–there’s probably always a desire to go back and do things differently. I hadn’t thought of it from that second angle that you mentioned before, but that’s interesting. Would you do those early Yusuke performances any differently now with what you’ve since learned or was that naivety helpful to some extent for the character? Definitely went back to look at it then, if for nothing else than to make sure that I was providing a consistent experience for all of the actors, as well as folks who are taking a look at all of this for the first time. But I certainly did it before we went into production on the OVAs. I’ve returned to the Living World, as it were, quite a few times to take another look at it. I was a fan of Yu Yu Hakusho before I was even a part of it. Had you revisited it at all before returning to the role? There are definitely some popular anime that were products of their time, but Yu Yu Hakusho really holds up. So he had no problems popping back out and finding a few more things to say. JUSTIN COOK: Yusuke has always been occupying a spot in my brain–or heart–for the last twenty years and I don’t know if he’s going anywhere. Was it an easy role to slip back into or was it a bit of a challenge? In celebration of the Yu Yu Hakusho 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Limited Edition Box Set from Crunchyroll, Justin Cook opens up on his return to Yusuke Urameshi, both Yu Yu Hakusho and the dub’s legacy, as well as the unique circumstances behind how he was initially cast as the iconic shonen character.ĭEN OF GEEK: It’s quite the rare privilege to get to return to an iconic role like this, let alone after 20 years. Yu Yu Hakusho’s two supplemental OVA installments from 2018, “Two Shot” and “All or Nothing,” will finally be dubbed for the first time on Yu Yu Hakusho’s 30th anniversary Blu-Ray collection, along with a myriad of special features from the previous DVD box sets that include audio commentaries and substantial looks into both the anime and its dub. Yu Yu Hakusho ran for 112 episodes, became a flagship program for Funimation after the company started to branch out and dub series beyond Dragon Ball, as well as a reliable program in Cartoon Network’s Toonami anime block for four years. Yu Yu Hakusho chronicles Yusuke Urameshi’s earnest evolution from a juvenile delinquent to a courageous warrior who becomes humanity’s greatest defense against the spirit world. ![]()
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