Yu Yu Hakusho started out as a romantic comedy with an occult element. Yu Yu Hakusho Started Out as an Occult Romantic Comedy Japanese tend to overwork themselves in any industry, so it’s becoming more common to refrain from forcing overtime on employees.Ĭosplayers of YuYu Hakusho | This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. In recent years, it’s gotten more common for artists go on hiatus with a certain frequency. He was lately known as ‘the manga artist always on hiatus’ but there are a lot of people waiting for him to write again. It’s impressive that a lot of fans are still waiting for his work. Yoshihiro Togashi is allowed to do that because of how big a hit Yu Yu Hakusho was. Therefore, it’s rare that weekly manga artists like Yoshihiro Togashi go on hiatus this many times.
In Japan, artists whose manga are serialized in weekly magazines are expected to publish a chapter every week. They say the reason is a bad ache in his lower back. People talk about it every time it restarts, but the reality is, the gap between each publication is getting longer and longer. At first, Hunter × Hunter was published every week, but the publication gradually became more and more irregular. Yoshihiro Togashi was producing one hit after another, but as of March 2017, Hunter × Hunter is on hiatus. He also started serializing Hunter × Hunter from 1998, which went on to become a huge hit and spawn two anime seasons. Years after its serialization, it was adapted into an anime in 2011. After YuHaku (the popular abbreviation for the title), he released a challenging sci-fi comedy called Level E. He became famous with the great success of Yu Yu Hakusho. Mangaka Yoshihiro Togashi has been active since the 1980s. Yu Yu Hakusho by chouran on DeviantArt | All Rights Reserved Yoshihiro Togashi’s Reputation in Japan