How does one adapt 33 volumes of manga into 10 OVA's? You can't. Especially something from the post-yokai boom. Ushio and Tora is one of those series that is so shonen it's amazing. I personally found it to be quite bland, Ushio finds a beast in his basement, Tora helps him against his will to fight beasts, blah, blah, blah, but it was so from back in the day that I liked it. It reminded me of Inuyasha. Or, the other way around. There is no plot line in this anime. It's just a series of "yokai of the week" episodes, but that's whatI expected. I love how they added some hints of Gegege no Kitaro in this anime by expanding on what the story behind each yokai is. Personally, I was disappointed it was only 10 OVA's. You WILL want more. You sadly won't.

The art work gets a grade A because it's mostly hand drawn. Even though some of the cells jump up and about that is not a problem. There's just something about it. There are problems though. Tora looks plain crude at times and being from the 1990's there's no excuse. It's impossible to capture Mr. Fujita's dirty scenes in anime and while it sounds bad it isn't. Mr. Fujita has a certain style that appears almost brush stroke like. However this doesn't show.

Both dub tracks are amazing. The gags are extremely funny especially when Tora is confused about something. There's just something about Tora's voice that makes it sound hilarious. Asako sounds terrible in both dubs though. She just sounds forced. "I HATE YOU USHIO!" is so terribly done I found Megazone 23 III (Inside joke) to be better dubbed. I really can't tell you anything about the BGM. I just wasn't paying attention.

The characters are pretty funny. From the yokai to the humans everyone is well done, except for well, Asako. She's poorly done as a character and is really only around to be in love with Ushio (which isn't really covered in the 10 OVA's at all) and get caught in yokai stomachs. All the characters are pretty funny, especially gags involving Tora and the modern world. As for seriousness there is a pretty serious tone of friendship amongs Ushio and Tora. Thing is it just wasn't shown properly.