A few other pieces of character art were revealed in the wake of this past weekend’s debut reveal of Tokyo Revengers star Takumi Kitamura in the title role of the upcoming live-action series adaptation of Yu Yu Hakusho.
Netflix is getting its spirit energy up this weekend with a first official look at actor Takumi Kitamura (Tokyo Revengers) in the lead role of the upcoming live-action series adaptation of Yu Yu Hakusho, following its 2020 announcement. Sho Tsukikawa is directing the series from a screenplay by Tatsuro Mishima, with Akira Morii producing for ROBOT, and Kaata Sakamoto exec producing for Netflix.
Netflix Japan Festival 2021 is off to the races this week with a slew of ambitious new projects well on the way from here through the next few years. In doing so with announcements of projects such as a second season of Alice In Borderland, a second installment of animated series Tiger & Bunny, Beat Takeshi biopic Asakusa Kid and more, they’ve confirmed their commitment to a live-action Yu Yu Hakusho series with a premiere date set for December 2023.
Netflix Japan and production house, ROBOT, are reportedly teamimg up to bring Yu Yu Hakusho to life in a live-action format, according to several reports running online. Kazutaka Sakamoto (Aggretsuko, Devilman Crybaby) and Teru Morii are serving as exec producer and producer, respectively, on the series.
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