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The official synopsis for the Yu Yu Hakusho live action reads: OUCH: One Piece fans spot Zoro’s favorite sword bending like a paper straw on Netflix.Especially before the likes of live action My Hero Academia, Gundam, and another Death Note go into production. Now, rather than risk restarting the infamous ‘live action curse’, Netflix hopes to keep the ball rolling with its next major adaptation, Yu Yu Hakusho, a classic manga from Yoshihiro Togashi (also the author of Hunter x Hunter). The show also saw a notable increase in hours watched in its second week albeit, the numbers aren’t necessarily enough for it to be considered an ‘extraordinary success’ – but certainly better than any previous live action on the platform tenfold. The adventures of Luffy and co reached the Top 10 in 93 countries, debuted at #1 in 46, and had one of Netflix’s highest-ever audience scores in its opening week.

#Botan yu yu hakusho nakex series

Critics generally praised the YuYu Hakusho anime with many spotlighting the strength of the story's villains.Yu Yu Hakusho needs to be Netflix’s next live action success storyĪfter a series of colossal failures with anime/ manga to live action adaptations, including Netflix’s own Cowboy Bebop and Death Note, the streaming giant finally has the ball rolling thanks to the success of One Piece. The series quickly garnered a passionate fan following and was voted the best anime of the year in both 19 at the Animage Anime Grand Prix. The manga, which has sold over 50 million copies in Japan alone, was adapted by studio Pierrot ( Naruto) into an anime series, which ran from 1992 until 1994, producing 112 episodes. Along the way, he eventually teams up with fellow delinquent Kazuma Kuwabara and two demons, Hiei and Kurama. However he is eventually resurrected and becomes the Spirit Detective, meaning it's his responsibility to investigate cases in the Human World that involve the machinations of apparitions and demons. The manga follows the journey of delinquent teenager Yusuke, who dies at the very beginning of the story. Yoshihiro Togashi's YuYu Hakusho began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in December 1990 and published its final chapter in 1994. RELATED: Yu Yu Hakusho Was a Better Version of Dragon Ball Z Toho Studios, the company behind the long-running Godzilla franchise, is also contributing to the production, allowing Netflix to lease several of its facilities, including two of its main sound stages. Kazutaka Sakamoto ( Alice in Borderland) and Akira Morii ( Wild 7) are two of the series' producers. Studio Robot is producing the live-action YuYu Hakusho adaptation with Sho Tsukikawa signed on to direct. He is also the guitarist and lead singer for the rock band DISH//, which has performed the opening theme songs for multiple iconic anime, including Naruto Shippuden and My Hero Academia. He previously starred as Takemichi Hanagaki, the time-traveling protagonist, in the live-action versions of Tokyo Revengers. Kitamura isn't new to the world of adapting popular anime to live-action. Actor Takumi Kitamura's casting as series protagonist Yusuke Urameshi has already been confirmed, but the casting of his three teammates and other beloved characters like Keiko, Botan, Koenma and Genkai has been kept under wraps by Netflix.