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Yu Yu Hakusho Live-Action Premieres Worldwide on December 14

Netflix has finally revealed the release date for the live-action adaptation of Yoshihiro Togashi’s Yu Yu Hakusho: December 14, 2023. Netflix Japan via X (formerly Twitter) announced the news with a message and a short video:
After 5 years in production, the legendary and hugely popular manga from Weekly Shonen Jump will finally be adapted into a live-action film for the first time in the world!

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Netflixシリーズ『幽☆遊☆白書』 世界配信日は2023年12月14日(木)に決定💥 制作期間5年、「週刊少年ジャンプ」の伝説的大ヒット漫画がついに世界初実写化! ◆浦飯幽助:北村匠海 ◆蔵馬:志尊淳 ◆飛影:本郷奏多 ◆桑原和真:上杉柊平 さらに、配信開始前夜のスペシャルイベント「12.13決戦前夜祭 全世界最速上映会」開催も決定!参加ゲストや応募方法など詳細情報は後日発表。 👉https://yuhakuevent.com/ #幽遊白書 #YuYuHakusho #冨樫義博 #YoshihiroTogashi #北村匠海 #志尊淳 #本郷奏多 #上杉柊平 #Netflix #ネットフリックス #ネトフリ

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As previously announced, the cast includes:

  • Kazuma Kuwabara: Shuhei Uesugi (Man in a Business Suit, Shin Kamen Rider)
  • Hiei: Kanata Hongo (Armin, Attack on Titan [live-action])
  • Kurama: Jun Shison (Masa, The Way of the Househusband [live-action])
  • Yusuke Urameshi: Takumi Kitamura (Takemichi, Tokyo Revengers [live-action])

The staff includes:

  • Production studio: Robot
  • Director: Sho Tsukikawa
  • Script: Tatsuro Mishima
  • VFX supervisor: Ryo Sakaguchi
  • Producer: Akira Morii
  • Executive producer: Kazutaka Sakamoto

The Yu Yu Hakusho manga was published in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1990 to 1994, before being adapted into a critically acclaimed anime that spanned 112 episodes. The series established author Togashi’s name as an elite mangaka, going on to write Level E and Hunter x Hunter. With over 78 million copies in circulation, Yu Yu Hakusho is one of the best-selling manga of all time.

Netflix is exclusively streaming Yu Yu Hakusho and describes the upcoming series as:
His favorite food? Ramen. His signature move? The Spirit Gun. One unruly teenager must learn to wield his newfound powers to protect his loved ones.
Netflix also reveal that they took the same approach in Yu Yu Hakusho as they did with the recent adaptation of One Piece:
Utilizing a unique global one-team production strategy that spanned both Japan and the United States—the same approach to adapt the acclaimed “ONE PIECE” manga—Netflix took the same level of commitment to quality and authenticity in the live-action ONE PIECE to the production of Yu Yu Hakusho.

Source: Netflix

Chike Nwaenie

Chike Nwaenie was born and raised in South London, United Kingdom, currently working as a Senior Writer at CBR and a news writer at Anime Corner. His introduction to manga might have been Budokai Tenkaichi on PS2. Forever grateful to the world of fiction, he hopes his future novel is the first step in showing some gratitude.

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