2023-12-13 20:05:36
Joanna Mutton
❘ Published: 2023-12-13T14:04:48 ❘ Updated: 2023-12-13T14:05:16
Will Netflix’s live-action series be as good as One Piece ? There’s not much left to wait to find out.
Live-action anime adaptation projects have long had a bad reputation at Netflix… until the arrival of One Piece. After the success of Straw Hats in live action, spectators have a new perspective on the arrival of other series of the genre.
A bit like Yu Yu Hakusho ? Indeed, it is a classic from the world of manga and anime which will this time again be adapted into live-action. An original story, monsters, characters as varied as they are angry: the new series promises its share of action scenes.
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So, when will viewers be able to lay their eyes on Yusuke’s adventures against the yokai? We give you the release date and time of Yu Yu Hakusho on Netflix.
Yu Yu Hakusho live-action on Netflix: release date and time
La version live-action de Yu Yu Hakusho will be available on Netflix on Thursday December 14, 2023. In France, the series will be broadcast in full from 9 a.m..
Yu Yu Hakushoit’s what ?
From the mind of the author of Hunter X Hunter, Yu Yu Hakusho is a manga with a clearly supernatural theme, which received its first anime adaptation in 1992. It was produced by Studio Pierrot, the animation house which also gave the industry masterpieces like Naruto, Bleach or Tokyo Ghoul.
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The plot of Yu Yu Hakusho follows a delinquent middle school student, Urameshi Yusuke, whose life takes an unexpected turn after being run over by a car while saving a boy. After his death, he learns that he is not allowed to go to either hell or heaven. Instead, he meets Koenma, the only one who can decide his fate.
Koenma resurrects him by making him a supernatural detective. He also gains new powers and abilities, making him an invincible human. Yusuke is accompanied in each mission by the swashbuckler Hiei and the fox demon Kurama.
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Like the original animated series, the live-action version of Yu Yu Hakusho could remain underestimated. Contrary to One Piece, the adaptation benefited from less prominent, more discreet promotion. Not to mention that the source material may be a classic, but it remains less well known than the pirates imagined by Eiichiro Oda.
See you on December 14 to discover the value of Yusuke in a live action version of Yu Yu Hakusho on Netflix.
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