Netflix has announced a live-action adaptation of Yu Yu Hakusho is coming to their streaming service at the end of 2023.
Amid all the excitement of the upcoming live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, you might have forgotten that Netflix has other live-action anime projects in the pipeline. Well, earlier this morning Netflix reminded us that there’s more to look forward to, as they announced that a live-action adaptation of Yu Yu Hakusho will be arriving in December 2023.
Welcome to the spirit world.
Based on the legendary manga by Yoshihiro Togashi, YU YU HAKUSHO – the live action series – arrives December 2023! pic.twitter.com/Wyu4RNiXo1
— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) November 9, 2021
For those not familiar, Yu Yu Hakusho started life as a manga by Yoshihiro Togashi that ran from December 1990 to July 1994. An anime series also originally ran from 1992 to 1994. It tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenager hit by a car and killed after trying to save a child. A series of events sees him made an ‘underworld detective’ and he’s tasked with solving cases involving spirits and demons in the world of the living.
Nothing else is known about the live-action Yu Yu Hakusho at this time, no writers or cast have been announced. However, given that this series is considered one of the great anime series of the 90s, it’ll be exciting to see what Netflix does with a live-action adaptation.
Are you excited to see a live-action adaptation of Yu Yu Hakusho?
