Anime fans rejoice (or be scared) because Netflix as announced a live-action adaptation of Yoshihiro Togashi’s Yu Yu Hakusho manga series. The announcement came via Netflix’s official Twitter account. You can view the original tweet below:
When Yusuke dies saving another’s life, he’ll embark on a journey across the world of humans, spirits, and demons to return to the land of the living. Yoshihiro Togashi’s legendary manga Yu Yu Hakusho will be a live action series on Netflix! pic.twitter.com/K4t5eNta9d
— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) December 16, 2020
Outside of this tweet, there isn’t any information yet as to when this will air, when production will start, who is writing/directing the series, or who will even star in it.
The manga began publishing in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine back on November 20, 1990 and finished on July 12, 1994, spanning 176 chapters. A television anime adaptation aired in Japan starting on October 10, 1992 and finished on January 7, 1995 spanning 112 episodes. Numerous side stories and OVAs were also produced.
MyAnimeList.net describes the series as follows:
One fateful day, Yuusuke Urameshi, a 14-year-old delinquent with a dim future, gets a miraculous chance to turn it all around when he throws himself in front of a moving car to save a young boy. His ultimate sacrifice is so out of character that the authorities of the spirit realm are not yet prepared to let him pass on. Koenma, heir to the throne of the spirit realm, offers Yuusuke an opportunity to regain his life through completion of a series of tasks. With the guidance of the death god Botan, he is to thwart evil presences on Earth as a Spirit Detective.
To help him on his venture, Yuusuke enlists ex-rival Kazuma Kuwabara, and two demons, Hiei and Kurama, who have criminal pasts. Together, they train and battle against enemies who would threaten humanity’s very existence.
