News from Netflix’s “Geek Week” continues to roll in. One of the announcements made was that the live-action series adaptation of the legendary supernatural manga “Yu Yu Hakusho” by Yoshihiro Togashi is set to premiere this December.
The supernatural series centers on Yusuke Urameshi, who dies in an accident while trying to protect a young child. As he grapples with the fact that he is looking down on his dead body, a “guide to the spirit world” reveals to him the shocking truth: no one expected a delinquent like Yusuke to die performing an act of goodness, and there was no place for him in either heaven or hell. Yusuke is given a chance to return to the living, and after passing his trial, he becomes an Underworld Detective. From there, Yusuke becomes entwined in a mystery enveloping the human, demon, and spirit worlds.
Directed by Sho Tsukikawa and written by Tatsuro Mishima, the cast includes Takumi Kitamura, Jun Shison, Kanata Hongo, and Shuhei Uesugi.
Check out the action-packed trailer for Netflix’s “Yu Yu Hakusho” before its premiere on December 14, 2023.
