Netflix is looking to expand its Japanese offerings on its service by adding more anime as well as live-action shows. One of them will be a live-action Yu Yu Hakusho series that will arrive in 2023. Yu Yu Hakusho is a manga by Yoshihiro Togashi and the anime series was created by Studio Pierrot. It follows a young kid named Yusuke Urameshi who dies when he gets hit by a car trying to save a child. As a delinquent, this sudden act of kindness grants him a chance at revival. After passing a few tests in the Afterlife, Yusuke then becomes a spirit detective, investigating paranormal activities back on Earth.Best New Anime to Watch (Fall Season 2021)In Japan, Netflix Japan Festival 2021 has already started, and the company has announced some more brand new live-action titles coming to the streaming service. They include:The newly announced live-action titles are:Love Like The Falling Petals film (March 23, 2022)Love is Blind: Japan (February 2022)Last One Standing (unscripted series, March 2022)Toma Ikuta documentary (Spring 2022)Alice in Borderland Season 2 (2022)First Love series (2022)Yu Yu Hakusho series (2023)Once Upon a Crime film (no date)Gundam film (no date)Some newly announced anime series are coming too:JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean (December 1, 2021)Aggretsuko Season 4 (December 16, 2021)The Orbital Children (January 28, 2022)Tiger & Bunny 2 (April 2022)Kakegurui Twin (August 2022)The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh (2022)Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)Vampire in the Garden (2022)Ultraman Season 2 (2022)Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure (2022)Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanazawa and Detective Conan: Zero’s Tea Time (no date)We already got to see an image of Netflix’s live-action Mobile Suit Gundam movie, which features the RX-78-2 model in flames. In terms of the anime announcements, Tiger & Bunny first got its anime debut in 2011, so it’s exciting to see it pop up again a decade later. Ultraman’s legacy goes all the way back to the 1960s, and it got an anime series on Netflix in 2019.George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @yinyangfooey
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