Netflix announced on Monday that Kanata Hongō (live-action Attack on Titan, Fullmetal Alchemist, Gantz) will play Hiei in the upcoming live-action series based on Yoshihiro Togashi’s Yu Yu Hakusho manga.
Netflix’s first production there is the live-action Yu Yu Hakusho series.
Togashi (Hunter X Hunter) published the original Yu Yu Hakusho manga from 1990 to 1994.
TOHO Studios and Netflix signed a multi-year contract to lease two of TOHO’s stage facilities in Tokyo starting in April 2021.