The original manga centered on Noboru Takizawa, a transfer student at a new high school where disputes are settled through fights.
The official website for Netflix’s Honō no Tenkōsei REBORN (Blazing Transfer Students), the live-action series adaptation of Kazuhiko Shimamoto’s Blazing Transfer Student (Honō no Tenkōsei) manga, unveiled a new teaser video, visual, and cast for the show on Friday.
The original manga ran in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine from 1983 to 1985.
He also created more serious fare such as Aoi Honō and The Skull Man, his interpretation of Shotaro Ishinomori’s classic anti-hero manga.