Prepare for an additional new journey with Kazuma Kiryu — this time in a live-action TV present.
We first realized in June that Amazon supposed to adapt the online game franchise Like a Dragon (née Yakuza) right into a live-action Japanese collection. We knew it could be a six-episode collection launched in two three-episode chunks — the primary batch on Oct. 24 and the remainder on Nov. 1 — and that it could comply with Kiryu (performed by Ryoma Takeuchi of Kamen Rider Drive) and his associates in what looks as if an adaptation of the primary recreation, Yakuza. At San Diego Comedian-Con, we realized a bit extra — notably that Home of Ninjas’ Kento Kaku will painting organized crime boss Nishiki, Kiryu’s sophisticated former childhood pal.
The gangster cleaning soap opera Like a Dragon collection has been an enormous success each in Japan and overseas, with 9 principal video games within the collection, tons of spin-offs, and loads of present variations into different media. (Maybe most important for this venture: Takashi Miike directed Like a Dragon: The Film, additionally primarily based on the primary recreation within the collection.) The newest entry, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, is an absolute delight, and considered one of our favourite video games of the yr.
The Like a Dragon present comes within the wake of Prime Video’s extremely profitable adaptation of the Fallout online game collection, and broader curiosity from the leisure trade in adapting massive online game properties.
The collection is directed by Masaharu Take, with a narrative by Sean Crouch and Yugo Nakamura, and a Japanese screenplay by Yoshida Yasuhiro and Yamada Kana.
The largest query left: Will the present embrace the sport collection’ well-known mini-games (and their delightfully foolish tone)? I’m anxiously anticipating seeing Dondoko Island in live-action, or somebody making an attempt to turn into a Sujimon grasp. Because the collection seems to be adapting the primary recreation, the probabilities appear fairly slim, however we are able to dream.
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