Live-action 'Ghost Fighter' series is coming to Netflix


"Ghost Fighter" is getting a live-action remake at Netflix.

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The streaming giant on Wednesday announced that Yoshihiro Togashi's "Yu Yu Hakusho," or more popularly known as "Ghost Fighter" in the Philippines, is getting a live-action series.

"When Yusuke dies saving another's life, he'll embark on a journey across the world of humans, spirits, and demons to return to the land of the living. Yoshihiro Togashi's legendary manga Yu Yu Hakusho will be a live action series on Netflix," it wrote on Twitter.

Netflix contents acquisition director Kazutaka Sakamoto is serving as executive producer.

The animated series is based on a manga series of the same name. Togashi published the original manga from 1990 to 1994.

Its anime adaptation first premiered on Philippine television via IBC-13 in the mid-90s and on GMA in 1999.

"Ghost Fighter" is also currently streaming on Netflix.