Like a Dragon: Yakuza Live-action Series Announced for Amazon Prime Video This Fall - IGN
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Amazon has announced an original live-action series for Prime Video based on Sega’s successful Like a Dragon game series, previously known as Yakuza. Loosely based on the original Yakuza, it will run six episodes and begin airing in October 2024.

It says a loose adaptation of of the First entry of the series, so that may not be a good sign, but who knows. However I’m of course hoping for Majima Everywhere to be in every episode, which would sell it for me. majima-everywhere

    • ComradePlatypus [fae/faer]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Amazon sucks etc. But apparently because Amazon Prime TV is a loss-leader that Bezos started to try and get laid, the oversight for creators is much less.

      So you get genuinely subversive stuff that’s good on it like I’m A Virgo by Boots Riley.

      As well as stuff like the Boys, Invincible, Good Omens, The Expanse, Outer Range, Mr and Mrs Smith, Fallout etc that’s not as homogenised as the slop on Netflix (it’s still slop, just with flavor).

      Also there’s a bunch of Chinese stuff like Creation of the Gods and the other adaption of the 3 Body problem.

      It’s still got bad stuff on it like Jack Ryan etc. Just it’s weirdly varied.

    • GinAndJuche@hexbear.netEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I feel you on that, but the like a dragon series is one that would genuinely benefit from an adaptation. The gameplay encourages putting about and ignoring the main story which is a genuinely good organized crime soap opera. If it has the right team behind this might even better than fallout (which in my opinion had a good team behind it).