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Netflix's most recent confirmed activity centers on the live-action series Kokumin Quiz, set to stream worldwide starting December 17 with all eight episodes at once. The company is also in production on film and television adaptations of Sega and Blizzard game properties, and has confirmed a cast for the live-action series Outback.
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Netflix's current slate runs from Japanese live-action dramas to game adaptations and anime. The most recent announcement is Kokumin Quiz, a live-action series adapting the 1993 manga, which will stream worldwide from December 17 with all eight episodes released at once. Takayuki Yamada plays K.K., the host of an in-story quiz program. Teruyuki Yoshida directs from a screenplay he wrote with Maggie. The production credits planning, VFX, and post-production to THE SEVEN.
Downtime, a drama about the cosmetic surgery industry starring Mayu Matsuoka and Riisa Naka, began worldwide streaming on September 17 with all eight episodes. Yuki Saito directed. Ken Naoko plays a 75-year-old widow seeking full-body plastic surgery, and Saito has described the special makeup and preparation involved. Buying a Man with One Year to Live is set for worldwide streaming on November 5, with Shibasaki Kou and Akaso Eiji in the double lead. Kazama Taiki directs; Okada Yoshikazu wrote the screenplay.
Among game adaptations, Netflix and Sega announced a partnership on September 15 for three projects: a live-action Crazy Taxi comedy film, an animated Sonic the Hedgehog children's series, and a live-action crime film based on Stranger Than Heaven. Blizzard Entertainment and Netflix are developing an animated series set in the world of Diablo, announced during BlizzCon 2026. Netflix is also developing a live-action Persona series, and its Devil May Cry animated adaptation will receive a third and final season. WIT Studio's The One Piece will stream on Netflix from February 2027 with seven episodes released at once.
Other confirmed projects include the live-action series Outback, based on Yong Sung Choi's webtoon G'day, with Kyung Hong, Jun-Yeol Ryu, Ho-yeon Jung, Ji-an Won, and Justin H. Min. WWE programming will begin streaming on Netflix from October 1, with Raw, SmackDown, and NXT named. The official VRChat world for the Netflix film Cho Kaguya-hime opened early on September 25. The eight-episode Gas Man, a reboot of Toho's 1960 film, streams worldwide from July 2.
Key facts
- Kokumin Quiz premiere
- Streams worldwide from December 17, all 8 episodes at once. ↗
- Kokumin Quiz star
- Takayuki Yamada plays K.K., host of the in-story quiz program. ↗
- Downtime debut
- Began worldwide streaming on September 17 with all eight episodes. ↗
- Buying a Man with One Year to Live date
- Worldwide streaming on November 5. ↗
- WWE on Netflix start date
- WWE programming begins streaming from October 1, with Raw, SmackDown, and NXT named. ↗
- Netflix and Sega projects
- Three projects in production: a live-action Crazy Taxi comedy film, an animated Sonic children's series, and a live-action crime film based on Stranger Than Heaven. ↗
- Diablo animated series
- Blizzard Entertainment and Netflix are developing an animated series set in the world of Diablo. ↗
- The One Piece premiere
- WIT Studio's The One Piece will stream on Netflix from February 2027, with seven episodes released at once. ↗
- Cho Kaguya-hime VRChat world
- The official VRChat world opened early on September 25. ↗
- Gas Man premiere
- The eight-episode series streams worldwide on Netflix from July 2. ↗
Timeline
- Oct 3, 2026 Netflix Sets December 17 Debut For Kokumin Quiz Starring Takayuki Yamada
- Oct 3, 2026 Netflix Drama Downtime Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Of Ken Naoko's Full-Body Surgery Role
- Sep 17, 2026 Downtime Director Yuki Saito Details Six Months of Interviews Behind the Netflix Series
- Sep 17, 2026 Chō Kaguya-hime VRChat World Opens Early On September 25
- Sep 16, 2026 Netflix Drama Downtime Debuts With Mayu Matsuoka And Riisa Naka As Rival Doctors
- Sep 15, 2026 Netflix Sets November 5 for Buying a Man with One Year to Live
- Sep 15, 2026 WWE Content Comes To Netflix From October 1
- Sep 14, 2026 Netflix and Sega Plan Live-Action Crazy Taxi Film and Sonic Kids Anime
- Sep 12, 2026 Netflix and Blizzard Are Developing a Diablo Animated Series
- Sep 12, 2026 Netflix Confirms Cast For Live-Action Series Outback, Based On Webtoon G'day
- Jun 30, 2026 Netflix Developing Live-Action Persona Series
- Jun 8, 2026 Netflix Series Gas Man Trailer Reveals July 2 Premiere
- Jun 4, 2026 Netflix's Devil May Cry Animated Series Gets Third and Final Season
- May 16, 2026 The One Piece Sets February 2027 Netflix Debut With Seven Episodes
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Facts
- Release
- live_action · November 5 · worldwide · 2026-09-15
- Announced
- Eight additional cast members: Tsutsui Michitaka, Nishida Naomi, Hamada Mari, Narumi Yui, Moriguchi Yoko, Miyase Ryubi, Ozaki Maka, and Kondo Koyama · 2026-09-15
- Announced
- Key art and a trailer are out · 2026-09-15
- Announced
- working with Sega on three adaptations of Sega games (Monday) · 2026-09-14
- Noted
- Shibasaki Kou and Akaso Eiji in the double lead · 2026-09-15
Connections
- Produces
- quiztopia, vrchat, downtime, crazy taxi, stranger than heaven, sonic the hedgehog, diablo, outback, persona, devil may cry, the one piece
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- Confirmed Netflix produces Quiztopia 1d ago · source
- Confirmed Netflix produces Outback Sep 13 · source
- Confirmed Netflix produces Devil May Cry Aug 30 · source
- Confirmed netflix produces the one piece May 28 · source
All coverage
1d ago
Netflix will premiere its eight-episode live-action series Quiztopia on December 17, adapting Reiichi Sugimoto and Shinichi Kato's National Quiz manga. A teaser trailer and additional cast were revealed: Masahiro Takashima as Commander Murakoshi, Eiko Koike as producer Shoko Kamijo, Riko Ishida as Marii, Kana Kurashina as Ayako, Koji Seto as Seiji Nanbara, and Renji Ishibashi as Prime Minister Takeshi Gokumazawa. Takayuki Yamada plays host KK. Teruyuki Yoshida directs and co-writes with Maggy.
1d ago
Netflix will stream the live-action series Kokumin Quiz worldwide starting December 17, with all 8 episodes released at once. Takayuki Yamada plays K.K., the host of the in-story quiz program that has become Japan's supreme authority in a parallel-world setting. The show adapts the manga written by Reiichi Sugimoto and illustrated by Shinkichi Kato, published in 1993, which the production describes as having been called impossible to adapt. Teruyuki Yoshida directs from a screenplay he wrote with Maggie. A total of 16 new cast members were announced alongside the date. Riko Ishida plays Mari, a girl of unknown identity who aims for K.K.'s life, and Kana Kurashina plays Ayako, her mother. Koji Seto plays Seiji Nanbara, an activist plotting the collapse of Kokumin Quiz. Masahiro Takashima plays Murakoshi, captain of the punishment squad, Eiko Koike plays producer Shoko Kamijo, and Renji Ishibashi plays Prime Minister Takeshi Gokumazawa. A teaser trailer was also released.
1d ago
Netflix's Downtime, starring Mayu Matsuoka and Riisa Naka, depicts the cosmetic surgery industry's hopes and conflicts. Ken Naoko plays Yuriko Sakashita, a 75-year-old widow seeking full-body plastic surgery. Director Yuki Saito said filming was grueling: Ken sometimes arrived around 3 a.m. for three hours of special makeup before shooting began. Ken stayed playful on set, keeping the mood light with jokes. Sakashita also has terminal cancer, so Saito told Ken to lower her voice and speak hoarsely. Special makeup was trial-and-errored to show the surgery's before-and-after. Before the operation, she looks so wrinkled that a character says, "You're all skin and bones." Cast members including Hana Amano and Yumi Adachi underwent transformations without dubbing. Saito said a year of preparation made the special makeup possible, something he called difficult for terrestrial TV dramas.
Sep 17
Director Yuki Saito spent six months interviewing cosmetic surgery patients and doctors for the Netflix series Downtime, which stars Mayu Matsuoka and Riisa Naka. Patient subjects ranged from first-timers to people who had undergone multiple surgeries. Doctors interviewed included staff at Takasu Clinic, which supervised the series, and younger surgeons who opened their own practices. Contact was made through Nekura-chan, who runs a plastic surgery website.
Sep 17
The official VRChat world for the Netflix film Chō Kaguya-hime will open early at midnight on Friday, September 25, in the tutorial area, as part of the Tsukuyomi Thanksgiving Festival. The first 3D models of Sakayori Iroha and Tsukimi Yachiyo were shown for the first time. An online live, Tsukuyomi Thanksgiving Festival ~Super Delicious Pancake Party~, is set for 21:00 on Saturday, December 26.
Sep 16
Netflix's Downtime began worldwide streaming on September 17 with all eight episodes released at once. Mayu Matsuoka stars as plastic surgeon Fumi Numata, with Riisa Naka as cosmetic surgeon Rin Toyama, who directs Toyama Beauty Clinic. A character relationship chart and visuals for seven key figures were published. The series is directed by Yuki Saito, written by Junya Ikegami, and its soundtrack by Yudai Bando went on digital distribution the same day.
Sep 15
Netflix will stream Buying a Man with One Year to Live worldwide on November 5, with Shibasaki Kou and Akaso Eiji in the double lead. Eight additional cast members were announced: Tsutsui Michitaka, Nishida Naomi, Hamada Mari, Narumi Yui, Moriguchi Yoko, Miyase Ryubi, Ozaki Maka, and Kondo Koyama. Key art and a trailer are out. Kazama Taiki directs; Okada Yoshikazu wrote the screenplay.
Sep 15
WWE Japan announced on September 15 that WWE programming will begin streaming on Netflix from October 1. A promotional image released with the announcement names three shows: Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. The announcement says the details of the arrangement will be announced soon, and a follow-up update is promised. The image carries the Netflix logo alongside the WWE mark and points viewers to the Netflix Japan account. Both announcements come from WWE Japan's own account, which posted the same image and the same line about details to come. No information has been given about what form the streaming arrangement takes, which regions it covers, or whether the three named programs will stream live, on demand, or on a delay. WWE is a US-based professional wrestling promotion and sports entertainment company. Further specifics, including any schedule or catalogue detail, are still pending.
Sep 14
Netflix and Sega announced a partnership on September 15 to adapt Sega game properties into film and television. Three projects are in production. A live-action comedy film based on Crazy Taxi is the first, with Dan Gregor and Doug Mand writing the script. Neal H. Moritz and Toby Ascher, who produced the Sonic the Hedgehog films, produce with Sega's Toru Nakahara. A new animated Sonic the Hedgehog children's series is aimed at upper preschoolers, with Carlos Stevens and Nakahara producing. A live-action crime film based on Stranger Than Heaven, the Ryu ga Gotoku Studio game set in early 20th-century Japan, is also in development, with Nakahara producing. Genres span live-action comedy, kids anime, and live-action crime action. No distribution dates were announced.
Sep 12
Blizzard Entertainment and Netflix are developing an animated series set in the world of Diablo. The project was announced during the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2026, which streamed on September 13 Japan time and took place September 12. Blizzard confirmed the series is in development with Netflix and said further information will be shared as production progresses. The announcement was part of Blizzard's presentation of its plans for the franchise. Blizzard's official BlizzCon recap describes the project as a new animated series set in the world of Diablo. So far the two companies have confirmed only the partnership and the setting within the Diablo universe. The Diablo franchise is set primarily in Sanctuary, a world caught between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells. The same ceremony brought the announcement of Diablo V for Spring 2029, a game Blizzard says takes place in a Sanctuary where Diablo has already triumphed.
Sep 12
Netflix confirmed production on Friday of Outback, a live-action series with the working title, based on Yong Sung Choi's webtoon G'day. Kyung Hong plays Sion, who travels to Australia after his older sister's sudden death and investigates what happened to her. Jun-Yeol Ryu, Ho-yeon Jung, Ji-an Won, and Justin H. Min also star. No release date is set.
Jun 30
Netflix is developing a live-action television series based on Atlus and Sega's Persona video game franchise, according to a report from Variety. The project has Christopher Monfette attached as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Monfette's credits include the final two seasons of Star Trek: Picard, 12 Monkeys, and 9-1-1. The series will be produced by 21 Laps Entertainment, the company behind Stranger Things, and Story Kitchen, the production outfit founded by Sonic the Hedgehog film producer Dmitri M. Johnson. Sega's Toru Nakahara, who produced the Sonic movie series, will also serve as an executive producer. Additional executive producers include Shawn Levy, Robert Atwood, Dan Levine, Michael Lawrence Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson. Variety's report did not specify whether the adaptation will follow the story of a specific Persona game. The Persona franchise, which launched in 1996 as a spin-off of the Shin Megami Tensei series, has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. The franchise includes six numbered titles and multiple spin-off games. Netflix declined to comment on the report. The series would join Netflix's growing catalog of video game adaptations, which includes The Witcher, Arcane, and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Jun 8
Netflix and Toho have released the main trailer and key art for the eight-episode series "Gas Man," a reboot of Toho's 1960 special effects film "The First Gas Man." The series, directed by Shinzo Katayama and executive produced by Yeon Sang-ho, follows detectives Kenji Okamoto (Shun Oguri) and Kyoko Kono (Yu Aoi) as they pursue a killer who can turn his body into gas. The trailer shows the Gas Man, played by debut actor UTA, announcing a press conference where he will reveal his methods and next target. Suzu Hirose and Kento Hayashi play video streamer siblings, and Yutaka Takenouchi plays a former yakuza-turned-company president. Filming ran from September 2024 to April 2025 across about 120 locations, with location scouting covering over 1,000 sites. The production achieved the first full closure of Tokyo Station front for a Japanese film shoot after 18 months of negotiations. The series streams worldwide on Netflix from July 2.
Jun 4
Netflix announced on Thursday that its animated adaptation of Capcom's Devil May Cry video game franchise will receive a third and final season. The announcement follows the May 12 premiere of Season 2, which entered Netflix's Global Top 10 list. Showrunner Adi Shankar revealed that the series was always planned as a three-part story modeled after Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. He stated that Season 1 represented Inferno, Season 2 Purgatorio, and the upcoming Season 3 will be Paradiso, together forming what he calls the "Force Edge Saga." Shankar described the project as "a movie trilogy disguised as a television series." The first season, produced by Studio Mir, debuted in April 2025 with eight episodes and accumulated 21.7 million views in 2025. Season 2 has reached 6.4 million views in its first two weeks. The English voice cast includes Johnny Yong Bosch as Dante, Scout Taylor-Compton as Mary, Hoon Lee as White Rabbit, the late Kevin Conroy as VP Baines, and Chris Coppola as Enzo. Shankar first announced his acquisition of the series in November 2018.
May 16
WIT Studio's The One Piece will stream on Netflix starting February 2027, the production committee announced on the series' official X account. The first season consists of seven episodes that run roughly 300 minutes in total, and all seven will be released at once. The season adapts about the first 50 chapters of Eiichiro Oda's manga, covering Luffy's early journey through the East Blue saga and ending at the Baratie arc where he meets Sanji. Ahead of the premiere, the team released concept art from episode 1 that shows Luffy as a child in Windmill Village at Partys Bar with Shanks, Benn Beckman, and Makino. The remake was first announced at Jump Festa '24 in December 2023. Director Masashi Koizuka leads the production, with assistant director Hideaki Abe, series composition by Taku Kishimoto, and character design shared by Kyoji Asano and Takatoshi Honda. Animation producer Ryoma Kawamura oversees the project. In a recent interview with the YouTube channel Ai Show, producer Shinji Wada said Oda supported revisiting the anime to connect with newer audiences.