Netflix is Producing a Live-Action Adaptation of The ALICE IN BORDERLAND Manga
Netflix has announced that they will be producing a live-action adaption of Haro Aso's Alice in Borderland manga and that it will be coming in 2020.
The manga centers on Ryōhei Arisu (pronounced the same as "Alice" in Japanese), “a male high school student who is irritated with his intolerable everyday life. One night, he tags along with his bad friends Karube and Chōta to hang out in town. However, the town is suddenly covered in giant fireworks. When he comes to his senses, Ryōhei notices that no one else is around. Finding themselves in a different world, Ryōhei, Karube, and Chōta are forced to participate in survival games or die right off the bat. The three fight to live, as well as to find a way back to their own world.”
This is the official synopsis shared by Netflix:
"Ryohei Arisu has been irritated with his intolerable everyday life. One day, when he is hanging around Tokyo with two of his friends, a mysterious light is shot, then all the people around them disappear. In the emptied Tokyo, deadly ‘games’ begin one after another. Arisu and his friends struggle to survive through the unreasonable games that can easily take their lives."
Sounds like a fun story that should make for a solid series. It will be directed by Shinsuke Satō who has previously directed the live-action Bleach and Kingdom films along with the anime film Oblivion Island. The scripts will be written by Yoshiki Watabe and Yasuko Kuramitsu.
Have any of you read the Manga? If so, do you think it’ll make a for a solid series on Netflix?