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Live-Action Mob Psycho 100 Series Premieres on U.S. Netflix on May 22
posted on by Karen Ressler
The live-action television series of ONE's Mob Psycho 100 manga will premiere on Netflix in the United States on May 22. Clips from the series appear in Netflix's preview of its May slate (1:46 in the video below).
The series premiered on Netflix in Japan on January 12, and also aired on TV Tokyo and BS Japan beginning later the same month.
Kōichi Sakamoto directed the show and Fuminori Kobayashi served as producer. Reiko Yoshida and Kei Kunii are penning the scripts. The series starred Tatsuomi Hamada as Mob, Kazuki Namioka as Reigen, and Nogizaka46 member Yūki Yoda as Tsubomi. Akio Ohtsuka reprised his role from the anime as Ekubo/Dimple.
ONE launched the series on Ura Sunday in 2012 and later in Manga ONE in 2014. The manga ended in December. Shogakukan will publish the manga's 16th compiled book volume on May 4. Dark Horse Comics has licensed the manga and will release the first volume on October 24.
Source: Entertainment Weekly (Mary Kate Carr)
