Amazon has announced that its latest series is coming to Prime Video, and gamers may recognize it. The streamer is released Like a Dragon: Yakuzalive action adaptation Yakuza SEGA game series. The Japanese Original show will premiere worldwide in two batches of three episodes on October 25 and November 1, 2024.
SEGA launched Yakuza In 2005, more than 20 other titles and spinoffs followed it in the years that followed. Amazon accounts Like a Dragon: Yakuza As a “crime-thriller-action series,” it follows the life, childhood friends, and repercussions of decisions of Kazuma Kiryu, a fearsome and unique Yakuza fighter with a strong sense of justice, duty, and humanity. The show takes place in Kamurocho, a fictional entertainment district modeled after Kabukicho, the game’s setting in 1995 and 2005.
There will of course be similar themes between the show and the game, but it seems that the creators are trying to give it a unique identity. Yokoyama Masayoshi, “While games allow you to experience their worlds through a subjective lens, this adaptation will be the ultimate objective way to enjoy the show.” Yakuza writer, head of Ryugagotoku Studio, and executive producer. “I have no doubt that fans of the series will appreciate how it brings the games to life and adds new surprises. Newcomers, I’m sure, will be invested in the gritty realism of the show.”
