Viral Hit will be premiering a little later than first announced.
The Japanese live-action adaptation of the manhwa Viral Hit announced that the series will hit screens two weeks after its original May 28 premiere. The new date is now June 11. A main trailer was also dropped which showcases Kota Shimura (Yoo Ho-bin in the original series) trying his best to not draw attention to himself and yet inevitably being the target of bullies. When he sees a video of someone fighting, it inspires him to start a streaming channel so that he can earn more money to support his sick mother.
Oji Suzuka stars as Kota with Meru Nukumi portraying Kaho Asamiya. Noritaka Hamao plays Tasuya Ogi, Kentaro Maeda as the rival Reo Shinjo, Yusuke Iseya as Yugo Kuwata, Nana Asakawa as influencer Rumi, Gitan Otsura as Kaho’s father, Tsurutaro Kataoka as Aki’s father, Mieko Harada as Kota’s mother, and Gaku Sano rounds out the cast as an unnamed industry figure. Ai Mikami, Araki Sugou, Mieko Harada, and Takuro Osada was already previously announced.
Hideku Takeuchi directs the live-action with Yuichi Tokunaga writing the scripts. Naoto Inaba and Shigeji Maeda will produce from RAKUEISHA.
Viral Hit was selected as a “Jury Committee Recommendation” at the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival in the Manga Division and has also gained a large following with 460 million views, cumulating to two billion views globally. The series was also the top webcomic that male LINE Manga readers wanted to see adapted into an anime. And that it did. An anime adaptation of Viral Hit was streamed on Crunchyroll back in April 2024 for 12 episodes.
The webcomic launched on the English platform on October 12, 2020 and concluded on May 20, 2024 with 218 episodes. The series has garnered 131.3 million views as of this article’s writing.
Viral Hit premieres on Netflix worldwide on June 11. The series is available on WEBTOON.
Source: Netflix
