For 11 years, Homura Kawamoto’s manga “Kakegurui” has delighted readers with its hammy, enjoyably ridiculous story of an elite personal college the place scholar reputation is set by way of a cutthroat underground playing circuit. Combining intensely critical playing battles with a robust dose of lesbian homoeroticism, “Kakegurui” (which interprets to “Compulsive Gambler” in English) has spawned a complete franchise since its first publication in 2014, together with two seasons of an anime sequence produced by Studio MAPPA, a live-action Japanese sequence, two spin-off manga, and two live-action movies.
Now, Netflix — which licensed the anime sequence for worldwide distribution — is taking the gamble of seeing whether or not this bizarre, campy property could make the identical profitable adaptational leap that manga like “One Piece” have previously, relatively than flop on its face like another makes an attempt to translate anime to new mediums (see “Cowboy Bebop”). The streamer has at the moment introduced that an English live-action adaptation of “Kakegurui,” titled “Wager,” will premiere Might 15.
Developed for tv by Simon Barry, greatest referred to as the creator behind the two-season Netflix motion fantasy sequence “Warrior Nun,” “Wager” hews comparatively intently to the fundamental premise of the unique manga. Miku Martineau stars within the sequence as Yumeko, a switch scholar to an elite world boarding college and a compulsive playing addict with a mysterious previous. On the academy, college students guess enormous sums of cash and even their freedom for an opportunity to stand up the strict social hierarchy, the place the richest rule as gods, whereas these with the best money owed are relegated to servitude. Yumeko’s habit and her playing abilities trigger ripples within the college instantly, and put her within the crosshairs of the highly effective scholar council members.
Along with Martineau, the forged consists of Ayo Solanke, Eve Edwards, Clara Alexandrova, Hunter Cardinal, Anwen O’Driscoll, Aviva Mongillo, and Ryan Sutherland. Apart from creating the present and government producing, Barry will direct the sequence. Different government producers embrace Jeff F King, David Fortier, Ivan Schneeberg, Jon Rutherford, and Nick Nantell.
All 10 30-minute episodes of “Wager” might be launched on Might 15. Along with saying the premiere date, Netflix launched a trailer for the sequence. Watch it under.