Bet OTT Release Date: Netflix is betting big on manga fans this May with a brand-new live-action series based on the wildly popular Japanese series Kakegurui ¨C Compulsive Gambler. Titled Bet, this fresh take is all set to stream globally on Netflix starting May 15. If you¡¯ve enjoyed shows like One Piece or Avatar: The Last Airbender in their live-action forms, this one¡¯s for you.
Bet is set inside a prestigious boarding school for the global elite, where power isn¡¯t earned by grades or popularity but by gambling. That¡¯s right. At this school, high-stakes gambling decides who stays at the top and who falls to the bottom. The story kicks off when Yumeko (Miku Martineau), a mysterious new student, walks into this cutthroat world. She¡¯s calm, clever, and dangerously unpredictable.
She doesn¡¯t just want to win games but to shake up the entire system. And behind her wild bets is a personal mission for revenge. As she rises through the ranks, Yumeko finds herself at odds with the powerful Student Council and a whole host of sharp, scheming students. Every game is a battle of wit, risk, and survival.
This English-language live-action version features a diverse and young cast led by Miku Martineau (Kate, Star Trek: Section 31) as Yumeko, Rami Khan as Rex, Ryan Sutherland as Suki, Eve Edwards as Mary, Ayo Solanke as Ryan, Dorial Giordano as Chad, Clara Alexandrova as Kira and Hunter Cardinal as Michael.
Bet is created by Simon Barry, the showrunner behind Netflix¡¯s Warrior Nun. He teams up with directors Jacquie Gould, Craig Wallace, and Joyce Wong to bring this vision to life. The series is produced by Boat Rocker Studios, with filming completed in Toronto during the Summer of 2024.
This isn¡¯t the first time Kakegurui has been adapted. The Japanese manga originally came out in 2014 and was turned into an anime by studio MAPPA in 2017. It even had a Japanese live-action version in 2019. Both versions are currently streaming on Netflix. But Bet is different. This is a Westernised, English-language version aimed at a broader global audience.
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