Netflix just released the teaser of the live-action adaptation of the beloved manga, Yu Yu Hakusho.

Yu Yu Hakusho (translated as Ghost Files) was released as Ghost Fighter in India and the Philippines. The 19-volume manga ran 1990-1994 on Weekly Shonen Jump.  The animated TV series was originally broadcast on Fuji TV in Japan from 1992 to 1994.

The series follows Yusuke Urameshi (Takumi Kitamura), a teenage delinquent who, in an uncharacteristic act of selflessness, dies when he is struct by a car when he tried to save a child's life.

He is greeted by Botan (Kotone Furukawa), a spirit world guide who tells him that his selfless act caught the attention of the underworld. There is no place reserved for him in heaven or hell yet.

Koenma (Keita Machida), son of the Underworld ruler, has him go through a number of tests. He passes the tests with help from his friends, Keiko Yukimura and Kazuma Kuwabara (Shuheu Uesugi). When Yusuke is resurrected, he is appointed “Underworld Detective” and tasked with investigating cases which involve demons and apparitions in the human world.

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The trailer features Kurama (Jun Shison), a fox demon and former thief who and Hiei, one of the three wanted demon thieves with an Evil Eye implanted on his forehead. They both eventually become Yusuke's allies.

You can also see the younger (Go Ayano) and elder (Ken'ichi Takito) Toguros, also called Brokers of Darkness. They are demons who work for other monsters as thugs.

Yu Yu Hakusho follows One Piece in Netflix's library of live-action adaptations of beloved manga and anime classics.

The series will premiere on Dec. 14 on Netflix.