TIFFCOM: Japan's Anime Industry Expanded 15 Percent to $25 Billion in 2024 Sato began production on Alice in Borderland in 2019, with the first season debuting the following year. The series almost immediately found a global audience, tapping into the demand for “death game” dystopian dramas, that also drove the success of Netflix’s Squid Games. The second season came along 2022 and the show truly went global in its popularity. A scene from season two of ‘Alice in Borderland.’ Netflix As well as the live action adaptation of Haro Aso’s Alice in Borderland, Sato has become something of an expert when it comes to translating manga to the big or small screen. Previously, he adapted into features Tsugumi Ohba’s Death Note: Light Up the New World, Tite Kubo’s Bleach and Yasuhisa Hara’s Kingdom, the latter of which has spawned four films all directed by Sato. Another Kingdom film from Sato is due next year, and the filmmaker confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that he will indeed direct the live-action adaptation of the phenomenally popular manga My Hero Academia for Netflix and Legendary Entertainment. In September, THR reported that Wonder Woman and Argylle writer and It: Welcome to Derry co-creator, co-showrunner and exec producer Jason Fuchs has been tapped to write the My Hero Academia adaptation. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/shinsuke-sato-alice-in-borderland-interview-1236379904/