Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard Unveils Favorite Anime

Stranger Things’ success is one of Netflix’s biggest accomplishments, with the upcoming fifth season set to bring the supernatural story in Hawkins, Indiana to a close. With viewers watching the main cast grow up over the years, one star recently had the opportunity to sit down with legendary director Guillermo Del Toro, spilling the beans that not only is he an anime fan but he has a particular anime series that he ranks above all others.    

Despite Stranger Things’ runaway popularity, the Netflix original from the Duffer Brothers has yet to receive an anime adaptation, though this didn’t stop the characters from finding their way into a wild anime crossover. Last year, the characters from Hawkins found their way into a mobile game that revolved around the cast of The Seven Deadly Sins, another series that found popularity thanks to becoming a Netflix exclusive. The mobile game was titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross and saw Eleven and Hopper transported into the anime world to lend a hand in one of the most unexpected crossovers in the anime medium.

Stranger Note

 In a recent interview with the outlet Wired, both Finn Wolfhard and director Guillermo Del Toro answered a number of questions to help in promoting another Netflix property, the stop-motion animation film Pinnochio, with the Stranger Things actor spilling the beans that his favorite anime is Death Note:

After revealing his favorite anime, Wolfhard asked Del Toro whether he had seen Chainsaw Man yet, with the director, unfortunately, having yet to dive into the world of Denji and his fellow Devil Hunters. 

Ironically enough, Death Note might also be the favorite anime of the Duffer Brothers as well, as the two began a production company that will once again bring the story of Light and Ryuuk to live-action thanks to an upcoming television series. At present, no word has been released when it comes to the actors that will once again bring Death Note to the real world, though it shows how Netflix is continuing to tap the anime well as the streaming service is also working on live-action adaptations of One Piece and Yu Yu Hakusho to name a few.

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