The breakout success of LGBTQ+ dating series “The Boyfriend” has turbocharged Netflix’s Japanese unscripted slate, with Ota Dai, who oversees the streamer’s Japan unscripted division, crediting a deliberate rejection of conventional reality television formulas for its unexpected international resonance.
The expanded slate now includes renewed series “Badly In Love,” which hit No. 8 on Netflix’s Global Top 10 Non-English Series list, along with new launches “Final Draft,” Japan’s first physical survival series, and “Offline Love,” which removes phones entirely from the dating equation.
“What I’m most conscious of is not building in big game-like elements or a strong overarching plot,…
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