Like a Dragon is going global. The video game series, previously known as Yakuza in the West, has only grown in popularity since 2015's Yakuza 0, encompassing all manner of turn-based RPGs, secret agent brawlers, and pirate-themed adventures. Now, it's about to be plonked in front of millions of subscribers on Prime Video.

Yakuza are mixed to negative, with a couple of positive ones. According to critics, the show fails to balance the melodrama with moments of comedy. The series was always going to be difficult to adapt because of how unique its presentation is.

Yakuza, and while it might be a show about yakuza with an adapted storyline giving a different yet equally complicated plot, we're not sure who this is for.

The top figures who control Madlantis. Queen Michele rules the criminal underworld as its charismatic leader and founder of the Pirates' Coliseum. Mortimer is the reigning champion of the Pirates' Coliseum and commands a grand pirate fleet as its admiral. Raymond Law oversees all business on Madlantis and continues to generate a massive fortune.

Though I've never experienced any of the games in full, I have long been fascinated by the Like A Dragon series, or Yakuza as its known in the West. Apart

Yakuza Like A Dragon is set to debut on Amazon Prime Video and is based on the popular Yakuza series by Sega. But where is the series set and is it a real place in Japan?

Yakuza" doesn't have enough meat on its bones to justify its adaptation into a TV series, resulting in a slog of a show.