Player 456 standing in front of a crowd in Squid Game Season 2 Poster Art
Arguably the hit series of the decade so far, Squid Game enchanted millions the world over with the release of its first season in 2021. The release of Season 2 has already become something of a worldwide phenomenon, with the story focusing on Seong Gi-hun three years after he won the Squid Game as he gives up on his aspirations of traveling to America and returns to the games with a renewed purpose.
The series has earned praise for how it balances its visceral horror elements with tremendous insights into sin in the modern day and humanity’s perpetual search for purpose and reason in the face of the divine. It drew immediate comparisons to Squid Game for its thrilling story of decisions and consequences, but Hellbound packs an added punch with its philosophical, biblical might that imbues the series with an existential pondering that is universally intriguing.
Thankfully, the show doesn’t quite go to the deadly lengths of Squid Game, but it still sees its champions battling it out not only for the honor of victory, but for a significant cash prize as well. Loaded with grueling and elaborate challenges and awe-inspiring feats of physical strength, Physical: 100 is as close to a real-life Squid Game as we will get.
The similarities between the anime and Squid Game are plain to see, from the downtrodden and opportunistic protagonist reduced to desperate measures, to the gripping story of chaos and intrigue that he finds himself entrenched in. Engrossing as a thriller, and brilliantly accentuated by the animation’s exaggerated vibrancy and vigor, Gyakkuô burai Kaiji is a magnetic series perfect for those who love Squid Game’s immersive story and mounting stakes.
The premise centers on eight contestants participating in a game where they earn money for staying in an eight-story building, using their resources and income to buy provisions to keep the game going. While they start out supporting one another, the dynamic between the eight applicants begins to shift as time goes on.
Given its release in the mid 2010s, the series perhaps has more in common with teen thrillers like The 100 and The Society, but it finds a great deal more depth than many of its contemporaries with its bolder character backstories and its elevated sense of brutality. Sharing Squid Game’s interest in social commentary and the subjugation of desperate people, 3% is another international gem of high-concept thriller TV that ran for four engrossing seasons from 2016 to 2020.
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