So Squid Game is a show that clearly takes a lot of inspiration from the well known manga/anime/Film "Kaiji". On the whole, I found the show very enjoyable and felt that it make enough of an effort to differentiate itself from the original.. Kaiji is a manga created by Nobuyuki Fukumoto that is eerily similar to Squid Game while existing many years prior to the Netflix show. The Japanese manga debuted in 1996 and follows the character Kaiji Ito who squandered his education and has taken to a life of frivolous activities including gambling which led to him being indebted to loan sharks.
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Squid Game Anime Opening (Kaiji Version) MARIMOMO MORIMO 206K subscribers Subscribe. A full 25 years before Squid Game turned high-stakes survival into a global phenomenon, the cult Japanese manga Kaiji was already exploring the story of the underdog, human nature at its extremes, and the societal implications of gambling. Notably, Kaiji served as a major inspiration for Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, who drew from its intense psychological battles and moral dilemmas to.