Hit-Monkey is a Hulu Original which streamed in its entirety on November 17, 2021.
Concept
The series relates the adventures of Hit-Monkey, a Japanese snow monkey exacting revenge against the Yakuza underworld in Tokyo. He is assisted in these evdeavors by the ghost of Bryce, a dead American assassin.
Production
The series was in pre-production in early 2019, while Marvel Television was a semi-autonomous production arm of Marvel. By the end of 2019, however, the division was subsumed by Marvel Studios, with Hit-Monkey being one of only two Marvel Television series to have surved the consolidation.
Cast
- Fred Tatasciore as Hit-Monkey
- Jason Sudeikis as Bryce
- George Takei as Shinji Yokohama
- Olivia Munn as Akiko
- Nobi Nakanishi as Ito
- Ally Maki as Haruka
Reception
The show is met with generally positive reviews from critics and fans alike with an 86% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.9/10 from IMDb.