I turned on Netflix today ... and there it was.
live action ...
ERASEDSo far it is following the manga/anime very closely - the only thing missing is the purple butterfly (but that would have required some CGI. It feels a bit dry but I don't know if its simply because I've seen the anime and have already been very well whammed by the wham scenes.
I've seen two episodes so far - it'll be interesting to see if they can build the suspense like they did in the anime. The anime is the best time-travel story of the decade.
and that's not spoiling anything you don't learn in the first episode