How many episodes are in Human Vapor?

Human Vapor has 8 episodes in this listed season.

When does Human Vapor premiere?

Human Vapor premieres on 2026-07-02.

Is Human Vapor a new series?

Human Vapor is a new series (Season 1).

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Human Vapor(2026)

Also known as Gasu Ningen

Archived · Netflix

MA15+8 eps

S01

CrimeActionScience FictionThriller

ON AIR: JUL 2Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Human Vapor turns bank security into an unusual kind of action sequence: walls, vaults, and guards are obstacles its robber can drift straight through. The heists give this Tokyo crime thriller a fast, kinetic pace, while the sight of a body dissolving into mist adds an eerie edge to its superhero fantasy. The power is useful, but never entirely reassuring.

Police pressure builds across one continuous story, narrowing the distance between the robber’s extraordinary ability and the consequences of his crimes. Alongside the pursuit, dread grows around what the transformations are doing to him. That uncertainty gives the horror a personal dimension, with the moral cost of the robberies darkening the rush of getting past each physical barrier.

Best for

superpowered heists, eerie body horror and Crime

Story lane

Crime and Action

Commitment

Season 1 · 8 episodes

Where

Netflix

Official Premise

A man gains the ability to transform into a gaseous state uses his powers for bank robberies.

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Human Vapor and Mousetrap keep the tension close, with desperate characters racing through city streets as danger and consequences close in. Human Vapor leans into eerie body horror and kinetic heists; Mousetrap is a twistier Seoul chase, driven by the uneasy, often prickly partnership between a timid writer and a ruthless loan shark.

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Human Vapor and The Fixers make crime action lively with bruising fights, urgent danger, and characters pushed into risky choices. The Fixers adds dry jokes and bickering partners working out of a temple, making it warmer and more playful than Human Vapor’s shadowy heists and body horror.

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