Your Ultimate Guide to May 2026’s Best OTT Releases: Netflix’s ‘Wonderfuls’ and More!

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[An Se-jun, iNews24] Domestic and international streaming services — including Netflix, Disney+, TVING, Wavve and Coupang Play — have unveiled their new-release lineups for the second week of May.

Late‑1999 superpowered comedy‑adventure ‘원더풀스’

First up, Netflix released ‘원더풀스’ on the 15th. The Netflix original is a comedic, superpower‑driven adventure that follows a group of ordinary people who suddenly gain extraordinary abilities and must band together to fight villains threatening the peace.

Set against the millennial anxieties of 1999, the trio known as Chaeni, Kyunghun and Robin — nicknamed rough‑around‑the‑edges types and gullible good‑samaritans — acquire powers after an unexpected incident. They later witness a civil servant, Unjeong, using a power of his own and take to calling him their master as they shadow him.

While Unjeong and the trio bicker, villains appear in Haesung City, thrusting them into a mission to save the world. Park Eun‑bin plays Chaeni, Cha Eun‑woo is Unjeong, Choi Dae‑hoon portrays Kyunghun, and Im Seong‑jae plays Robin. The series is directed by Yoo In‑sik.

Ok Taec‑yeon and Hayato Isomura star in ‘Soulmate’

Netflix also premiered the limited series ‘Soulmate.’ The story begins when Ryu, tormented by guilt and indecision, leaves Japan for Berlin and is rescued from death by a Korean boxer named Johan.

Ryu is haunted by an irreversible incident from his past that destroyed a friend’s life. Carrying that guilt, he goes to Berlin in search of the childhood friend there, but sinks into despair and is pushed to the brink of death.

When Korean boxer Johan unexpectedly saves him, the two strangers meet in a foreign city and gradually become each other’s support — sometimes clashing fiercely but ultimately bonding. Hayato Isomura plays Ryu, and Ok Taec‑yeon plays Johan. ‘Soulmate,’ a story of miraculous encounters and emotional resonance, is available exclusively on Netflix.

The city’s judge of retribution ‘The Punisher: One Last Kill’

Disney+ released a hidden chapter in the life of Frank Castle, the Punisher. The Marvel Television special presentation ‘The Punisher: One Last Kill’ examines what happens when Castle, attempting to forge a new life, is drawn into an unexpected series of events.

The special picks up immediately after ‘Daredevil: Born Again,’ a narrative choice that has heightened fans’ interest.

With a key role that feeds into the July theatrical release ‘Spider‑Man: Brand New Day,’ this is being touted as a must‑see before hitting the cinema. Intense action promises an immersive experience — ‘The Punisher: One Last Kill’ is available now on Disney+.

The miracle of British football: ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ Season 5

Disney+ also dropped Season 5 of ‘Welcome to Wrexham.’ The series chronicles how Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, after acquiring Wrexham AFC — a fifth‑division club in North Wales — engineered three consecutive promotions, propelling the team into the English Championship for the first time in roughly 40 years.

Season 5 looks beyond the club’s rapid rise to closely examine the players’ everyday lives and behind‑the‑scenes moments. It covers farewells to founding players who helped the team survive from the bottom, and the recruitment of new, more competitive talent. The season consists of eight episodes and is streaming on Disney+.

TVING reveals KBO League fandom broadcast lineup for the third week of May

TVING announced the lineup for its 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League “fandom broadcasts” for the second week of May. In the 1:35 p.m. game at Suwon KT Wiz Park between the KT Wiz and the Hanwha Eagles, hosts with deep local ties will face off.

On the KT Wiz side, the show features YookTube — a club‑focused creator who is the older brother of pitcher Yuk Cheong‑myung — and Suwon native and comedian Park Hwi‑soon. The pairing of the club’s content ambassador YookTube with Park is expected to feel both familiar and entertaining to KT fans.

Representing the Hanwha Eagles are actor In Gyo‑jin and Kim Hwan. In Gyo‑jin is an alumnus of Cheonan Bukil High School — a wellspring of Hanwha talent — and Kim Hwan is a former baseball player turned broadcaster, a combination that should bring strong support to the Hanwha fandom’s push for victory.

Wavve teases survival show ‘피의 게임X’ release

Wavve has announced that ‘피의 게임X’ will premiere in July. ‘피의 게임’ is an original survival competition that pits the smartest and most physically formidable contestants against one another in extreme survival challenges.

The show won a dedicated following by staging unpredictable rules and elaborate designs that force contestants to battle for the title of last survivor. Beyond mind games, the format blends psychological maneuvers — betrayals and conspiracies — with physical showdowns, carving out a distinct niche in the survival genre.

According to Wavve, ‘피의 게임X’ breaks from the previous format centered on individual survival by introducing team competition. Prominent players from past seasons will return as representatives of their seasons’ teams, while contestants from other survival shows and newcomers will join as new squads.

Coupang Play releases four‑part documentary ‘K‑Everything’

Coupang Play premiered the CNN original documentary series ‘K‑Everything.’ Hosted by Korean‑American actor Daniel Dae Kim, the four‑part series traces the global expansion of Korean culture across K‑pop, film and television, food, and beauty.

The first episode, released on the 9th, spotlights artists — from Psy, who upended the world with ‘Gangnam Style,’ to Taeyang, Jeon So‑mi, ALLDAY PROJECT and Miyao — to explore the formula behind K‑pop’s growth and the power of fandom culture.

The series then heads to the Busan International Film Festival to capture actor Lee Byung‑hun meeting auteur Park Chan‑wook’s ‘어쩔수가없다’ with festival audiences. It also examines the trajectory that allowed K‑drama and K‑film to achieve both global box‑office success and critical acclaim. The current state of K‑culture, now a global standard of enjoyment, can be seen exclusively on Coupang Play.