Yolk Man: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A loser college student was having a really bad day: The girl he was in love with only thought of him as her bestie; and he was diagnosed with terminal cancer with only three months to live. Then an alien life form that looked like a yolk body-snatched him. It not only cured his cancer, but it also gave him superhuman abilities. But with the happy surprise came the danger of extraterrestrial kind. For his friends and love ones, he had to overcome his loser mentality and be a hero.

Series details

• Title: Yolk Man
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Comedy, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2019-08-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-08-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: iQIYI
• Typical episode runtime: 20 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 52540
• TVDB ID: 384915

Cast and credited roles

• Austin Lin — Li Zhi Yuan
• Yu Xiang — Wang Si Da
• Yu Lang — Wang Nan
• Chen Bi Ge — Zhang Qi Meng

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-08-16; final listed air date 2019-08-16; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Yolk Man on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.