Since 2016, Netflix has made it a point to jump in the anime streaming market, with a mission to grow its consumer base by offering fans Japanese anime titles. The platform carries a slate of more than 150 Japanese animation shows and films, and has made lucrative partnerships with anime production houses and companies, like Nippon TV and Production Ig. Which means it can be tough to find the best anime to watch on Netflix.
“We value local partnerships that expand our lineup, giving Netflix access to great production houses and talent,” Taiki Sakurai, Chief Producer, Anime at Netflix told TheWrap. “Our vision is to ultimately please a broad fanbase through the variety of our line-up, delivered in your language in a timely manner after broadcast or theatrical release.”
With old, new and Netflix-premiering titles like ““Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures” and “Record of Ragnorak,” the streaming giant has become one of the...
“We value local partnerships that expand our lineup, giving Netflix access to great production houses and talent,” Taiki Sakurai, Chief Producer, Anime at Netflix told TheWrap. “Our vision is to ultimately please a broad fanbase through the variety of our line-up, delivered in your language in a timely manner after broadcast or theatrical release.”
With old, new and Netflix-premiering titles like ““Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures” and “Record of Ragnorak,” the streaming giant has become one of the...
- 3/27/2023
- by Raquel "Rocky" Harris
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Powerhouse Animation Studios, which is behind Netflix’s Castlevania franchise and the upcoming Tomb Raider and Skull Island anime series, is formalizing its relationship with the streamer by signing a first-look deal to produce more animated series.
Under the pact, Powerhouse Animation will continue to work with Netflix on the new Castlevania series set in the same universe as the original, which recently wrapped its fourth and final season. Based on the classic Konami video game, Castlevania was the streamer’s first original anime series. The new show, from showrunner Clive Bradley, is centered on Richter Belmont — a descendant of Castlevania characters Trevor and Sypha — and is set against the backdrop of the French Revolution.
Powerhouse is also attached to the recently announced Tomb Raider and Skull Island anime series with Legendary Television.
Netflix and Powerhouse’s collaborations also include Greek mythology-based series Blood of Zeus, Seis Manos, and...
Under the pact, Powerhouse Animation will continue to work with Netflix on the new Castlevania series set in the same universe as the original, which recently wrapped its fourth and final season. Based on the classic Konami video game, Castlevania was the streamer’s first original anime series. The new show, from showrunner Clive Bradley, is centered on Richter Belmont — a descendant of Castlevania characters Trevor and Sypha — and is set against the backdrop of the French Revolution.
Powerhouse is also attached to the recently announced Tomb Raider and Skull Island anime series with Legendary Television.
Netflix and Powerhouse’s collaborations also include Greek mythology-based series Blood of Zeus, Seis Manos, and...
- 6/30/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Earlier this week, Netflix re-released the promising trailer for Eden, a science fiction anime series coming to the streamer in May 2021. The four-episode, Japanese-language series is set thousands of years in the future in a robot city known as “Eden 3.” When two farming robots accidentally awaken a human baby girl from stasis during a routine assignment, they begin to question everything they thought they knew about the myth of humanity and decide to raise the child secretly on their own.
Great premise, right? Well, the production has some great creative talent to drive it too. Eden comes from director Yasuhiro Irie, who also did Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and boasts Toshihiro Kawamoto, best known as character designer and animation director for Cowboy Bebop, as a concept designer. Hopefully, Eden is good; regardless, it is a notable series in the history of Netflix, as Eden is being billed as “the first Netflix Japanese Original Anime.
Great premise, right? Well, the production has some great creative talent to drive it too. Eden comes from director Yasuhiro Irie, who also did Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and boasts Toshihiro Kawamoto, best known as character designer and animation director for Cowboy Bebop, as a concept designer. Hopefully, Eden is good; regardless, it is a notable series in the history of Netflix, as Eden is being billed as “the first Netflix Japanese Original Anime.
- 10/28/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Netflix unpacked a swath of news during its Netflix Anime Festival 2020 livestream Tuesday out of Japan, setting five new anime projects and providing updates on 11 other series in various stages of production at the streamer’s bustling Tokyo headquarters.
The new original projects — continuation Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure, manga-based Thermae Romae Novae, High-Rise Invasion and Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, and The Way of the Househusband — were unveiled along with updates on 11 others previously announced including anime series based on franchises including Resident Evil, Transformers and Pacific Rim, Yasuke featuring the voice of Lakieth Stanfield, and the continuation of the manga tale Baki Hanma.
“In just four short years since launching our creative team in Tokyo, Netflix has expanded the reach and overall audience of anime – a category conventionally seen as niche,” Taiki Sakurai, Netflix’s Chief Producer, Anime, during the event. “Given the success of shows such as Seven Deadly Sins and Baki,...
The new original projects — continuation Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure, manga-based Thermae Romae Novae, High-Rise Invasion and Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, and The Way of the Househusband — were unveiled along with updates on 11 others previously announced including anime series based on franchises including Resident Evil, Transformers and Pacific Rim, Yasuke featuring the voice of Lakieth Stanfield, and the continuation of the manga tale Baki Hanma.
“In just four short years since launching our creative team in Tokyo, Netflix has expanded the reach and overall audience of anime – a category conventionally seen as niche,” Taiki Sakurai, Netflix’s Chief Producer, Anime, during the event. “Given the success of shows such as Seven Deadly Sins and Baki,...
- 10/27/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix is aiming to grow its production of anime content by signing four deals with creators in Japan and Korea.
The producers are Japan’s Naz, Science Saru, Mappa, and Korea’s Studio Mir, and take the streamer’s total content deals in the two territories to nine. Each deal is a non-exclusive production line partnership. Netflix says its aim is “to create the best content for the global anime community”.
To date, the service’s original anime productions under the existing partnerships include Altered Carbon: Resleeved (Anima), Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 (Production I.G), and Dragon’s Dogma (Sublimation).
Upcoming in 2021 and beyond are Spriggan (David Production), Vampire In The Garden, (Wit Studio – a group company under Production I.G), and Super Crooks (Bones).
“In just four years, we’ve built a dedicated team based in Tokyo that serves to entertain the global anime community through new and aspirational storytelling.
The producers are Japan’s Naz, Science Saru, Mappa, and Korea’s Studio Mir, and take the streamer’s total content deals in the two territories to nine. Each deal is a non-exclusive production line partnership. Netflix says its aim is “to create the best content for the global anime community”.
To date, the service’s original anime productions under the existing partnerships include Altered Carbon: Resleeved (Anima), Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 (Production I.G), and Dragon’s Dogma (Sublimation).
Upcoming in 2021 and beyond are Spriggan (David Production), Vampire In The Garden, (Wit Studio – a group company under Production I.G), and Super Crooks (Bones).
“In just four years, we’ve built a dedicated team based in Tokyo that serves to entertain the global anime community through new and aspirational storytelling.
- 10/23/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has partnered with six Japanese anime creators as it doubles down on the genre.
The streamer has struck deals with Clamp (Cardcaptor Sakura), Shin Kibayashi (The Kindaichi Case Files), Yasuo Ohtagaki (Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt), Otsuichi (Goth), Tow Ubukata (Mardock Scramble) and Mari Yamazaki (Thermae Romae).
These creators are a mix of manga artists, novelists, screenwriters and filmmakers. They will develop new projects and Netflix will also explore ways to exploit these projects off-screen through publishing and consumer products
It comes after Netflix struck deals with five Japanese animation producers – Production I.G, bones, anima, David Production and Sublimation – last year.
Other anime projects in the works at Netflix include spin-off feature film The Witcher: Nightmare of the WolfandMasters of the Universe: Revelation, Kevin Smith’s upcoming series based on He-Man, Skeletor, Teela and the Masters of the Universe franchise voiced by Mark Hamill and Lena Headey.
Taiki Sakurai,...
The streamer has struck deals with Clamp (Cardcaptor Sakura), Shin Kibayashi (The Kindaichi Case Files), Yasuo Ohtagaki (Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt), Otsuichi (Goth), Tow Ubukata (Mardock Scramble) and Mari Yamazaki (Thermae Romae).
These creators are a mix of manga artists, novelists, screenwriters and filmmakers. They will develop new projects and Netflix will also explore ways to exploit these projects off-screen through publishing and consumer products
It comes after Netflix struck deals with five Japanese animation producers – Production I.G, bones, anima, David Production and Sublimation – last year.
Other anime projects in the works at Netflix include spin-off feature film The Witcher: Nightmare of the WolfandMasters of the Universe: Revelation, Kevin Smith’s upcoming series based on He-Man, Skeletor, Teela and the Masters of the Universe franchise voiced by Mark Hamill and Lena Headey.
Taiki Sakurai,...
- 2/26/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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