Netflix Plans To Release 30 Anime Series In 2018
Anime continues expanding into mainstream of pop-culture, and the larger entertainment industry is [...]
Anime continues expanding into mainstream of pop-culture, and the larger entertainment industry is definitely taking notice.
A new report reveals that Netflix is jumping into anime big time, with a plan to bring thirty original anime series to the streaming service by the end of 2018!
Anime News Network has a breakdown on the new anime series that are coming to the service, which include the following:
- Violet Evergarden (Kyoto Animation)
- A.I.C.O. - Incarnation (BONES)
- Sword Gai: The Animation (DLE Inc.)
- B: The Beginning (Production I.G.)
- Lost Song (LIDEN FILMS)
- Kakegurui (MAPPA)
- DEVILMAN crybaby (Science SARU)
- Baki (TMS Entertainment)
- Cannon Busters (Satelight)
- (Domo) Rilakkuma (Dwar Studio)
- Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya (Toei Animation)
The Verge further explains that this is all part of Netflix's $8 billion investment in original programming. The company is pushing hard to balance out its service with 50% of original programming in a variety of genres.
The timing isn't coincidental: Disney will be pulling its content from Netflix in 2019, including the highly-lucrative Marvel and Star Wars franchises. It's likely that many other studios and companies will follow Disney's example, which leaves Netflix in a tough spot, as the service is currently propped up by its deals with third-party content providers. In order for Netflix to make it to the next phase, providing subscribers with content that the company owns.
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Netflix has already pushed into the anime genre by launching Neo Yokio, an anime series starring Jaden Smith and Jude Law, as a fashionable demon hunter and his robot servant, living in a amalgamated mix of New York and Tokyo.
We'll keep you updated about the new anime that Netflix will be launching - but for fans, this is good news that the genre is only getting bigger, and (hopefully) better.