Having previously entered distribution deals with Netflix for reality, drama and entertainment series, Japan’s Nippon TV is expanding its relationship with the streamer, licensing 13 of its most popular anime titles to the platform in a non-exclusive pact.
Some series will go wider than others, notably Hunter X Hunter whose first 38 episodes will be added to Netflix in 104 countries including Spain, Italy, Finland, Turkey, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and the UAE on September 1. That same day, Ouran High School Host Club will be available in 190 countries, and Claymore in 136 countries.
The new partnership builds on previous deals for Nippon TV reality series Old Enough!, as well as 30 of its biggest drama series and entertainment shows which air on Netflix in its Asian markets.
Along with Hunter X Hunter, Ouran High School Host Club and Claymore, the other titles included in the new deal are Death Note, Death Note: Relight 1 and...
Some series will go wider than others, notably Hunter X Hunter whose first 38 episodes will be added to Netflix in 104 countries including Spain, Italy, Finland, Turkey, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and the UAE on September 1. That same day, Ouran High School Host Club will be available in 190 countries, and Claymore in 136 countries.
The new partnership builds on previous deals for Nippon TV reality series Old Enough!, as well as 30 of its biggest drama series and entertainment shows which air on Netflix in its Asian markets.
Along with Hunter X Hunter, Ouran High School Host Club and Claymore, the other titles included in the new deal are Death Note, Death Note: Relight 1 and...
- 8/29/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has signed a multi-picture partnership with Japan’s Studio Colorido, including the previously-announced feature Drifting Home, which will debut on the service September 16.
Below is a new trailer for the anime movie, which is an original story about two childhood friends that drift into a mysterious sea alongside an entire housing complex.
The partnership deal follows the two companies first collaborating on A Whisker Away, which was released on the streamer in June 2020.
Drifting Home will now be followed by two further additional Studio Colorido films that will premiere on Netflix, among which one project will be directed by Tomotaka Shibayama and will launch in 2024.
Recently, Netflix’s director of anime Kohei Obara claimed that half of its subscribers globally watched anime on the service in 2021.
“Studio Colorido has some of Japan’s finest animation creators who have been producing best-in-class original animated features over the last 10 years,” said...
Below is a new trailer for the anime movie, which is an original story about two childhood friends that drift into a mysterious sea alongside an entire housing complex.
The partnership deal follows the two companies first collaborating on A Whisker Away, which was released on the streamer in June 2020.
Drifting Home will now be followed by two further additional Studio Colorido films that will premiere on Netflix, among which one project will be directed by Tomotaka Shibayama and will launch in 2024.
Recently, Netflix’s director of anime Kohei Obara claimed that half of its subscribers globally watched anime on the service in 2021.
“Studio Colorido has some of Japan’s finest animation creators who have been producing best-in-class original animated features over the last 10 years,” said...
- 4/27/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has revealed 40 anime titles that will bow on the service in 2022, including new shows and returning fan favorites.
Titles revealed at the AnimeJapan 2022 event include “Thermae Romae Novae,” launching on Monday, which is part of the partnership that the streamer had announced in 2020 with six anime creators. Other highlights include “Kotaro Lives Alone,” and Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure. It also features family-friendly anime films like action blockbuster “Bubble,” which premiered at the Berlinale earlier this year and Studio Colorido’s “Drifting Home.”
Netflix also revealed the return of the latest season in the “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” universe, “Stone Ocean,” which will continue for episodes 13-24 later this year.
During the AnimeJapan stage event, Netflix provided sneak peeks into upcoming titles including new character art and main casts for “The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh,” with the first part premiering in 2022, and art and main trailer of “Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045...
Titles revealed at the AnimeJapan 2022 event include “Thermae Romae Novae,” launching on Monday, which is part of the partnership that the streamer had announced in 2020 with six anime creators. Other highlights include “Kotaro Lives Alone,” and Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure. It also features family-friendly anime films like action blockbuster “Bubble,” which premiered at the Berlinale earlier this year and Studio Colorido’s “Drifting Home.”
Netflix also revealed the return of the latest season in the “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” universe, “Stone Ocean,” which will continue for episodes 13-24 later this year.
During the AnimeJapan stage event, Netflix provided sneak peeks into upcoming titles including new character art and main casts for “The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh,” with the first part premiering in 2022, and art and main trailer of “Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045...
- 3/28/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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