16 new films! Netflix Japanese animation strikes hard

How important is animation in Japanese film and television culture?

Recently, the movie "The Blade of the Ghost" was released in Japan, which even broke the box office record.

What is the position of Japanese animation in the global film and television culture?

. From the perspective of animated series alone, it is even better than the United States in some aspects.

Netflix, a big streaming media company, attaches great importance to Japanese animation, which seems to raise the influence of Japanese animation to another level. October 27th.

These include the classic monster animated series Godzilla: Singularity, Resident Evil: Endless Darkness, which was announced earlier, and the animated version of Pacific Rim, which was adapted from the global blockbuster movie.

The comic animation "Roman Bath" that travels through time and space, the classic comic adaptation album "College Students in the Sky" in the 1990s, the horror animation "Sky Invasion" and "Eden" that survived with blood, etc.

Netflix has 195 million subscribers worldwide, extensive distribution and a large number of users, making it a big platform for Japanese animation promotion.

Japanese animation has always been a popular content type in Netflix. In the past year (October 2019-October 2020), more than 100 million families around the world have watched cartoons on the Netflix platform.

Japanese animation has also captured Netflix’s top ten rankings in nearly 100 countries and regions, and the enthusiasm of viewing has increased by 50% compared with a year ago.

Below, let’s take a look at what new Japanese anime works Netflix has in 2021!

Godzilla: Singularity was created by two animation studios, bones and Orange. Hideyoshi Yamamori, who had participated in the production of The Magic Princess and The Hidden Girl, was selected as the monster design, and Kato Kazue, the cartoonist of The Exorcist of Youth, was selected as the character design.

The preview of the latest exposure makes people look forward to it. I feel that the design is Japanese, which is somewhat different from the live-action version of Godzilla 2: The King of Monsters.

Leon Scott Kennedy and Claire Redfield, who appeared in the game, are the main characters of this CG drama series, and the story is full of horror, action and suspense. Resident Evil was first released in 1996, and the 25th anniversary of this series will be celebrated in 2021. The play will also be launched on Netflix in 2021.

This series is produced by Yu Xing Kobayashi of Capcom and produced by TMS Entertainment.

Inspired by the movie Pacific Rim, this drama series is called Pacific Rim: The Black in English.

The production lineup of the series includes Craig Kyle, a famous Japanese writer, and Greg Qiang Sen, a Japanese producer. The cooperation between the United States and Marvel Comics has attracted the attention of international fans.

Netflix animation Eden describes a touching story of a little human girl who was raised by two robots.

This year’s HBO MAX’s live-action drama "Alien Catastrophe" involves the theme of biochemical people raising human beings, but the Japanese animation drama series is much more "cartoon" in style.

The most famous work drawn by cartoonist Mari Yamazaki, The Bath of Rome, has starred in two live-action movies by Hiroshi Abe, and Netflix will soon launch an animated series.

The play tells the story of a bathhouse designer who came to modern Japan through time and space to learn Japanese bathhouse culture. In addition, the series also added a brand-new story specially drawn by teacher Yamazaki!

"Booming College Students" is adapted from the classic comics in 1990s, the original author is Gao Shuzhou, and the comics are written by Ryouji Minagawa. The drama tells the story of a great civilization that once existed on the earth, with far more knowledge and scientific strength than modern human beings. The remains of this ancient civilization are still hidden all over the world.

However, the high-speed communication network and satellite detection technology all over the world have uncovered all the secrets. Members of ancient civilizations once left a message: "Be good at keeping our heritage and don’t fall into the hands of evil people", and this warning has become a belief that an organization keeps in mind.

The organization is composed of a group of mysterious agents named "college students in the sky", vowing to permanently seal this ancient civilization.

The animated photo album "Sky Violation" adapted from survival comics tells a wonderful story of a group of high school students risking their lives to survive in the sky.

Netflix recently released two main visual color pictures through the event. Two female students stood on a wooden bridge in the sky with blood, and the other end was a horrible maid with a sickle.

Netflix’s popular animation "Blade’s Teeth" confirmed the launch of the main animated series "Hanma Baki", which depicts the entanglement between Hanma Baki and his father Hanma Yujiro. Netflix called the relationship between Blade Teeth and Yujiro "the most dysfunctional father-son relationship ever".

Vampire in the Garden, a brand-new original animation released by the production company, describes the fantasy adventure story of human girls and vampires looking for "heaven" together.

This year, the hilarious cartoon "Extreme Master’s Way" was remake as a Japanese drama, starring Hiroshi Tamaki, which is based on the comic book of the same name by Yasuke Ono, and tells the daily life comedy of the former most vicious gangster, the current stay-at-home husband, nicknamed the immortal Aaron.

Now there are animated series, and just watching the protagonist cook fiercely can make fans around the world laugh.

Originally a collection of short cartoons featuring Rohan Kishibe, the character in the fourth part of JoJo’s Fantastic Adventures by Hirohiko Araki, the animated version tells all kinds of wonderful stories encountered by cartoonist Rohan Kishibe in the process of drawing materials.

This animated version selects four chapters: "Confession Room", "Liubi Sakamoto", "Regal Village" and "THE RUN". This animated version has been broadcast on Japanese TV and first landed on streaming media in 2021.

It is worth mentioning that the live-action TV series starring Issei Takahashi will be launched on December 28th this year.

The first season has been launched on Netflix this year, and the biggest feature of this animated series is the return to G1 retro style.

After the loss of allspark in the second season, Megatron had to accept the cruel reality that his Decepticons were trapped on the dying Cybertron.

On the other hand, lost in the dark depths of space, Optimus Prime and his men launched a desperate mission, but unexpectedly met mercenaries roaming in space.

A brand-new original animation "Misuke Yasuke" produced by MAPPA and played by American hip-hop musician Flying Lotus depicts the legendary story of Misuke, a famous black warrior in Japanese history.

The live-action film was originally intended to star in "Panther" Chadwick Boseman, but after his unfortunate death, the project is expected to be shelved.

Following the stop-motion animation "Easy Bear and Xiao Xun" launched last year, this healing animated short film will launch "Easy Bear Theme Park Adventure", another instant noodle fan?

This animated series from the Philippines, adapted from a graphic novel of the same name, tells the story of Alexandra Tracy confronting the underworld with evil creatures in Manila, the capital, where legendary creatures from the Philippines are hidden among human beings.

In "B: Starting Point", the genius search officer Keith returns to the police force and is looking for the prisoner of an incident.

The prisoner is a serial murderer who specializes in hunting vicious criminals, commonly known as "Killer B". This person will inevitably carve the word "B" at the crime scene, which has attracted everyone’s attention.

The mysterious teenager Kuroha may be an ally or a target. Keith and Kuroha, the fate of two people who have never met, are finally involved in the same conspiracy.