So while we love Avatar: The Last Airbender, which pays tribute to various forms of Asian art, both animated and otherwise, we have to leave it on the bench. If it’s animated and written, drawn, and produced in Japan, it’s probably safe to call it “anime.” Cartoons anywhere else in the world-even those which adopt similar animation styles, techniques, or storylines-don’t pass the definition test. While “anime” is just a term derived from “animation,” the word denotes art specifically made in Japan.
If it’s necessary to the art, it should be allowed.Selecting the best anime on Netflix is pretty much like choosing the best Netflix TV show: there are hundreds of titles and thousands of forehead-vein-popping fans ready to jot your name into a Death Note if you flub the rankings. Okiura himself said, “‘Devilman’ has some strong sexual and violent scenes, true, but the purpose of those scenes is to describe human nature. Netflix’s latest anime hit, Devilman Crybaby has tons of sensitive material, and yet many anime enthusiasts have dubbed it a masterpiece.
It also released a feature-length Godzilla anime movie along with more episodes of its fantasy series, Fate/Apocrypha.
Since 2018 began, Netflix’s reacquired the rights to both widely-beloved Fullmetal Alchemist anime series and the recently-released live-action adaptation. Diversity in length, type, and tone of the programming seems like the goal.īefore long, there’ll be an anime for everyone on Netflix. It was dark fantasy-horror, whereas Netflix’s next hit series was Neo Yokio, a sardonic fantasy satire set in the future.
Netflix’s Castlevania series released over the summer, and while short, it’s some of the best it’s produced. Netflix's 'Castlevania' series adapts a beloved classic video game. Netflix announced tons of new original anime back in August, and so far the company’s been making good on its promise to keep producing quality shows and movies. You might also like: “Here’s All the New Anime That Netflix Just Announced” But once he came on board last October to oversee the company’s acquisition and production of anime, things got more serious.
As such, a substantial portion of Netflix’s $8 billion production budget for 2018 is going to anime.Īt one point, nobody really took Netflix seriously when it came to anime, Okiura included. According to Okiura, anime has graduated from a once niche market into a major media player. In an interview published Sunday by Japan Times, Netflix’s director of anime Taito Okiura spoke about the streaming platform’s dedication to anime, both as a host to classic programs and as a producer of original stories.
Anime has officially gone mainstream, and in a way, we have Netflix to thank for that, because the streaming platform is publishing 30 new anime movies and series throughout 2018.