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Revealed during aNetflix presentation in Singaporethat also featured appearances by company CEO Reed Hastings,House of Cardsactress Robin Wright, andNarcosactors Diego Luna and Michael Pena, the anime projects include series based on thePacific Rimmovies and Netflix’s own live-actionAltered Carbonseries.
The announcements were made as part of an event highlighting the collaboration between Netflix and creators in Asia, with many of the series coming out of Asian studios or being scripted or otherwise developed by Asian creative teams.
ThePacific Rimanime series will reportedly expand on the universe ofPacific Rimand its sequel,Pacific Rim Uprising, and follow a pair of siblings piloting an abandoned Jaeger — the massive robots used to fight giant monsters in the franchise — on a quest to find their parents. The series will haveThor: Ragnarokscreenwriter andX-Men: Evolutionseries writer Greg Johnson serving as showrunner. Legendary Entertainment, the studio behindKong: Skull Island, will produce the series.
Also coming up is an anime series based onAltered Carbon, the dark sci-fi series that premiered on Netflix in February 2018. Set in the same universe as the live-action series, theAltered Carbonanime series will “explore new elements of the story mythology.” The series also brings in a creator from two of the most celebrated anime series of all time, Dai Sato ofCowboy BebopandSamurai Champloo, who will pen the script along with Tsukasa Kondo.
The other series announced at the event includeInsect Cage, a series set in a post-apocalyptic world where a disease turns humans into giant insects, andYasuke, which follows a retired samurai tasked with transporting a mysterious child through a war-torn world filled with giant mechs and magic.Sorry to Bother Youstar Lakeith Stanfield will voice the protagonist in the latter series. Finally, the seriesTresewill use Philippine folklore to explore a criminal underworld in which supernatural beings hold the power.
Although Netflix didn’t give a specific premiere date for the anime series, they are all expected to become available to stream at some point in 2019.
