A whole host of news came out of the Netflix Anime Festival2020 livestream just recently, with the service showing off 5 new projects and 11 in-progress features. Netflix showed off some original anime shows, as well as some interesting updates on some of their projects based on other properties such asResident Evil. The company was quite excited to show off everything it has coming up, giving props to their creative team based in Tokyo, Japan for all the work done acquiring and developing new projects.
The five new projects announced go as follows: first,Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure, a continuation of the popular stop-motion animatedRilakkuma and Kaorushow. Then there’sThermae Romae Novae, the comedic story of a Roman bath maker who ends up in modern day Japan. There’s alsoHigh-RiseInvasion, described as “an unpredictable and frightening survival story set in high-rise buildings that don’t reach the ground,” as well asThus Spoke Kishibe Rohan,which was written by Kishibe Rohan after doing research forJoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. Finally there’sThe Way of the Househusband,a story about a Yakuza who retires to become a homemaker.
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Netflix also gave some more details about 11other already-announced projects, the most interesting of which were aboutResident Evil: Infinite DarknessandPacific Rim: The Black. Both projects received a first look debut, which mostly consisted of a few teaser images as well as some information about who will producing the projects, thoughPacific Rim: Blackalso had the show’s opening title animation shown off for the first time. There was also a little information about a new anime calledGodzilla Singular Point, which had a preview that showed off quite a few exciting Kaiju designs.
Thankfully Netflix hasmade the entire livestream viewablefor anyone who wasn’t able to watch it at the time, with some helpful bookmarks for those who just want to see the teasers. For those who have an interest in the behind the scenes production, however, there’s a lot of interesting commentary and discussion to be had during the livestream. It’s a great watch for anyone interested in the art form and how Netflix plans to approach its lineup of anime shows.
