Netflix recently announced a total of 16 anime titles coming to the streaming platform during the Netflix Anime Festival 2020 and touched on both already announced and newly announced upcoming titles seen below.
When danger comes up from the depths, only young geniuses Mei, Yun, and their team can face the threat in Godzilla Singular Point! Take a first look at next year’s new series featuring the classic monster. @CG_Orange_eng @TOHO_GODZILLA pic.twitter.com/B7VWyGb3ZZ
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Godzilla: Singular Point
Netflix, in association with studio Bones and Orange, will create an all new Godzilla TV anime titled Godzilla SP (Singular Point) to be streamed sometime in 2021, and will air on TV in Japan in April 2021.
Atsushi Takahashi (who worked on Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi) will be directing the anime alongside music composer Kan Sawada (who also worked on Doraemon) and Kazue Kato serving as the character designer, with famed fiction novelist Toh Enjoe making his TV debut as a writer for the series, and legendary animator Eiji Yamamori from Studio Ghibli serving as the designer for Godzilla.
As the armies of man battle over ancient relics, one organization will do all it can to seal them away. Here’s a first look at 2021’s anime series adaptation of legendary action manga Spriggan in action! @DPInc_official pic.twitter.com/ukTzI0nlMS
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Spriggan
Originally announced in March 2019, Netflix released new information on the anime adaptation of Ryouji Minagawa’s sci-fi action manga Spriggan, by way of a new key visual and staff listing.
- Director: Hiroshi Kobayashi (Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan, Kiznaiver)
- Writer: Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan The Final Season, Mob Psycho 100)
- Character Designer: Shuhei Handa (Little Witch Academia)
Spriggan was originally serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1989 to 1996 and was compiled into 11 manga volumes. The manga follows Yu Ominae, a highly ranked agent or “Spriggan” at the ARCAM Private Army who’s tasked in sealing an ancient civilization’s artifact to prevent them from being used for human wars. The anime adaptation is set to premiere on Netflix globally sometime in 2021.
Japan’s most evil yakuza makes its cutest househusband! Follow Tatsu’s journey from underworld legend to domestic bliss when the anime adaptation of Kousuke Oono’s hit comedy manga The Way of the Househusband premieres in 2021. pic.twitter.com/V7tdVIaYVc
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The Way of the House Husband
Netflix recently announced it would stream a new anime adaptation of The Way of the House Husband, based on the award-winning manga by Kousuke Oono. J.C.Staff will head the production and will be directed by Chiaki Kon, with Kenjiro Tsuda playing the main character Tatsu.
When biohazards run wild, only a pair of veteran zombie slayers can get the job done. Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness is a new original series set in the canon of @CapcomUSA_’s classic survival horror franchise @RE_Games, coming next year. pic.twitter.com/nuBKVgXuzp
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Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness
During the Tokyo Game Show event, Netflix announced Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, which is the Resident Evil franchise’s first CG drama series coming to Netflix 2021. The series focuses on Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, and “adds suspense into dynamic action scenes” to “reveal a Resident Evil world unlike anything seen before.” The series is being produced by Hiroyuki Kobayashi at TMS Entertainment, and animated in full 3D CG at studio Quebico, who also worked on the 2017 Resident Evil: Vendetta.
To truly capture the ways of the world, this manga artist will scour the globe for inspiration! All four episodes of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure spin-off Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan make their Netflix debut 2021. pic.twitter.com/cONOzo0d3B
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Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan
Netflix also announced that all four episodes of the OVA anime series for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Spin-off Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, will be coming to the streaming platform in 2021.
Once, vampires and humans lived in harmony. Now, a young girl and a vampire queen will search for that Paradise once again. Here’s your first look at Vampire in the Garden, an original story from @WIT_STUDIO premiering next year. pic.twitter.com/9Z55Cn3ijV
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Vampire in the Garden
Netflix announced Vampire in the Garden, a new original anime series from WIT STUDIO. The anime is being directed by Ryotaro Makihara, with character designs and animation direction by Tetsuya Nishio and art direction from Shunichiro Yoshihara. The anime will be out on the platform in 2021.
Long ago, humanity defeated the Kaiju. Now, they’re evacuating Australia. In 2021 join a pair of siblings and their battered, long-abandoned Jaegar as they battle across a continent of danger in Pacific Rim: The Black. @Legendary @POLYGONPICTURES pic.twitter.com/P5ZHZYv9OQ
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Pacific Rim: The Black
First revealed in 2018, Netflix released the first visuals for Pacific Rim: The Black anime series, based on the film series from Legendary Pictures. The 2021 series will be produced by co-showrunners Craig Kyle and Greg Johnson.
The most dysfunctional father-son relationship of all time reaches its climax when Baki Hanma faces off against the Ogre himself in next year’s season of Keisuke Itagaki’s brutal fight series! pic.twitter.com/Y0mEC8PmS8
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Baki: Son of Ogre
It was announced that Baki: Son of Ogre, will be premiering on Netflix in 2021. To celebrate the announcement, manga creator Keisuke Itagaki drew a special illustration seen above.
They might have solved their last case, but Keith and Koku aren’t finished yet. Here’s your first glimpse at B: The Beginning Succession’s story of detectives and killers in a high-tech world, arriving next year. @ProductionIGinc pic.twitter.com/spcWDOFUh7
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B: The Beginning
Netflix also announced the second season of B the Beginning, titled B: The Beginning Succession, scheduled to air on the streaming service in 2021.
Sometimes a family is a human girl, a robot, and another robot. EDEN follows Sarah and her mechanical adoptive parents as she confronts a strange, beautiful world, arriving May 2021. pic.twitter.com/1foOcAT8Eh
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Eden
Netflix revealed a new trailer and visual for the upcoming four-episode original series, Eden. The anime will be directed by Yasuhiro Irie with animation production by Qubic Pictures, and is set to premiere May 2021.
As Yuri finds herself in a bizarre world of endless buildings and masked killers, she’ll do whatever it takes to find her brother and escape. Next year, discover the secret of the skyscrapers in action horror series High-Rise Invasion. pic.twitter.com/ShFLIYsKHL
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High Rise Invasion
Netflix announced it will release a new anime adaptation of High Rise Invasion, based on the manga series by Takahiro Oba and Tsuina Miura. The anime is being Directed by Masahiro Takata, alongside character designer Yoichi Ueda, with series composition by Yoichi Ueda, music from tatsuo and Yoichi Sakai, and animation production by Zero-G. The anime is set to release in February 2021.
Aswangs of Manila, beware: Alexandra Trese is coming for you. Enjoy this very first look at TRESE, coming soon on Netflix. ?????? pic.twitter.com/BpiRc6WhjQ
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TRESE
Netflix announced a new anime series TRESE, based in Manila Philippines. The announcement stream stated that as the series is being created in the Philippines, the creators will have a different perspective of Manila than someone not from the city.
When Roman Empire bath designer Lucius ends up in modern Japan, he’ll find the two cultures aren’t so different after all. The anime adaptation of Mari Yamazaki’s bathhouse comedy Thermae Romae Novae hits the screen in 2021! pic.twitter.com/SeS1ZMS83W
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Thermae Romae
Netflix announced a new season of the critically acclaimed Thermae Romae series was announced during the presentation, titled Thermae Romae Novae. Netflix also released a new visual for the upcoming series. Mari Yamazaki will be drawing new episodes for the series, with series production by Studio NAZ.
With the Allspark lost and Decepticons trapped on a dying Cybertron, Optimus Prime pushes the Autobots to the limit in the depths of space. EARTHRISE, the second chapter of the Transformers: War for Cybertron trilogy, is coming soon. @RoosterTeeth @Hasbro pic.twitter.com/up6g4Qt3QB
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Transformers: War For Cybertron
Netflix also announced that the second chapter of Rooster Teeth’s Transformers: War For Cybertron, will be coming soon to the platform. However, no specific date or interval was revealed.
A village in danger, a mysterious child, warring daimyo, and the greatest ronin never known all clash in a Japan of magic and mechs. Learn the story of the first African samurai when LeSean Thomas’s Yasuke, voiced by Lakeith Stanfield, arrives next year. pic.twitter.com/jCabzutMIv
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Yasuke
Netflix revealed details on the upcoming anime Yasuke including the character information on the Black Samurai Yasuke and the legendary Oda Nounaga, featuring character designs by Takeshi Koike. The series is being produced at Studio MAPPA and is being directed by LeSean Thomas.
Grab your tickets and get in line for a new series of stop-motion adventures with Rilakkuma and Kaoru! Join Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma, Kiiroitori, and Kaoru as they explore an amusement park in its closing hours when Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure arrives next year. pic.twitter.com/qU2qzSl7pH
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Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure
Netflix also announced the continuation of the Netflix exclusive anime series, Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure, directed by Masahito Kobayashi with animation production by dwarf studios and San-X Co., Ltd.
Final Thoughts
There are a lot of anime to look forward to next year, a lot of which have potential to be amazing. I personally can’t wait to see Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, The Way of the House Husband, and Vampire in the Garden, so hopefully they meet our expectations.
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