Netflix Announces New Anime Series Ultraman and Kengan Ashura and Renews Aggretsuko for a Second Season
-- Premiere dates announced for Cannon Busters --
Los Angeles, Calif. - July 5, 2018 - Today, as part of their Aggretsuko for a second season, as well as date announcements and first look images for titles in their growing anime slate, including the following:
Following the announcements, Netflix Director of Content for Japan & Anime John Derderian moderated a featuring key anime creators Shinji Higuchi (Dragon Pilot). On the anime projects, Derderian noted "As Netflix has grown around the world we have been astounded by the broad reach and great depth of anime fandom. We are partnering with the best global creators to produce a diverse slate of shows that we hope will excite the boundless ion of anime fans and make Netflix a premier destination for this beloved art form."
ULTRAMAN
www.Netflix.com/Ultraman
An action drama centered around a man possessing the spirit and DNA of the legendary hero “Ultraman” as he wears a metallic ultra suit and fights against evil.
Production Company: Production I.G, Sola Digital
Director: Shinji Aramaki
Kengan Ashura
www.Netflix.com/kengan-ashura
Kazuo Yamashita is an ordinary fifty-six year old man who one day is summoned by the chairman of his company and hired as a gladiator. He learns that these hired gladiators engage in battles called “Kengan Matches: to protect the corporate rights of the businesses they represent. Kazuo Yamashita is assigned to battle a mysterious Kengan fighter named Ohma Tokita. Both men the “Kengan Zetsumei Tournament” with the hope of winning the spot as chairman of the Kengan Organization.
Production Company: LARX ENTERTAINMENT
Directors: Assassination Classroom)
Writer: Makoto Uezu
Aggretsuko Season 2
www.Netflix.com/Aggretsuko
Everyone's favorite death metal panda is back! Retsuko will return to Netflix for Aggretsuko Season 2. Produced by Hello Kitty, season two of Aggretsuko is coming to Netflix.
Writer / Director: Rarecho
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
www.Netflix.com/godzilla-anime-2
The sequel to Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, this epic re-imagining of the Godzilla world in a futuristic setting pits humans and robots against the biggest Godzilla ever seen in an interplanetary struggle for survival.
Production Company: TOHO
Story / Writer: Gen Urobuchi
Directors: Hiroyuki Seshita
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle will launch on Netflix on July 18, 2018
Dragon Pilot
www.Netflix.com/dragonpilot
Recently stationed Air Self-Defence Force rookie Hisone Amakasu is chosen by a dragon concealed within Gifu Air Base to be his pilot.
Studio: Bones
Writer: Mari Okada
Director: Hiroshi Kobayashi
Executive Director: Shinji Higuchi
Dragon Pilot will launch on Netflix on September 21, 2018
Castlevania Season 2
www.Netflix.com/Castlevania
Returning to Netflix for a second season, Castlevania, inspired by the classic videogame series, is a dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepes himself. Trevor Belmont, last survivor of his house, is no longer alone, and he and his misfit comrades race to find a way to save humanity from extinction at the hands of the grief-maddened Dracula and his sinister vampire war council.
Director: Sam Deats
Writer / Executive Producer: Warren Ellis
Executive Producers: Adi Shankar, Kevin Kolde
Castlevania Season 2 will launch on Netflix on October 26, 2018
Cannon Busters
www.Netflix.com/cannonbusters
The show follows the adventures and exploits of S.A.M, a high-end friendship droid who's ed by a quirky, discarded maintenance robot and a brash, deadly fugitive. Together, the unlikely trio embarks on an unforgettable journey in a fantastic and dangerous world in search of S.A.M's best friend, the heir to a kingdom under siege.
Creator / Director / Executive Producer: LeSean Thomas
Cannon Busters will launch on Netflix on March 1, 2019
About Netflix
Netflix is the world's leading internet entertainment service with 125 million hips in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages. can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any internet-connected screen. can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments.
Los Angeles, Calif. - July 5, 2018 - Today, as part of their Aggretsuko for a second season, as well as date announcements and first look images for titles in their growing anime slate, including the following:
- New Series ULTRAMAN will launch in Spring 2019
- New Series Kengan Ashura will launch in 2019
- Aggretsuko will return for a second season in 2019
- Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle will launch on July 18, 2018
- Dragon Pilot will launch on September 21, 2018
- Castlevania Season 2 will launch on October 26, 2018
- Cannon Busters will launch on March 1, 2019
Following the announcements, Netflix Director of Content for Japan & Anime John Derderian moderated a featuring key anime creators Shinji Higuchi (Dragon Pilot). On the anime projects, Derderian noted "As Netflix has grown around the world we have been astounded by the broad reach and great depth of anime fandom. We are partnering with the best global creators to produce a diverse slate of shows that we hope will excite the boundless ion of anime fans and make Netflix a premier destination for this beloved art form."
ULTRAMAN
www.Netflix.com/Ultraman
An action drama centered around a man possessing the spirit and DNA of the legendary hero “Ultraman” as he wears a metallic ultra suit and fights against evil.
Production Company: Production I.G, Sola Digital
Director: Shinji Aramaki
Kengan Ashura
www.Netflix.com/kengan-ashura
Kazuo Yamashita is an ordinary fifty-six year old man who one day is summoned by the chairman of his company and hired as a gladiator. He learns that these hired gladiators engage in battles called “Kengan Matches: to protect the corporate rights of the businesses they represent. Kazuo Yamashita is assigned to battle a mysterious Kengan fighter named Ohma Tokita. Both men the “Kengan Zetsumei Tournament” with the hope of winning the spot as chairman of the Kengan Organization.
Production Company: LARX ENTERTAINMENT
Directors: Assassination Classroom)
Writer: Makoto Uezu
Aggretsuko Season 2
www.Netflix.com/Aggretsuko
Everyone's favorite death metal panda is back! Retsuko will return to Netflix for Aggretsuko Season 2. Produced by Hello Kitty, season two of Aggretsuko is coming to Netflix.
Writer / Director: Rarecho
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
www.Netflix.com/godzilla-anime-2
The sequel to Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, this epic re-imagining of the Godzilla world in a futuristic setting pits humans and robots against the biggest Godzilla ever seen in an interplanetary struggle for survival.
Production Company: TOHO
Story / Writer: Gen Urobuchi
Directors: Hiroyuki Seshita
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle will launch on Netflix on July 18, 2018
Dragon Pilot
www.Netflix.com/dragonpilot
Recently stationed Air Self-Defence Force rookie Hisone Amakasu is chosen by a dragon concealed within Gifu Air Base to be his pilot.
Studio: Bones
Writer: Mari Okada
Director: Hiroshi Kobayashi
Executive Director: Shinji Higuchi
Dragon Pilot will launch on Netflix on September 21, 2018
Castlevania Season 2
www.Netflix.com/Castlevania
Returning to Netflix for a second season, Castlevania, inspired by the classic videogame series, is a dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepes himself. Trevor Belmont, last survivor of his house, is no longer alone, and he and his misfit comrades race to find a way to save humanity from extinction at the hands of the grief-maddened Dracula and his sinister vampire war council.
Director: Sam Deats
Writer / Executive Producer: Warren Ellis
Executive Producers: Adi Shankar, Kevin Kolde
Castlevania Season 2 will launch on Netflix on October 26, 2018
Cannon Busters
www.Netflix.com/cannonbusters
The show follows the adventures and exploits of S.A.M, a high-end friendship droid who's ed by a quirky, discarded maintenance robot and a brash, deadly fugitive. Together, the unlikely trio embarks on an unforgettable journey in a fantastic and dangerous world in search of S.A.M's best friend, the heir to a kingdom under siege.
Creator / Director / Executive Producer: LeSean Thomas
Cannon Busters will launch on Netflix on March 1, 2019
About Netflix
Netflix is the world's leading internet entertainment service with 125 million hips in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages. can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any internet-connected screen. can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments.
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