Netflix is aiming to grow its production of anime content by signing four deals with creators in Japan and Korea.
The producers are Japan’s Naz, Science Saru, Mappa, and Korea’s Studio Mir, and take the streamer’s total content deals in the two territories to nine. Each deal is a non-exclusive production line partnership. Netflix says its aim is “to create the best content for the global anime community”.
To date, the service’s original anime productions under the existing partnerships include Altered Carbon: Resleeved (Anima), Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 (Production I.G), and Dragon’s Dogma (Sublimation).
Upcoming in 2021 and beyond are Spriggan (David Production), Vampire In The Garden, (Wit Studio – a group company under Production I.G), and Super Crooks (Bones).
“In just four years, we’ve built a dedicated team based in Tokyo that serves to entertain the global anime community through new and aspirational storytelling.
The producers are Japan’s Naz, Science Saru, Mappa, and Korea’s Studio Mir, and take the streamer’s total content deals in the two territories to nine. Each deal is a non-exclusive production line partnership. Netflix says its aim is “to create the best content for the global anime community”.
To date, the service’s original anime productions under the existing partnerships include Altered Carbon: Resleeved (Anima), Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 (Production I.G), and Dragon’s Dogma (Sublimation).
Upcoming in 2021 and beyond are Spriggan (David Production), Vampire In The Garden, (Wit Studio – a group company under Production I.G), and Super Crooks (Bones).
“In just four years, we’ve built a dedicated team based in Tokyo that serves to entertain the global anime community through new and aspirational storytelling.
- 10/23/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
No resleeves this time – we must bid adieu to Netflix’s Altered Carbon. Actually, it was time to bid adieu to Altered Carbon months ago. According to reports, the streaming service called time on the pricey sci-fi drama series all the way back in April, but news of the show’s cancellation didn’t reach any of us until now, for reasons best known to Netflix.
Unlike Netflix’s recent choice to drop sophomore seasons of both The Society and I Am Not Ok With This, the decision not to pursue a potential third season of Laeta Kalogridis’ cyberpunk adaptation had nothing to do with pandemic logistics, Deadline confirms. It was just a standard case of ye olde “viewership vs. cost renewal review process” for Altered Carbon, which is arguably less comforting for fans of the series.
Having originally optioned Richard K. Morgan’s bestselling 2002 novel of the same name,...
Unlike Netflix’s recent choice to drop sophomore seasons of both The Society and I Am Not Ok With This, the decision not to pursue a potential third season of Laeta Kalogridis’ cyberpunk adaptation had nothing to do with pandemic logistics, Deadline confirms. It was just a standard case of ye olde “viewership vs. cost renewal review process” for Altered Carbon, which is arguably less comforting for fans of the series.
Having originally optioned Richard K. Morgan’s bestselling 2002 novel of the same name,...
- 8/27/2020
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
The live-action science fiction TV series "Altered Carbon", based on the 2002 'cyberpunk' novel by Brit writer Richard K. Morgana, set in a future where interstellar travel is facilitated by transferring consciousnesses between bodies, has been canceled after two seasons on Netflix:
"...In the future, humans have achieved virtual immortality. Most people have 'cortical stacks' in their spinal columns that store their consciousness. If their body dies, their stack can be stored indefinitely. Their stacks can be downloaded into new bodies, or 'sleeves', after death..."
"Altered Carbon: Resleeved", is the Japanese 'anime' feature, directed by Jō Nakajima, spinning-off from the Netflix live-action series.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Altered Carbon"...
"...In the future, humans have achieved virtual immortality. Most people have 'cortical stacks' in their spinal columns that store their consciousness. If their body dies, their stack can be stored indefinitely. Their stacks can be downloaded into new bodies, or 'sleeves', after death..."
"Altered Carbon: Resleeved", is the Japanese 'anime' feature, directed by Jō Nakajima, spinning-off from the Netflix live-action series.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Altered Carbon"...
- 8/26/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"Altered Carbon: Resleeved" is the new Japanese 'anime' feature, directed by Jō Nakajima, spinning-off from the Netflix 'cyber-punk, science fiction live-action TV series "Altered Carbon", now streaming on Netflix:
"...on the planet 'Latimar', 'Takeshi Kovacs' must protect a tattooist...
"...while investigating the death of a 'yakuza' boss..."
Season 2 of the live-action "Altered Carbon" stars Anthony Mackie ("The Falcon and the Winter Soldier"), based on the novel by author Richard K. Morgan.
"...'Altered Carbon' features a dystopian world, where human personalities are stored digitally and downloaded into new, sometimes previously autopsied bodies. Most people have cortical stacks in their spinal columns storing their memories.
"If their body dies, their stack can be stored indefinitely. While most people can afford to get 're-sleeved' at the end of their lives, they are unable to update their bodies.
"Only the wealthy are able to acquire replacement bodies on a continual basis. The long-lived are called 'Meths',...
"...on the planet 'Latimar', 'Takeshi Kovacs' must protect a tattooist...
"...while investigating the death of a 'yakuza' boss..."
Season 2 of the live-action "Altered Carbon" stars Anthony Mackie ("The Falcon and the Winter Soldier"), based on the novel by author Richard K. Morgan.
"...'Altered Carbon' features a dystopian world, where human personalities are stored digitally and downloaded into new, sometimes previously autopsied bodies. Most people have cortical stacks in their spinal columns storing their memories.
"If their body dies, their stack can be stored indefinitely. While most people can afford to get 're-sleeved' at the end of their lives, they are unable to update their bodies.
"Only the wealthy are able to acquire replacement bodies on a continual basis. The long-lived are called 'Meths',...
- 4/13/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
This article contains spoilers for Altered Carbon: Resleeved.
At first glance, Altered Carbon: Resleeved would appear to have a fairly pat ending. The villain is dead, and everyone goes their own way. It’s an uncharacteristically hopeful conclusion for this normally dark cyberpunk story, aside from the fact that Hideki Tanaseda, the latest Meth to compel services from Takeshi Kovacs, is not quite finished with the last Envoy. But even that leaves open the possibility for more animated action in this universe, whether it’s with the same secondary characters or not.
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Holly seems to think the band will get back together at some point. In perhaps the most significant twist in the final moments, the hotel AI Ogai refers to the young tattoo artist as Margot,...
At first glance, Altered Carbon: Resleeved would appear to have a fairly pat ending. The villain is dead, and everyone goes their own way. It’s an uncharacteristically hopeful conclusion for this normally dark cyberpunk story, aside from the fact that Hideki Tanaseda, the latest Meth to compel services from Takeshi Kovacs, is not quite finished with the last Envoy. But even that leaves open the possibility for more animated action in this universe, whether it’s with the same secondary characters or not.
Read more Movies Altered Carbon: Resleeved Review By Michael Ahr TV Altered Carbon Season 2: Simone Missick on Trepp’s Big Debut By Matthew Schuchman
Holly seems to think the band will get back together at some point. In perhaps the most significant twist in the final moments, the hotel AI Ogai refers to the young tattoo artist as Margot,...
- 3/20/2020
- by Michael Ahr
- Den of Geek
This review contains spoilers for Altered Carbon: Resleeved.
Is Altered Carbon: Resleeved an anime in an Altered Carbon sleeve or Altered Carbon in an anime sleeve? On the one hand, this animated tale incorporates plenty of elements we’ve come to recognize in a story involving the last Envoy, Takeshi Kovacs, including digital consciousnesses, hotel AIs, and even some underlying backstory involving Kovacs’ long lost sister, Rei. On the other hand, the organized crime story involving a Yakuza boss and rituals of succession, honor codes, and sword battles dives deep into the Japanese origins of the story form and appeals to a distinctly different audience.
It works on one level because Takeshi Kovacs is himself of Japanese origin, a fact that has been downplayed by the Joel Kinnaman and Anthony Mackie incarnations of the character but corrected here in this movie with an Asian sleeve, and it’s not as...
Is Altered Carbon: Resleeved an anime in an Altered Carbon sleeve or Altered Carbon in an anime sleeve? On the one hand, this animated tale incorporates plenty of elements we’ve come to recognize in a story involving the last Envoy, Takeshi Kovacs, including digital consciousnesses, hotel AIs, and even some underlying backstory involving Kovacs’ long lost sister, Rei. On the other hand, the organized crime story involving a Yakuza boss and rituals of succession, honor codes, and sword battles dives deep into the Japanese origins of the story form and appeals to a distinctly different audience.
It works on one level because Takeshi Kovacs is himself of Japanese origin, a fact that has been downplayed by the Joel Kinnaman and Anthony Mackie incarnations of the character but corrected here in this movie with an Asian sleeve, and it’s not as...
- 3/19/2020
- by Michael Ahr
- Den of Geek
"Altered Carbon: Resleeved" is the new Japanese 'anime' film, directed by Jō Nakajima and co-written by Dai Sato ("Cowboy Bebop"), spinning-off from the Netflix 'cyber-punk, science fiction live-action TV series "Altered Carbon", streaming March 19, 2020 on Netflix:
"...on the planet 'Latimar', 'Takeshi Kovacs' must protect a tattooist...
"...while investigating the death of a 'yakuza' boss..."
Season 2 of "Altered Carbon" stars Anthony Mackie ("The Falcon and the Winter Soldier"), based on the novel by author Richard K. Morgan.
"...'Altered Carbon' features a dystopian world, where human personalities are stored digitally and downloaded into new, sometimes previously autopsied bodies. Most people have cortical stacks in their spinal columns storing their memories.
"If their body dies, their stack can be stored indefinitely. While most people can afford to get 're-sleeved' at the end of their lives, they are unable to update their bodies.
"Only the wealthy are able to acquire replacement bodies on a continual basis.
"...on the planet 'Latimar', 'Takeshi Kovacs' must protect a tattooist...
"...while investigating the death of a 'yakuza' boss..."
Season 2 of "Altered Carbon" stars Anthony Mackie ("The Falcon and the Winter Soldier"), based on the novel by author Richard K. Morgan.
"...'Altered Carbon' features a dystopian world, where human personalities are stored digitally and downloaded into new, sometimes previously autopsied bodies. Most people have cortical stacks in their spinal columns storing their memories.
"If their body dies, their stack can be stored indefinitely. While most people can afford to get 're-sleeved' at the end of their lives, they are unable to update their bodies.
"Only the wealthy are able to acquire replacement bodies on a continual basis.
- 3/13/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
If you're still hungry for more from the world of Altered Carbon following the release of the second season, well, Netflix has your back with Altered Carbon: Resleeved, an upcoming anime adaptation of the series which will expand the franchise even further. Netflix has released a brutal trailer for the animated film, which follows Takeshi Kovacs, who seems to be occupying a new sleeve once again, as he protects a young tattoo artist while also investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside…...
- 3/11/2020
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Netflix seems to have a fixation — nay, an addiction — to CG-animated animes. And I’m begging you, please stop. We tolerated it for The Dragon Prince, which delivered a captivating story despite its unusual animation style, and we suffered through the Godzilla animes. We’re ignoring the Pokémon movie remake. But now Netflix is giving Altered Carbon, a sci-fi series […]
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- 3/11/2020
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
The Gifted alum Natalie Alyn Lind is heading for The Big Sky, starring opposite Katheryn Winnick and Kylie Bunbury in David E. Kelley’s ABC drama based on C.J. Box’s Cassie Dewell novels.
Per our sister site Deadline, Lind will play Danielle, one of two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana, triggering an investigation by private detective Cassie Dewell (Pitch‘s Bunbury) and ex-cop Jenny Hoyt (Vikings‘ Winnick).
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Per our sister site Deadline, Lind will play Danielle, one of two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana, triggering an investigation by private detective Cassie Dewell (Pitch‘s Bunbury) and ex-cop Jenny Hoyt (Vikings‘ Winnick).
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- 3/10/2020
- TVLine.com
Netflix has confirmed that 55 new original series, movies and specials will be debuting on the streaming service in March. Leading off the lineup is the third season of the Emmy-winning crime drama “Ozark” starring Jason Bateman, Laura Linney and Julie Garner.
Among the original films is “Spenser Confidential,” a reboot of the 1980s crime series starring Robert Urich. This time around Mark Wahlberg plays the cop turned detective alongside rapper Post Malone who makes his acting debut.
Leading the list of documentaries is “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution,” which details the catalyst for the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act. It is executive produced by the Obamas, who were also behind the recent Oscar winner “American Factory.”
Below is the full schedule of everything that is coming and leaving Netflix in March 2020.
Available March 1
Always a Bridesmaid
Beyond the Mat
Cop Out
Corpse Bride
Donnie Brasco
Freedom Writers
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past...
Among the original films is “Spenser Confidential,” a reboot of the 1980s crime series starring Robert Urich. This time around Mark Wahlberg plays the cop turned detective alongside rapper Post Malone who makes his acting debut.
Leading the list of documentaries is “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution,” which details the catalyst for the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act. It is executive produced by the Obamas, who were also behind the recent Oscar winner “American Factory.”
Below is the full schedule of everything that is coming and leaving Netflix in March 2020.
Available March 1
Always a Bridesmaid
Beyond the Mat
Cop Out
Corpse Bride
Donnie Brasco
Freedom Writers
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past...
- 3/1/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Netflix is adding a robust line-up of popular programs to its slate in March.
In addition to rom-coms like Matthew Mcconaughey’s “Ghosts of Girlfriend’s Past,” “He’s Just Not That Into You” and “Always a Bridesmaid,” the streamer is also adding a few classics like “Goodfellas” and “The Shawshank Redemption” starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins. The latter film also serves as an analogy for actor Macaulay Culkin’s journey to freedom, according to his Esquire interview.
Original Netflix shows coming to the platform next month include “Lost Girls,” “Crip Camp” and Season 3 of “Elite.” Based on a true story, “Lost Girls” follows a mother who, in her desperate search to find her missing daughter, helps to uncover a string of unsolved murders. Amy Ryan, Gabriel Byrne and Thomasin Mckenzie make up the cast.
“Elite” follows three working-class teens who enroll in an exclusive Spanish private school. But once they arrive,...
In addition to rom-coms like Matthew Mcconaughey’s “Ghosts of Girlfriend’s Past,” “He’s Just Not That Into You” and “Always a Bridesmaid,” the streamer is also adding a few classics like “Goodfellas” and “The Shawshank Redemption” starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins. The latter film also serves as an analogy for actor Macaulay Culkin’s journey to freedom, according to his Esquire interview.
Original Netflix shows coming to the platform next month include “Lost Girls,” “Crip Camp” and Season 3 of “Elite.” Based on a true story, “Lost Girls” follows a mother who, in her desperate search to find her missing daughter, helps to uncover a string of unsolved murders. Amy Ryan, Gabriel Byrne and Thomasin Mckenzie make up the cast.
“Elite” follows three working-class teens who enroll in an exclusive Spanish private school. But once they arrive,...
- 2/28/2020
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
With February 29th fast approaching – this is a Leap Year, remember – Netflix is preparing to roll out a fresh helping of new content for March 2020.
It’s a familiar combination of original series, time-honored classics and beloved franchise films, with next month set to herald the arrival of Resident Evil: Apocalypse and its undead sequel, Extinction. Sure, it’s a far cry from the quality and craft of The Lord of the Rings – speaking of which, both the Twin Towers and The Return of the King will be departing Netflix in four weeks’ time – but the saga of Alice still carved out an audience to call its own.
Also peppered throughout Netflix’s March 2020 catalog are some big-name horror titles and edge-of-your-seat thrillers, including Signs and the third season of Ozark. And then there’s the third season of Castlevania, which, it’s fair to say, has been a long time coming.
It’s a familiar combination of original series, time-honored classics and beloved franchise films, with next month set to herald the arrival of Resident Evil: Apocalypse and its undead sequel, Extinction. Sure, it’s a far cry from the quality and craft of The Lord of the Rings – speaking of which, both the Twin Towers and The Return of the King will be departing Netflix in four weeks’ time – but the saga of Alice still carved out an audience to call its own.
Also peppered throughout Netflix’s March 2020 catalog are some big-name horror titles and edge-of-your-seat thrillers, including Signs and the third season of Ozark. And then there’s the third season of Castlevania, which, it’s fair to say, has been a long time coming.
- 2/19/2020
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Alec Bojalad Feb 19, 2020
Here's what's new on Netflix in March 2020! We've got a complete list of what's leaving, too.
Normally the big story for each month of Netflix new releases are the exciting batch of Netflix original series and movies arriving. For Netflix's new releases for March 2020, things are a little bit different. Yes, there are some cool originals here but...look at those movies!
March 1 sees the arrival of Corpse Bride, The Shawshank Redemption, There Will Be Blood, and Goodfellas! Martin Scorsese likely can't unilaterally decide when and where his movies stream, but it is a happy coincidence that Goodfellas will now exist alongside The Irishman.
As for those Netflix originals...Ozark is the biggest returning hit in March. The story of a very corrupt family airs its third season on March 27. Also of note are Castlevania season 3 (March 5), Altered Carbon: Resleeved (March 19). But really after Goodfellas, nothing else was really necessary.
Here's what's new on Netflix in March 2020! We've got a complete list of what's leaving, too.
Normally the big story for each month of Netflix new releases are the exciting batch of Netflix original series and movies arriving. For Netflix's new releases for March 2020, things are a little bit different. Yes, there are some cool originals here but...look at those movies!
March 1 sees the arrival of Corpse Bride, The Shawshank Redemption, There Will Be Blood, and Goodfellas! Martin Scorsese likely can't unilaterally decide when and where his movies stream, but it is a happy coincidence that Goodfellas will now exist alongside The Irishman.
As for those Netflix originals...Ozark is the biggest returning hit in March. The story of a very corrupt family airs its third season on March 27. Also of note are Castlevania season 3 (March 5), Altered Carbon: Resleeved (March 19). But really after Goodfellas, nothing else was really necessary.
- 2/19/2020
- Den of Geek
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