Netflix Forms Comprehensive Business Alliance with Three Major Japanese Anime Production Companies! Six films, including "Altered Carbon: Released," to be produced by Netflix.

Netflix announced that it has signed a comprehensive business partnership agreement with three major animation production companies, Anima, Sublimation, and David Productions, for the production of animated films.

As a result, in addition to the original sci-fi series "Altered Carbon: Re-Sleeved," new anime productions such as "Dragon's Dogma," "Spriggan," "Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045," "Vampire in the Garden," and "Super Crux" will be produced.

*Photo shows Netflix Content Acquisition Director (Japan) John Derderian.

Netflix announced that it has signed the same agreement with three new companies, following Production I.G. ("I.G.") and Bonds, which signed a comprehensive business partnership agreement in 2018. With this agreement, the company will focus on expanding its original animated content to 190 countries worldwide.

Under this partnership, Anima will produce an animated film based on the Netflix original live-action science fiction series "Altered Carbon: Re-Sleeved. Season 1 of "Altered Carbon" began streaming in February 2018 and Season 2 is currently in production.

With Sublimation, the company is producing "Dragon's Dogma," an original animated series based on the game of the same name. The company is also working with David Productions on "Spriggan," based on the original manga.

Under the comprehensive business partnership between I.G and Bonds announced in 2018, Netflix is producing "Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045" (worldwide exclusive distribution in 2020) with I.G, and has just announced the production of "Vampire in the Garden" with its group company WITSTUDIO Vampire in the Garden" with WITSTUDIO, a group company of the company.

Vons has also decided to produce an animated series of "Super Crooks," a manga created by Mark Miller, founder and cartoonist of Miller World, and Rainil Francis Yu, co-creator and artist of the series.

Netflix is committed to becoming a service loved by anime fans, creators, and anime production companies," said John Derderian, Netflix Content Acquisition Director (Japan), "and we are proud to be working with creators in Japan who produce outstanding visual and narrative works. Netflix will continue to create the best possible environment for creators in Japan to create works of excellence, both visual and narrative, to become the preferred service for anime fans, creators and anime production companies. We hope that this will help to connect anime fans in over 190 countries with great content. commented.

The comprehensive business alliance is an important partnership for Netflix in working with the best creators in the industry to produce high quality animated films. By forming this alliance, Netflix intends to further strengthen its distribution content by securing excellent human resources in the production field.

＜Comments from animation production companies

Shinya Sasahara, President of Anima Inc.

We are delighted that this comprehensive alliance will allow us to focus more than ever on content production. It is a great honor for us to be involved in a major title like "Altered Carbon" as the first film of the alliance, and we are very excited to think that our content will be seen by people all over the world. We are very excited to think that our content will be seen by people all over the world.

Jun Koishikawa, President of Sublimation, Inc.

Sublimation has been mostly working on CG parts for other companies' projects, but we have set a goal of releasing our own works someday. We are very happy to be able to realize this goal through our comprehensive partnership with Netflix. We hope that our fans around the world will be able to enjoy a different kind of animation experience with cell-look CG that doesn't lose the hand-drawn taste that is our forte.

Koji Kajita, President of David Productions, Inc.

This partnership has given us a great opportunity to plan and develop works with an eye to fans not only in Japan but also overseas, to develop and improve various technologies, and to take on the challenges of visual expression. I would like to make the most of this opportunity, and as a member of a Japanese animation studio, I would like to give my all in the production process.

Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, President of Production I.G.

By creating a project from scratch in collaboration with Netflix, we will be able to secure the necessary production time, take on new challenges, and produce a stable production with a high level of perfection. Many of the works we have produced up to now have been created within the framework of the Japanese business, but we believe that our comprehensive business alliance with Netflix will provide an opportunity to go beyond that framework and send out more and more content to the world that brings Production I.G. and WITSTUDIO's unique characteristics to the forefront.

Masahiko Minami, President of BONES Inc.

I feel that this partnership, which will allow us to send our works to viewers around the world, is of great significance to our creators. We hope to work together with Netflix to create good works that will move people of all nationalities and ages, and that they will continue to watch for a long time to come.

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＜The first film to be produced under the comprehensive business alliance
Altered Carbon: Resleeved" (Production Company: Anima)
A spin-off of the live-action Netflix original science fiction series (Season 2 in production) has been adapted as an original animated film. Altered Carbon will expand its world and create another story that no one has seen before.

■"Dragon's Dogma" (Production Production Company: Sublimation)
Dragon's Dogma," an open-world action game created by Capcom that has gained worldwide popularity, is being produced as a Netflix original anime series. In this epic action adventure, the main character is resurrected as an "enlightened one" and sets out on a journey to take revenge on the dragon that stole his heart, while defeating monsters that signify the seven deadly sins.

Spriggan" (Production: David Production)
A Netflix original anime based on the legendary manga series created by Takashi Geru (original story) and Ryoji Minagawa (manga) for "Shonen Sunday" (Shogakukan). This sci-fi battle action depicts the adventures of a boy who works to seal off a super-ancient civilization.

■"GHOST IN THE SHELL SAC_2045" (Production Production I.G)
Following "ULTRAMAN," which will be distributed worldwide on Netflix from April 1, Kenji Kamiyama and Production I.G., Shinji Aramaki and SOLADIGITALARTS are teaming up again. ProductionI.G, Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki and SOLADIGITALARTS will team up again. This is the first time in the history of "Ghost in the Shell" that a double-director system has been used to present a new generation of animation.

Vampire in the Garden" (Production Company: Wit Studio)
A young girl, Momo, meets a Vampire girl who has been taught that she is an enemy of humans. Their destinies, linked by song, now begin to take a major turn. A completely original work by Witt Studio.

Super Crooks" (Production Company: Bonds)
Based on the Miller World comic by "Kick-Ass" and "Wanted" comic artist Mark Millar and co-creator/artist Reynil Francis Yu. Unpredictable crime suspense with superheroes.