Netflix Releases Winter 2019/2020 Anime Schedule

Netflix has announced some premiere dates and released video footage or artwork for a slew of upcoming anime set to happen within the coming months. At the time of this writing, we’re still trying to piece out what will be English dubbed, all except Saiki K. we have a good inclination that they are, but article will be updated to reflect this.

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened  – Global Launch: Dec 30, 2019

High school student Kusuo Saiki has supernatural powers including telepathy, psychokinesis, fluoroscopy prediction and so on. The strongest power actually brings misery for him. Therefore he seals his superpowers when he is in front of others and tries not to stand out or get involved with people. But, for some reason, his friends, families and all living creatures always gathered around him then something unexpected happened.

Based on the manga:  “The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.” by Shuichi Aso

Director: Hiroaki Sakurai

Character design: Masayuki Onji

Music: Psychic Lover

Animation production: EGG FIRM×J.C.STAFF

Cast: Hiroshi Kamiya, Daisuke Ono, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Satoshi Hino, Natsuki Hanae, Ai Kayano, Kosuke Toriumi, Nao Tohyama

Genre & Episode Count: Comedy, 6 episodes x 24 mins (approx.)

Levius  – Global Launch: Nov 28, 2019

The year is 1842 of the New Era. Five years have passed since the Fosanian Conflict, a dispute for territorial drilling rights of Agartha water, came to an end. It is an era where “hypersteam” is used to power a variety of things, and the martial art of metal boxing, where machines are fused with the human body for combat, is at the height of its prosperity.

The story follows Levius; a young man whose parents became casualties of war. He is taken in by his uncle Zack, and it is there that Levius begins to immerse himself in the world of metal boxing as if led by fate itself, and his innate ability for the martial art blossoms.

Levius rises up the ranks to Grade 3, taking down his formidable rivals one by one, as a mysterious man by the name of Dr. Clown watches over him, his lips curled up into an audacious smile. Meanwhile, memories of the war continue to haunt the depths of Levius’s mind…

Now, Levius must take the fight for his destiny into his own hands!

Based on the Manga: “Levius” by Haruhisa Nakata

Supervising Director/Series Composition: Hiroyuki Seshita

Director: Keisuke Ide

Music: Yugo Kanno

Animation production: Polygon Pictures

Cast: Nobunaga Shimazaki, Junichi Suwabe, Takahiro Sakurai, Ayane Sakura, Hochu Otsuka, Daisuke Ono, Saori Hayami, Mamoru Miyano

Genre & Episode Count: Steampunk/Action, 12 x 24 minutes

GHOST IN THE SHELL: SAC_2045 – Global Launch: 2020

Created by Masamune Shiro, the sequel of much acclaimed Ghost In the Shell SAC series has come back as a full 3DCG anime series. Directors Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki and SOLA DIGITAL ARTS will collaborate once again following ULTRAMAN (streaming 1 April on Netflix). This is the first Ghost In the Shell series to be brought to fans with a double director.

In 2045, the world has been thrown into a state of systematic “sustainable war,” but the threat of human extinction at the hands of AI hasn’t yet pervaded the public consciousness. Former members of Public Security Section 9, including full-body cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi, are working as hired mercenaries when mysterious beings known as “post humans” begin to emerge. The world’s superpowers are trying to come to grips with the threat, and so Section 9 is reorganized.

Based on the manga: “Ghost in the Shell” by Masamune Shirow

Co-Director: Kenji Kamiyama × Shinji Aramaki

Character design: Ilya Kuvshinov

Production Studio: Production I.G × SOLA DIGITAL ARTS

Genre: Sci-fi, action

Japan Sinks: 2020 – Global Launch: 2020

Masaaki Yuasa is directing an upcoming anime series adaptation of famous science-fiction novel, “Japan Sinks” written by Sakyo Komatsu.

The story of “Japan Sinks 2020” develops in the current time of Japan in 2020 — the days right after the finale of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In such a setting, “Japan Sinks 2020” uniquely presents stories about current ordinary people in Japan — those who are struggling to survive their lives in such catastrophical world, and stand up for their hopes.

Based on the novel: “Japan Sinks” by Sakyo Komatsu

Director: Masaaki Yuasa

Music: Kensuke Ushio

Animation production: Science SARU

Genre & Episode Count: Sci-fi, 10 episodes

EDEN – Global Launch: 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i8Ds2nVVXE&feature=youtu.be

The upcoming sci-fi fantasy series Eden is set thousands of years in the future, where a city known as “Eden 3” is inhabited solely by robots whose former masters vanished a long time ago. On a routine assignment, two farming robots accidentally awaken a human baby girl from stasis questioning all they were taught to believe — that humans were nothing more than a forbidden ancient myth. Together, the two robots secretly raise the child in a safe haven outside Eden.

The series is directed by Yasuhiro Irie and produced by Justin Leach, with character- and lead concept designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto and Christophe Ferreira featuring a screenplay by Kimiko Ueno. Clover Xie is serving as the background art director and Kevin Penkin as music composer. The 4-episode original anime series will be produced by Qubic Pictures and CGCG.

Director: Yasuhiro Irie

Producer: Justin Leach

Character design: Toshihiro Kawamoto

Concept design: Christophe Ferreira

Screenplay: Kimiko Ueno

Background art director: Clover Xie

Music: Kevin Penkin

Animation production: CGCG

Genre & Episode Count: Sci-fi fantasy, 4 episodes

Altered Carbon: Resleeved – Global Launch: 2020

This anime feature spin-off, set in the same universe of the Netflix original live-action sci-fi series (second season in production from Skydance Television), will explore new elements of the story mythology.

Director: Takeru Nakajima

Screenplay: Dai Sato, Tsukasa Kondo

Animation production: Anima

Genre : Sci-fi action, film

Cagaster of an Insect Cage – Global Launch: 2020

Set in a post-apocalyptic world where a mysterious disease “Cagaster” turns people into giant murderous insects, this manga-based series follows the struggle of a young couple to stay alive.

Based on the manga: “Cagaster of an Insect Cage” by Kachou Hashimoto

Director: Koichi Chigira

Animation production: Gonzo

Genre : Fantasy

Beastars – Global Launch: 2020