Netflix Anime News: Masters Of The Universe ; High Rise Invasion ; Kuroko’s Basketball

 

Netflix has paid for and released a brand-new English dubbed adaptation of Kuroko’s Basketball season one officially today.  Kuroko’s Basketball is an anime series adapted from the manga series of the same name by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. It is produced by Production I.G  and directed by Shunsuke

In the series, Dark Horse Tetsuya Kuroko and former expatriate Taiga Kagami are freshmen in Seirin High’s new basketball team, and they’re poised to shake things up.

Stream it starting January 15th only on Netflix.

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Netflix has released a new English dubbed trailer for the upcoming series, High Rise Invasion. The new anime series is slated to premiere February 25th and you can see the teaser below.

The unhinged and gory death-game manga High-Rise Invasion, created by Tsuina Miura (Ajin: Demi-Human) and Takahiro Oba (Box!), finally gets an anime adaptation! High school student Yuri Honjo finds herself lost in an “abnormal space” where countless skyscrapers are connected by suspension bridges and “masked figures” mercilessly slaughter their confused and fleeing victims. To survive in this hellish world, she has two choices: kill the masked figures or be killed. Yuri is determined to survive in order to destroy this irrational world, but what will be her ultimate fate?

 

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Production for Netflix’s Masters of the Universe: Revelation is still ongoing nearly a year after it’s announcement. Mark Hamill recently revealed as such when he noted he  had some recording to do as the voice of Skeletor. Masters of the Universe: Revelation will focus on the unresolved storylines of the iconic characters, picking up where they left off decades ago.

The series is being produced by Mattel Television with Adam Bonnett (Descendants), Christopher Keenan (Justice League, Batman Beyond) and Rob David (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe) as executive producers. Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy) will serve as showrunner and executive producer. In addition, Susan Corbin (Voltron) will produce. Marc Bernardin (Castle Rock, Alphas), Eric Carrasco (Supergirl), Diya Mishra (Magic the Gathering) and Tim Sheridan (Reign of the Supermen) are writers on the series.  Animation for the series is being done by Powerhouse Animation (Castlevania).

The  rest of the cast includes:

• • Mark Hamill (Star Wars, Batman: The Animated Series) as Skeletor
  • Lena Headey (Game of Thrones, 300) as Evil-Lyn
  • Chris Wood (Supergirl, The Vampire Diaries) as Prince Adam / He-Man
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cruel Intentions) as Teela
  • Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones, Clash of the Titans) as Man-At-Arms
  • Stephen Root (Office Space, Barry) as Cringer
  • Diedrich Bader (Office Space, Napoleon Dynamite) as King Randor / Trap Jaw
  • Griffin Newman (The Tick, Vinyl) as Orko
  • Tiffany Smith  (Behind Enemy Lines, Supernatural) as Andra
  • Henry Rollins (Johnny Mnemonic, Lost Highway) as Tri-Klops
  • Alan Oppenheimer (original Skeletor) (Westworld, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe) as Moss Man
  • Susan Eisenberg (Wonder Woman, Justice League) as Sorceress
  • Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Batman & Robin) as Queen Marlena
  • Justin Long (Galaxy Quest, Live Free or Die Hard) as Roboto
  • Jason Mewes (Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) as Stinkor
  • Phil LaMarr  (Mad TV, Justice League) as He-Ro
  • Tony Todd (Candyman, Star Trek: The Next Generation) as Scare Glow
  • Cree Summer (DC Super Hero Girls, Vampirina) as Priestess
  • Kevin Michael Richardson (The Batman, ThunderCats) as Beast Man
  • Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series, Crisis on Infinite Earths) as Mer-Man
  • Harley Quinn Smith (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot) as Ileena