Netflix Strikes Partnerships With Four Animation Studios From Japan And Korea

Netflix’s charge into the anime market continues apace. The streamer has signed production partnerships with four studios — three in Japan, one in South Korea.

The studios in question are Naz, Science Saru, and Mappa in Japan, as well as Studio Mir in South Korea. Netflix’s stated aim is “to explore new stories and formats to entertain anime fans around the world.”

Netflix has worked with most of these studios already. Science Saru is behind the streamer’s series Devilman Crybaby and Japan Sinks: 2020 (image at top), both directed by Masaaki Yuasa. Mappa is producing LeSean Thomas’s forthcoming series Yasuke.

Studio Mir provided the animation for the Netflix series Voltron: Legendary Defender and Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, both produced by Dreamworks Animation. The studio is also working on the streamer’s forthcoming feature The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf.