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Source: Netflix press release
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Returning to Japan 2023, Netflix revealed their diverse slate of current and upcoming anime releases for 2023...
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ŌOKU: THE INNER CHAMBERS
SERIES Coming in 2023
Fumi Yoshinaga’s manga masterpiece Ōoku: The Inner Chambers will be adapted into an anime for the first time. Inspired by the Ōoku, the historic women’s quarters of the Edo Castle, this tale unravels the history of the inner chambers, where gender roles have been reversed. When a mysterious plague causes a rapid decline in the male population, the nation’s women are forced to take up the central roles of authority in Edo society. Curious as to why women take the names of men when succeeding the family line, Yoshimune, the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, consults an archive of the Ōoku, which goes back to the age of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu. As she reads through it, Yoshimune begins to unravel the history of the inner chambers.
Based on the manga: Ōoku: The Inner Chambers by Fumi Yoshinaga (published by Hakusensha/Melody)
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Series composition/Screenplay: Rika Takasugi
Character Design: Yoko Sato
Music: Kenji Kawai
Animation Production: Studio Deen
Developed and Produced by: Netflix
Voice Cast: Mamoru Miyano, Eriko Matsui, Yuki Kaji, Kikuko Inoue, Jun Fukuyama, Tomokazu Seki, Miyuki Satou, Sanae Kobayashi, Hitoshi Kubota (Narrator)
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YAKITORI: SOLDIERS OF MISFORTUNE
SERIES Coming in May 2023
This upcoming animated series is adapted from a brand-new military science fiction novel from Carlo Zen, who made his refreshing debut with The Saga of Tanya the Evil. Akira Ihotsu is a young man who spends his days rebelling against an oppressive society on a future Earth, which is ruled and controlled by Shoren, the Pan-Star System Trade Federation. One day, he is scouted by Pupkin, a “cook” for Shoren, and volunteers to join the planetary orbital infantry force “Yakitori” — a brutal unit whose missions average a shocking death rate of 70%. Along with misfits from several other nations, Akira makes a stand against his pre-determined fate.
Based on the novel: Yakitori by Carlo Zen (published by Hayakawa Bunko JA/Hayakawa Publishing)
Director: Hideki Anbo
Screenwriter: Mitsuyasu Sakai
Character Design: Atsushi Yamagata
Music: Ken Ishii
Animation production: ARECT
Developed and produced by: Netflix
Voice Cast: Taito Ban, Asami Seto, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Kengo Kawanishi, Akari Kito, Kenjiro Tsuda, Wataru Takagi, Tetsu Inada, Hatsune Miku (Saki Fujita)
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ONMYOJI
SERIES Coming in 2023
In 1986, novelist Baku Yumemakura captured the imaginations of many with his story Onmyoji about the ancient yin-yang diviner Abe Seimei. The supernatural mysteries focusing on this historical figure in the subsequent series have been told across many forms of media, including manga, live-action and theater performances, but this Netflix Series is the first time they will receive an anime adaptation. Based on the original work’s setting and with additional original episodes, this series brings forth yet-untold stories of the great onmyoji Abe Seimei and his partner Minamoto Hiromasa as they untangle strange cases surrounding humans and demons.
Based on: Onmyoji by Baku Yumemakura (published by Bunshun Bunko)
Director: Sobi Yamamoto
Screenwriters: Natsu Hashimoto, Yuiko Kato
Produced by: Marvy Jack
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PLUTO
SERIES Coming in 2023
Praised by many as a masterpiece, the manga PLUTO is based on Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy ‘The Greatest Robot on Earth’ arc from 1964 and created by Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys, Yawara!, Master Keaton) and his long-time co creator Takashi Nagasaki. The suspense drama takes place in a neo-futuristic world where humans and high-functioning robots live in complete harmony. The globally acclaimed manga has won numerous awards, including the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. The 2015 stage adaptation of PLUTO returned in 2018 by popular demand and toured Japan and Europe.
Based on: PLUTO by Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka, co-authored with Takashi Nagasaki and supervised by Macoto Tezka, with the cooperation of Tezuka Production
Animation Production: Studio M2
Produced by: GENCO
Voice Cast: Shinshu Fuji, Yoko Hikasa, Minori Suzuki
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