Tag: Anime series

  • Netflix orders ‘Stranger Things’ anime series

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Netflix is expanding the world of “Stranger Things” with an upcoming anime series.

    According to entertainment news outlet Variety, Netflix announced the show on Monday but didn’t provide any details of the project, including its title.

    The anime series comes from Eric Robles, who earlier created animated shows such as “Random! Cartoons”, “Fanboy & Chum Chum” and “Glitch Techs”.

    It is backed by Flying Bark Productions.

    “We’ve always dreamed of an animated ‘Stranger Things’ in the vein of the Saturday morning cartoons that we grew up loving, and to see this dream realised has been absolutely thrilling,” “Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer said in a statement.

    “We couldn’t be more blown away by what Eric Robles and his team have come up with- the scripts and artwork are incredible, and we can’t wait to share more with you! The adventure continues…” they added.

    Since its debut in 2016, “Stranger Things” emerged as one of the top series from the streaming giant.

    Created by the Duffer Brothers, the show is set in the 1980s and takes a look at the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, where a secret government lab accidentally opens a door to another dimension referred to as the Upside Down.

    The show features an ensemble cast of Winona Ryder, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery and others.

    The show will conclude with its upcoming fifth season.

    LOS ANGELES: Netflix is expanding the world of “Stranger Things” with an upcoming anime series.

    According to entertainment news outlet Variety, Netflix announced the show on Monday but didn’t provide any details of the project, including its title.

    The anime series comes from Eric Robles, who earlier created animated shows such as “Random! Cartoons”, “Fanboy & Chum Chum” and “Glitch Techs”.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    It is backed by Flying Bark Productions.

    “We’ve always dreamed of an animated ‘Stranger Things’ in the vein of the Saturday morning cartoons that we grew up loving, and to see this dream realised has been absolutely thrilling,” “Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer said in a statement.

    “We couldn’t be more blown away by what Eric Robles and his team have come up with- the scripts and artwork are incredible, and we can’t wait to share more with you! The adventure continues…” they added.

    Since its debut in 2016, “Stranger Things” emerged as one of the top series from the streaming giant.

    Created by the Duffer Brothers, the show is set in the 1980s and takes a look at the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, where a secret government lab accidentally opens a door to another dimension referred to as the Upside Down.

    The show features an ensemble cast of Winona Ryder, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery and others.

    The show will conclude with its upcoming fifth season.

  • New Rick and Morty anime series announced

    By Express News Service

    Get schwifty, Rick and Morty fans as Adult Swim announced a new anime spin-off of Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon’s Rick and Morty. Adult Swim has roped in director Takashi Sano of Tower of God fame for the anime series, Rick and Morty: Anime, which will feature ten episodes, according to reports. Takashi Sano is not new to the world of Rick and Morty. He has already directed two anime shorts: Rick and Morty vs. Genocider and Summer Meets God. The shorts are huge hits.

  • Gundam animated series to get a live-action reboot at Netflix

    By Express News Service
    Streaming giant Netflix has announced that filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) will direct and produce a live-action adaptation of the wildly popular anime series Gundam. Mobile Suit Gundam, first launched in 1979 as a TV series gained popularity through the 1980s due to multiple adaptations in the form of animated feature films, novels, manga, toys, models and video games.

    The original series, set in the distant future in what is known as the Universal Century, follow human colonies in a space fighting for independence from Earth. The battles are fought largely through giant robots called Mobile Suits.

    As of now, there are details about the storyline that the Netflix adaption will adopt. Comic book writer Brian K Vaughan will write the screenplay and executively produce. Legendary’s Cale Boyter is overseeing the project, along with Sunrise, the Japanese animation studio behind the Gundam franchise.

    Vogt-Roberts, known for his directorial debut The Kings of Summer and Warner Bros’ Kong: Skull Island, is also currently developing an adaptation of the popular video game franchise Metal Gear Solid for Sony Pictures, with Oscar Isaac attached to star.