Season 2 of Alice in Borderland included in this expansion
Netflix is making massive strides for the Japanese market, and will expand its content, and its latest plans were revealed during a two-day event in Tokyo. Apparently, the streamer plans to incorporate many original series, anime, as well as reality shows. Known Japanese director Jirokazu Kore-eda has also signed a multi-project deal, and will direct a movie and an original series. This will be Kore-eda’s first partnership with the company.
New plans
During the Tokyo event, Kaata Sakamoto, Netflix’s Vice President of Content in Japan stated that Netflix is planning more feature films. As Japan is home to extraordinarily talented individuals who had shaped the world’s cinematic history, Netflix is excited to locate local talent and deliver the stories they have to tell to the whole world.
Meanwhile, Kore-eda also spoke of his deal, saying that the film he will do will be quite different from what he’s done in the past, and will be of a much larger scale. He didn’t delve further into what his projects are about, since they’re still in early development. Kore-eda had directed the Oscar-nominated movie, Shoplifters in 2018, and had also worked on the Hollywood movie, The Truth, starring Ethan Hawke. Nowadays, he’s busy with his first Korean feature Baby, Broker, Boxer.
New titles
Out of the many projects they have planned, we got got to hear of a few. This includes season 2 of Alice in Borderland, First Love, Queen of Villains, Love is Blind, and more. As for the live-action titles of popular anime franchises, we have: Yu Yu Hakusho, One Piece, and Gundam.
Anime titles include The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh, Kakeguri Twin, Tiger & Bunny 2, The Orbital Children, and new seasons of the hit Detective Conan series.