Anime has develop into a key pillar of leisure for a number of streaming companies, and that is one style the place Netflix has made a concerted effort to lock in a couple of unique exhibits. The anime jewel in its crown is well Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the wildly well-liked prequel and spin-off to CD Projekt Crimson’s Cyberpunk 2077. Whereas the sport had its followers following its massive turnaround after a disastrous launch, Edgerunners is taken into account to be a key driving drive behind the resurgence of Cyberpunk 2077 a number of years in the past.
A second season was a given, and through a stacked block of reveals on the Anime NYC conference, Netflix confirmed off a brand new teaser for the present and an official October launch date. Alongside that information, we additionally acquired a brand new have a look at the upcoming second season of the anime-inspired Blue Eye Samurai, a preview of the lovable Lego One Piece present, a teaser for Bass X Machina, and extra. In case you missed it, we have rounded up all of the reveals so that you can try beneath.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2
Out on October 20, the brand new Cyberpunk: Edgerunners trailer confirmed off extra of Night time Metropolis’s seedy underbelly and the brand new forged of characters that viewers will comply with. Filled with blood, neon, and cyber-psychosis, the brand new season follows washed-up legend Weak, the revenge-seeking nomad D, chrome-obsessed Talia, and younger cinephile Roman throughout a 10-episode story centered on household, obsession, and legacy.
Bass X Machina
A wild and bizarre Western spin on the story of Bass Reeves–a real-life one who escaped slavery and later grew to become the primary Black deputy US Marshal–the new collection imagines the legend as a cyborg in search of revenge. Set in a steampunk world, the collection is being produced by the anime studios Mappa and Madhouse, and it options Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta, Transformers One) as Bass. It’s going to be hitting Netflix on November 3.
Sakamoto Days: Season 2
What if the soft-spoken clerk behind the counter of your native comfort retailer was secretly the world’s best murderer? You’d get Sakamoto Days, a success anime collection that earned rave evaluations following its first season. The brand new teaser was mild on animation, however it did characteristic new characters for the second season–Amane, Etsuko Satoda, and Yotsumura–who’ll characteristic prominently in it. The second season of Sakamoto Days launches in January 2027.
Idiot Night time
Unveiled earlier this yr, Idiot Night time is an adaptation of Kasumi Yasuda’s manga of the identical identify. The animation is by Dawn (Cell Go well with Gundam) and Shaft (Puella Magi Madoka Magica), and the present is about in a dystopian future the place Earth has been plunged into everlasting evening. As oxygen ran out and vegetation started to die, scientists began remodeling people into hybrid plant creatures utilizing a way referred to as transfloration. The collection follows a boy named Toshiro Kamiya, who undergoes a process to cowl his mom’s medical bills, however the operation causes his life to disintegrate. It’s going to debut on Netflix on November 26.
Blue Eye Samurai: Season 2
The primary season of Blue Eye Samurai was a sleeper hit for Netflix, mixing slick animation with hard-hitting storytelling and even harder-hitting motion scenes. Season Two shifts areas from Seventeenth-century Japan to London, as Mizu continues her vengeance-fueled journey. It’s going to arrive January 2027 on Netflix.
Lego One Piece
Primarily based on Netflix’s live-action One Piece TV series–which is in flip tailored from the One Piece manga by Eiichiro Oda–Lego One Piece options the voices of the forged as they sail the Grand Line in Lego type. It seems to be lovable, and with Usopp spinning the tallest of tales, Lego seems like the right medium to convey his outlandish tales to life. This one is out quickly on September 29.
The One Piece
There is no trailer but for The One Piece, however we did get some new key artwork for this present. A reimagining of Monkey D. Luffy’s early adventures in East Blue from Assault on Titan’s Studio Wit, it’s going to premiere in 2027.
