A few years ago, Netflix invested in streaming Japanese animations and has been gradually expanding its collection since then. Classics licenses, original series, the website offers many anime productions. Now it looks like the service has made a massive deal with Nippon TV to keep fans entertained even more.
A press release from Nippon TV and Netflix details the deal. It turns out that the cooperation includes the introduction to the catalog of the streaming giant 13 titles of Japanese animation , including Berserk from 1997, Monster , NANA and many more!
The full list is below:
- Hunter x Hunter (2011)
- Ouran High School Host Club
- Claymore
- Death Note
- Death Note: Relight 1 (Death Note Relight – Visions of a God)
- Death Note: Relight 2 (Death Note Relight 2 – L’s Successors)
- Kimi ni Todoke
- Kimi ni Todoke 2
- 1997 Berserk
- Parasyte -the maxim-
- NANA
- Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!
- Monster
Following the announcement of the partnership, Nippon TV celebrated the contract with a statement to fans:
Considering the huge success of Old Enough! around the world, coupled with our dramas and entertainment programs broadcast to large audiences in Asia, we are truly honored to announce our collaboration with Netflix on some of our most beloved anime.
For many years, anime has been a driving force on Nippon TV, where we have produced popular anime titles such as HUNTER X HUNTER , DEATH NOTE and many more. As anime continues to rise in popularity around the world, this collaboration comes at the perfect time. I have no doubt that anime fans will be talking about these titles all over the world.