Netflix's PACIFIC RIM anime show (2020) 0

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Legendary Entertainment has revealed that the Pacific Rim animated series will launch on Netflix next year, and will initially run for two seasons.Talking at Project Anime, an industry event proceeding Los Angeles’ massive Anime Expo, Legendary Entertainment's executive vice president of brand development and consumer products, Elie Dekel, revealed that Pacific Rim’s first season will begin in 2020 and that the show has been confirmed for two seasons.

 

The series will be produced by Legendary in partnership with Tokyo’s Polygon Pictures.

 

“[This is] one of the biggest budget anime series I’ve had the pleasure of working on, and I think that speaks to the commitment of Netflix and Legendary [to anime]” said Dekel.

The series will tell the story of two siblings who pilot an abandoned Jaeger mech in attempt to find their missing parents. Craig Kyle and Greg Johnson, who have worked on Thor: Ragnarok and X-Men: Evolution respectively, are the anime’s showrunners.

 

Edited January 26, 2020 by Bosco685

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It's sounding like this is still a go. Just with it being anime and two seasons ordered they must be packaging everything up in advance.

Netflix Orders 2 Seasons of ‘Pacific Rim’ Anime, Premiering Next Year

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Legendary Entertainment has confirmed that an animated series based on the kaiju vs. mecha sci-fi action franchise Pacific Rim will launch on Netflix in 2020, with the streaming giant placing an initial two-season order. The news was revealed by the studio’s EVP of Brand Development & Consumer Producer, Elie Ekel, during the Project Anime industry event ahead of L.A.’s Anime Expo.

 

The series is being produced by Legendary in partnership with Japanese 3D CG specialists Polygon Pictures (Star Wars Resistance, Ajin: Demi-Human, Knights of Sidonia).

 

The Pacific Rim series will center on two siblings who take over piloting an abandoned Jaeger mech on a mission to find their missing parents. Craig Kyle (Thor: Ragnarok) and Greg Johnson (X-Men: Evolution) are showrunners. The series is one of several originals and adaptations on Netflix’s growing anime slate.

 

The first Pacific Rim movie, directed by Guillermo del Toro, debuted in 2013, scoring mostly positive reviews and earning $411.5 million in worldwide box office. Pacific Rim: Uprising followed in 2018, marking the feature directorial debut of Steve S. DeKnight (creator of TV’s Spartacus) and bringing in $150 million worldwide.

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