So yeah, it looks like its going to be a ridiculously
good summer for one of the longest serving streaming services out there.
The other day I took a look at what’s coming
to Netflix of the Anime variety this summer and, in terms of original material,
it’s the strongest its been in a long time.
Some of these titles are still relatively fresh in release in Japan.
I can even see myself looking at one or even
all of these shows or movies here on the blog and you can definitely expect
them to be added to the list of brand new First Impression Fridays when they
return in August.
So let’s go over stuff
shall we?
These are the Top 5 Anime Coming to Netflix Summer 2021.
Side note: I’m not including Sailor Moon
Eternal on here cause it’s already arrived.
Everything here is due out from this week going forward.
#5-Transformers: War for Cybertron-Kingdom
There have been a ton of revivals for popular 80s
cartoons on Netflix like She-Ra and the forthcoming He-Man continuation from Kevin
Smith.
The Transformers has been enjoying
similar success thanks to a US/Japanese co production of a prequel/reboot
series focusing on the last days of the war between the Autobots and
Decepticons before it came to Earth.
Well in the final chapter of this trilogy, the fight reaches Earth…but
not the one you might think.
The mother
of all teases finally comes to pass as it looks like the stage is set between
the Autobots and Decepticons…and their future descendants, the Maximals and Predacons.
That’s right GENERATION 1 MEET BEAST WARS AT
LAST!!! Ahem…im not excited at all.
#4-Godzilla: Singular Point
The King of the Monsters has seen a nice little resurge
of popularity in the last few years.
You’ve
had the Legendary Pictures Monsterverse that culminated in the excellent
Godzilla vs. Kong in the US and Hideaki Anno got to direct his dream project
with Shin Godzilla in Japan, giving us one of the best Godzilla films in
ages.
When it comes to Godzilla Anime
though…there’s a crummy Anime film trilogy that many people wish had never
happened (and got some of the lowest scores here on the blog with the third
film getting a 0/10).
Well it looks like
fan favorite Studio Bones is looking to give us the Anime the King deserves
with Singular Point.
Besides the big man
himself, expect appearances from several monsters including Rodan and Angirus
and…of all the classic characters to choose from, Jet Jaguar?
The trailers have had a heavy focus on the humans
of the story, including an old man who thinks Jet Jaguar is the greatest thing
ever…here’s hoping Big G shows them who truly rules in a series that bears his
name.
#3-Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness
After the disaster that was Resident Evil 6, many feared
the worst for one of the greatest horror video game franchises of all
time.
But with the success of Resident
Evil VII: Biohazzard, the Remakes of Resident Evil 2 & 3and the recent Resident
Evil: Village, fears seem to have been assuaged.
Infinite Darkness will see RE2 heroes Leon S.
Kennedy and Claire Redfield reunite to deal with a new bio threat larger than
anything they’ve faced before…well at least during the time span between
Resident Evil 4 & 5.
This Anime
looks gorgeous, like the culmination of the animated efforts put into the
trilogy of Resident Evil CG movies (Degeneration, Damnation and Vendetta).
And, honestly, after spending an infuriating
amount of time with the lackluster Ethan Winters in RE Village, it’ll be good
to see classic heroes Leon and Claire back in action again (Claire btw looks
hella gorgeous with glasses).
#2-Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
With the Live Action Mobile Suit Gundam project from
Legendary Pictures confirmed to be debuting on the platform, it looks like
Netflix is set to be the future home of all things Gundam.
As if to hammer that possibility home, the
latest Gundam theatrical film, Gundam: Hathaway, is debuting on Netflix only a
few weeks after its release in Japan.
The film will center on the titular Hathaway Noa, son of legendary
captain Bright Noa, and his run in with a terrorist organization that might
offer him an outlet to deal with the grief he still feels for the loss of a
loved one.
Granted it’s gonna take a lot
to make people care about Hathaway AND the girl he’s mourning cause they were easily
the weakest elements of Gundam: Char’s Counterattack.
But new Gundam is new Gundam and getting it
so soon is always exciting.
As a bonus,
Netflix is also bringing over the original Mobile Suit Gundam Compilation
Trilogy and Char’s Counterattack before Hathaway drops.
Time to start binging some more Gundam folks.
#1-Rurouni Kenshin: The Final and Rurouni Kenshin: The
Beginning
Seeing this pop up on my Netflix screensaver made me scream
with pure joy.
I thought I was going to
have to wait much longer to even have a chance at seeing these two movies.
But sure enough, we’re getting them on
Netflix.
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final,
actually arrives this Friday, a couple of months after it dropped in
Japan.
I can only imagine that The
Beginning, which only just premiered in Japan, will arrive somewhere between
August and September if it follows that example, if not sooner.
You better believe these two are getting reviewed
here but I’m probably going to wait a bit so I can post them back to back
together.
Maybe they’ll go up on my Birthday,
who knows.
What I do know is that ive
been all in on the Live Action Kenshin saga since the beginning and I cannot
wait to see how it all ends.
Also I did 2 Top 5’s with background on both movies if
you wanna revisit those:
#292-Top 5 Things To Know Going into Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
http://gundamanimeblog.blogspot.com/2021/03/t5w292-top-5-things-to-know-going-into.html
#303-Top 5 Things To Know Going into Rurouni Kenshin: The
Beginning
http://gundamanimeblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/t5w303-top-5-things-to-know-going-into.html
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