Netflix announces the “Ooku: The Inner Chambers” series at Anime Japan event

A new Netflix series called “Ooku: The Inner Chambers,” Yoshinaga Fumi’s first anime adaptation of a popular Japanese manga.

The streamer also released “Yakitori: The Movie” at the Tokyo Anime Japan convention. Another anime series, Soldiers of Misfortune, is scheduled to premiere in May and is based on a military-sci-fi novel by Carlo Zen. “Ooku,” directed by Abe Noriyuki and produced by Studio Deen, is based on stories that come from the Ooku women’s quarters in Edo Castle and imagines gender roles being reversed. Women assume leadership roles when a plague threatens the male population. The new (female) Shogun Yoshimune begins to unravel other mysteries within the inner sanctum and inquires as to why the women adopted male names when they assumed power. Hakusensha / Melody was the publisher of the original manga.

The variation, which likewise includes Takasugi Rika for screenplay and structure and Sato Yoko for character configuration, will be finished at an undefined date in the not so distant future.

adapted from Hayakawa Bunko JA/Hayakawa Publishing’s “Yakitori: Warriors of Incident” sees a young fellow defy harsh experts on a future variant of Earth, however solely after he has been enrolled into an interplanetary military unit that experiences a 70% setback rate.

The series is produced by the ARECT company, directed by Anbo Hideeki, written by Sakai Mitsuyasu, and designed by Yamagata Atsushi.

Onmyoji, an animated series based on Baku Yumemakura’s well-known tales about the ancient yin-yang diviner Abe Seimei, was previously announced. The titles will be available later this year.

In Asia, the supernatural mysteries have been adapted into numerous films, television series, and plays. New chapters detail the supernatural mysteries investigated by Abe and partner Minamoto Hiromasa, and Netflix claims that its series, which will premiere later this year, is its first anime adaptation. Produced by Marvy Jack, it is directed by Yamamoto Sobi from a screenplay by Kato Yuiko and Hashimoto Natsu.

Additionally, the streamer displayed teaser artwork from the forthcoming “Pluto” at the in-person event. Urasawa Naoki (’20th Century Boys’) and Nagasaki Takashi (’20th Century Boys’) are the creators of the suspense drama, which is based on the “The Greatest Robot on Earth” story arc from Osamu Tezuka’s “Astro Boy.” Genco is in charge of production, and Studio M2 is in charge of animation.

The streamer has added the series “Ultraman Final,” which comes out on May 11; the movie “Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King,” which will be available on June 16; movie titled “The Seven Deadly Sins: Part 2 of the Grudge of Edinburg” in August; season two of “Kengan Ashura,” which premieres in September; season 2 of the show “BASTARD – Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy” in 2023; Gamera – Rebirth, My Happy Marriage, and Akuma Kun will all air at undetermined times in 2023.