It’s been a strong year so far for new anime on Netflix. With over a billion views and counting on Netflix just from 2024 alone, anime continues its meteoric growth on Netflix. So, what does the future hold for anime on Netflix? What has the streaming service done to improve its output of anime in 2025? We’ll discuss below.
Anime is arguably the largest and most popular Japanese export that the world consumes. Its significance in our culture cannot be understated, thanks to the world’s biggest sports stars referencing iconic shōnen heroes, and crossover events which have seen the likes of One Piece crossover with NBA’s LA Galaxy , MLB’s LA Dodgers , and the German Bundesliga’s Borussia Dortmund . Anime is in the zeitgeist, and it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
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