news culture After Bleach, Disney + deprives fans of another highly anticipated anime in January 2023
Recently, Disney has been investing more and more in the field of Japanese animation following the signing of an agreement with Kodansha, the largest Japanese publishing house. Unfortunately, after Bleach, it’s a highly anticipated new anime that won’t be allowed to simulcast with Japan.
Summary
- Disney invests in Japanese animation
- No simulcast for one of the most anticipated anime of early 2023
Disney invests in Japanese animation
In recent years, you have surely noticed that anime was on the rise. As a result of all this, the market has increasingly opened up internationally with the creation of streaming platforms dedicated solely to this type of content. Wakanim, ADN and especially Crunchyroll are among the names that we know best in our country. However, more “traditional” streaming platforms have also taken to the game, noting the extent of the phenomenon in our regions. Thus, Netflix was the first to follow suit, buying both international broadcasting rights and outright producing certain shows like Cyberpunk 2077 Edgerunners.
Very recently, it’s Disney’s turn to enter the dance and the least we can say is that they did things big. Thereby, Mickey’s firm has managed to acquire the international broadcasting rights to Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, surely one of the most anticipated series of fall 2022. It must be said that the anime had never been adapted to the end and that this new adaptation was an opportunity to do things right shape. Unfortunately, the announcement had the effect of a cold shower in a second time when we learned that the episodes would not be broadcast in simulcast in France, i.e. simultaneously in Japan. To be even clearer, this means that the series will have to be finished or wait until the end of one of the parts to watch Bleach on Disney +. And unfortunately for us French people, the scenario is about to repeat itself.
No simulcast for one of the most anticipated anime of early 2023
On the occasion of the transition to the new year, and therefore to a new month, the accounts of Disney + on the social networks revealed the series which would be broadcast in this month of January 2023. And among all the shows presented, it is noted that Tokyo Revengers season 2 is not present, which means that it will not be available in simulcast. Following the box of the first part in 2021, Disney had recovered the rights against Crunchyroll to be able to offer its subscribers the adventures of Takemichi in his time travel. Unfortunately, in the absence of more information, we will therefore have to wait for the end of the broadcast of this second season to view it legally with us.
