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NEWS: Netflix to Stream Little Witch Academia TV Anime Series

I must be missing something, because it sounds like, for the first time ever, we have an honest-to-God Netflix original anime series. Unless I didn't catch the news elsewhere, this series does not have a Japanese TV station decided on (yet), unlike Knights of Sidonia or Ajin. And if that's correct, than that means there's no "waiting for the season to be over," and they're going to dump all the episodes at once and Netlfix will be the only place you can watch it, minus pirating.

Again, could be wrong, maybe it will air on Japanese TV. But I haven't seen that mentioned anywhere.

Can they at least simulcast the series instead of waiting for all of it to air before throwing it out in one go?

This reminded me that Kuromukuro came out today there and that ironically I won't have to wait for fansubs at least for the newest episode.

So I went there and noticed that it doesn't have a dub. What? Why? I mean, that's the only point of Netflix having an anime.

That doesn't really make it more of a Netflix Original than anything else they've streamed. It's a Trigger original, first and foremost.

I am not a streamer or a binge-watcher and I have a fair amount of patience. So my question is...

It's been my experience that any worthwhile Netflix-original series will eventually get a DVD/Blu-Ray release, and I would imagine an anime series with such fan support and recognition would certainly qualify as such, so... whom shall I expect to release this series in a year/year-and-a-half's time?

relyat08 wrote:

That doesn't really make it more of a Netflix Original than anything else they've streamed. It's a Trigger original, first and foremost.

This is like saying South Park isn't a Comedy Central original, but a South Park Digital Studios original.

Ryu Shoji wrote:

Can they at least simulcast the series instead of waiting for all of it to air before throwing it out in one go?

If you're in Japan, probably. If you're elsewhere, not likely.

It should be pointed out in the case of Kuromukuro, they didn't wait for it to finish, they only waited for the first cour to be complete. (The series is continuing into this season, and is slated for 26 episodes).

Selipse wrote:

This reminded me that Kuromukuro came out today there and that ironically I won't have to wait for fansubs at least for the newest episode. So I went there and noticed that it doesn't have a dub. What? Why? I mean, that's the only point of Netflix having an anime.

I suspected that might be the case when the preview they posted only a few days ago was subtitled rather than dubbed.

My theory is since they streamed it weekly as it aired in Japan*, they compared the number of views of it to other anime they had streamed, and decided the dub was not worthwhile.

As they posted the first cour rather than waiting for the entire series to complete, they could change their decision by the time the second cour completes if international streaming views are higher than they currently project.

*See animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-16/netflix-japan-streams-kuromukuro-anime-with-english-subtitles/.101138

This is like saying South Park isn't a Comedy Central original, but a South Park Digital Studios original.

Netflix only released (so far) dub's of a complete season (1 or 2 cours). So I dont think your theory is correct. Dubbing takes a lot of effort and time. Its not an Funimation with an in house dubbing studio and in house VA. Durarara by Aniplex USA (they also outsource their dubs) also got released after like 6-9 episodes in weekly. They outsource their dubs. You really cant say yet if it will get a dub or not.