The streaming service Netflix has increased its anime program with three new titles in the last three days. We summarize.
Three simulcast reboots
The new additions include the opening episode of “Sparks of Tomorrow” in German and Japanese as well as the first episode of »Chainsmoker Cat« in the original Japanese language with German subtitles.
Additionally, the first episode of “The Bond of the Underworld” now available with German and Japanese language options. All three series will continue weekly with a new episode each.
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Available now:
»Chainsmoker Cat«
- Episodes: 1 available (Simulcast on Thursday)
- Language: Japanese (Subtitled)
- A notice: German dubbing follows two weeks later
- Streaming: Netflix
Plot
Yani’s apartment is anything but inviting – especially because of her chain smoking. Despite many attempts, she repeatedly fails to quit smoking. Money problems, rent debts and unemployment don’t make their lives any easier.
Friends and sister support her, but whether Yani will ever get rid of her self-destructive habits remains questionable.
“The Bond of the Underworld”
- Episodes: 1 available (New episode on Saturday)
- Language: German, Japanese (subtitled)
- A notice: Three months after the simulcast on Crunchyroll
- Streaming: Netflix
Action:
Yuru lives in isolation in a mountain village and earns his living as a hunter. His twin sister Asa, on the other hand, is trapped in a dungeon because of a mysterious task. The calm ends abruptly when an armed troop attacks the village – with only one target: the two twins.
“Sparks of Tomorrow”
- Episodes: 1 available (Sunday simulcast)
- Language: German, Japanese (subtitled)
- Streaming: Netflix
Action:
Kyoto in the summer of 1907: Inako Momokawa, the 15-year-old daughter of a sake brewing family, suffers from her father’s strictness.
When he arranges her marriage, she flees with the headstrong Kihachi Sakamoto in search of the mysterious “Electricity Catalog” – a mysterious book that could change her fate.
© Hiro Yuki, Kyoto Animation/Sparks of Tomorrow Production Committee