Picture (L to R): Grave of the Fireflies, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, Blue Giant.
September is still weeks away, but already we know of some anime titles coming to Netflix soon.
In case you missed it, August is a sensational month for new anime content on Netflix. You can also find the complete list of what’s coming to Netflix in September 2024 here.
New Licensed Anime on Netflix in September 2024
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM (2024)
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Genre: Mecha | Runtime: 124 Minutes
Cast: Sōichirō Hoshi, Rie Tanaka, Akira Ishida, Nanako Mori, Kenichi Suzumura
Netflix Release Date: September 1st, 2024
The highest-grossing film in Gundam franchise history, FREEDOM, was years in the making. Development started in 2006, but with Chiaki Morosawa’s health deteriorating, it was postponed for years. In the years following her death in 2016, the movie’s development restarted, and director Mitsuo Fukuda took over the remainder of the screenplay.
One year after the Second Alliance-PLANT War, Lacus Clyne established Compass, a world peace monitoring organization. With other soldiers, Kira Yamato joins the organization and intervenes in fights, and with the Emerging Countries Foundation, takes the fight to the Blue Cosmos Headquarters.
New Anime Movies on Netflix in September 2024
Blue Giant (2023)
Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa
Genre: Drama, Music | Runtime: 120 Minutes
Cast: Yuuki Yamada, Shoutarou Mamiya, Amane Okayama, Sayaka Kinoshita, Kenji Nomura
Netflix Release Date: September 1st, 2024
Subscribers will be disappointed to learn that the adaptation of Shinichi Ishizuka’s beloved manga is only available on Netflix in the US and Canada. Any anime fan who loves musical anime will not be disappointed and shouldn’t miss out.
Dai Miyamoto, a high school student, experiences jazz music for the first time when his friend takes him to a live performance. Inspired by the music, Dai takes up the tenor saxophone and begins to teach himself, despite now knowing how to read sheet music. The audience heavily criticizes his first live performance, but undeterred, Dai is determined to give learning the saxophone his all.
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Director: Isao Takahata
Genre: Drama, War | Runtime: 88 Minutes
Cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Kôzô Hashida
Netflix Release Date: September 16th, 2024
One of Japan’s most culturally significant movies is coming to Netflix for the first time in September! Also one of the most harrowing and sad films you’ll ever watch, it is a viewing experience that won’t be forgotten anytime soon.
In Kobe, Japan, in the last days of World War 2, two siblings, Seita and Setsuko, are orphaned after an American firebombing on their town. Using a bomb shelter for refuge, their dwindling supplies have the orphaned siblings struggling to survive in post-war Japan.
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