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The World Is Watching More Anime—and Streaming Services Are Buying

Netflix has 16 projects in the works from its Tokyo-based team as the pandemic lifts demand

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A scene from ‘Pacific Rim: The Black,’ an anime program in production at Netflix.Photo: Netflix

TOKYO—The pandemic is helping Japan’s demon slayers, monsters and robots make the leap to the global market.

Animated video in the Japanese style—aka anime—has long been a niche taste for fans in the U.S. and elsewhere, and some anime films such as those by Hayao Miyazaki have become mainstream hits.

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