Anime Finally Dared to Ask, ‘What if a Detective Could Talk to Cars?’
Competition in the anime landscape has been neck-and-neck between Netflix and Crunchyroll as they duke it out to become the medium’s premier destination. While the latter continues to put its best foot forward by casting a wide net of shows and establishing a new wing to work with original creators on anime and live-action projects for a global audience, the former is maintaining its track record of exclusive series with in-demand studios. It follows Kei Miyama (Tomohiro Ono), a 17-year-old detective who, as we addressed above, can talk to cars.
- ▪Competition in the anime landscape has been neck-and-neck between Netflix and Crunchyroll as they duke it out to become the medium’s premier destination.
- ▪While the latter continues to put its best foot forward by casting a wide net of shows and establishing a new wing to work with original creators on anime and live-action projects for a global audience, the former is maintaining its track r
- ▪It follows Kei Miyama (Tomohiro Ono), a 17-year-old detective who, as we addressed above, can talk to cars.
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Competition in the anime landscape has been neck-and-neck between Netflix and Crunchyroll as they duke it out to become the medium’s premier destination. While the latter continues to put its best foot forward by casting a wide net of shows and establishing a new wing to work with original creators on anime and live-action projects for a global audience, the former is maintaining its track record of exclusive series with in-demand studios. One such exclusive is a detective-style anime coming in 2027 in which the sleuth can talk to…
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