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In accordance with Google Trendsanime’s popularity reached all-time highs in April, June, and August 2021.
Netflix has confirmed that more than half of its subscribers use the platform to watch animehaving an almost totalitarian percentage.
So it is not surprising that open television is choosing to include this type of content in its morning programming.
recently the mexican channel Aztec 7 confirmed that soon we will have Luffy and his entire crew in its programming (one piece). However, this is added to the announcements of the acquisition by the Mexican company of two anime classics, Toei Animation, issued until not long ago by its competition (Channel 5); “Dragon Ball” and “Knights of the Zodiac”.
Nakamas! Prepare to travel to distant lands and enter the Great Pirate Age. 🏴☠️#OnePiece 👒 is about to arrive at @AztecaSiete. ⛵ pic.twitter.com/HFDQGkgOxn
– Aztec 7 (@AztecaSiete) July 23, 2022
That is to say, the channel will also be premiering this August 1 one of the most famous animes; “Dragon Ball Z” and soon the legendary will be back in their home “Knights of the Zodiac”so this shows us that the channel is betting heavily on an alliance with Toei Animation for an anime block, although it is still unknown when these last two will arrive on the channel’s programming and their possible schedules.
However, “One Piece” is not a complicated series to watch officially in Mexico., Netflix It has the largest number of episodes with Latin dubbing, exceeding 300 episodes. The other paid platform that transmits it in Mexico is hbomax, with 130 episodes.
Azteca adds anime to win viewers
For young people in Japan, anime is a very familiar part of their daily lives. This is true to a greater extent than most specialists in marketing they could imagine. According to the latest research by Dentsu, Among the 20-29 age group, 64 percent responded that they are interested in anime, while the corresponding figure for those aged 15 to 19 was 72.4 percent.
Regarding the young people of today, anime is not seen as a minor interest, but as something natural and that has always been in their lives for as long as they can remember; In fact, it is becoming so important worldwide that even platforms of streaming like Netflix they have not been left behind.
As reported by Variety, Netflix has confirmed that more than half of its subscribers use the platform primarily to watch anime.having an almost totalitarian percentage.
“Anime is one of the cornerstones of our investment in Japan, watched by nearly 90 percent of our members here last year,” said Kohei Obara, creative director of anime at Netflix. “At the same time, interest in anime has grown around the world, with more than half of our members worldwide tuning in to it in the past year.”
According to Google Trendsanime’s popularity reached all-time highs in April, June, and August 2021.
A year ago Crunchyroll, one of the largest platforms streaming Asian reached 3 million subscribers; six months ago they reached 4 million. Now they announced that they have surpassed 5 million paying users worldwide and more than 120 million registered users in total.
Joanne Waage, general manager of Crunchyroll, mentioned that: “The tremendous growth of our service is indicative of the growing love for anime and its well-deserved prominence within popular culture.“.
So it is not surprising that open television is choosing to include this type of content in its morning programming and apparently Aztec TV wants to return with an anime bar. However, he is not the only one, Netflix has signed deals with Japanese anime studios like Anima, Sublimation and David Production and posted details about the new original anime they are developing.
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