Simu Liu from Shang-Chi Netflix Anime Bright Prequel Samurai Soul

It’s been four years of peace since Netflix cursed the world Orcish Nightmare by David Ayer / Max Landis Bright… Streamer threatened since then, in fits and starts, to bring us morebut despite the film’s success on the platform, we haven’t heard of a continuation of its story for a long time … until now.

Netflix has confirmed that the next addition to what it bitterly describes as “expanding” Bright The universe is not a sequel, but Bright: Samurai Soul… The film is described as an animated prequel set hundreds of years ago in a mixed world of human society coexisting with fantastic civilizations such as orcs and elves. It was in post-feudal Japan, Samurai soul follows the sword named Izu (Shang-ChiSimu Liu), who finds himself crossing paths with an orc named Raiden (Fred Mancuso) as they both encounter a young elf with access to a powerful wand. When the girl, Sonia (Yuzu Harada), realizes that a mysterious organization is pursuing her, wanting to steal the wand to secure Japan’s future, when the Meiji period of early Imperial Japan enters, Izo and Raiden are forced to cast aside their prejudices in order to work together. and defend Sonya’s quest to bring the rod home to the elven settlements in the northern regions of the country.

Neither Iyer nor Landis are affiliated with the project, the latter of which is rumored to be back in the light of several accusations of sexual harassment and assault… Instead, the film is the work of the ARECT animation studio, which is directed by Words bubbled like soda and Your lies in April“Kyohei Ishiguro” by Michiko Yokote. Their many services include writing to Cowboy bebop and many other animes, as well as several Super Sentai TV series leading writing teams for Juken Sentai Gekiranger and Tensou Sentai Goseiger.

All jokes about Brightquestionable quality aside– and do people really want it to be a franchise in four years – I wonder what Samurai soul end up so far away from what Bright there was (and indeed, aspects of the film that didn’t work) that it seems like he could almost completely abandon the brand and be his own pseudo-historical fantasy creation. Let’s see if there will be Bright the association helps or hinders when Samurai soul begins streaming to Netflix October 12.

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