Global streaming giant Netflix has added a motherload of anime titles on their streaming line-up in the Philippines this month, which include the two seasons of Spice and Wolf and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Other television anime titles that had been added on the service are Afro Samurai, Another, The Future Diary, Haganai: I Don’t Have Many Friends, Hellsing, High School DxD, Is This a Zombie?, Maoyu: Archenemy & Hero, Rosario+Vampire, Samurai 7, and Steins;Gate.
You may watch the following television anime titles on the Netflix app on your device, or through these links below:
Afro Samurai
1 Season
https://www.netflix.com/title/70204947
Another
1 Season + OVA
https://www.netflix.com/title/80241072
The Future Diary
1 Season
https://www.netflix.com/title/80132333
HAGANAI: I Don’t Have Many Friends
2 Seasons + OVA
https://www.netflix.com/title/80132156
Hellsing
1 Season
https://www.netflix.com/title/80007226
High School DxD
3 Seasons
https://www.netflix.com/title/80005873
Is This a Zombie?
2 Seasons + 2 OVAs
https://www.netflix.com/title/80006166
MAOYU: Archenemy & Hero
1 Season
https://www.netflix.com/title/80220729
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Season 1: https://www.netflix.com/title/81056036
Season 2: https://www.netflix.com/title/80132288
Rosario+Vampire
2 Seasons
https://www.netflix.com/title/70230165
Samurai 7
1 Season
https://www.netflix.com/title/70205019
Spice and Wolf
2 Seasons
https://www.netflix.com/title/70205026
Steins;Gate
1 Season
https://www.netflix.com/title/70205026
The streaming service has also added five anime film adaptations of Sgt. Keroro, as well as The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, to their line-up.
You may watch the theatrical anime films on the Netflix app on your device, or through these links below:
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
https://www.netflix.com/title/70223722
Sgt. Keroro: The Super Duper Movie
https://www.netflix.com/title/81056064
Sgt. Keroro: The Super Duper Movie 2
https://www.netflix.com/title/81056065
Sgt. Keroro: The Super Duper Movie 3
https://www.netflix.com/title/81056066
Sgt. Keroro: The Super Duper Movie 4
https://www.netflix.com/title/81056067
Sgt. Keroro: The Super Duper Movie 5
https://www.netflix.com/title/81056068
Spice and Wolf is an anime adaptation of the popular light novel series, written by Isuna Hasekura and illustrated by Ju Ayakura, which is being published by Kadokawa’s ASCII Media Works under the Dengeki Bunko since February 2006. As of January 2019, the light novel series currently has 21 volumes.
The light novel has been adapted into a manga series, two television anime and two Nintendo DS games, as well as inspiring a spin-off light novel in 2016 and its manga adaptation, which was released last May. The popular series had recently released Spice and Wolf VR, a virtual reality-style visual novel game developed by Spicy Tails, a doujin group created by the series author, which was released last June for Windows and Occulus Go devices.
The two television anime adaptations was directed by Takeo Takahashi and written by Naruhisa Arakawa, which was produced by Imagin for the first season and Brain’s Base for the second season.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is an anime adaptation of a popular light novel series, written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito, which was published in Kadokawa Shoten’s The Sneaker magazine from June 2003 to May 2011 with a total of 11 volumes.
The light novel has inspired several manga, video game and anime adaptations, including the highly-popular The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya anime film.
Tatsuya Ishihara directed the two television adaptations, while he handled the chief director role in the theatrical anime film with Yasuhiro Takemoto as the director. Both the television series and the anime film was produced by Kyoto Animation.
In the Philippines, the first season was aired in Filipino language on terrestrial broadcaster TV5 in July 2009.
Southeast Asian anime channel ANIMAX Asia aired the second season in Original Japanese audio with subtitles in April 2011, as well as the anime film in June of the same year.
