AKong: Skull IslandAnime Is Coming to Netflix From the Studio BehindCastlevania

So , uh , it seems like it ’s a estimable week to be a very turgid copycat . Hot on the simian heel of theexcellent Godzilla Vs . Kong trailer , Netflix has just announced a Skull Island anime series starring the Ape Who Would Be King . Also , an animatedTomb Raiderseries — based on the games , and not the live - activeness movie — is go to connect it .

Powerhouse Animation is making Skull Island , which is good news in that the Texas - base studio apartment is also behind the very excellentCastlevania liven series . The show will be canonical with Legendary Pictures ’ Monsterverse , which could be potentially interesting . Here ’s Netflix ’s vague sum-up :

A new chapter in Legendary ’s Monsterverse franchise , Skull Island is a thrilling animated adventure serial that survey shipwrecked eccentric heroic to escape the most dangerous berth on Earth — a mysterious island home to prehistorical monsters , including the slap-up titan of them all , Kong .

Eskimo kiss!

Eskimo kiss!Image: Legendary/Warner Bros.

I ’m very happy they ’ve decided to make the series “ thrilling ” ; I mean that was a good call . Meanwhile , Tomb Raider does n’t have an animation studio announce as of yet , but it will be written and produced by Tasha Huo , who ’s also written for the upcoming Witcher prequel seriesBlood Origin , so that ’s probably a proficient affair . The show will star the same bring up Lara Croft from the recent , extremely acceptable telecasting game trilogy , taking shoes after those adventures .

The two shows join Legendary ’s upcomingPacific flange : The contraband anime serial , due out in 2021 . Netflix did n’t observe any release dates for Skull Island or Tomb Raider , but I suspect Kong and Lara wo n’t be establish their animated debuts until 2022 .

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