There are tons of cool anime coming to Netflix this fall, many of which were leaked in advance. Screenshots, blurry clips, and in some cases entire episodes appeared online in advance, leading fans to worry about spoilers and call for streaming platforms to release the show early. A few days later, Netflix finally acknowledged the breach, but it doesn’t sound like it’s changing its anime fall release plans.
A Netflix spokesperson said: “One of our post-production partners was compromised and footage from multiple of our productions was unfortunately leaked online.” Tell IGN The leak occurred just days later. “Our teams are actively taking action to remove it.”
While it’s one thing to remove leaked content, it’s quite another to crack down on online spoilers in YouTube thumbnails or TikTok videos and keep fans away from social media algorithms. according to IGNthe list of affected programs is long, including Terminator Zero, Heartache Season 3, Ranma ½, Reply: zero Season 3, taste, obsessed, arcane Season 2, and Plankton: The Movieone spongebob spin off.
arcanethis League of Legends The adaptation, based on the tech-infused class war between the utopian city of Piltover and its fringes, was hit particularly hard. The next season will be the last But it won’t start airing until November. Meanwhile, the full five episodes of the steampunk action series have leaked online, with some fans taking the risk and watching them despite the low quality and in-house production watermark.
places like this arcane The subreddit must be on high alert and ban posts and comments discussing spoilers for the upcoming season, but that’s not enough. “This subreddit is not safe either,” one fan Wrote today. “Be careful with comments. I hope to god this isn’t a spoiler, just some lame troll, but be very careful. I recommend not scrolling until the end of the comments, and don’t click through to see comments that have negative votes.
Fans of other shows e.g. Ranma ½ and Heartache Also frustrated by the leaks, called on others to stop circulating clips or links to full episodes, both out of respect for each other and the show’s creators. “It took a lot of time just to make a 1- to 3-second clip,” Tweet one person. “If animators can spend hours making an episode, I hope anime fans can also be patient and wait for it to be released in the best possible quality.”
But others are still involved in leaks regardless. tasteThe upcoming anime, adapted from a shōnen manga about high school students who use mystical powers to fight aliens and fall in love, has already gone through a full discussion cycle with its polarizing synopsis, which isn’t available until October Really aired. “Hate taste It’s crazy that it’s on the air before it’s aired. Wrote A fan. “Don’t leave.”
