The third season of the animated anthology series Love, Death & Robots will be coming to Netflix next month. This time, a part of the series has been created by Japanese anime studio Polygon Pictures. It will be the first time an anime studio has contributed to the show.
The announcement of Polygon Picture’s involvement in the sci-fi series Love, Death & Robots came through a tweet on Wednesday by the studio’s president and CEO Shuzo John Shiota. His tweet simply said, “Polygon Pictures participated in this work. It comes to Netflix May 20th,” and was left as a comment on Polygon Pictures’ official account’s Twitter post about Love, Death & Robots. Shiota’s comment isn’t much, but it’s enough to confirm the studio’s involvement.
Love, Death & Robots is an anthology series for adults, with each episode telling a unique story about at least one of the words from the title (and often combining all three). Because each episode is also created by a different studio, they all have their own style and unique flair. Using either computer-generated or hand-drawn animation, Love, Death & Robots tells a lot of exciting, violent, and often sexy stories - but was always made by a Western studio.
これこれ、ポリゴンが参加した作品！5月20日、ネットフリックスで配信！ https://t.co/rSxWTH7CNG
— Shuzo John Shiota 塩田周三 (@da_shooz) April 20, 2022
Finally, though, season three will have a contribution from Japan. Polygon Pictures has worked with Western film and TV series in the past, including making episodes for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Tron: Uprising, and Big Hero 6: The Series. The studio has also been behind several popular games, like Thief, Pokémon Sword and Shield, and Street Fighter V (which it made character and background designs, the opening movie, and the promotional videos for). With an animated series as popular as Love, Death & Robots, it was only a matter of time before a Japanese studio was involved in some capacity.
While animation for adults is gaining ground in the West, it’s been a part of media culture in Japan for decades. With the success of Star Wars: Visions in 2021 paving the way, which was entirely made by Japanese studios, hopefully Love, Death & Robots will be one of many stories that Japan can contribute its unique touch, too. While we don’t know exactly how much Polygon Pictures has contributed to Love, Death & Robots yet, we will know soon. Whether it will just be a collaborative role or an entire episode from the studio, it will be setting up a space for Japanese studios to get more involved with Western-made media in the future. When it comes to animation made for adults, Japan has a lot of experience to share with the world.
Love, Death & Robots season three will start streaming on Netflix May 20th, 2022.
Source: AnimeNewsNetwork