:Enter the Anime
{{short description|2019 documentary film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Enter the Anime
| image = Enter the Anime.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| director = Alex Burunova
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Alex Burunova
- Estefanía Lee
}}
| writer = {{Plainlist|
- Julia Yorks
- Meggy Garol
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Shinji Aramaki
- Kôzô Morishita
- Yoko Takahashi
}}
| narrator = Tania Nolan
| music =
| cinematography = Yohei Tateishi
| editing =
| studio = Burunova Productions
| distributor = Netflix
| released = {{Film date|2019|8|5}}
| runtime = 58 minutes
| country = United States
Japan
| language = English
Japanese
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Enter the Anime is a 2019 Behind-the-Scenes Netflix special aimed at newcomers to anime to introduce them to anime titles on Netflix. The promotional special features interviews with some of the biggest anime stars like Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki, Kozo Morishita, production houses like TOEI Animation and Polygon Pictures and IP like Aggretsuko, Evangelion and Ultraman, Kôzô Morishita and Yoko Takahashi, the creators behind well-known productions like Castlevania, Aggretsuko and Kengan Ashura.{{cite web|last1=Thakurta|first1=Anish|url=https://thegeekherald.com/p/enter-the-anime-netflix-documentary-to-unravel-the-world-of-anime/|title=Enter the Anime Netflix Documentary to unravel the World of Anime|website=The Geek Herald|date=July 21, 2019|accessdate=July 23, 2019|archive-date=July 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722220215/https://thegeekherald.com/p/enter-the-anime-netflix-documentary-to-unravel-the-world-of-anime/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Chin|first1=Mallory|url=https://hypebeast.com/2019/7/enter-the-anime-netflix-documentary|title=Netflix's 'Enter the Anime' Documentary Explores the History and Rise of the Genre|website=Hype Beast|date=July 17, 2019|accessdate=July 23, 2019}} The special was released by Netflix on August 5, 2019.
Plot
The film depicts interviews with people who worked on anime series that were licensed by Netflix. The first person Nolan interviews is Adi Shankar, who was the executive producer of the anime-inspired Castlevania series.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/review-enter-the-anime/ |title=Review: Netflix's Enter the Anime Is the Cringiest Anime Doc in Ages |last=Baron |first=Reuben |date=August 6, 2019 |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=August 7, 2019}} All of the interviewees have worked on Netflix licensed series, and no anime that is not licensed by Netflix is mentioned.{{cite web |url=https://decider.com/2019/08/06/enter-the-anime-netflix-stream-it-or-skip-it/ |title=Stream It Or Skip It: 'Enter the Anime' on Netflix, a Netflix-produced Documentary About How Great Netflix Anime Is |last=Serba |first=John |date=August 6, 2019 |website=Decider |access-date=August 7, 2019}}
Release
Enter the Anime was released on August 5, 2019, on Netflix streaming.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81143771|title=Enter the Anime|publisher=Netflix}}
Reception
Enter the Anime was panned by anime fans who were expecting a documentary on the history of anime in this Behind the Scenes special, which was a promotional special aimed at familiarizing audiences with Netflix titles. This BTS special has undergone an extensive campaign of review bombing, something that never happened to a Behind-the-scenes piece before. John Serba, writing for Decider, stated, "Enter the Anime is such thinly disguised promotional content, it's like throwing a twin-sized bedsheet over a nuclear missile and insisting it's just a firecracker".
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Category:2019 documentary films
Category:2010s Japanese-language films