Anime Limited Licenses Banana Fish for Blu-ray Release in 2027
The license secures a physical release for Banana Fish after its removal from Amazon Prime Video, while Netflix's upcoming stream offers a new home with official dubs.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Anime Limited has licensed the Banana Fish television anime for release in the United Kingdom, North America, and France. The company plans a Blu-ray Disc release in early 2027. Netflix will stream the series in select regions starting August 12, including English and French dubs. The anime previously streamed on Amazon Prime Video, which briefly added AI-generated dubs before removing them. Hiroko Utsumi directed the series at MAPPA.
Banana Fish left Amazon Prime Video recently after a period where the service listed AI-generated English and Latin American Spanish dubs that were later removed. Anime Limited has now licensed the series for the United Kingdom, North America, and France. The company will release it on Blu-ray Disc in early 2027. Netflix will begin streaming the anime on August 12 in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France, with English and French dubs. Anime Limited confirmed the English and French voice casts for the two main characters and said the full cast will be announced later. The series originally aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina block in July 2018, adapting Akimi Yoshida's manga but moving the setting to modern-day New York.
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