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Pacific Rim: The Black is a Netflix anime series based on the Pacific Rim films. It follows two siblings who pilot a Jaeger to find their missing parents in a post-apocalyptic Australia infested by Kaiju.
Pacific Rim: The Black: Created by Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle. With Gideon Adlon, Calum Worthy, Erica Lindbeck, Victoria Grace. After Kaiju ravage Australia, two siblings pilot a Jaeger to search for their parents, encountering new creatures, seedy characters and chance allies.
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"There was a time when Kaiju rose from the Pacific Rim only to encounter gigantic robots, Jaegers, built to fight them back. That time has passed. Now, Australia has been overrun by Kaiju, forcing...—Official DescriptionSeason One
Kaiju have taken over the continent of Australia. The Pan Pacific Defense Corps have initiated Operation Blackout: The evacuation of civilians and personnel from Kaiju-compromised areas. All Jaegers and Shatterdomes have been destroyed or buried to avoid compromise. After rescuing civilians from a Kaiju attack, Rangers Ford and Brina Travis leave to find help in nearby evacuation cities. Five years later, their children, Hayley and Taylor, discover the buried PPDC base Shadow Basin, which hou...
Season Two
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Format
Pacific Rim: The Black is an episodic series, building on the story of the original film and Pacific Rim Uprising. The series will follow a brother and his younger sister piloting an abandoned Jaeger across hostile territory in search of their parents.[note 2]
Pre-Production
Following the departure of Guillermo del Toro from the production of the Pacific Rim sequel, affiliated projects planned for release, such as the animated series, and ongoing comic book series, were quietly cancelled or reworked into a miniseries. Legendary Entertainment reworked the sequel into Pacific Rim Uprising, directed and co-written by Steven S. DeKnight. November 7, 2018, Legendary announced an animated series project was moving forward with Netfix. The series was among a hundred ann...
Production
Production for the series officially begin in 2019.[note 4] Polygon Studios art director Yuki Moriyama sought to maintain the unrefined action of the films for the series, while acknowledging many elements about the universe's presentation would were necessary to change to better suit the animation format. The tone of the series would be darker than the films. Supervising director Hiroyuki Hayashiwas interested in focusing on a future wherein humanity has been exhausted by the war against the...
As of March 2021, developing critical consensus of Pacific Rim: The Black is mixed to positive on review aggregate sites. The series earned a 71% (based on thirteen critical reviews) fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and Metacriticcurrently counts three positive critical reviews.
Like Netflix's other animated projects (The Dragon Prince, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters), Pacific Rim: The Black was animated with Toon Boom Animation software.According to SciFi Japan, the first season of Pacific Rim: The Blackis seven episodes long.In a 2020 interview with Collider, when asked about Pacific Rim: The Black, Charlie Hunnam stated he was not involved in the production or aware of the series.[note 5]Learn about the animated series Pacific Rim: The Black, set in a post-apocalyptic Australia where siblings Hayley and Taylor pilot a Jaeger to find their parents. See the episodes, Jaegers, Kaiju, cast and more.
Now, Australia has been overrun by Kaiju, forcing the evacuation of an entire continent. Left behind, teenage siblings Taylor and Hayley emba ...more. There was a time when Kaiju rose from the ...
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Mar 31, 2022 · Pacific Rim: The Black Season 2 | Official Trailer | Netflix. The epic series conclusion! After Kaiju ravage Australia, two siblings pilot a Jaeger to search for their parents, encountering...
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