Neo Yokio - the Netflix Anime Created by Jaden Smith - Yes, This is Somehow an Actual Thing

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Jaden Smith Is A Teenage Demon Slayer In New Anime Series From Ezra Koenig
'Neo Yokio' is coming to Netflix later this month
Crystal Bell 09/05/2017
Netflix
Last year, actor Jude Law revealed that he and Jaden Smith had lent their voices to a "vibey" new animated series created by Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig for Netflix. Now, we finally have a look at the anime project, titled Neo Yokio.

Koenig officially announced the project on social media on Tuesday, tweeting, "NEO YOKIO IS THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD. to Studio Deen, Production IG, Jaden Smith, Kazuhiro Furuhashi & many more." Neo Yokio has been in the works for a while. Back in 2015, Koenig tweeted a photo of him with a then 16-year-old Smith, along with some initial pencil sketches.

"Things are bubbling in the sea beneath 14th Street," he tweeted at the time. Of course, now we know that the sea beneath 14th Street is an actual location from the anime, which takes place in a futuristic blend of New York and Tokyo.

 

[Kiwi Jeff]

Yet another reason I'll never be able to take Jaden Smith seriously

 

[Doc Cassidy]

It just looks like every other anime ever made.

 

[Sergeant Politeness]

Okay, but why?

 

[Kiwi Jeff]

It just looks like every other anime ever made.

But even more generic somehow

 

[ConcernedAnon]

Neo Wokeo

 

[Trilby]

But even more generic somehow

Definitely a snorefest.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Jude Law and Steve Buscemi do voices in this too, huh? That's so weird to think about.

EDIT: You ever get an idea in your head and are almost 100% convinced it already exist online somewhere?

 

[ES 148]

The Boondocks was a better and more realistic anime than this

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

See, THIS is the Jayden Smith thing that should have had a character named Cypher Rage in it.

 

[NIGGO KILLA]

Wonder what strings Will pulled to get an animation team toghter

 

[Coconut Gun]

Jaden Smith is saving the country, also there's magic, also there's a girl involved, also there's a rival guy, also something about the family name, also something about Jaden needing a job to support his lifestyle, also there's a fucking giant tower in the city listing who the most eligible bachelors are.

At least they kept it restrained for an anime.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Jaden Smith is saving the country, also there's magic, also there's a girl involved, also there's a rival guy, also something about the family name, also something about Jaden needing a job to support his lifestyle, also there's a fucking giant tower in the city listing who the most eligible bachelors are.

At least they kept it restrained for an anime.

Don't forget his robot butler thing.

 

[Fandom Trash]

Sometimes I like to think he's not Will Smith's son.

 

[m0rnutz]

Would this be cultural appropriation, or is it okay because he's working with a Japanese guy?

I've always read it's frowned on for westerners to make their own mangas and shit.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

You know when you get excited about an idea, but then you think about it for a few minutes, and you realise that it's actually not such a good idea after all? And you think, good thing I didn't commit to that idea!

 

[Coster]

We truly live in the greatest timeline.

 

[Cripple]

Would this be cultural appropriation, or is it okay because he's working with a Japanese guy?

I've always read it's frowned on for westerners to make their own mangas and shit.

Well it has more black characters than most animes so maybe that nullifies it.

Or maybe no culture wants to own anime.

 

[The Nothingness]

Sometimes I like to think he's not Will Smith's son.

You think Will also thinks that?

 

[Picklepower]

His superpower is that he never has to worry about being profiled by white future police, because he was born into wealth.