Why Do Netflix Anime Tend To Have Lower Ratings?
Netflix has come out with quite a few original anime series, includingThe Way of the House Husband, Cagaster of an Insect Cage, A Whisker Away, Drifting Dragons, Child of Kamiari Month, andChildren of the Whales to name a few. And while these shows are fairly decent they all feel like they’re just not as good as they could be.
Some notable exceptions areCastlevania, Seven Deadly Sins, andViolet Evergarden, which are all considered to be wonderful shows. But there are no Netflix Originals with a rating of over 8.4, Violet Evergarden being the only one at that rank, and only seven with an eight or higher (Ratings from IMDB). So why is it that Netflix anime just aren’t as good?
The Promised Neverland: Should Some Anime Stay at One Season
The average Netflix original is in production for between seven and nine months. This is across the board, live action, anime, and skit shows, therefore it can be expected that animated series are on the longer end of that spectrum though it isn’t guaranteed.
On the other side of things, most animation studios budget around three months per episode. Successful anime movies can take even longer withPrincess Mononoke being in production for three years. This rushed timeline is likely to be at the root of every other problem encountered, at the very least it will compound them to make the other issues more glaring.
Strangely many Netflix original anime are not based on Manga, A Whisker Away andVampire in the Garden most noticeably. There are rumors that A Whisker Away may get a manga adaptation, however, this is highly unusual and the vast majority of anime are at least inspired by a popular manga source. This gives them structure, pacing, and arc guidelines that they may or may not choose to
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