Pacific Rim: The Black transforms the live-action mech vs. kaiju franchise into a sleek anime that’s available to stream on Netflix.
Yuki Moriyama still remembers the first time he saw Pacific Rim. He was a bit of a latecomer, and he ended up catching it in theaters with some friends who had already seen the movie multiple times. It wasn’t long before Moriyama — an art director at animation studio Polygon Pictures — was hooked as well. “It’s the type of film that, once you get into it, it becomes quite addictive,” he says of the straightforward mech vs. kaiju battles.
Similarly, while the films focus on well-trained pilots, The Black stars two siblings who stumble upon a training mech — called Jaegers in the Pacific Rim universe — that they learn how to pilot. Put these aspects together and you have a story with a much bleaker vibe. “In the Pacific Rim world, humankind has managed to thwart the attacks by the Precursors. However, there is no doubt that people are exhausted at this point,” explains supervising director Hiroyuki Hayashi.
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