{"rewrite":{"id":"r_bfb679c46ace386fb8da1965","clusterId":"c_d11bb123328f7bffbc32a86b","slug":"netflix-adds-banana-fish-anime-on-august-12","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Netflix Adds Banana Fish Anime on August 12","summary":"Netflix announced it will add the television anime of Akimi Yoshida's Banana Fish manga in select regions on August 12. The series previously streamed on Amazon Prime Video with subtitles, but left that service recently. The 2018 MAPPA adaptation updates the setting to modern day New York.","whyItMatters":"The move brings a critically acclaimed MAPPA title to a wider audience after its departure from Amazon Prime Video, with no word yet on whether the English and Spanish dubs-briefly available as AI beta versions on Prime Video-will return.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eNetflix announced on Monday that it will add the television anime of Akimi Yoshida\u0026#39;s Banana Fish manga in select regions on August 12. The series previously streamed on Amazon Prime Video with English subtitles, but left that service recently. Amazon Prime Video\u0026#39;s streams had listed \u0026#34;AI beta\u0026#34; dubs for English and Latin American Spanish in late November, but removed them in December after ANN reached out to Aniplex for comment. The anime premiered on Fuji TV\u0026#39;s Noitamina block in July 2018. Directed by Hiroko Utsumi at MAPPA, the series adapts the entire manga but moves the setting from the 1980s to modern day New York. Hiroshi Seko handled series scripts, Akemi Hayashi designed the characters, and Shinichi Osawa composed the music.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Banana Fish's Netflix arrival marks its first major streaming home since leaving Amazon Prime Video. The 2018 MAPPA adaptation updates the 1980s setting to modern New York, a choice that reframes the original's timeline.","twitterPost":"Banana Fish lands on Netflix after leaving Amazon Prime Video. The MAPPA adaptation's modern New York setting is a deliberate break from the 1980s original.","threadsPost":"Banana Fish is coming to Netflix on August 12, its first major streaming home after leaving Amazon Prime Video. The 2018 MAPPA adaptation moved the setting from the 1980s to present-day New York, a change that altered the story's temporal context.","newsletterBlurb":"Netflix will add the Banana Fish television anime on August 12 in select regions. The series previously streamed on Amazon Prime Video, which briefly offered AI beta dubs for English and Latin American Spanish before removing them in December.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-12/netflix-adds-banana-fish-anime-on-august-12/.239519\",\"title\":\"Netflix Adds Banana Fish Anime on August 12\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4023,"outputTokens":551,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1783893331,"createdAt":"2026-07-12T21:47:50.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-07-12T21:52:28.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-12T21:47:50.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d11bb123328f7bffbc32a86b","canonicalTitle":"News\nNetflix Adds Banana Fish Anime on August 12","representativeArticleId":"a_995eae6a355ec7ef6b18193a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Banana Fish\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-07-12T21:15:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-07-12T21:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-12T21:52:28.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-12/netflix-adds-banana-fish-anime-on-august-12/.239519","title":"News\nNetflix Adds Banana Fish Anime on August 12"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Banana Fish"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}