JustWatch‘s latest report covers anime live action remakes. Netflix has seen a lot of success with this format, and as their latest production, Avatar: The Last Airbender, is probably their most anticipated release to date, they wanted to see how it stacked up against previous attempts.
Developments relevant to this report include Netflix’s release of Avatar: The Last Airbender and One Piece’s second season announcement in September 2023.
Key Insights:
- Death Note topped the charts in almost 3x more countries than One Piece, and 10x more than Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Avatar has an above average rating, but by far the least ‘successful’ launch
- One Piece had a lower popularity score, but the highest rating out of all three titles
JustWatch created this report by pulling data from the week following Avatar’s release, and compared it to other live action titles released between 2017-2024. JustWatch Streaming Charts are calculated by user activity, including: clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as ‘seen’. This data is collected from >40 million movie & TV show fans per month. It is updated daily for 140 countries and 4,500 streaming services.
