About

Neo Yokio is an American-Japanese anime television series created by Vampire Weekend lead singer Ezra Koenig and released on Netflix in late September 2017. The show features protagonist Kaz Kaan (voiced by Jaden Smith), a wealthy exorcist who tries to live a normal life away from his demon-slaying past.

History

On September 7th, 2017, Netflix released the official Neo Yokio trailer as a Netflix Original Series (shown below). On September 22nd, the first six episodes premiered on Netflix.

Online Presence

On September 7th, 2017, the official Neo Yokio Facebook^[4] page was launched. On September 22nd, the page posted a parody promotional video referencing the "It's More Likely Than You Think" catchphrase (shown below, left). On September 24th, the page posted a video referencing "Trainers Hate Him" ads (shown below, right).

Reception

On September 19th, 2017, the anime blog Anime News Network^[2] published a negative review of the series, referring to it as "nigh-unwatchable codswallop." On September 22nd, The Verge^[3] published a review calling the show "a waste of amazing talent, music, and artists." On September 23rd, 2017, YouTuber Wild Leap uploaded a montage of scenes from the film titled "Terrible Scenes from Neo Yokio" (shown below, left). That day, Tumblr user wow1076^[5] posted a similar montage, which gathered upwards of 74,000 notes in the next two days. Meanwhile, Redditor Sono-Chi-No-Sadame submitted a post titled "Neo Yokio is a nightmare that I can't look away from" to /r/Fantasy.^[1] The following day, YouTuber The Rpg Monger uploaded a review of the series titled "Netflix's Neo Yokio Is The Perfect Disaster," which criticized the show for being confusing and unpolished (shown below, right).

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