‘Scissor Seven’ Becomes First Chinese Animated Series To Debut As A Netflix Original - Cartoon Brew
By Alex Dudok de Wit @ Cartoon Brew
China’s box office may be in disarray, but one production company in the country has cause to celebrate. Aha Entertainment’s Scissor Seven series, which was recently acquired by Netflix, has launched on the streaming platform. Here’s the lowdown on the show.
Scissor Seven, which is directed by He Xiaofeng, is an irreverent comedy series which first aired in 2018. The official synopsis is as follows: “Seeking to recover his memory, a scissor-wielding, hairdressing, bungling quasi-assassin stumbles into a struggle for power among feuding factions.”
Netflix picked up global rights (bar China) to the 24 x 14-minute episodes. It has rolled out 14 episodes so far, with no announcement as yet of when the second season will launch. The show is branded as a “Netflix original anime series.”
The series amassed a large following in China, where it’s known as Killer Seven. It has a user rating of 8.9/10 on the social network Douban. In 2018, it competed in the tv film category at Annecy Festival, becoming the first Chinese production to do so.
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