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LOOK: This popular Japanese anime on Netflix has a Pinoy touch

By Bong Godinez
Published July 4, 2021 12:27 PM PHT

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Pinoy viewers will instantly feel at home while watching the series.

Filipino anime fans were left amused by the sight of Pinoy references in the Netflix anime, Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway.

The episode, which premiered on July 1, is part of the trilogy in the popular anime series.

It is set 12 years after the events as seen in the Gundam movie Char's Counterattack shown in 1988.

The Netflix anime series is set in futuristic Davao City.

Photo by: Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (Netflix)

Davaoeños might recognize some of the familiar places shown in the series.

Not to be missed also is the scene showing the characters eating Chickenjoy with rice.

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway is just one of the many anime shows in Netflix's roster for this year.

Photo by: Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (Netflix)

On June 11, the popular streaming platform premiered Trese, the first Netflix produced anime series based on a Filipino graphic novel.

Trese was an instant hit, with viewers taking to social media to show both love and criticisms to the series highlighting Filipino mysticism and folklore.

Meanwhile, here are other Pinoy anime films and series worth checking out: