More upcoming Netflix shows and movies are now circulating online following a massive data leak and possibly the biggest one in the animation industry's history.
New reports claim that five full episodes of the upcoming "Arcane" Season 2 have been leaked on social media, many of which are marked with the "For Internal Use" watermark often seen during a show's final production.
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Aside from "Arcane," other animated titles like "Spellbound," "Plankton: The Movie," "Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld," and "Fairly Odd Parents: A New Wish" were also leaked this Thursday.
Netflix Leak Exposes Full Episodes of Upcoming Animes
These are in addition to earlier confirmed Netflix anime leaks scheduled for release in late 2024 and early 2025, including all episodes of the upcoming series adaptation of Shounen Jump+'s "Dandadan" and Production I.G.'s "Terminator Zero."
Many of the leaked animation titles first started circulating on an anonymous forum board, 4chan, but later spread across other social platforms as more people became aware of the leak.
Netflix has not yet responded to any inquiries regarding the massive data leak.
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Animators, Fan Communities Bash Netflix Leakers
While many fans of the upcoming titles were excited about the recent leaks, many animators and people involved in the production are coming forward to oppose the Netflix leaks.
Kass Chapa, one of the animators of Science Saru's anime adaptation of "Dandadan," called out against the leaks for being "disrespectful and just straight up annoying" for people's "hard work."
This is our hard work.
It is meant to be released on its due date, something we, as animators, really look forward to.
It is incredibly disrespectful and just straight up annoying. You think you are doing some kind of service to the community but you are not. https://t.co/UX0lCrZbuZ— Kass Chapa・アニメーター 🇲🇽❤️🇵🇸 (@kaoyumari) August 7, 2024
Chapa claimed that the people leaking the animations are not "doing some kind of service" to the community as animation studios would be less trusting to partner with foreign artists and distributors in the future.
Chapa's sentiments are echoed by other artists urging people to only support official releases if possible.
Others are also taking the opportunity to criticize Netflix for the lack of protection on its animated titles, allowing a major data leak like this
Imagine the amount of time and passion put into this Anime.. just for it all to leak 2 months early because Netflix is a fucking garbage service with no care in the world for animation besides a few of their shows.
— Nicholas Light (@NicholasLightTV) August 7, 2024
And the leakers are just as bad for this. Shame on yall. https://t.co/k25REmxhhS
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