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Neo Yokio
Genre	Urban Fantasy Soft Science Fiction Action Thriller Dark Comedy
Created by	Ezra Koenig
Written by	Ezra Koenig Nick Weidenfeld Alexander Benaim
Creative director	Ben Jones
Voices of	Jaden Smith Jude Law Tavi Gevinson Susan Sarandon The Kid Mero Desus Nice Jason Schwartzman
Composer	Jesse Novac
Country of origin	United States Japan
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Ezra Koenig Nick Weidenfeld Hend Baghdady Angela Petrella
Producers	Matthew Chadwick Andrew Chittenden Kris Wood
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Studio Deen Production I.G. MOI Animation Infinite Elegance, LLC Friends Night
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	September 22, 2017 (2017-09-22) – present

Neo Yokio is an American-Japanese co-produced animated television series created by Ezra Koenig of American rock band Vampire Weekend, and produced by Japanese anime studios Production I.G. and Studio Deen. The first season, consisting of six episodes, premiered on Netflix on September 22, 2017.^[1]

Netflix's press release describes Neo Yokio as the "greatest city in the world", an alternate timeline New York where magicians saved the city from ruin by demons in the 19th century, gaining a place in the upper echelons of society, becoming known as "magistocrats". The series revolves around Kaz Kaan (Jaden Smith), a vain and wealthy magistocrat who has taken to self-pity after a recent break-up, and wishes to live a life of luxury spent with his socialite friends Lexy (The Kid Mero) and Gottlieb (Desus Nice) away from his demon-hunting duties managed by his stern Aunt Agatha (Susan Sarandon). Kaz is in rivalry with Arcangelo (Jason Schwartzman), an old money scion who belittles Kaan's 'Neo-riche' status in high society, and the two are often in competition for the top spot on the Bachelor's List, a gigantic public billboard of Neo Yokio's most eligible bachelors. Former fashion blogger Helena St. Tessero (Tavi Gevinson) becomes re-acquianted with Kaz in the first episode after he performs an exorcism on a possessed Chanel suit. However, the possession led Helena to become disillusioned with Neo Yokio and the capitalist system, leading her to become a hikikomori and a foil to Kaz's vapid focus on fashion and social status.

Neo Yokio was originally announced, without title, at Production I.G.'s panel at Anime Expo in 2015 ^[2]. The series was originally intended to run as part of Fox's Animation Domination High-Def late night block, which had just transitioned from the Fox network to sister cable network FXX earlier that year. No further details about the series were announced in the months following, and Animation Domination High-Def ceased operations in 2016. On September 7, 2017, Netflix announced they had acquired the unaired Neo Yokio series to stream on their service, labeling it as a Netflix Original Series. The series' first season streamed on September 22, 2017.

Neo Yokio has received negative reviews which many criticizing the main character Kaz Kaan. Mike Toole from Anime News Network called the show a "nigh-unwatchable codswallop" as he criticized the bad voice acting of its cast, the poor animation and writing.^[3] Julia Alexander of Polygon called the show a poor attempt to bring Jaden Smith's Twitter Persona into a series as Jaden's character Kaz is annoying, self-centered, narcissistic and infuriating rather than likable. ^[4]

• Official website
• Neo Yokio at IMDb
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