Netflix US just dropped award-winning anime Banana Fish with exclusive dubs

Good news if Banana Fish has been sitting on your to-watch list: Netflix is finally bringing the 2018 anime to the U.S. on August 12, and it is not coming empty-handed. The streamer is rolling out brand-new, exclusive English and French dubs, which is a smart way to get more people onboard with one of the slicker crime thrillers of the last decade.

What Banana Fish is (and why people won’t shut up about it)

Banana Fish is adapted from Akimi Yoshida’s classic manga and first aired on July 5, 2018. MAPPA handled the animation — yes, the same studio behind Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan: The Final Season, and Chainsaw Man — and the show runs 24 episodes.

The setup: Ash Lynx, raised under the thumb of notorious New York crime boss Dino Golzine, breaks out to lead his own crew and uncovers a dangerous, mind-breaking drug that a lot of bad people want to control. It’s a grounded, city-level story with real stakes and a nasty moral core — and it moves.

What’s new on Netflix

Netflix announced on its official X account that Banana Fish hits U.S. Netflix on August 12 with fresh dubs tailored for this release. The English track stars Brandon McInnis as Ash Lynx and Jonathan Tanigaki as Eiji Okumura. The French dub features Sébastien Baulain (Ash) and Grégory Laisné (Eiji). If you prefer watching in Japanese, the 2018 adaptation’s original cast includes Yuma Uchida and Makoto Furukawa.

A very nerdy detail the show quietly flexes

Most episode titles riff on famous literature — a fun, slightly nerdy touch that fits the show’s moody, hardboiled vibe. Here’s the full lineup, if you like seeing how deep the references go:

• A Perfect Day For Bananafish
• In Another Country
• Across the River and into the Trees
• This Side of Paradise
• From Death to Morning
• My Lost City
• The Rich Boy
• Banal Story
• Save Me the Waltz
• Babylon Revisited
• The Beautiful and Damned
• To Have and Have Not
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro
• Tender is the Night
• The Garden of Eden
• Lo, the Poor Peacock
• The Killers
• Islands in the Stream
• Ice Palace
• The Unvanquished
• The Undefeated
• As I Lay Dying
• For Whom the Bell Tolls
• The Catcher in the Rye