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"Anime Home": Netflix opens a new hub for anime for Japanese members. AMBot | 08/18/2026 | Reading Time: 3 Min. Netflix has restructured its anime offering in Japan: Since August 18, 2026, members there have access to "Anime Home," a dedicated page that brings together the service's numerous anime titles in one place. The section was developed to give users a more intuitive entry point to the program based on their current mood, personal preferences, and individual viewing habits. "Anime Home" can be reached via the content bar at the top of the Netflix homepage, through recommendation rows on the home screen, and via a dedicated URL. The page is deliberately more than just a list of titles: it combines curated, thematically organized sections with Netflix's personalized recommendation algorithms. Which works appear in each section depends on the viewing history and preferences of the individual member. This is intended to make it possible to discover not only current hits but also older classics and previously overlooked titles. At launch, "Anime Home" includes, among other things, a section for beginners with popular titles ("Want to watch anime? Then start with these!"), an overview of new releases for the current season, and a section with noteworthy action anime from old and new. The collections are to be continuously expanded and updated in the future. The background: Netflix's anime offering has grown significantly in recent years and spans numerous genres, themes, and styles. The company explained that members increasingly face the question of "where to start" or "which title suits them." Especially given the everyday lives of many viewers who have limited time, it is increasingly important to quickly find the right work. Netflix sees "Anime Home" as part of its efforts to improve the encounter between members and content: curation and recommendation technology should work together - from a deep dive into the medium, to catching up on current trend titles, to exploring classics and niche genres. Hiroshi Yamano, the content director responsible for anime at Netflix Japan, described "Anime Home" as a new entrance that enables more intuitive discovery at one's own pace from the extensive, curated lineup. "Anime, which are loved today across language and cultural boundaries, are a treasure trove of imagination," said Yamano. He himself has discovered works multiple times that he initially hadn't had on his radar. He is convinced that the new page will enable encounters with moving anime and become the starting point for new favorite works. This step fits with the streaming service's current strategy: Just in June, Netflix introduced a section in Japan called "Enjoy favorite books as films," which groups adaptations of manga, novels, and webtoons by reader type. At the same time, the service is expanding its anime program worldwide - just at the end of March, numerous new series and continuations were announced at the AnimeJapan trade fair, including "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run" and the second season of "Blue Box." In this environment, "Anime Home" is a new central hub for anyone searching for the right anime in the Japanese Netflix catalog. This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.

CBS has no plans to hire NFL insider to replace Jonathan Jones. The NFL Today has opted to eliminate the insider segments familiar to most NFL pregame shows. The offseason NFL insider reshuffling continued on Monday as it was announced that Tom Pelissero, formerly of NFL Network but laid off by ESPN last month, would join Netflix for its five-game NFL package this season in addition to taking a role at The Ringer, where he'll make weekly appearances on The Bill Simmons Podcast throughout the NFL season. Additionally, Prime Video has reportedly tapped former NFL Network reporter James Palmer to fill Ian Rapoport's seat as the insider on Thursday Night Football. Video Muted That left one vacant NFL insider role at an NFL broadcast partner: CBS. Jonathan Jones, who previously served as an NFL insider for CBS Sports, left the network to join The Athletic this offseason. As it would turn out, that vacancy simply won't be filled. CBS currently has no plans to hire an NFL insider to replace Jones, Awful Announcing has learned. Jones saw his role at CBS diminish last season. After appearing on the network's Sunday NFL pregame show, The NFL Today, from 2022-2024, Jones was not featured on the program in 2025. Instead, his role shifted to focus on CBS Sports HQ and written reporting on CBSSports.com, and The NFL Today opted to do away with the insider segments that are familiar to most NFL pregame shows. The NFL Today is preparing to trot out its fifth lineup change in five years, this time replacing Matt Ryan with Russell Wilson and Kyle Long. Host James Brown and analysts Nate Burleson and Bill Cowher remain the core of the show, though the pieces around them continue to shift. Without plans to bring on a new NFL insider, CBS will be the only NFL pregame show not to feature an on-air talent with that title. Fox employs Jay Glazer in the role. ESPN has Adam Schefter (along with a wealth of NFL Network talent to tap). NBC has Mike Florio for Football Night in America. Prime Video will have Palmer. And Netflix will have Pelissero. It's an interesting editorial call by the network, especially in an age when injury news and updates, transaction rumors, and other personnel decisions are valued at a premium among NFL fans. Of course, it's not like CBS will be going without this information. Seconds after an insider at another outlet reports this type of news, CBS will be able to discuss it just as it would if it had its own insider on the payroll. So, aside from getting a few scoops before anyone else, CBS doesn't really lose much by making this decision. Maybe the best evidence in support of the network's strategy is how few people even noticed The NFL Today didn't feature an insider last season.

'300' prequel: Netflix and Warner Bros. Join hands to develop Zack snyder-headed project, reports. Published 08/18/2026, 12:25 AM EDT Netflix and Warner Bros. Television are reportedly developing a 300 prequel series, with Zack Snyder attached to direct the pilot. The original film turned an outnumbered army into a global sensation back in 2006, and that legacy has lingered ever since. A 2014 follow-up failed to match that impact, leaving the franchise dormant for over a decade. New details are now surfacing about how this expansion could finally come together. As Spartan legends make their way back into development rooms, one insider's claim is doing most of the heavy lifting online. Zack Snyder reportedly attached to direct 300 prequel pilot. Film critic John Rocha has reportedly claimed that Netflix and Warner Bros. Television are quietly building a 300 prequel series together. According to Rocha, a writers' room has already been assembled, though the project has not yet been ordered to series. "It's not been ordered to series yet, but a writers room has been assembled," he said on X. He then added, "As a fan of 300 and Snyder, I love this news," emphasizing genuine excitement over the update. Reports of a 300 prequel actually trace back to May 2024, when outlets including Variety, Deadline, and TVLine confirmed that Warner Bros. Television had the project in early development, with no writer or platform confirmed at that stage. Snyder later addressed the project himself in September 2024, revealing that the team was preparing to dive into writing. However, no major trade publication has yet verified the newer claims about Netflix joining the effort or a writers' room forming, leaving Rocha as the sole source behind this latest update. While Snyder chases new Spartan ground, another shelved project of his still sparks plenty of debate. Zack Snyder once had his own vision for Supergirl. Long before James Gunn reshaped the DC universe, Zack Snyder had quietly floated his own version of Supergirl. Hints of Kara Zor-El first appeared through an open pod glimpsed aboard a Kryptonian ship in Man of Steel, which fueled years of fan speculation. Snyder eventually confirmed his interest during a Man of Steel watch party in May 2020, explaining that expanding the universe with characters like Supergirl had always been part of his broader plan for the DC family. A standalone Supergirl film never moved past that stage, yet Snyder had a strong foundation available in the Man of Steel prequel comic, which detailed Kara's final pilot test, the collapse of Krypton, and her arrival on Earth. His track record with female-led stories, from Sucker Punch to 300: Rise of an Empire, suggested he could have delivered something distinct from Gunn's newer take. That vision remains unrealized, but it shows how far Snyder's ambitions for this universe once stretched, long before this fresh 300 prequel update resurfaced. What are your thoughts on this 300 prequel collaboration between Netflix and Warner Bros.? Let Netflix, Inc. know in the comments.