October 23, 2025

Grammy-nominated recording artist Masego has signed on to produce the original score for N LITE’s upcoming anime fantasy film Mfinda. 

This makes Masego, who is said to be an anime aficionado, the first Black composer to score an anime theatrical film, according to N LITE, a Black-owned media company and anime studio based in the U.S. and Tokyo.

October 7, 2025

N LITE founder and CEO Christiano Terry shared that Jaden will play the character of Kozo, an ancient spirit warrior who protects humans and spirits of the forest during a time of great conflict in the Kingdom of Kongo.

Jaden is not a stranger to anime, however. He previously voiced the main character in the anime series Neo Yokio for Netflix in 2017.

June 27, 2025

Cameroonian-American Philadelphia 76ers center and former NBA MVP Joel Embiid has joined the producing team of “Mfinda,” an upcoming anime feature from the Tokyo- and LA-based studio N Lite. Embiid comes on board through his production company Miniature Géant, launched in partnership with LeBron James’ Uninterrupted.

Embiid will also executive produce a companion documentary, “Mfinda: Spirits of the Congo,” which will explore the film’s inspirations and behind-the-scenes production.

N LITE has partnered with anime-inspired streetwear brand HYPLAND to launch a collaboration celebrating Afro-Anime in fashion, with a debut line, inspired by the Emmy-winning series Afro Samurai.

N Lite animation studio has unveiled a new partnership with Emmy-winning Japanese anime studio Gonzo K.K. (“Afro Samurai”) and Oscar-winning “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” director Peter Ramsey to produce two animated projects: a noir thriller feature titled “Ripper” and the sci-fi adventure series “Hotaru.”

Partnering with Black and Japanee-led anime studio N LITE, JuVee will produce a slate of animated fils, starting with the Congoese epic fantasy ‘MFINDA’.

Anime legends, producer Masao Maruyama and director Gisaburō Sugii, as well as U.S. animation producer and distributor Gkids, have joined global multimedia company N Lite and N Lite Japan to produce “Mfinda,” a first Afro-anime film which will be the subject of an in-depth first look at June’s Annecy Int’l Animation Film Festival.

N LITE, Christiano Terry, Shin Koyamada, and Shigeru Igari, collaborate on Afrime™ film. Multimedia company N LITE is producing a film titled MFINDA, which it refers to with the term afrime™ or "afro-anime." The company unveiled visuals for the film in English and Japanese: