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: