Netflix acquires Nippon TV’s “Rebooting” for the APAC region

Japan’s multiplatform entertainment powerhouse Nippon TV announced that Netflix has acquired the company’s multiple-award-winning time loop drama series “Rebooting” to stream in APAC countries, starting January 19.

Netflix will stream the hit series starting in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and many more countries in Southeast Asia. The platform has already started to stream “Rebooting” in Japan and the series was extremely well received, as it reached the number one spot in the daily series Top 10 (TV shows) on December 12.

“Rebooting” aired on Nippon TV from January to March 2023, amazing viewers with a completely new twist on the time loop genre, and went on to receive Nippon TV’s record-making number of views on VOD all throughout the year. Due to popular demand, in December 2023, Nippon TV re-aired the full 10-episode series for viewers to binge-watch over the holidays as well as making the series available on the national VOD platform TVer for a limited time.

“Rebooting” has received multiple major national as well as international awards, including the Content Asia Awards 2023 Gold Award for Best Drama Series/Telefilm made for a Single Market in Asia, a Content Innovation Award 2023 for Best New Scripted Series Non-English Language, an Asian Academy Creative Award 2023 for Best Director (Nippon TV’s Itaru Mizuno) and Best Trailer, and most recently the Asian Television Award 2024 for Best Scriptwriting (scriptwriter Bakarhythm).

“It is the perfect timing for viewers in Asia to view the long-awaited hit series ‘Rebooting’ on Netflix, after its victories with many major awards. I have no doubt that this amazing time loop series will surely surprise the Netflix audiences throughout APAC,”  commented Keisuke Miyata, Head of Finished Sales of Nippon TV.

Rie Sawaoka, Director of Content at Netflix Japan, added: “It is our pleasure to bring the Japanese hit series ‘Rebooting’ to our APAC-based audience. We are extremely proud of our ongoing collaboration with Nippon TV and be able to introduce the award-winning Japanese drama to the wider viewers outside of the country.”