Pacific Rim. I was less enthusiastic about the sequel, 2018's
Pacific Rim: Uprising, since it lacked any participation from del Toro and many of the original creative team, and the few returning characters from the first film were, in my opinion, ill-served by the directions it took the
franchise's narrative. Here in 2021, though, the world of
Pacific Rim has gotten another chance to capture the imagination of old and new fans, this time in the form of
Netflix original anime that purports to build on the ideas of the first two films while exploring creative new avenues of the Pacific Rim universe.