Netflix’s upcoming mecha anime features music from famous Ghibli composer

Netflix and Studio Orange’s upcoming sci-fi mecha anime Leviathan will feature music by none other than the famous Ghibli film composer Joe Hisaishi. Based on the YA trilogy by Scott Westerfeld, Leviathan is already shaping up to be a series to keep an eye on and even keep an open mind, with Joe Hisaishi confirmed as one of the soundtrack contributors.

According to a post on X by MangaMoguraRE, Joe Hisaishi has composed five original songs for Netflix’s upcoming anime LeviathanThe series is scheduled to be released exclusively on Netflix in 2025 and was produced by Qubic Pictures and animated by Studio Orange, which is best known for successful anime such as Trigun Stampede And Beastars.

In addition to the five tracks contributed by Joe Hisaishi, Leviathan also music by Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi, Both have, above all, composed the soundtracks for Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 and Makoto Shinkai’s latest hit Suzume.

Joe Hisashi composes five tracks for Netflix’s upcoming anime Leviathan

Hisaishi’s music and style fit perfectly with the setting and premise of Leviathan

Leviathan is an alternate history narrative set in 1914 Europe just before the outbreak of World War I, and centers on a girl disguised as a boy and a prince whose paths cross on the titular airship named Leviathan when they join the Royal Naval Air Service. The upcoming anime is set to adapt the entire 2009 trilogy.

Since Joe Hisaishi’s music is often associated with Ghibli’s fantastic films, Leviathan may seem surprising at first. However, the series is probably exactly Hisaishi’s taste, considering that he has previously worked on science fiction series such as Mospeada, robot carnivaland two of the Mobile Suit Gundam Movies.

Source: MangaMoguraRE/X, Netflix Anime/X