Netflix/Neo YokioFilm & TV / NewsWatch the trailer for Ezra Koenig’s new animeNeo Yokio, a new series created by the Vampire Weekend frontman, is coming to Netflix later this month and will star Jaden Smith, Jude Law, Susan Sarandon and moreShareLink copied ✔️September 8, 2017Film & TVNewsTextMarianne Eloise Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig has finally released the first trailer for Neo Yokio, his Netflix anime series. The series, which will be six episodes long, features a massive all-star cast including Jaden Smith, Jude Law, Susan Sarandon, and Jason Schwartzman. Other voice cameos include Steve Buscemi, Richard Ayoade, and Willow Smith. Neo Yokio, which Koenig created, wrote and executive produced alongside Nick Weidenfeld, is a collaboration with anime studios Production IG, Studio Deen, and MOI. It is described in a press release as a “postmodern collage of homages to classic anime, English literature, and modern New York fashion and culture”. It stars Jaden Smith as Kaz Kaan, the youngest of the “magistocrats”, a group of demon slayers who once liberated Neo Yokio. In the trailer, a voiceover from a robot butler played by Jude Law tells us that Neo Yokio is “the greatest city in the world. It is a diverse labyrinth of cultural and architectural innovation” continuing, “of course, whenever a city becomes the envy of the world problems are bound to arise”. Neo Yokio/Netflix The story follows lovesick Kaz, his butler Charles, and friends Lexy and Gottlieb (The Kid Mero and Desus Nice) as he slays demons (as a side hustle), battles his rival Jason Schwartzman number one most eligible bachelor Arcangelio Corelli (Jason Schwartzman), and tries to mend his broken heart. When Kaz meets fashion blogger Helena St. Tessero (Tavi Gevinson) things take a turn for the worse as everything that he thought he knew about Neo Yokio is called into question. All six episodes of Neo Yokio arrive on Netflix on September 22. You can watch the trailer below. fuk alt-right anime nazis. anime communists...ur alright pic.twitter.com/pO7Eo0NbLi— Ezra Koenig (@arzE) September 7, 2017Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREGetting to the bottom of the Heated Rivalry discourseMarty Supreme and the cost of ‘dreaming big’Ben Whishaw on the power of Peter Hujar’s photography: ‘It feels alive’Atropia: An absurdist love story set in a mock Iraqi military villageMeet the new generation of British actors reshaping Hollywood Sentimental Value is a raw study of generational traumaJosh Safdie on Marty Supreme: ‘One dream has to end for another to begin’Animalia: An eerie feminist sci-fi about aliens invading MoroccoThe 20 best films of 2025, rankedWhy Kahlil Joseph’s debut feature film is a must-seeJay Kelly is Noah Baumbach’s surreal, star-studded take on fameWatch: Owen Cooper on Adolescence, Jake Gyllenhaal and Wuthering Heights