Warner Bros. Japan LLC has announced that production is currently underway on Suicide Squad ISEKAI, an all-new original anime series based on the characters from DC. The news was announced today at Anime Expo 2023 during a special panel presented by Warner Bros. Japan and WIT Studio, the Japanese studio behind anime series such as SPY x FAMILY and Ranking of Kings.
The show was announced with the reveal of first-look key art featuring Harley Quinn, designed by internationally recognized manga artist Akira Amano (REBORN!, ēlDLIVE, character design draft for Pscyho-Pass series), as well as an action-packed teaser trailer.
“I’m a big fan of Harley Quinn and the other characters in the Suicide Squad movie! It’s an honor for me to be involved in the creation of Suicide Squad ISEKAI,” said Amano. “The director Eri Osada’s clear vision for Harley’s design made the process smoother than expected, and I enjoyed drawing her costume and muscles while imagining her action-packed adventures in the story. I’m excited to see how the talented animation staff brings Suicide Squad ISEKAI to life!”
Logline: DC’s Harley Quinn, the Joker and The Suicide Squad rampage onto the stage of isekai (the Japanese word for “another world” and one of the most popular anime genres today) in this new original anime series. The most maddening worlds collide in an epic and violent fantasy with the strongest line-up of anime creators!
Produced by Warner Bros. Japan and WIT Studio, which is handling animation production, the series is directed by Eri Osada from a screenplay by Tappei Nagatsuki (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-) and Eiji Umehara (for Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-). Amano provided initial character designs, refined for animation by Naoto Hosoda. Music for Suicide Squad ISEKAI is composed by Kenichiro Suehiro.
“Japanese anime has attracted widespread popularity among global audience in these days, and ‘isekai fantasy’ now is one of the most popular genres. What if DC characters such as Harley Quinn and The Joker rampages in isekai? This is truly an outrageous anime project we deliver for global audience from Japan,” commented Shinya Tsuruoka, Animation Producer for Warner Bros. Japan. “I am thrilled to work with WIT Studio for this dream project, which only Warner Bros. Japan could produce. Please look forward to the original story and DC characters’ blast in isekai.”
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