Warner Bros. Japan and Spy x Household producer Wit Studio introduced at Anime Expo 2023 a brand new anime centering the DC supervillain crew the Suicide Squad. The sequence, titled Suicide Squad Isekai, doesn’t but have a launch date or an related streamer, however it should little doubt unite the worst individuals as soon as it does.
Within the comics, previous members of the Suicide Squad activity drive embody Bane and slaphappy Harley Quinn, who’s prominently featured within the Isekai trailer alongside along with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, the Joker. Yeah, we’re getting a canonical, post-Joaquin Phoenix anime Joker. That is precisely what I’m speaking about—Discord goes to grow to be a warzone, and Joker profile photos will mark the enemy.
Not less than he seems to be good within the 48-second trailer, which doesn’t reveal a lot in regards to the sequence except for confirming Harley and the Joker’s involvement. Amanda Waller, the Suicide Squad director in each comics and the live-action films additionally seems to be taking her ordinary publish as dangerous man wrangler.
For the reason that anime shall be an isekai—“actually translated as ‘completely different world’ or ‘otherworld,’” Kotaku employees author Isaiah Colbert says, a style that sometimes options primary characters “being instantly teleported into a brand new world”—Suicide Squad members won’t have to dodge AK-47s like they often do, however a slew of fantasy parts. Within the trailer, there’s a Gyarados-looking dragon, a gaggle of pig males with bloodied spears, and a bunch of swords.
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Suicide Squad doesn’t usually get the Medieval Occasions remedy, so Isekai looks as if an attention-grabbing change of tempo, even when it comes at the price of my security on Discord.
Much less threateningly, Superman can be getting his personal anime, known as My Adventures With Superman. It premieres at the moment on Grownup Swim and can begin streaming on Max July 7.
