Warner Bros. Japan and WIT Studio have announced that the Suicide Squad ISEKAI anime series is receiving a webtoon comic on LINE MANGA and Jump TOON on August 25, 2024. A new visual featuring the main characters was also released on the anime’s official website.
Wit Studio is producing the full-color webtoon, which will serve as the studio’s first simultaneous webtoon adaptation of an anime.
The official website also posted two behind-the-scenes videos of the sword battles between Harley Quinn and Katana from the anime’s first and seventh episodes.
The 10-episode anime series first premiered in Japan on July 5, 2024 and will conclude on September 7, 2024. The show debuted earlier in select territories with a 3-episode premiere on June 27, 2024 that ended on August 15, 2024. It was streamed on Hulu and Max in the United States.
Eri Osada (Blade and Soul co-character designer and co-chief animation director, Jujutsu Kaisen Episode 6 director et al.) is directing the anime series, with Tappei Nagatsuki (Re:Zero, Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song) and Eiji Umehara (Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song) as screenwriters, Naoto Hosoda (Seiren character designer, The Future Diary and Juni Taisen: Zodiac War director) as character designer, and Akira Amano (Psycho-Pass) as original character designer and draft designer. WIT Studio handled the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Anna Nagase as Harley
- • Yuichiro Umehara as The Joker
- • Reigo Yamaguchi as Deadshot
- • Takehito Koyasu as Peacemaker
- • Jun Fukuyama as Clayface
- • Subaru Kimura as King Shark
- • Taku Yashiro as Rick Flag
- • Chika Anzai as Katana
- • Kujira as Amanda Waller
- • Reina Ueda as Fione
- • Mamiko Noto as Aldora
- • Jun Fukushima as Cecil
- • Yoji Ueda as Ratcatcher
- • Hochu Otsuka as The Thinker
- • Shizuka Ito as Enchantress
- • Taro Kiuchi as Killer Croc
The anime is based on DC Comics’ Suicide Squad franchise and comic series, which follows an anti-hero/supervillain team tasked with completing dangerous assignments.
The franchise has inspired several media adaptations, including two live-action films, animated films, and the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League looter shooter video game.
Warner Brothers Japan describes the synopsis of Suicide Squad ISEKAI as:
In the crime-ridden city of Gotham, Amanda Waller, the head of A.R.G.U.S., has assembled a group of notorious criminals for a mission: Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Peacemaker, Clayface, and King Shark. These Super-Villains are sent into an otherworldly realm that’s connected to this world through a gate. It’s a world of swords and magic where orcs rampage and dragons rule the skies — an “ISEKAI”!
With lethal explosives planted in their necks, there’s no running or hiding, and failing the mission means a one-way ticket to the afterlife! Can Harley Quinn and her crew conquer this perilous ISEKAI realm?! Brace yourselves for the pulse-pounding saga of the elite task force known as the “Suicide Squad” as they embark on a jaw-dropping adventure!
Source: Suicide Squad ISEKAI Official Anime Website
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