‘Suicide Squad Isekai’ Original Anime Adaptation to Launch Across Asia
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief A ten-episode original series “Suicide Squad Isekai,” produced by Warner Bros. Japan’s Anime Production and WIT Studio, will premiere on HBO GO later this month.
The show is an anime (Japanese-style animation) adaptation spawned by the DC Comics universe. It places DC characters including Harley Quinn, The Joker, and the Suicide Squad in new stories.
The Japanese word ‘Isekai’ translates into English as ‘another world.’ Earlier this year, Warner Bros. confirmed that it will be increasing the number of such anime adaptations in Asia. “We have a Japanese anime studio, which has been producing five or ten anime series per year, over the last few years,” said James Gibbons, WBD president of Asia-Pacific in March. “We’ve approved expansion to take that to more than ten series per year.” The studio has been operational since 2011 and delivered over 80 titles in that span, a mix of high-quality anime, live action series and movies.
These include “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure,” which was originally serialized in a manga magazine starting in 1987 and became an animated series that launched in 2012, the “Record of Ragnarok” series and a “Batman Ninja” anime movie.
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