Harley Quinn and the Joker are about to be transported to a fantasy land in “Suicide Squad Isekai,” an animated series produced by Warner Bros. Japan and WIT Studio (“Attack on Titan”).
Good news for DC Comics fans: the famous Suicide Squad is about to take over the small screen. Warner Bros. Japan has just announced, during Anime Expo 2023, Suicide Squad Isekai, an original animated series produced in collaboration with WIT Studio, to whom we owe the first three seasons of Attack on Titan.
“After the great success of Batman Ninja, we decided to tackle this series“, explained Hiroyuki Omori, producer of the series.It is not a dream. This is a totally original story, made in Japan, set in an Isekai world“.
The term Isekai, which means in English “other world”, is a subgenre of manga in which a hero or a group of heroes are transported to a new world foreign to their own. In the case of Suicide Squad Isekai, the story will take place in both Gotham City and an Isekai world.
The trailer unveiled by Warner Bros. Japan sees Harley Quinn and the Joker transported to a fantasy land populated by dragons and knights. Suicide Squad leader Amanda Waller can also be seen in this short trailer, hinting that other members of the squad could make an appearance in the series.
The Suicide Squad Isekai episodes will be directed by Eri Osada, who previously worked on another hit anime series, Jujutsu Kaisen. In writing, we can find Tappei Nagatsuki and Eiji Umehara, who both wrote for Re:Zero. The character designs will be done by Akira Amano (Psycho-Pass).
For the moment, no release date has been communicated but a website has already been created.