Suicide Squad anime adaptation confirmed by Wit Studio and Warner Bros.

A Suicide Squad anime has been recently announced, with a collaboration between Wit Studio and Warner Bros. in the process. The Suicide Squad is a team made out of minor DC Comics villains and found mainstream success in recent years because of the movie adaptations that Warner did with the franchise.

Now there is going to be a Suicide Squad anime, with the renowned people of Wit Studio in charge of the project. There have been claims that is going to be an isekai anime series, which is going to be a very interesting twist for the franchise as a whole.

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers for the Suicide Squad franchise.

More details about the upcoming Suicide Squad anime project

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Suicide Squad rampages into Japanese anime in SUICIDE SQUAD ISEKAI, an all-new original anime series collaboration with Warner Bros. Japan and WIT Studio!

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— DC (@DCOfficial) July 3, 2023

It has been announced that Wit Studio, most commonly known for their work with anime series such as Spy X Family, Attack on Titan, and Vindland Saga, is going to make a Suicide Squad anime. The DC Comics property is going to be adapted into an isekai anime and a trailer was already released, mainly focusing on the character of Harley Quinn with minor appearances of The Joker and Amanda Waller.

In terms of the staff in charge of the project, Eri Osada is going to be the director, Akira Amano did the character drafts, Naoto Hosada is going to be in charge of the character designs, and Tappei Nagatsuki and Eiji Umehara will be the ones responsible for the script. There are no details about the release date of the project, as of this writing.

One of the biggest surprises was that the Suicide Squad anime series is going to be an isekai, which is a genre that focuses on taking normal people to another reality, oftentimes being a fantasy setting. In that regard, it is a very unique choice for this DC property, which only adds to the general excitement of the project.

The Suicide Squad as a franchise

Suicide Squad getting an anime was not on my bingo card but here we are https://t.co/VSaZKm5GpI

— Mari 💖 (@ComicLoverMari) July 3, 2023

Despite being adapted into feature films back in 2016 and 2021, the Suicide Squad is a bit of a minor franchise in the DC Universe within the comics. It has been revamped multiple times over the years, although John Ostrander’s run in the late 80s and early 90s is widely regarded as the franchise’s peak in the comics.

The gest of the series is that government agent Amanda Waller has decided to form a team that can do some of the most dangerous missions in the entire world. Waller picks several minor DC villains to do her bidding in exchange for handing them their freedom if they succeed. However, there is a very big chance of them dying in the process.

Part of the appeal of the series has been in giving prominence to a lot of lesser characters while also maintaining the element of impending death.