It may be a while before the new DCU launches in theatres, but DC is trying something new with the upcoming anime adaptation of Suicide Squad ISEKAI from Wit Studio.
The anime is set to premiere later this week, and they’ve officially released the opening sequence. Check this out:
Just in case you’re not familiar with Wit Studio, they’re the same animation studio that delivered hits like Attack on Titan, Spy x Family, and Netflix’s The Great Pretender.
Looking at the Suicide Squad intro, it does seem we have some more characters appearing besides the main Squad members including Harley Quinn, King Shark, Peacemaker, Clayface, and Deadshot.
We have teasers for characters like the Joker, the Thinker, and Katana. It also seems like we’re going to have the Enchantress be a villain in the movie, as her straw heart looks just like the one that Waller has from the first Suicide Squad.
With the Squad going to a fantasy world, we should expect other fantasy tropes to show up in the series like monsters and dungeons. By the looks of the opening, we should also expect them to run into a dragon. Personally I would love if they managed to include some fantasy versions of other DC characters like a medieval Batman or a medieval version of villains like Scarecrow or Killer Croc.
It’s unclear how many more anime adaptations we’re getting for DC, but based on the success of Suicide Squad ISEKAI, we could be getting more down the line. Personally I hope they do a collaboration with Trigger (Dungeon Meshi, Kill la Kill) at some point.
Catch Suicide Squad ISEKAI when it premieres on Max on June 27.
