Ever for the reason that Suicide Squad got here crashing into theaters again in 2016, Warner Bros. has been doing no matter it might probably to maintain them round within the public eye. Video games, animated movies, popping up in different characters’ reveals: the DC antiheroes are going to function in no matter they will. Their subsequent onscreen enterprise is Suicide Squad Isekai, which additionally has the added bonus of being the staff’s first anime mission.
Like different isekai tales, the upcoming collection takes the black ops staff—Harley Quinn, Peacemaker, Clayface, Deadshot, and King Shark—right into a fantasy world with all types of bizarre stuff taking place. With a three-day time restrict earlier than their heads explode, it’s on the Squad to determine what’s occurring, get dwelling, and kill loads of fantasy creatures whereas doing it. That feels like a doubtlessly enjoyable romp for the Squad to undergo, significantly with different DC characters readily available like Katana, Killer Croc, and the Joker. Regardless of that, the present’s opening may need you suppose you’re in for a little bit of a unique present.
That’s to not say it’s a foul opening, it’s a reasonably good one: WIT Studio (finest recognized for Spy x Household and Rating of Kings) actually captured the look of everybody right here, and Tomoyasu Hotei’s “One other World” is a pleasant, energetic opening tune. It simply doesn’t gel fully with how the present’s been marketed so far, to say nothing of the bigger Suicide Squad model: bloody, typically quippy chaos has type of turn into the staff’s default, as we’ve seen within the 2021 film or the sport from this previous February. This offers the present a unique, virtually sluggish burn vibe, albeit one that appears fairly hanging regardless.
Suicide Squad Isekai premieres June 27 with its first three episodes on Max and Hulu.
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