With less than a week until the premiere of the Suicide Squad ISEKAI anime, Warner Bros. Japan Anime released the opening animation for the series as well as four more characters that will be joining Harley and the rest of the crew.
The opening for Suicide Squad ISEKAI features the song “Another World” by Tomoyasu Hotei with direction, storyboarding and animation direction from Takuji Miyamoto at WIT Studio. Miyamoto is best known for doing the same roles for the JUJUTSU KAISEN Phantom Parade animated game opening during his time at MAPPA.
Joining the cast of Suicide Squad ISEKAI is:
Ratcatcher voiced by Yoji Ueda (Eisen in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)
Thinker voiced by Hochu Otsuka (Jiraiya in Naruto)
Enchantress voiced by Shizuka Ito (Minako Aino/Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon Crystal)
Killer Croc voiced by Taro Kiuchi (Dante in The Case Study of Vanitas)
Suicide Squad ISEKAI directed by Eri Osada at WIT Studio with original character designs by Akira Amano (PSYCHO-PASS), scripts by Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song- writing team Tappei Nagatsuki and Eiji Umehara, character designs adapted for animation by Naoto Hosoda and music by Kenichiro Suehiro. The series premieres worldwide on June 27 with three episodes followed by one episode each week after, totaling 10 episodes. The series is described as such:
In the crime-ridden city of Gotham, Amanda Waller, the head of A.R.G.U.S., has assembled a group of notorious criminals for a mission: Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Peacemaker, Clayface, and King Shark. These Super-Villains are sent into an otherworldly realm that’s connected to this world through a gate. It’s a world of swords and magic where orcs rampage and dragons rule the skies—an “ISEKAI”!
Source: Press Release