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Supernatural TV series goes anime?!


9:48 AM on 06.10.2010
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Look, as a true red-blooded, blue-haired otaku, I don't do television. Well, I watch it sometimes, but only when there's anime downtime. And one of the best things I've ever seen in that anime downtime was the CW television show Supernatural. If you ask me, it was one of the coolest shows ever to grace American sets. The show just wrapped up this season; I was sad because I didn't want the Winchester brothers' story to ever end.

But they're back...as anime characters. Supernatural the Animation will be a full 22-episode anime that will cover the show's first two seasons. They'll actually remake the best episodes from the live-action, and will also work to include backstory about the brothers' childhood and bring some spotlight to some of the show's secondary characters. Amazing!

Show creator Eric Kripke is on staff, of course, but invites some top-notch Japanese talent to help. According to ANN, Masao Maruyama from MADHOUSE is serving as executive producer. Naoya Takayama (Liar Game) is supervising the series' scripts, and Takahiro Yoshimatsu of Trigun fame is designing the Sam and Dean and friends.

The first volume will ship on January 12 of next year. I can't wait. I'm still kind of stuck in disbelief!

Looking at the official webpage for the anime makes it feel a bit more real.

[via ToplessRobot]






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Huh. Did not see that coming.
Dale, you might want to note that the series isn't over. The current arc just finished, but there is at least one more season in the pipeline. And holy crap, I don't know how to wrap my mind around this one. This is kind of the opposite of the usual route, right? We take something awesome from Japan (Dragonball perhaps?) and turn it into some sort of bastardized American live-action crapfest. But this...I can't even imagine how it will go.
Ok sounds cool...wait what.
i never knew such a show existed.
I'm going to go ahead and say it, most underrated show on TV. With Kripke giving up his role as showrunner next season I'm a little apprehensive, but still looking forward to more. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and check it out.
I remember some stuff from the first two seasons... It was COOL STUFF BRO.

Anything after that, I haven't liked as much.

Nevertheless, the show is good, so this might actually be good too.
If Madhouse is in on this, it'll be cool :D
Holy fucking shit!! This was my favorite show for the past 2 seasons! All the characters were great (Castiel has the most deadpan hilarious lines ever), and the underlying myhtology of the show was awesome.

2 questions: You said the first volume was releasing in Jan, so does that mean its straigh to DVD, or will it air? Also, any chance of it releasing in English straight up? Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki were great in their roles; this is one anime I don't want in Japanese or dubbed by the traditional american dubbers.
nooooooooooooooooooooo!!
I didn't realize that Madhouse made yaoi.
If madhouse is doing it then I am game!
As someone else noted, there's still one more season left.

*bitchslaps Tuskus*

If we're gonna be discussing supernatural, there will be no mention of it's god awful yaoi fangirlbase. They're never to be mentioned here again.
Love me some Supernatural, an excellent series, that all anime fans should watch.

If you doubt the series, watch season 1 to 3. The show picks up pace in season 2. When you are done. you'll be primed for the anime version.
This is great news! I'm so glad they're covering the first two seasons - in my opinion the plot took over after that point and made the show exponentially less interesting than it was when it was almost fully episodic.
Awesome, i'm a huge supernatural fan!!! They couldn't pick a better series to turn into an anime.
omg omg omg omg omg O_o!!! Awesome, that's all i have to say xD
Love anime. Love Supernatural. It can't go wrong XD

And Supernatural hasn't finished for good, theres a season 6, you not know?
this should be great.
Wow! This is a real surprise! I never saw this coming. Super excited now!
Wow....Thats sounds really interesting to me.

http://supernatural.otavo.tv/

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