'Super Crooks' Is a New Netflix Anime About the Lives of Supervillains

'Super Crooks' Is a Superhero Anime on Netflix That's All About the Supervillains

Nov. 23 2021, Published 5:Forty one p.m. ET

With lots of anime streaming exclusively on Netflix, there are always new and exciting titles to check out. If you're in search of a new collection to check out right through Thanksgiving weekend, why no longer check out Super Crooks? Super Crooks is a new upcoming anime in accordance with a comedian book collection by means of Mark Millar and Leinil Francis Yu, the former of whom worked on in style collection like Kingsman and Marvel's Civil War.

Entitled Supercrooks, the original comic ran for a overall of four problems between March and August of 2012. The new Netflix display was once announced in 2019 and a live-action adaptation was once announced in June 2021.

The new anime boasts an intriguing premise and a celebrated Japanese cast. So what's Super Crooks about anyway?

What is 'Super Crooks' about?

The upcoming anime takes position in a world of superheroes and supervillains. Like in most tales, villains always seem to lose out in the end as the heroes swoop in to avoid wasting the day. But in an interesting departure from superhero lore, Super Crooks shines a highlight on the ones unfortunate unhealthy guys.

Super Crooks follows Johnny Bolt, a small-time supervillain who uses his eponymous powers of electrical energy to thieve money in order to repay the gambling debts he's constructed up. In one remaining make-or-break gig, Johnny appears to recruit a ragtag crew of eight fellow villains in order to pull off one closing heist focused on a super-powered crime lord. The risks are prime and the reward is even higher, however Johnny is keen to guess it all in order that those he loves can reside a customary lifestyles.

Johnny Bolt will likely be voiced through Kenjiro Tsuda in Japanese (Seto Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh!, Overhaul from My Hero Academia). His lover, Kasey, is performed by way of Maaya Sakamoto (Aerith Gainsborough from Final Fantasy VII, Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran High School Host Club). Other actors include Junichi Suwabe (Bleach), Subaru Kimura (Jujutsu Kaisen), and Wataru Hatano (One Punch Man).

The 'Super Crooks' anime is canon to the original comics.

Interestingly sufficient, the new anime isn't a conventional adaptation. Director Motonobu Hori has showed that the show in part takes place ahead of the comic e-book collection as a canon prequel. Mark Millar himself reportedly provided details on the Super Crooks back tale to the anime workforce for adaptation, and artist Leinil Francis Yu gave the animators younger personality designs of the comic e book characters to work with. The collection will ultimately overlap with the occasions of the comics.

Netflix obtained the rights to supply adaptations as section of their acquisition of Millarworld, a comic book corporate based by Mark Millar. The deal also led to a live-action adaptation of Jupiter's Legacy, a superhero drama that premiered in May 2021 and was canceled after one season. The live-action adaptation of Supercrooks will function a spinoff to Jupiter's Legacy.

The Super Crooks anime will premiere on Nov. 25 and can have a total of 13 30-minute episodes.

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