The “Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event” live stream on Saturday revealed that the Super Crooks anime based on the comic books by Mark Millar and Leinil Francis Yu will premiere on Netflix on November 25, the event also revealed. main Japanese cast for the anime, along with an opening promo video and a new visual.
The anime will feature Kenjiro Tsuda as Johnny Bolt (left) and Maaya Sakamoto as Kasey (right).
Motonobu Hori (Director Carole & Tuesday, episode director BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad) is directing the anime at BONES (My Hero Academia, Bungo Stray Dogs). Dai Sato (Eureka Seven, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) is supervising the series’ scripts, and Takafumi Mitani (Carole & Tuesday, Blood Blockade Battlefront) is designing the characters. Stanislas Brunet (Bodacious Space Pirates, Macross Delta) is credited with the concept design.
Story Description:
One last heist. That’s what they say, isn’t it? Just one final score, and everyone can retire and start fishing. Thing is, prisons filled with supervillains thought the same, and went bankrupt. But Heat is struggling. He was running into a gambling debt that – if he couldn’t pay it back with cash – would have to be paid in blood. No one wants to see the all-time favorite super stork beaten by the crowd – especially his biggest fan, Johnny Bolt. And Johnny has a plan to help Heat and make all his friends hideously rich at the same time. Unfortunately for Johnny’s rookies, they have to go to Spain and rob the best villain in the world. And that’s where things get complicated.
The comic debuted in 4 parts in 2012.