The Grimm Variables, an original anime project from WIT Studio, is now streaming on Netflix. All six episodes have been released, with an average episode duration of 30 to 40 minutes. CLAMP designed the characters, Michiko Yokote wrote the script, and Miyagawa Akira wrote the music. Each episode has a different director.
Each of the six episodes of the Grimm Variations corresponds to a new story with added elements of horror and suspense. Directed the following episodes:
- Episode 1: Yoko Kanamori
- Episode 2: Yasuhiro Akamatsu
- Episode 3: Junichiro Hashiguchi
- Episode 4: Yumi Kamakura
- Episode 5: Masto Takeuchi
- Episode 6: Shintaro Nakamatsu
- Beginning, ending: Yutaro Kubo and Satomi Yomeya
The main Japanese cast in the original anime includes:
- Kenji Nojima as Wilhelm Grimm
- Misato Fukuen as Charlotte
- Tatsuhisa Suzuki plays Jacob Grimm
- Ayane Sakura plays Sawako Otawara
Details about the Grimm Variant anime were first announced in July 2021 following the partnership between CLAMP and Netflix established in 2020. The original anime is based on Grimm's Fairy Tales, a collection of fairy tales of Germany was written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, also known as “The Brothers Grimm”. It was first published on December 20, 1812. The original edition contained 86 stories, and by the seventh edition, published in 1857, there were 210 separate fairy tales.
Netflix describes the original anime as follows: Inspired by the classic tales of the Brothers Grimm, this anthology includes six fairy tales with a dark twist, exposing the dark side of human desire.
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