Supernatural: The Anime Series Release Details
Anime UK News have got information about the hotly anticipated demon hunting adventures of the Winchester brothers. In an exciting announcement for fans of the two handsome hell-raising, devil chasing, heaven baiting adventures of Sam and Dean, Warner Bros. will release Supernatural: The Anime Series is to be released on DVD by Warner Bros. on 27th May 2013.
In a statement, Warner Bros. state:
Made with the blessing and creative input of the original show’s creator, Eric Kripke, and featuring the vocal talents of the live-action series stars, this animated series brilliantly covers the events of the first two seasons of ‘Supernatural’ by recreating many of the original episodes while also introducing a whole batch of brand new material that explores the Winchesters’ previously unseen childhoods and expanding upon the stories of several secondary characters.
The trump card, however, is the anime’s ability to go further, visually, than any live-action TV show could ever dream of going. The result makes for essential viewing for committed ‘Supernatural’ fans and provides an ideal primer and introduction for those yet to become possessed by the haunting and action-packed saga of the Winchesters.
Synopsis:
Having lost their mother, Mary, under mysterious paranormal circumstances at an early age, young Sam and Dean Winchester are raised by their father, who, driven by revenge, becomes an obsessive hunter and destroyer of supernatural creatures and entities. Years later, when their father mysteriously disappears and Sam’s girlfriend is killed in similar circumstances as their mother, the Winchester brothers follow in their father’s footsteps, travelling the back-roads, highways and byways of America in search of answers and vengeance. It is a journey that brings them face-to-face with unimaginable horrors, from demons and vampires to ghosts and shape-shifters, unites them with loyal allies and reveals their eventual and totally unexpected destinies.
What fans get is the television series re-imagined as an anime series by production stuio Madhouse (Ninja Scroll, High School of the Dead. It has been directed by Atsuko Ishizuka (MONSTER) and Shigeyuki Miya (Bleach). The anime was made with the blessing of Eric Kripke, the show’s original creator, and it features his creative input alongside Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles who are the live-action series stars. We get an expanded universe and characters and it is all done in anime goodness.
If that wasn’t reason enough to get the series the list of extras is pretty phenomenal. We get interviews with Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles who also do episode introductions. On top of this we get interviews with the directors Shigeyuki Miya and Atsuko Ishizuka, Supernatural Creator Eric Kripke, voice actors Hiroki Touchi and Yuuya Uchida who voice Dean and Sam respectively.
The set has a price of around £29.99 and clocks in at 479 minutes. It is released on the 27th of May an is available for pre-order at Amazon.
