Super Crooks is an anime adaptation of the comic by Mark Millar and Leinnil Francis Yu called Super Crooks: The Heist. It tells the story of a minor-league crook named Johnny Bolt, who recruits a powerful crew to pull off one last heist. What’s so great about this powerful crew is that the members aren’t ordinary people joining Bolt’s crew; they are all super-villains!
Moreover, Netflix is planning a live-action adaptation of this series as well, meaning this could become a big franchise in the not-too-distant future.
Super Crooks release date
The official release date for Super Crooks is on Nov. 25, 2021, which is a Thursday. You will be able to enjoy your thanksgiving with a good anime on Netflix. Expect to see 13 episodes released on the streamer that are each 30 minutes long.
Simultaneously, this action anime will release on Netflix at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time, which is 3:01 a.m. Eastern Time on November 25.
Super Crooks – Everything you need to know
After looking at the official teaser for this upcoming anime series, you can expect this anime to be jam-packed with action sequences and a lot more. So, now we are about to tell you everything we know about this highly anticipated anime series.
Before proceeding with this article, Netflix released the Super Crooks trailer last week, so it is advised that you view this first and then continue. You can watch the same here:
Cast
The Japanese voice cast for the show includes Kenjiro Tsuda, Maaya Sakamoto, Hiroshi Yanaka, Yasushi Kimura, Pierre Taki, Junichi Suwabe, Hisao Egawa, Eiji Takemoto, Tetsu Inada, Subaru Kimura, Wataru Hatano, and KENN.
Furthermore, the English cast features Jonah Scott, Abby Trott, Jason Marnocha, Doug Stone, Beau Billingslea, Bill Butts, Bill Rogers, Bruno Oliver, Ben Pronsky, DC Douglas, and Zeno Robinson.
Plot
In a typical heist fashioned tale, the anime dives into the minor crook Johnny Bolt. Who manages to recruit a team of eight super-villains for a grand heist in Spain. As the source material for the anime is not Manga but an actual comic book series. There are significant differences in how the comic flows versus how the anime has been made.
There are a few facts concerning the anime’s real sequence. However, the protagonist of the comics is Johnny Lightning, a super-villain who ends up in jail for five years. After serving his time in jail, he returns plotting a massive robbery after meeting other former super-villains in need of money who are also organizing a heist.
The protagonist in the anime is named Johnny Bolt. It’s unknown whether the character’s final name change is the only alteration made in the adaption of his origin story. CBR’s report on the Netflix release confirms that the anime adaptation will act as a prequel to the events of the comics and then overlap with some of the events in it. However, the plot continues the same way as planning for a grand heist in Spain.
