Thirteen years after the cult timeless live-action motion picture hit theaters, and nearly 20 years after author Bryan Lee O’Malley wrote the very first graphic book, Scott Pilgrim is getting an anime. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is the very first anime adaptation of O’Malley’s graphic books, pertaining to Netflix on November 17, and you can watch the very first trailer for the series below.
Fans of the original graphic books and Edgar Wright’s motion picture each have a lot of factors to be thrilled. Essentially everyone from the movie is repeating their role for the series, consisting of Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers, Kieran Culkin as Wallace Wells, Anna Kendrick as Stacey Pilgrim, and Brie Larson as Envy Adams.
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Plus, O’Malley is co-showrunning the series and writing along with BenDavid Grabinski (Are You Afraid of the Dark?), Edgar Wright is an executive producer, and chiptune band Anamanaguchi (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game) is making the music.
I knew that a live action follow up was unlikely, but I would generally defer by suggesting that possibly an anime adjustment was an interesting way to go. And then, lo and behold, one day Netflix contacted us to ask about this specific concept. But even much better, our brilliant creator Bryan Lee O’Malley had an idea that was way more daring than just a straight adaptation of the initial books.
This is what has me so thrilled about the series.
There were 6 graphic novels in all, so a single live-action film was never ever going to have the ability to adjust the entire story in just two hours. But the film did change a number of key plot points, consisting of a rather controversial modification to the story’s ending. Animation studio Science SARU would undoubtedly do a bang-up task directly adjusting whatever from the page to the screen, however I’m more interested to see how O’Malley’s relationship with these characters has actually progressed over the last 20 years and how that will affect the story.
In the meantime, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is currently streaming on Peacock.