Superman: Up In The Sky

Superman: Up In The Sky (Abbreviated as ''Superman: UITS'') japanese: (スーパーマン：空に向かって) hepburn: (Sūpāman: Sora ni Mukatte), is a 2015 Japanese-American 2D-CGI Hybrid Anime series, based on the DC Comics superhero Superman, the 2013 film Man of Steel and the DC Extended Universe created by Zack Snyder, The Dark Knight Trilogy created by Christopher Nolan, The Arrowverse and various other DC properties.
Developed and Produced by Marc Guggenheim, Sam Register, Charles Roven, James Tucker, Emma Thomas, Deborah Snyder, Geoff Johns, Eiko Tanaka and Shinsaku Tanaka, Created Co-Edited and Co-Dubbed by Warner Bros. Animation in conjunction with (in English) 4K Media Inc. (Now Konami Cross Media NY), animated by Studio 4°C (the animation, coloring and art staff being comprised of those who'd previously worked on the movies ''First Squad: The Moment of Truth" and "Harmony", the Batman short ''Working Through Pain'', The Animatrix short "Beyond", The 2008 short "A Gathering of Cats," The 2011 "Thundercats" Reboot and "Tweeny Witches," as well as a number from Flashpoint Paradox.), Co-Directed by Sam Liu and Toshiyuki Kubooka and written and edited by Greg Weisman, Geoff Johns, David S. Goyer, Matthew Drdek, Arthur 'Sam' Murakami, Junki Takegami, Shinji Obara, Koji Yamamoto, Geoff Johns, Dan Jurgens, Brian Michael Bendis, Eugene Son, Alan Kingsberg, Keto Shimizu, Joe Kelly and Beth Schwartz, with Japanese and English Dub music by Tamiya Terashima and Robert J. Kral and Max Surla respectively. 
The series' main story takes place two after an alternate continuity of the events of Man of Steel, where Superman, somewhere in his 20s, flew up and away from Metropolis instead of into the city during General Zod's invasion and, instead of killing Zod, flew him back to the Black Zero, lured his followers back also and lifted the ship into deep space, using the Phantom Drive to send them and their ship back to the Phantom Zone. The anime follows Superman/Clark Kent/Kal-El as well as his cousin, Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) (who debuts in the 3 part pilot "The Last Daughter" and frequently provides narration for the first season, similar to Conner in the 4Kids dub of Cubix) as he attempts to protect Metropolis and the world from a number of threats, while also balancing his job as a reporter for the Daily Planet, his relationships with his co-workers, friends and Mother, along with meeting and fighting along side and against a number of other DC heroes and villains as the series progresses. All characters are designed to resemble their portrayals in film and TV. 
In the United States, the Anime debuted on the 10th of June, 2016 with a Two-Part special "The Last Daughter" on Cartoon Network, airing on Tokyo MX and AT-X in Japan the week before. (This was due in part to both Japanese and English versions being made and edited around the same time.) It aired a day later on The CW's One Magnificent Morning programming block (as part of a test initiative to reintroduce animation into the block, following the end of its predecessor, Vortexx.) and on October 6th on Canada's Teletoon. The Opening Theme for the English dub, composed by Kral, had been previously used for the main theme for 2007's Superman: Doomsday as well as for the end credits of the 2012 Animated film Superman vs. The Elite. The OMM experiment turned out to be a success, leading to 90s, 00s and modern Animation, Live Action Kids Shows and Anime dubs regaining control over the block, replacing the reality shows that had been believed to be more of a draw. 
== Overview ==
===Season One===
The series takes place in a universe borrowing elements from a number of DC Film, Comic and TV continuities (Mostly Live-Action + New 52), with a number of alterations. Two and a half years after saving the Human Race from General Zod in 2013, Clark Kent/Kal-El aka Superman, has become the most beloved and valued superhero in the City of Metropolis and on Earth, protecting humanity from a variety of threats, while also enjoying a steady job as a reporter at the Daily Planet News Company, alongside fellow reporter and love interest, Lois Lane, Photographer, close friend and secret Government Agent, Jimmy Olson and Perry White, the Planet's quick tempered but well intentioned editor. 
After an introduction to Metropolis, the premise of this world and his work by Kara in Last Daughter, Superman, while in his Fortress of Solitude, now relocated to the Arctic, picks up a nearby distress signal coming from deep under the Nares Strait with a near identical frequency to the Fortress itself. (the Fortress being an abandoned Kryptonian Scout Ship as in the Snyderverse) Further investigations with the aid of S.T.A.R. Labs lead Superman to discover a heavily damaged Kryptonian Scout Ship under the ice, where he finds most of the crew long dead, save for one Stasis Pod left undamaged, containing a teenage girl with blond hair, in what we later learn is a Kryptonian explorer's uniform. Later, with the crashed ship back at S.T.A.R's main laboratory in Metropolis, S.T.A.R's head scientist, Dr. Silas Stone, reveals to Superman that the girl's DNA is a close match to his own. 
The pod suddenly malfunctions and the girl, panicked by the sudden shock of awakening, ends up accidentally flying into the city, unintentionally causing property damage. After being brought back to the labs, following several miscommunications, Superman is able, via super hypnosis, to transfer his knowledge of English into the girl's brain and the girl reveals herself as Kara Zor-El. Niece to Jor-El and Kal-El's formerly older cousin. Kara explains that many years before the destruction of Krypton, her father, Zor-El, a brilliant scientist just like his brother from Krypton's third largest city, Argos, had developed an experimental environmental holo-shield that could protect an entire city from cataclysm, hoping to use it in case of the end of the world. After being warned of Krypton's destruction by Jor-El, however, Zor-El used the shield and an atmosphere generator to save Argos from Armageddon. thanks to him, It miraculously survived the rest of the planet's demise, leaving it's people the only Kryptonians remaining. Hardened by the destruction of their world and their loved ones, the people of Argos nevertheless did their best to survive and thrive in their new situation, until the day General Zod and his followers escaped the Phantom Zone, located Argos and using the World Engine, began to slowly convert the soil into the first Kryptonite after failing to force the Argonians into submission, slowly killing them instead. 
Explorer crews were rapidly formed from Argos' youngest and brightest citizens and Kara became leader of her own troupe. However, during her crew's scouting mission to the Milky Way, her entire crew was wiped out by an psychopathic traitor and Kara's ex-boyfriend, Dev-Em. Kara was able to subdue Dev-Em and lock him and herself in Stasis pods. After discovering the amount of time that has passed and being told that the pod next to her had been forced open, Kara despairs, knowing that not only is Dev-Em most likely free on Earth, but that her family has also perished with the rest of Argos. Accepting his responsibility as her only living relative, Clark agrees to find her a home and sets her up in Smallville with Ma Kent on the Kent Farmstead, while creating a cover story for her. After learning about her Cousin's work on Earth, Kara seeks to join him in protecting humanity to honour the memory of her friends and family. 
Heading back to the Fortress with the key Clark left her, she activates the Ship's A.I. in the form of her uncle, who gives her a similar Kryptonian uniform to her cousin's. Empowered by her Uncle's words of encouragement, Kara takes up the name Supergirl and begins preforming good deeds for her new home openly, much to Superman's concern. Sure enough, this catches the attention of Superman's recently minted nemesis, Lex Luthor, CEO of Digital media and Tech corporation LexCorp, who locates and recruits Dev-Em to help him destroy his arch enemy. Eventually, Dev-Em is defeated by Supergirl and Superman and dropped off in the Phantom Zone using the Drive which as been repaired and sitting on a pedestal on the Fortress. Luthor manages to avoid detection and Kara stays with her Cousin in Metropolis, enrolling in a High School in New Troy to learn more about her new home. 
The rest of the series shows Kara and Superman working together to protect Metropolis and the World from Luthor and a series of other other threats such as Metallo, The Parasite, Myxyzptlk (Considerably taller, younger and more handsome than in most adaptations, clad in orange and purple with white locks of hair black eyes and long, elven ears, played by "Weird Al" Yankovich.) Silver Banshee, The Prankster and Toyman, who are introduced as the series progresses. (This also includes a two part crossover with an alternative variation of the Nolanverse Batman titled World's Finest where not only did The Joker play a part in the events of The Dark Knight Rises, but where Batman continued to be a crimefighter in Gotham with an extended Bat Family which includes Tim Drake's Robin and John Blake as Nightwing.) All the while, an unseen threat from space (later revealed to be Brainiac) is foreshadowed in a number of episodes. 
In the season finale, ''Collector of Worlds'', Kara, after frequent nightmares about a mysterious threat from space, which cause her everyday life as both herself and Supergirl to be greatly affected, reveals her full origin to Clark at the apartment of Jimmy Olson, who she's been living with throughout the season in a kind of younger-older sibling relationship. When she was a child, Krypton's capital city had been Kryptonopolis, until the day that a highly intelligent alien cyborg named ''Brainiac'' invaded and captured the entire city, shrinking it down for his collection, as he abducts and collects major cities from every civilisation he comes across in order to gain more knowledge, destroying their host planet afterwards. It was this event that caused Kandor to become the new Capital and Kara and her family to move to the backwater Argos. She sees her dreams as a sign that Brainiac has found his way to Earth and is using dream manipulation technology to herald his arrival to prepare humanity for destruction and collection, apparently his standard procedure for dealing with "inferior races." Sure enough, Air Force stations, Military outposts and Early Warning systems across the world are alerted to a large UFO entering the planet's atmosphere. President Martin Suarez is alerted to the situation, as Brainiac himself hijacks the world's communication networks and announces that he has come to claim Superman and Supergirl as "anomalies." 
Upon discovering that Lex Luthor possesses a chunk of Kryptonite of his own, as established at the end of Metallo's debut episode, ''Green Machine'', Brainiac visits LexCorp and makes a deal with Luthor, promising to make him ''Merchant King of Metropolis'' in exchange for Superman and Supergirl. With the aid of Luthor's Kryptonite, the two are delivered to Brainiac's ship and shrunk down into Kryptonopolis, only for Luthor be betrayed as Brainiac reveals his plans to destroy the earth and add Metropolis to his collection to "Preserve human culture" before mankind destroys itself. As the city is shrunk down and bottled, The Kryptonopolites aid The Super Cousins in their escape with help from a set of experimental solar mirrors created within the city in the hopes of creating a chance to escape. After regaining their full size by flying into the shrink ray and reprogramming it into a growth ray, Superman is forced to fight Brainiac and his drones head on while Kara rescues both Metropolis and Kryptonopolis along with the heavily damaged regrowth ray. Superman blows up the ship and takes the fight to Earth, where Brainiac, overwhelmed and terrified by the chaotic and unregulated activity of Earth and its various lifeforms, self destructs upon seeing his orderly worldview shattered. Metropolis is restored but sadly the growth ray disintegrates before the bottled Kryptonopolis can be. Deciding to keep the citizens within safe until a solution can be devised to regrow them, Superman gives the city a place in the Fortress of Solitude under a reinforced diamond display casing. 
In the final scene of season one, Luthor, humiliated by Superman's rescue of the world once again, contemplates that either Superman will doom humanity or something will be Superman's Doomsday. 
=== Season Two ===
Season Two introduces viewers to five new Villains in the show's cast; Bruno Mannheim/Intergang, Titano, Bizarro and Livewire as well as Doomsday. It also Introduces Bibbo Bibbowski, his nephew Leo and Batgirl in a Riddler episode, Versions of Synder's Wonder Woman, Aquaman and The CW's Arrowverse Heroes are also introduced over 5 episodes. The season also adapts the death of Superman storyline and leads to one of the few instances where Death is formerly acknowledged in a 4Kids property. The long running season sub-plot involves Lex Luthor detecting a Phantom Drive somewhere in the Australian Outback and using it to try and summon General Zod, Instead frees and contains Doomsday who, in this adaption, is the last surviving Alpha-Male of the former dominant species on Krypton that ruled the planet until modern Kryptonians evolved into their intelligence and drove them to extinction, sending the last surviving member into the zone as its 1st inmate, only for its physiology to be mutated by the Negative Radiation of the void. 
Over the course of the 3 part finale "Happy Doomsday, Last Doomsday Night and Justice is Served", multiple events and plotlines occur: Doomsday is unleashed by Lex upon Metropolis, Clark reveals his true identity to Lois and seemingly dies in battle with the monster, Supergirl takes over as Metropolis' primary defender, Jimmy Olson's Cover is exposed and The characters of Steel, Superboy, The Eradicator and Hank Henshaw's Cyborg Superman are introduced. In the end, Superboy is quickly revealed to be a Superman clone, engineered by Luthor with Henshaw used as Lex's Pawn, masquerading as the real Superman, claiming to have been rebuilt with LexCorp Brand cyber-prosthetics. Superboy is none the wiser to the deception and begins to develop a close relationship with Henshaw during the end of part one/throughout part two, with Henshaw seemingly working on his own project in a secret LexCorp lab with Lex's aid. By the end of part two, Henshaw has his true identity exposed by Lois and deprived of his Superman disguise, resurrects Doomsday as a Cyborg to help take over the world as revenge for being '"abandoned" by Superman in his hour of need up in space, only for Superman, resurrected by the Eradicator's healing and more powerful than ever, to return in a Solar abortion suit (A nod to Tim Burton's Superman Lives) and, with the help of the Earth's other heroes and his new Solar Flare power gifted to him by The Eradicator, defeats both Henshaw and the Cyborg Doomsday.
After a heartfelt reunion between himself and Lois, Superman and Supergirl talk with Steel and Superboy on a rooftop. Superman convinces Irons to keep being a Superhero, stating that a lot of inner city and black kids look up to him and deserve a "Superman of their own." Superboy, feeling ashamed and embarrassed for believing Henshaw and Luthor's deceit In the aftermath, is reassured by Superman who reveals his secret identity to him and John, offering the clone the name of "Conner Kent" and officially welcoming him into the family. Jimmy Olson arrives shortly after, explaining that he's being relocated by ARGUS due to blowing his cover and that he's always known Clark's true identity. As a parting gift, Kara gives him a smartwatch with a with a direct hotline to her and Superman. After this, Kara and Conner begin a close kinship as siblings, Luthor is finally arrested and jailed, Metropolis embraces their new defenders and finally, the heroes of Earth that helped protect Metropolis in the aftermath of the Doomsday crisis are brought together by the government to form the Justice League.
=== Season Three ===
Season 3's main focuses are Superman's role within the Superman Family and Justice League as Co-Leader alongside Batman, the changes in his life following the end of season 2, Kara and Conner developing from friends to family and the Introduction of larger and more serious threats. Terra-Man , Atomic Skull and the Clay Ramsay Kryptonite Man are also introduced as new Villains alongside Professor Ivo and AMAZO, Felix Faust, Solomon Grundy, Per Degaton and the Injustice Gang and Darkseid, who replaces Lex Luthor as the series' main antagonist. In the season's 1st episode, ''Capes of Hope'', Kara remarks on the changes that have occurred in Metropolis and the world since Superman's resurrection. Mainly the recent incarceration of Lex Luthor, The new openness between Clark and Lois, her Sisterly and Niecely relationships with Conner Kent and John Henry Irons and the recent strengthening of the Superhero community following the formation of the Justice League, who are now stationed out of an orbiting satellite base, designed and funded by both the Department of Defence and Wayne Enterprises. Secretary of Defence, Calvin Swanwick, acts as the League's government liaison. Other government characters include the returning President Martin Suarez, his VP and former superheroine, Elizabeth Lawrence aka Liberty Belle, a returning Jimmy Olson and the leader of the ever growing ''Glory Party'', G. Gordon Godfrey. An Alex Jones-esc conspiracy theorist and an outspoken opponent against all metahuman activity, but mostly Superheroes. the series also Introduces an original version of John Stewart's Green Lantern 
Season 3 also Introduces Civic City, Pennsylvania and the Justice Society of America in the two part episode ''Golden Guys". The team is made up of Jay Garrick's Flash, Alan Scott's Green Lantern, (played by Dan Green) Al Pratt's Atom, Wesley Dodds' Sandman, Kendra Munoz-Saunders' Hawkgirl, Terry Sloane's Mr. Terrific, Rick Tyler's Hourman and Khalid Ben-Hassin's Dr. Fate (here a composite of Kent Nelson and the former called Khalid Nelson) The Society is closer in design and concept to their Smallville, Stargirl, Legends of Tomorrow and Post-Flashpoint Earth-2 counterparts and, in universe, existed from 1988 to 2002 under Teen President Prez Rickard (Afro-Latino in this adaptation) and President Jonathan Horne, who brought the JSA under the employ of Government domestic and military defence/offence agency Task Force X for the remaining five years of their existence until the Events of ''What happened 15 years ago'' (a reference to the 9/11 attacks) where the team retired after Task Force X attempted to turn them into an armed squadron for overseas combat purposes. The agency was later dissolved and replaced with ARGUS after TFX's backup plan, JSA contemporaries ''The Seven Soldiers'' were all led into an ambush by the super-terrorist known as the ''Iron Hand" and his cosmic monster the "Nebula Man" and seemingly destroyed with him. With help from Supergirl, Superboy and Robin, the League and Society discover that the remnants of Task Force X lived on as a terrorist organisation known as "Argent" headed by their old, Time Travelling nemesis, Per Degaton and Seven Soldiers traitor, The Spider, the former of which reforms the JSA's nemesis team, the Injustice Society to finally wipe out the legacy's of both generations. Both teams leave on good terms by the end with Barry Allen's Flash in a new, armoured suit. A later episode ''Born on a Monday'' would see Superman team up with Alan Scott to help take down his resurrected, decay inducing zombie nemesis and I.S. founding member, Solomon Grundy. 
The season ends on the three part episode ''Darkseid Of The Moon'' where G. Gordon Godfrey is revealed to be Glorious Godfrey, a member of an evil god-like race of alien beings known as "New Gods" and a preacher of Anti-Life from the planet Apokolips by Swanwick during a Glory Party Rally. In retaliation, Godfrey (who we later see being destroyed by Darkseid) exposes Swanwick as a Green Martian called J'onn J'onzz, who came to Earth 1000 years ago, after the cruel king of Apokolips, Darkseid, arrived on Mars during a civil war between the Green and White Martian races to conquer the planet. (Throughout the season, Darkseid has been operating from the shadows, occasionally sending threats such as his son Kalibak and his Lieutenant Granny Goodness, (disguised as Metropolis High homeroom Teacher Gretchen Goode) When both sides joined together to protect themselves, Darkseid summoned his forces using an advanced portable computer known as a motherbox, wiping all life from Mars. J'onn explains about the New Gods, about the planets of New Genesis and Apokolips, the infiltrators on Earth and about the nature of the Motherbox. To make matters worse, Gretchen Goode is finally exposed as Granny Goodness and several popular girls are revealed as her Female Furies. (we would see the furies in an earlier episode) As Boom Tubes open up across the world and Parademons along with Darkseid's top general Steppenwolf begin to invade major cities, the Superman Family, Justice League and Justice Society band together to defend the world. But as Darkseid arrives on Earth and the heroes find themselves near outnumbered by overwhelming odds, an instructional message from the leader of the New Gods of the planet New Genesis, known as Highfather, gives the heroes a fighting chance. 
With the combination of a Fatherbox with a Phantom Drive and converting the League's Satellite into a massive Boom Tube emitter thanks to The Atom and Batman, the Superman Family with assistance from Green Lantern and J'onn are able to battle Darkseid, Steppenwolf, Granny, The Furies and the Parademons back up into space, Superman damaging them with his Solar Flare. As the Satellite opens the Boom Tube and the Apokoliptians are sent back, the energy needed proves too much for the Satellite and it explodes. Back on Apokolips, Darkseid, while attempting to get his bearings, is ultimately betrayed and destroyed by Kalibak and his chief scientist Desaad, setting up the events of the straight to DVD movie Superman: Rise of Kalibak, which introduces more of New Genesis' inhabitants, gives an explanation for what the New Gods were doing during the invasion, brings Mr. Miracle and Big Barda into the Justice League and sees the return of Darkseid to life. Back on Earth, the League regroups and offers J'onn, Firestorm and John Stewart places in the team, while President Martinez and VP Ross agree to keep J'onn on as Secretary of Defence and the League's government liaison, stating that ''If an Alien can be Earth's greatest hero, why can't we have a Martian in Government?'' J'onn Brings up an idea he had thought up previously of a larger, more advanced Satellite base known as "Project: Watchtower," but Superman declines, stating that the League needs to take the advice of the JSA and ''Come back down to Earth.'' Kara narrates that, shortly after this, Clark Kent and Lois Lane finally tied the knot and married, STAR Labs, Wayne Enterprises and the DoD constructed a new base for the League in the Heart of Metropolis known as "The Hall of Justice" where the League could better interact with civilians and which became a massive tourist attraction, She, Conner, Tim, Kid Flash (cw version) and Speedy. (Thea Queen) became the first five members of the League's Junior Membership Program; ''The Titans'' and the JL and JSA met up that year for Thanksgiving. In the final scenes of part 2, however, a threat, revealed to be Mobius: The Anti-Monitor, observes the scene from his own Anti-Matter Pocket Dimension, 
=== Season Four ===
Season 4 is the finale of the series, and regains more of a focus on Superman and his immediate supporting cast, though there are still episodes dedicated to the JSA, The Titans and the Justice League who play a supportive role within the season. This season also introduces The Legion of Super-Heroes, a team of interplanetary, multicultural young adult heroes from the 31st century, whose 3 most powerful members came to Clark during his senior year of High School as teenagers, disguised as foreign exchange students to befriend and comfort him during one of the darkest periods of his life. (as explained in the two-part episode "Friends of Tomorrow.") The series also grants redemption and sympathetic pathos for Mxyzptlk as his true origins are revealed in another DVD Special, depicting him as an fugitive and pariah in the 5th Dimension, due to the machinations of 5th Dimensional Demon Lord "Vyndktvx." A former court magician to the Royal Family of The Planet Zrfff, (Chief planet of the 5th Dimension) his refined and organised tricks were eventually usurped by the random, chaotic antics of Mxyzptlk who came to the royal palace fresh out of Clown Community College, hoping to find work, Replacing the veteran entertainer as the King's favorite. Enraged by jealousy and driven mad by a sudden burst of ambition, Vyndktvx bided his time for years before he eventually murdered The King and framed Mxyzptlk for the crime, usurping the throne of Zrfff from Princess Nyxlygsptlnz, who escaped to Earth disguised as an old woman and a neighbour of Clark Kent. Mxyzptlk too escaped to the 3rd Dimension and spent the next several thousand years throwing himself into several alignments and personas in an effort to escape the guilt and shame of his cowardice allowing his rival to take over to realm, spending his time shifting from Traumatised Inertia, to indirect but benign helpfulness to anarchic mischief, eventually choosing to dispense his pranks upon Uncle Sam, Alan Scott and finally Superman. Every time he was returned to the 5th Dimension, he would be forced to spend weeks running and hiding from Zrfff's secret police, too scared to help or act, lest Vyndktvx be alerted to his presence, leading him to resent the heroes of Earth, despite having become dependant on their attention. 
By the end of the special, with his help, Vyndktvx is defeated and the repentant Mxyzptlk, after helping to fix the damage caused by the end battle, apologises for his past behaviour and makes friends with The forgiving Superman Family, deciding to return to The 5th Dimension to act as Zrfff's champion and Nyxlygsptlnz's Prince Consort. (The Special was mainly created exclusively for the Western market, but was eventually released in Japan. Due to this, the early parts of the film depict a cartoonish rampage by the 5th Dimensional elf, set to Weird Al's song "Everything You Know is Wrong" from his 1996 album "Bad Hair Day" and sung by Mxyzptlk himself.) General Zod returns in a two-parter and Manchester Black also makes an appearance as a promising teen hero who tragically turns anti-hero by the end of his episode. Slice of life concepts such as Kara's upcoming High School graduation, Connor becoming older and Lois' future motherhood are also explored. 
The series finally comes to a close in the 3-parter "Crisis". In the episode prior to this, Lex Luthor escapes from his supermax prison cell, vowing revenge against Humanity for its "betrayal." At the start of the finale, he steals an experimental robot armor from the now rebranded ''L-Industries", only to be contacted via Astral Projection by The Anti-Monitor "Mobius," who offers him technologies from the Anti-Matter planet of Qward to defeat the Super Family, Infusing his tech with that of the Antimatter universe, Luthor begins a rampage with Qward's Weaponeers as his army and the intent of taking over the civilized world. The Superman family along with the other heroes of earth attempt to apprehend him, only to be injured, weakened and defeated in the process, save for Superman, Supergirl and Superboy, who are forced into retreat. By the end of part one, Luthor basks in victory, only for the skies of the Earth to turn red and the Anti-Monitor to come into the Matter dimension. Satisfied, Mobius agrees to grant Lex his heart's desire, which turns out to be "A world of Men! Without Superhumans!" In part two, Mobius begins to rewrite reality to erase all Superpowered beings from existence as the Justice League attempt to find a way to fight back while imprisoned in the Anti-Matter Universe in a Qwardian prison in the Anti-Monitor's palace, While the recovered JSA and Titans along with the LoSH, The Gods of New Genesis, Mxyzptlk and the 5th Dimension's toy army attempt to combat Mobius and his forces on Earth. In the dungeon, the League meets Mar Novu The Monitor, Mobius' pro-matter counterpart and guardian of their universe, chained and enslaved, having been so for most of that year. With The Monitor's help, the League manages to escape. Superman, Kara and Mar Novu make their way into Mobius' library and discover a holographic history program detailing the creation of the universe and how the Multiverse is separated, by Matter, from Anti-Matter, explaining how the inherent light and goodness of the Matter universe is more powerful than the innate evil and darkness of Qward's. 
Mar Novu explains that the only thing that can save their universe from being rewritten is for a source of pure hope and light from the Matter Universe to cripple (send to Hell in the Japanese dub) The Anti-Monitor, breaking his barrier between the multiverses, undoing all alterations and installing the potential for hope and virtue into the Anti-Matterverse. Superman is ultimately chosen for this task, with the plan being that he absorb as much radiation from Qward's yellow sun as possible, (several teratons more than usual) before using his Solar Flare, unleashing all of it upon Mobius. Kara, Conner, Steel and Batman along with most of the league protest this, as it has the potential to kill their friend, but Clark consents to the idea regardless, asking Kara for her and Conner to look after Lois, their child and the Earth if he doesn't survive, ending part two with a dramatic shot of him flying up close to the planet's sun. By part three, Luthor overhears compromising remarks made by Mobius in his private chamber and using Metron's stolen chair, robs Mobius of both powers and lifeforce, disintegrating him and taking his place as the new Anti-Monitor. He appears before the heroes of Earth before detailing his plans for a reality where he alone is Earth's Champion. A powerless universe where opportunism is the only heroism, with people only looking out for their own self-interests and where "Friendship, Bleeding Hearts and Parasites" are vilified, as a white void begins to consume the universe. Suddenly, Superman, the Monitor and the League come through the portal to aid the other heroes on the ground, Superman's body having turned golden from the absorption of the solar radiation. As the other heroes fight down on the ground, Superman and Luthor fight on in Space, aided by Supergirl and Superboy. Just as the reality erasing void is about to overcome the Milky Way, Superman finally lures Luthor to the far side of the Sun and unleashes the ultimate Solar Flare, destroying the Anti-Monitor's powers and undoing the rewriting of the universe. As the heroes on Earth celebrate, both Luthor and Superman fall back down through the planet's atmosphere. Later, at STAR Labs, Superman is still recovering in a specially made healing chamber, surrounded by the other heroes. Dr. Stone explains that Superman used up most of his energy with the Solar Flare and has rendered himself mostly powerless in the process. The bulk of his powers won't return for nearly a year.
In the Aftermath, Kara relates how Metropolis was severely damaged by the Qwardian invasion. Luckily, the Legion of Superheroes, Bruce Wayne and the freed Mar Novu helped to rebuild the city along with L-Corp, transforming it into a true City of Tomorrow complete with futuristic architecture, transportation, and autonomous conveniences of all kinds. Jimmy Olson Retired from active duty with ARGUS and became a freelance journalist, Kara herself graduated from High School with flying colours and, with her cousin's encouragement, took on her own identity as Power Woman, while Conner became more mature as he, Kara and Steel took over protecting the City and the world at large. Lex Luthor was presumed dead after the climactic battle, but his remains were never recovered. (A scene shows him badly bruised, but miraculously alive in Slaughter Swamp in Gotham, as he's approached by several other DC villains including The Joker, Harley Quinn, Toyman, Black Manta, Cheetah, Chronos, Malcolm Merlyn, Despero, Reverse-Flash, Sinestro and Solomon Grundy, setting up The Legion of Doom and the Justice League spinoff series.) Clark and Lois spent some time back in Smallville with his mother, before Lois gave birth to their sons, Jon Bruce Kent and Jordan Elliot Kent in Metropolis. Clark's powers were eventually replenished overtime and 9 months post crisis, we see Kara, Conner, John Henry Irons and the people of the now futuristic Metropolis look up in the sky, as they cheer for the return of Superman.
== Divergences ==
* Tom Wayland was hired as a Voice Director and Voice Actor for the show by Warner Brothers, shortly before his dismissal from The Pokémon Company, following accusations of rape from a convention worker in 2015. Wayland pled his case to WB and was hired onto the company's animation department. With his new position, Wayland was able to hire better legal help and take his accuser to court with better publicity, following the wrap up of the first season, successfully clearing his name. This, in turn, led to the accuser being backlisted from a number of conventions. Although she and the original poster of her accusations would later protest the court's decision on Facebook, a slew of online backlash and mockery led her to close her account. Wayland would stay with Warner afterwards and was hired as a full time Voice Director in 2018, as well as being invited back by 4K Media as a VA for the third season of Yu-Gi-Oh: Arc-V and subsequent future projects.
*As a result of Tom Wayland's publicised victory, Neil Kaplan, Derek Stephen Prince, Jason Spisak, Jim Cummings, Christian Potenza (Who starred in the show as Jay Garrick), Quinton Flynn and others wrongfully accused in our own world were also spared their accusations as well. Consequently, a large part of the MeToo movement in the animation and VA Industries overall was greatly dissolved from history.
*Because of the success of this series, DC management came to realise the mistakes of the New 52 and DC U and something akin to DC Rebirth came about a lot quicker and with fewer mistakes. In the comics, the JSA's debut was moved up to the late 80s and Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters became the premier heroes of WWII.
*Zack Snyder was a fan of the show and the dub and openly expressed his love for the Anime on Social Media. This, in turn, would lead to Snyder working closely with Geoff Johns to improve the DC Extended Universe, adopting several aspects from the Anime for future movies. Creative differences between Johns and David S. Goyer, would lead to the latter leaving Warner Brothers and all future DC movie projects in 2018 after the series finale of UITS, his spot being filled by Greg Berlanti in the Cinematic capacity and his place in the Animation Department filled by Comic veteran, James Robinson.
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