Super Crooks
Super Crooks is a Japanese-American superhero anime streaming television series based on the comic book series of the same name by writer Mark Millar and artist Leinil Francis Yu. The series was written by Dai Satō from Millar's story, and it was directed by Motonobu Hori in his solo directorial debut. The 13-episode series premiered on Netflix worldwide on November 25, 2021. It serves as a spin-off to "Jupiter's Legacy". In June 2021, a live-action "Super Crooks" series and second spin-off from the simultaneously-cancelled "Jupiter's Legacy" was announced to  be in active development. Premise. Small-time crook Johnny Bolt recruits a team of eight super-villains to perform a super-powered heist in Japan. Production. Netflix first announced that the series was in production with Studio Bones in March 2019, and the series was ready for its world premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2021. At its premiere, director Motonobu Hori explained that because the series takes place, in part, before the comic book series, Mark Millar provided additional back story for Dai Satō to adapt, and Leinil Francis Yu provided younger character designs for  Takashi Mitani to translate into animation. Towa Tei composed the music for the series. The first nine episodes of the series serve as a prequel to the comics and then overlap with the comic storyline for the last four episodes, which serves as a straightforward adaptation, with the series also set in the same fictional universe as the live-action series "Jupiter's Legacy". In June 2021, a live-action "Supercrooks" series and direct spin-off continuation of the simultaneously-cancelled "Jupiter's Legacy" was announced to be in active development. Release. At Netflix's Tudum event in September 2021 , the primary voices from Kenjiro Tsuda and Maaya Sakamoto were revealed along with the release date of November 25, 2021.