‘Suicide Squad ISEKAI’ is Funny, Chaotic, Messy, and I Want More

When I was putting together BNP’s Anime Summer 2024 Season Preview, I KNEW that I wanted to cover Suicide Squad ISEKAI. All I really knew that the anime series was airing June 27th on the MAX and Hulu streaming platforms and that “Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Peacemaker, Clayface, and King Shark sent to ISEKAI!? (a.k.a Another World) Brace yourselves for the pulse-pounding saga of the elite task force known as the “Suicide Squad” as they embark on a jaw-dropping adventure!” All I knew was to expect C-H-A-O-S and that I knew that I was tuning in! Spoilers Big and Small Follow Below, Be Warned!

THE GOOD Episode 1: The Suicide Squad films (2016) and (2021) have had some success, and someone cooked up this chaotic idea of seeing the team…*checks notes* to another world via ISEKAI style? One of the strangest trailers we looked at and dissected in the Black Nerd Problems discord, for sure. What we do know is that Harley, thee Harley Quinn (ANNA NAGASE), Gotham City’s Mistress of Mayhem–gets separated from her baddie lover Joker (YUUICHIRO UMEHARA) –which I’m always a fan of–I’m biased cause Harley Quinn is such a great show– and snatched up after a short duel with Katana (CHIKA ANZAI).  Imprisoned and then thrown together on an aircraft with other villainous weirdos and misfits, she’s told about being placed on a special team by the unshakeable Amanda Waller (KUJIRA). Waller has been doing what she does behind the scenes and none of it looks good–Harley, Deadshot (REIGO YAMAGUCHI)…