Image Comics series Nights optioned for Animated Series. The series released in 2023.
The characters and concepts first appeared in the 2023 Nights #1.
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An animated series based on the Image Comics horror title is in development from Titmouse, the company known for the Netflix animated series Big Mouth. Nights writer Wyatt Kennedy and artis Luigi Formisano will be involved in the adaptation.
Nights launched last year, and is a supernatural coming-of-age story taking place in a 2003 in which supernatural creatures exist alongside humans, and America is made up of just 31 states. It launched with a 12-issue arc called “Season One.”
Titmouse creative director Alexei Bochenek called Nights a “generational experience in the making.”
“Reading it reminds me of when I used to stay up late watching FLCL at midnight on Toonami, having my mind blown not just by how dynamic it was, but by how seen it made me feel, a mirror to my whole self, good and bad, dreams and fears. If you know you know,” said Bochenek. “I want to bring that feeling back to the animation fans like me who have been chasing it ever since, and introduce a whole new audience to the experience of discovering themselves through a new show that they feel seen by and become huge champions of, too. That’s what Nights is.”
Kennedy noted that he has always envisioned Nights as getting an animated adaptation, rather than a live-action take. “From our earliest conversations, Alexei and his team immediately understood the soul of our strange little story, and their passionate collaborative spirit leaves me confident that we’re crafting something that fans of the book and newcomers alike will love,” said Kennedy.
Titmouse says the plan is for an animation style that is true to the ’90s and early 2000s vibes of the comic that will blend anime and indie influences. Titmouse is known for Legend of Vox Machina, The Venture Bros., Star Trek: Lower Decks, Frog and Toad and Beavis and Butt-Head.
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