The 'My Adventures With Superman' Intro Wears Anime Influence On Its Sleeve

Plus, check out the first clip!

Unicorn: Warriors Eternal concluded its first season on Adult Swim on Thursday early Friday, with an ending that indicated it wants to go on. Hopefully it will, but in the meantime, fellow ACME Night transfer My Adventures with Superman is waiting in the wings, ready to assume its midnight Thursday, 7 PM Friday and midnight Saturday timeslots. In the leadup, the network has released the theme song and a sneak preview clip.

It’s a rather brief intro sequence, only about 20 seconds, but it’s a high energy rock tune and starts with a Superman flight demonstration before Clark, Lois, and Jimmy stop for photos. as awkward as they may be. A young Clark is met by a glowing figure in the Smallville cornfields (which will be clarified as the Jor-El hologram by later footage) before a time jump where he still stands but Jimmy and Lois are there to face what’s ahead: his rogues. The animesque designs means identification of who is who was near impossible. Then we’re back at Superman and he flies off.

At the end of June, DC’s own YouTube uploaded a preview clip of young Clark with Jonathan and Martha in the fields, digging to reveal the ship Clark arrived to Earth in, following Clark’s curiosities. His own touch activates the pillars and the Jor-El hologram. It seems to only speak Kryptonian as the platform opens up, causing Ma and Pa to fall in until Clark saves them.

My Adventures with Superman stars Jack Quaid as Supes, Alice Lee as Lois Lane, and Ishmael Sahid as Jimmy Olsen. The voices of Jonathan, Martha and Jor-El have seemingly not been revealed (though IMDb lists Kari Wahlgren for Ma), but the cast does feature Jeannie Tirado as Lana Lang, Fear Street’s Kiana Madeira as Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl, Michael Yurchak as Winslow Schott aka the Toyman, Lost and Person of Interest’s Michael Emerson as Brainiac, Darrell Brown as Perry White, Melanie Minichino as Cat Grant, Jake Green as Dr. Anthony Ivo aka Parasite, Laila Berzins as a new female Heat Wave, Catherine Taber as Silver Banshee, André Sogliuzzo as Monsieur Mallah, Jessie Inocalla as The Brain, which makes for a very Brotherhood of Evil experience, David Errigo Jr. as Mr. Mxyzptlk, and Chris Parnell as Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke.

A coming-of-age story for the three 20-something leads, Clark, Lois, and Jimmy will share adventures, take down bad guys, stumble over secrets, and discover what it means to be heroes in their own right. My Adventures with Superman premieres July 6 at midnight on Adult Swim, and the episodes stream a few hours later on Max. Jake Wyatt is apparent creator and showrunner.

Source: Adult Swim, DC