See Sam and Dean like you’ve never seen them before. Well, actually exactly like you’ve seen them in their hunting adventures, but this time it’s animated! From series creator Eric Kripke and Madhouse, the anime studio that brought you Death Note, Vampire Hunter D, and Summer Wars, comes Supernatural: The Animation. This project is expected to yield twenty-two episodes for Warner Bros Home Video and will ship on DVD and Blu-Ray in Japan on January 12, 2011. No word yet on when it will be available to the American market.

The anime adapts the first two seasons of live-action CW series Supernatural starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles as the demon-hunting Winchester brothers. According to Anime News Network:

“The anime project will not only remake the best episodes from the live-action version, but also depict original episodes not seen in the live-action version. Those original episodes will include prologues of the Winchester brothers’ childhood, anime-only enemies, and episodes featuring secondary characters from the live-action version.”

Padalecki and Ackles confirmed at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con that they will be lending their voices to the project. As for their Japanese counterparts, Yuya Uchida (Soul Eater’s Dr. Franken Stein, Naruto Shippuden’s Rinji) will voice Sam and Hiroki Touchi (Trinity Blood’s Abel Nightroad, Bokurano’s Kokkpelli) will voice Dean. Shigeyuki Miya (Lupin III: Green vs. Red, Aoi Bungaku Series) along with Atsuko Ishizuka (Aoi Bungaku Series) are helming the project.

Check out the trailer for Supernatural: The Animation below:

Trailer for Supernatural: The Animation

Check out the Japanese site for the project here.

[Source] AnimeNewsNetwork