Homelander, Billy Butcher, and many other favorites from The Boys have gotten animated in the all-new trailer for the show’s animated series spinoff. Dubbed The Boys: Diabolical, the eight-episode series will feature varying animation styles with different characters getting explored in the Boys universe. Though things have gotten more colorful with the switch to animation, they certainly haven’t gotten any less bloody, as you’ll see for yourself by watching the trailer below.

One big takeaway is that The Boys: Diabolical will include animated versions of the characters as how they appeared in the original comic book series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. The original look for Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid) in the source material had him looking much more like Simon Pegg in Shaun of the Dead, and because of this, Pegg had long been a popular pick for the role in a live-action series adaptation. It took too long for the gears to get turning on the Prime Video series, and though Pegg had aged out of playing Hughie by this point, he was still made a part of the show by playing Hughie’s father.

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The Boys: Diabolical rectifies this by having Pegg voicing Hughie in the animated series, giving the actor a chance to play that character after all. Featuring a star-studded voice cast, the series also stars Awkwafina, Michael Cera, Don Cheadle, Chace Crawford, Kieran Culkin, Giancarlo Esposito, Eliot Glazer, Jason Isaacs, Kumail Nanjiani, Justin Roiland, Seth Rogen, Andy Samberg, Ben Schwartz, Elisabeth Shue, Christian Slater, Kevin Smith, Antony Starr, Nasim Pedrad, Pegg, Kenan Thompson, Aisha Tyler, and Youn Yuh Jung.

Additionally, Diabolical will include the voice talents of Kimberly Brooks, Nicole Byer, Frances Conroy, Asjha Cooper, Chris Diamantopolous, John DiMaggio, Jermaine Fowler, Emily Gordon, Grey Griffin, Randall Duk Kim, David Marciano, Xolo Maridueña, Dominique McElligott, Caleb McLaughlin, Colby Minifie, Eugene Mirman, Retta, Kevin Michael Richardson, Somali Rose, Parker Simmons, Ursula Taherian, Fred Tatasciore, Sean Patrick Thomas, Angela Marie Volpe, Gary Antony Williams, and Jenny Yokobori.

The Boys: Diabolical Uses a Different Creative Team to Tell Each Story

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It has also been reported that different storytellers would be used for each episode along with the various animation styles. Now, more details have been released about these stories, including all of the episode titles with the attached talent involved. You can check out the full list below, per Variety.

“Laser Baby’s Day Out”

  • Writers: Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen Directors: Crystal Chesney-Thompson and Derek Thompson Animation Style: Inspired by classic American animated shorts.

“An Animated Short Where P*ssed-Off Supes Kill Their Parents”

  • Writers: Justin Roiland & Ben Bayouth Director: Parker Simmons Animation Style: Inspired by Justin Roiland’s aesthetic.

“I’m Your Pusher”

  • Writer: Garth Ennis Director: Giancarlo Volpe Animation Style: An homage to the original The Boys comics.

“Boyd in 3D”

  • Writer: Eliot Glazer Story by: Eliot Glazer & Ilana Glazer Director: Naz Ghodrati-Azadi Animation Style: Inspired by French comics and animation.

“BFFs”

  • Writer: Awkwafina Director: Madeleine Flores Animation Style: Inspired by Saturday morning animation imports.

“Nubian vs Nubian”

  • Writer: Aisha Tyler Director: Matthew Bordenave Animation Style: Anime inspired.

“John and Sun-Hee”

  • Writer: Andy Samberg Director: Steve Ahn Animation Style: Inspired by Korean drama and horror.

“One Plus One Equals Two”

  • Writer: Simon Racioppa Directors: Jae Kim and Giancarlo Volpe Animation Style: A darker take on American superhero animation.

The Boys: Diabolical will start streaming on March 4, 2022, only on Prime Video. The third season of The Boys will follow with its own premiere on June 3.