‘The Boys’ Animated Spinoff ‘Diabolical’ Announces Premiere Date With Bloody First Look

Can’t wait until The Boys Season 3 premieres on June 3? Then we’ve got some freakin’ diabolically good news, to paraphrase and clean up the language of The Boys hero Billy Butcher (Karl Urban). The Boys Presents: Diabolical, a brand new animated anthology series set in the world of the show, will premiere on Prime Video on March 4.

And just in case you’re extra antsy about getting your The Boys fix? The even better news is that all eight episodes of Diabolical will premiere on March 4, which means you can binge them faster that A-Train (Jessie Usher) on a Compound V-induced high.

Each spanning between 12 and 14 minutes, the shorts will also have their own, individual animation style — though if they’re anything like the first look at “Laser Baby” you can watch above, as bloody and satirical as The Boys itself. In the clip, you see an old, Looney Tunes style animation following a baby loose in the city, who just happens to be able to shoot lasers from its eyes. There’s also a scientist trying to track it down, only to watch as the baby blows up their heads and escapes in the park. As a final coup-de-grace, the scientist slips and falls on the puddles of blood, in classic (?) cartoon style.

Unlike The Boys, which is creatively guided by showrunner Eric Kripke, Diabolical lets a bunch of other big names play in the Boys universe. Those include: Awkwafina, Garth Ennis, Eliot Glazer and Ilana Glazer, Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, Simon Racioppa, Justin Roiland and Ben Bayouth, Andy Samberg, and Aisha Tyler.

Diabolical took the spotlight today as part of Prime Video’s Fanimation Week, highlighting the streaming service’s expanding roster of adult animated series. Yesterday (January 17), anime took the stage. Tomorrow will focus on Fairfax, with Vox Machina on Thursday, Undone on Friday, and an Invincible rewatch party on Saturday, January 22, followed by a Twitch influencer “party” on Sunday. Also as part of the event, Amazon has lifted the paywall on a number of series until the end of February, including: Fairfax episodes 1-5, Invincible episodes 1-4, the complete first season of Undone, and Evangelion: Evangelion 3.33 and Evangelion 3.0+1.0.

The Boys Presents: Diabolical is executive produced by Simon Racioppa, Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Ori Marmur, Ken F. Levin, Jason Netter, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Michaela Starr, Loreli Alanís, Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, and Ben Kalina. The Boys Presents: Diabolical is produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television Studios, with Titmouse, Kripke Enterprises, Original Film, and Point Grey Pictures.

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