Warner Bros Digital Studio Developing BABYMETAL Series

Warner Bros digital studio Blue Ribbon Content and Japan’s Amuse Inc. subsidiary Amuse USA are teaming up to develop a hybrid live-action and animated shortform series series based on the pop-metal trio BABYMETAL. Creator and manager Key Kobayashi, aka Kobametal is producing.

Sam Register, President, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series said: “Babymetal have to be seen to be believed — a mind-blowing, fun combination of pop vocals, heavy metal music and dance choreography brought to life by three incredibly talented teenage stars. We are huge fans here at Blue Ribbon Content and are extremely excited to help bring the Babymetal phenomenon to U.S. audiences through this upcoming digital series."

Tatsuro Hatanaka, President, Amuse, Inc. and Amuse USA, commented: “We are grateful for Warner Bros. and Blue Ribbon Content’s interest in Babymetal, and to be moving onward with the project. We are very much looking forward to working on this project with Sam and his team, and hope everyone will enjoy our completed work.”

The premise for the series is that a magical world of heavy metal music as it comes under attack, which the god Kitsune responds to by forming the warrior band Babymetal to save the day.

SU-METAL, YUIMETAL and MOAMETAL appear in live-action in live-action segements before they enter the animated world through a secret portal.