Pacific Rim Animated Series To Feature Mostly New Characters

Following shortly after the announcement that Pacific Rim 2 is a go for 2017, writer and director Guillermo del Toro has shed some light on the details of his planned Pacific Rim animated series.

Del Toro tells Collider that they are already in development on the series, which will feature new character and bridge the gap between the first film and the sequel.

"We are right now in the middle of talking and negotiating with a few Japanese companies for the animation.  We are talking to a couple of showrunners that have a strong animation background, [we're] casting the writers room.  What's great is it's a great set-up and a link between the first movie and the second movie.  It really enhances the mythology of the characters; we have cameos of characters from the first movie, but mostly it's a new set of characters.  New jaegers, except for one or two, [and] new kaijus.  It's really fun."

Del Toro also revealed that the series is planned for 13 episodes, and will only continue past that if there's more story to tell that connects to the films.

"If it connects we'll go on [to more seasons], but the thing is I don't want it to be weekly adventures.  I don't want it to be like Chapter One is a little action thing and it gets resolved in 40 minutes or an hour and then the next episode, [it's like] nothing happened.  My favorite anime series always have a long arc."

In addition to the sequel and animated series, del Toro has stated in the past that he also expects to see more Pacific Rim comics, like the Pacific Rim: Year Zero graphic novel that was released around the time of the first film.