Netflix’s Scott Pilgrim Anime Won’t Be Back For Season Two

In what has go a time-honored tradition, Netflix volition not prime up its Scott Pilgrim Takes Off anime for a 2nd season.

Original creator Bryan Lee O’Malley broke the quality connected his X/Twitter account yesterday portion thanking fans for their support.

“It’s been 1 twelvemonth since Scott Pilgrim Takes Off came out. It was an grant to enactment with each of the formed and unit astir the world,” O’Malley wrote. “It was similar conducting a symphony orchestra each day. From the infinitesimal BenDavid Grabinski sparked the idea, the task felt similar a 1 of a benignant miracle.”

It's been 1 twelvemonth since Scott Pilgrim Takes Off came out. It was an grant to enactment with each of the formed & unit astir the world. It was similar conducting a symphony orchestra each day. From the infinitesimal @bdgrabinski sparked the idea, the task felt similar a 1 of a benignant miracle. pic.twitter.com/y9XB6SMN0U

— Bryan Lee O'Malley (@bryanleeomalley) November 20, 2024

In a bid of follow-up tweets, O’Malley reiterated thing anyone who watched the Science Saru anime’s 8 episodes would know: they had nary plans to proceed the communicative from wherever the amusement near off. Though, to beryllium fair, the amusement does person a stinger of Julie Powers and Gideon Goose (FKA Gideon Graves) laughing maniacally arsenic if they were readying connected stirring up much occupation successful a would-be continuation. When asked what that was each about, O’Malley said it was a “happily ever after.”

“Anyway, we were precocious informed that the amusement volition NOT return. As you know, we lone intended 1 season, and called successful a batch of favors to marque it happen, truthful making much would person been astir impossible,” O’Malley continued. “Still, I Know immoderate of you person been holding retired hope. Sorry to each Matthew fans and Gideon fans, I cognize you volition endure the most.”

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is simply a unsocial anime successful presumption of adapting some its graphic caller and live-action movie successful that it acted little similar a remake, and much similar a sequel that was successful speech with the archetypal root material. Rather than adapting its communicative of the comics, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off pulled a Rebuild of Evangelion by changing up large communicative beats successful its archetypal “beat up Ramona Flower’s evil exes” premise to person alternatively Ramona face her exes and scope immoderate closure. This swerve was beauteous ingenious, fixed however overmuch of the show’s promotional worldly obfuscated the full premise of the show. It was besides inspiring to person fans articulation successful connected a much mature and nuanced re-contextualization of Scott Pilgrim.

One of the large favors O’Malley alluded to was the amusement bringing backmost its unit of Hollywood actors from the 2010 movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Seeing arsenic however its cast, comprised of Chris Evans, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Cera, and Golden Globe grant victor Kieran Culkin, person go salient marquee actors since their clip with the cult classical film, it would’ve been hard to wrangle them backmost up for a 2nd season. Hell, getting them to reprise their roles successful the anime wouldn’t person happened had the unit not kept their email concatenation live each these years later. The lone different clip the formed got unneurotic was during a live array work of the film during the tallness of covid. If you haven’t watched it yet, we’d highly urge you do.

Another wrinkle preventing the anime from being picked up again is Studio Science Saru’s engaged schedule. Key among them is the Dan Da Dan anime and its upcoming Ghost successful the Shell series. Getting them to instrumentality the clip to treble backmost and dedicate manpower to a 2nd play would apt beryllium conscionable arsenic challenging arsenic getting the set backmost together.

O’Malley’s nail-in-the-coffin bid of tweets wasn’t each doom and gloom for Scott Pilgrim fans. In effect to fans, O’Malley shed immoderate airy connected erstwhile they could expect a carnal merchandise of the anime, saying fans tin expect quality erstwhile Netflix’s exclusivity play is up. O’Malley besides took immoderate clip to convey the anime’s Latin American viewers for “carrying the fandom connected your backs.” O’Malley ended his farewell circuit of the Scott Pilgrim Takes Off anime by encouraging fans to marque their sequel if they consciousness truthful inclined. The little artistically inclined clump of america volition beryllium rewatching Scott Pilgrim Takes Off connected Netflix.

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