John Wick Anime’s Timeline Placement Officially Confirmed

John Wick is the best action movie franchise of the last decade, with the Keanu Reeves-led series spawning multiple sequels, a prequel series, and multiple spinoffs including a surprising anime. As confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter, the John Wick anime has confirmed its placement on the timeline, depicting the “impossible task” that sets up Wick for his five-year retirement before the first film’s events. Such an ambitious undertaking set up the Tarasov Mob’s power, but the question has always lingered on fans’ minds just the scope of such an undertaking for a hitman like John Wick.

With numerous allusions to John Wick’s past career achievements, such as the pencil fatality he inflicts on one opponent in John Wick: Chapter 2, it’s clear that director and co-creator Chad Stahelski wants to tell stories of the character’s past. The promise of an over-the-top rendition in the grand tradition of visceral action anime is at hand in the John Wick anime. With three projects on hand, including the anime, a TV show, and Donnie Yen’s Caine spinoff, there’s plenty of opportunity for characters and explosive backstories to be explored while fans wait for news of a John Wick 5.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter