Warner Bros. Animation is looking to give the long-running Scooby-Doo franchise an anime-inspired overhaul for its next incarnation, with Variety reporting that Scooby and Shaggy are heading to Japan for the spinoff series Go-Go Mystery Machine.
“We have seen a lot of iterations of Scooby over the years, but nothing quite like this one,” said Stacey Kim of Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios. “This is Scooby does anime.”
The official description for the upcoming animated series reads: “While visiting Japan on the ultimate foodie adventure, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo unwittingly unleash hundreds of mischievous mythical monsters that are now causing trouble all over the country. Scooby turns to his uncle, Daisuke-Doo, and magical friend Etsuko and gadget wiz Toshiro to help solve the mystery and catch the monsters.”
In addition to Go Go Mystery Machine, a live-action Scooby-Doo series was recently announced for Netflix, while the second season of Mindy Kaling’s adult animated comedy Velma recently landed on Max.
