Superman: Up In The Sky

Superman: Up In The Sky japanese: (スーパーマンアップインザスカイ) hepburn: (Sūpāman: Appuinzasukai), is a 2016 Japanese-American Anime series, based on the DC Comics superhero Superman the 2013 film Man of Steel created by Zack Snyder, The Dark Knight Trilogy created by Christopher Nolan, The Arrowverse and various other DC properties.

Developed and Produced by Marc Guggenheim, Sam Register, Charles Roven, James Tucker, Emma Thomas, Deborah Snyder, Geoff Johns, Eiko Tanaka and Shinsaku Tanaka, Created and Co-Dubbed by Warner Bros. Animation in conjunction with 4K Media Inc. (Now Konami Cross Media NY), animated by Studio 4°C and written by Greg Weisman, Brian Azzarello, David S. Goyer, Dan Jurgens, Akiva Goldsman, Junki Takegami, Koji Yamamoto, Keto Shimizu, Joe Kelly and Beth Schwartz with Japanese and English Dub music by Yoshihiro Ike and Robert J. Kral and Joel Douek respectively.

The series takes place in a world comprised of a number DC film, comic and TV continuities, with a number of alterations. The series' main story takes place two and a half years after an alternate continuity of the events of Man of Steel, where Superman did not kill General Zod during the attack on Metropolis. The anime follows Superman/Clark Kent as well as his cousin, Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) (who debuts in the 2 part pilot "The Last Daughter",) as he attempts to protect Metropolis and the world from a number of threats, while also balancing his job as a reporter for the Daily Planet, his relationships with his co-workers as well as his family, as well as meeting and fighting along side a number of other DC heroes as the series progresses.

In the United States, the Anime debuted on the 10th of June, 2016 with a Two-Part special "The Last Daughter" on Cartoon Network, airing on Tokyo MX and AT-X in Japan the week before. It aired a day later on The CW's One Magnificent Morning programming block and on January 6th, 2017 on Canada's Teletoon. (WIP)