Sabrina: Being Wicked Rules (2012 TV Series)

Sabrina: Being Wicked Rules is a 2012 Anime based off of the Sabrina comic book series by Archie Comics and the 2009 movie of the same name. It it distributed by OLM,Inc. and Warner Bros Television Worldwide and airs on NHK in Japan and on Netflix Worldwide.

The show is run by Pokémon show writer Takeshi Shudo.

Premises
Taking place after the movie, Sabrina, a 12 year old half witch- half mortal, is learning how to keep track of her magic powers and also keeping control of them while also balancing being herself.

Main
Sabrina Spellman (voiced by Emily Hart from Seasons 1-6 and Dove Cameron from Seasons 7-present), A 12 year old (13 in later seasons)

Salem Saberhagen (voiced by Nick Bakay)

Hilda and Zelda Spellman (voiced by Melissia Joan Hart from Seasons 1-7 and Caroline Rhea and Beth Broderick from Seasons 7-present)

Quigley Spellman (voiced by Jay Brazeau from Seasons 1-4 and Bill Fagerbakke from Seasons 5-present)

Harvey Kinkle (voiced by Bill Switzer)

Gemini Stone (voiced by Chantal Strand)

Seth (voiced by Seth Rogan)

Recurring
Spookie Jar (Voiced by David Sobolov)

Perry McDonald (Voiced by Perry McDonald)

Slugloafe (voiced by Bobby Moynihan)

Tim the Witch Smeller (voiced by Bob Bergen)

Queen Enchantra (voiced by Kathleen Barr)

Production
On November,11th,2008, Takeshi Shudo said, "If the film does well, it will likely be greenlit for a television series". In late 2009, following the film's success, the show was greenlit setting for a premiere date of sometime in 2011. On July,22nd,2010, it was announced that the show would be animated by most of the crew who worked on the movie. Nearly a year after the show was announced, Takeshi Shudo revealed that there has been some production troubles behind the scenes and revealed that the shows premiere might have to be delayed. He rightfully did so on September,27th,2011 and delaying the shows delay to 2012. On Halloween that year, It was announced that Warner Brothers Entertainment had brought the international dubbing rights and the worldwide broadcasting rights for the series, except Japan, Canada, and North Korea, where it would be broadcasted on NHK in Japan, Teletoon in Canada (until 2014) and Disney Channel in South Korea (until 2020). It rightfully premeired in Japan on July,6th,2012, September,6th,2012 in the United States, September,7th,2012 in Canada, and internationally from late 2012-mid 2013. On Halloween 2012, the show was renewed for a second season setting for a 2013 premiere. In the middle of 2013, it was announced that starting in early 2014, The series would begin airing on Cartoon Network in Canada. It rightfully did so on April,20th,2014. Not much has been revealed about the shows other that season renewals until 2016, when it was revealed that Jay Brazeau would leave the show at the end of season 4 as Quigley Spellman and announcing that Bill Fagerbakke would take his place. On July,31st, 2017 when it was announced that Emily Hart would quit the show at the end of season 6 due to her wanting to move on to new things. She rightfully left the show after the last episode of season 6. On April,27th,2018, It was announced that Dove Cameron would replace Emily Hart as Sabrina from Season 7 onwards as well as announcing that Season 7 would also be Melissa Joan Hart's last season. On December,17th,2018, It was revealed that Caroline Rea and Beth Broderick would replace Melissa Joan Hart as Zelda and Hilda Spellman as when as Mr. Shudo revealing in a interview that Season 8 would be taking a "different approach" The show's limited new name, Sabrina: Wicked in LA, was revealed on February,22nd,2019 and premiered that summer worldwide. During Season 9, the show went back to it's original name. On November,19th,2019, It was revealed that Netflix had brought the broadcasting and streaming rights to the show, making season 8 the last season to be broadcasted on TV. The Show ended it's TV broadcast in Japan on December,23rd,2019, July,2nd,2020 in the United States, July,3rd,2020 in Canada, and in 2020 in other territories. Season 8 would be the last season to be animated in the studio until Season 11 due to the current epidemic. Mr.Shudo wrote in a Twitter post on March,19th,2020, before the TV Broadcast, " Bad News: The studio shut down due to the ongoing situation, but good news is that our team in Japan and our colleagues in the United States, are working diligently to bring you a awesome season later this year, please stay patient." Production on the show was worked on online until Season 11 in 2021-2022, On October, 21st,2022, It was revealed that the show's run is nearly finished and revealed that Season 7 marked the halfway point for the show. On July,6th,2024,12 years after the show premiered in Japan, along with the announcement of Season 14, It was revealed that Season 14 would be the last season of the show. The show completed production on July,9th,2025, and along with that announcement, Mr. Shudo make in a post "This is the end, after all these years, we have finally completed production on the Sabrina: Wicked New Friends, with a movie that started it all to a Anime with 14 seasons, It was truly a blast, the final episode will be premiering in December 2025, thank you for being the wickedest fan out there" On October,29th,2025, 2 months before the show ended it's run in Japan, Dove Cameron announced that dubbing for the series has been completed, she wrote in a Twitter Post "Just got done recording the final lines for the Sabrina: Being Wicked Rules English Dub, thank you all for taking this adventure with us, it was lots of fun, one more thing regarding the series, the final episode will be streaming on Netflix in March 2026, thank all for all of these years, hope we get to do it again someday." On December,29th,2025, The show's run ended in Japan, on that same day, Mr. Shudo made his last post regarding the show, he wrote in a tweet, " The final episode just finished airing in Japan, thank you all for watching the series, though this is the end, this is also a time for something new, we hope you will check out the new Sabrina: The Animated Series made by our colleagues at DreamWorks over in the United States of America, streaming onto Netflix in 2026, this is all of the post regarding for the series, once again, thank you all and make sure you watch the new Sabrina series in 2026." Relating to that, when the entire final season came on to Netflix on March,27th,2026, A trailer for the new Sabrina: The Animated Series was shown after the credits of the final episode, revealing a streaming window of summer 2026.

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