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[[caption-width-right:350:The logical conclusion.]]

->''There is more to Supernatural than what is seen in the show. This is the birth of a new anime and you've never seen the characters like this before!''
-->--'''[[http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/supernatural/#/animeNews The Official Anime Website]]'''

A strange example of an AnimatedAdaptation being made in a [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff different country than its source material]], but still with input from people involved in the original (namely, Creator/JaredPadalecki and Creator/JensenAckles).

''Supernatural: The Animation'' retells the main series' first two seasons, with [[AdaptationExpansion some new stories thrown in for good measure]]. However, most of the series is at least ''somewhat'' based off episodes from the live-action show.

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!''Supernatural: The Animation'' provides examples of:

* TheAbridgedSeries: ''WebVideo/SupernaturalTheAnimationAbridged''.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Unlike in the show Dean was the first to see Mary before John showed up and told him to run out of the house with Sam, and he admits that there's a rarely a day where he doesn't think about it.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange:
** The Yellow-Eyed Demon is identified as being a fallen angel in this continuity, as opposed to a demon like in the live-action show.
** A slight change to the Colt's backstory is that Samuel Colt is [[AdaptationalWimp no longer a hunter himself]], but instead built the gun and gave it to an unknown hunter.
* AdaptationalBadass: Surprisingly Sam and Dean are this, mainly since RuleOfCool allows the anime to show them doing things the actors couldn't do in live-action. Examples include Sam shooting a shapeshifter disguised as him while it's in the Impala which is driving towards him at high speeds and Dean being able to do a number of martial arts that he seemingly didn't know in the original show.
* AdaptationalContextChange: In the episode "What Is And What Should Never Be", Dean's reasons for leaving the fake world are completely different. While the live-action version had it be more of an alternate timeline where Dean's deepest wish, that his mother never died, came true which meant he never became a hunter, this version has it be his ideal life where he's always happy and monsters don't really exist. In the original Dean felt motivated to leave the dream world initially when he realised that everyone he saved as a hunter died in this reality, while here it's because he can't handle being this happy and because he's sad that he's not close with Sam.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** John is a lot nicer to his sons than he is in the show.
** Jake Talley is far more reluctant to go along with the Yellow Eyed Demon's plans and is pleased when he sees Sam alive after killing him, unlike his live-action counterpart who very quickly embraces his new role.
* AdaptationDistillation: Certain plotlines and characters are reimagined or even skipped over, with the entire anime adapting the first two seasons of the original show. This is mainly because an anime episode are around half the length of a live-action episode.
* AdaptationDyeJob:
** Dean has black hair. Fangirls have been known to argue over whether [[Creator/JensenAckles Live-Action Dean]]'s hair is brown or blond, but they can probably agree it's not black. For that matter, he now has brown eyes instead of green.
** Likewise, Jess's hair color went from blond to a reddish-brown.
** Mary Winchester now has brown hair, which makes Dean look more like their father and Sam look more like their mother, whereas in the live-action show it's the other way around.
** Lily now has short brown hair instead of long blond hair.
** Carmen from "What Is And What Should Never Be" has blond hair instead of black.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul:
** Sam's relationship with John, while still difficult, is much less antagonistic in this version.
** A minor example, but in Dean's dream world where Mary was still alive he was married to a woman named Carmen, while in the original version Carmen was just his girlfriend.
* AdaptationalUgliness: Bobby is shorter, stockier and clean shaven compared to Jim Beaver and wears a fedora instead of his signature trucker hat.
%%* AdaptationalVillainy: While the Yellow-Eyed Demon still retains his destructive goals and his FauxAffablyEvil demeanor, he is actually much more ruthless and sadistic here, willing to hurt or kill anyone to get his way. And he doesn’t even have his infamous DirtyOldMan tendencies from the original series! [[spoiler:His very first appearance involves him mentally torturing a religious woman into sacrificing her soul to save her daughter, who he warps the deal with her by having her possessed by a demon and using her as a disposable puppet. Later, when he possesses John and confronts Sam, he [[WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied openly brags about killing Jessica]] and [[KickTheDog sadistically mocks her plans to marry Sam right before he killed her.]] Also, he [[IHaveYourWife threatened to horribly kill Jake’s family immediately]] if he does not agree to participate in his plans to unleash HellOnEarth, and later when Jake planned to use the Colt to kill him, as it is the only thing that can finish him off, the Demon snidely goaded him into pulling the trigger, but warns him that once he does so and misses, he reiterates his previous threat that he will quickly find his family and kill them all, solely out of petty spite and sadism. Jake ends up agreeing to help him. [[LackOfEmpathy He didn’t even seem to notice or care at all]] that his own “daughter” Meg ended up killed in the midst of his plans, very much unlike his [[PapaWolf original counterpart]], who was definitely not pleased when his own “family” were suddenly killed. Even his sending John to Hell was just a huge KickTheDog moment, as he only did so to silence John and hurt the brothers further.]]
* AllJustADream: Jess's reaction to being attacked by a spirit trying to kill her.
* AlternateContinuity: To the [[Series/{{Supernatural}} TV series]], with there being multiple differences to the show such as characters and monster lore.
* AscendedExtra: Missouri, who got only one episode in the original series, is a minor recurring character, taking over the roles of the Roadhouse crew (minus [[LoveInterest Jo]]'s), who don't appear in this series.
* AssholeVictim:
** [[spoiler:Kurt, who stalks his ex-girlfriend [[TragicMonster Madison]], is viciously mauled to death by a werewolf (who just so happens to be said ex-girlfriend)]].
** [[spoiler:[[AbusiveParents Jim Miller]] was a horribly abusive father who constantly, and mercilessly, beat his son Max since he was a little boy. Much like the stalker-ex-boyfriend Kurt in "Moonlight", [[TheDogBitesBack he met his end at the hands of his own son]] [[LaserGuidedKarma who took vengeance upon him for all his years of abuse]].]]
%%** [[spoiler:The Yellow-Eyed Demon, definitely. He deserved his [[DoomedByCanon canon fate]] ten times over for all the hurt he caused due to his genocidal ambitions.]]
* BadassFamily: The Winchesters.
* BadassLongcoat: John friggin' Winchester.
* BadassNormal: Hunters in general.
* BadLuckCharm: A god of poverty takes all of Dean's good luck in "The Spirit of Vegas" episode when he comes into possession of ancient Japanese coin.
%%* BigBad: The Yellow-Eyed Demon, exactly as he was from the original series’ first two seasons. The entire anime’s plot is driven solely by his machinations. He even kept most of his canon crimes and overall impact on the whole Winchester family.
* [[BlackDudeDiesFirst Black Girl Dies First]]: Averted in "3 Years Ago". She dies second. The FinalGirl [[spoiler:[[DoomedByCanon bites it in an unrelated way]]]].
* BoyishShortHair: The other characters might look off, but, hey, at least Meg kept her fabulous blond pixie cut!
* CampGay: There's a deputy chief in one episode who fits the trope to a T. He lets Sam and Dean out of jail for the reason that they "are so yummy!" [[spoiler:Of course, this is thrown into doubt later in the episode, when we discover that he had other motives for freeing them]].
* TheCanKickedHim: In the "Nightmare" episode, Jim Miller dies by being dragged face first into a toilet by a black mass rather than being trapped in his car like the original series.
* ClingyMacGuffin: In "The Spirit of Vegas" episode, Dean has bad luck due to an ancient Japanese coin and all his attempts to get rid of it end with it coming back in some improbable manner. After he throws it out the window, some crows pick the coin up and drop it on his head. After he throws it in a lake, a fisherman catches it on his hook and flings it into Dean's pocket. Then he tries burying it, only to find a snake on his lap as they drive away that spits the coin out.
* CompositeCharacter:
** The Yellow-Eyed Demon, possibly, given that during his first appearance he is referred to explicitly and exclusively as "the Devil". He also mentions how he used to be an angel of the lord and that he knew God, further suggesting that Azazel and Lucifer are the same character in this version.
** Missouri Moseley not only serves the same role she did in the episode she appeared in from the show, but also takes Ellen Harvelle's place during the anime's take on the events of "All Hell Breaks Loose".
** Meg appears to be a combination of the live-action series's Meg and of her brother, Tom. She retains her appearance from the original series's Season 1, but [[spoiler:is given Tom's SilentAntagonist characterization and is shot dead by Dean using the Colt to save Sam]].
* CreatorProvincialism: Most episodes were adapted from the live-action series, but not all. In the all-new storylines, the MonsterOfTheWeek tended to be from the folklore the Japanese creators were most familiar with, hence the episodes about the yam or kappa.
* CutShort: A la ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'', the series ends after [[spoiler:YED]] is killed, and before the supernatural ramifications of this can be revealed, making the ending ''much'' happier. Sure, [[spoiler:John]] is dead, but the boys have suffered through a ''lot'' less pain, and far fewer people have been killed.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Meg and Jake are the centers of their own episodes (Episode 7, "Temptation of the Demon" for Meg and Episode 19, "Loser" for Jake) while John and Lily share "Darkness Calling".
* DarkSecret: Apparently the circumstances of Mary's death were kept hidden from Sam in this version, with only John and Dean knowing how she died.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Molly]].
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:The Reaper in "In My Time of Dying" assumes Mary's form to coax Dean's spirit into crossing over]].
* DealWithTheDevil: "Temptation of the Demon" follows devout Christian Maria Masters struggling with the choice to make a pact with the yellow-eyed demon to save her dying daughter, Meg. Out of options, she decides to go through with it and [[spoiler:becomes possessed by a minion of his as a result, resulting in her attacking Bobby and the Winchesters and dying from the subsequent exorcism]]. Want to know what puts an even crueler twist on the situation? It is revealed at the end of the episode that [[spoiler:her ''daughter'' has become possessed as well (casting Meg's "recovery" in a more suspicious light in hindsight)]] and [[spoiler:is killed later on anyway, even after all her mother's desperate attempts to save her]].
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:The Meg Masters demon is shot dead with the Colt in Episode 15, "Devil's Trap". Not exactly eight seasons and [[LoveRedeems a redemption arc]]]].
* DemonicPossession: Like in the show this happens to anyone unfortunate enough to encounter a demon needing a host.
%%* DoomedByCanon: Even in this animated continuity, [[spoiler: the Yellow-Eyed Demon is still doomed to die at the hands of Dean Winchester. Same with John.]] After all, this is essentially a recreation of the events of the first 2 seasons.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Psychics.
* EverybodyLives: [[spoiler:The episode "What Lives in the Lake", where the brothers figure out that the monster is actually a {{Kappa}} who is saving people's lives and convince the townspeople to let it be]].
* EvilBrit: Jason, the KnightTemplar vampire hunter in "Savage Blood".
* EyeScream:
** In "3 Years Ago", Bloody Mary finds Sam's eyes sufficiently reflective to use as a portal. She doesn't damage them, though. He bleeds from them when she turns her power on him.
** Max in episode 11 to his stepmother. Almost.
* GenderBender: The end of "Nightmare" reveals that [[spoiler:the yellow-eyed demon is possessing a worker at the drive-thru where the Winchesters are, in order to spy on them after the Max incident]].
* HideYourLesbians: Lily was established as having had a girlfriend in the TV series, but her sexuality appears to be either glossed over or outright erased in the anime series, which seemingly turns her girlfriend into strictly her roommate/friend.
* InkSuitActor: To varying degrees. Dean and Sam were modeled on their live-action counterparts, though with more emphasis on capturing the character than the actor. Everyone else, no.
* KickTheDog:
** Max Miller's father is even more of a bastard in this version by virtue of abusing his son and throwing out Max's sick dog from their home.
%%** The Yellow-Eyed Demon loves doing this with a [[SlasherSmile smile on his face.]] [[spoiler:From his very first appearance, he tried to manipulate a grieving religious woman by telling her that God doesn’t care about mortals and that he can help save her terminally sick daughter. Then, when that fails, he sadistically mocked her for not noticing that she was getting sicker by the day, leading to her desperately selling her own soul to Hell so that he could save her, but he only did so by having her corpse possessed by another demon. Then, he manipulated events so that one of his designated “children,” who had the power to kill people by touch, would become isolated and suicidal. Then, upon meeting the Winchesters, he slowly started killing Dean, goaded Sam into using the Colt to kill both him and John, who he possessed, and then later forced John to sacrifice his own soul to Hell to save Dean, which unlike in the original continuity, he only did so to both force the brothers to keep doing as he wanted and so that he could use this to hurt them severely by making them orphans. Finally, after staging a fight to the death amongst all of his “children,” including Sam, the Demon forced Jake to participate in his plans by threatening to immediately brutally kill his family if he defied his orders or refused to obey, and when Jake threatened to use the Colt on him, he simply reminded him that he will kill his family the moment he missed his shot.]] Here, he is definitely not as FauxAffablyEvil as he thinks he is, that’s for sure.
* LeftHanging: The show ends [[spoiler:where Season 2 of the original series did: the Yellow-Eyed Demon dead, Dean {{Hell}}-bound, Sam coming back "[[CameBackWrong different]]", hundreds of demons let loose on the world...and that's all, folks]]. It might have been dealt with similarly to how it was in the next few seasons of the TV show, but it's supposed to be an AlternateContinuity, so who knows what would've happened?
* LighterAndSofter: While episodes based directly on the original TV show are still dark, most of the anime-original episodes are comedic, light-hearted, and have a small death count.
* MagicalNegro: Missouri.
* MissedHimByThatMuch: In a flashback episode where Sam is still at college, Dean and their father work a case revolving around Jess, his girlfriend. Rather than disrupt his life again, they decide to just proceed with the case. This involves a lot of Sam barely missing seeing his father or his brother, getting to a ridiculous level when they are one aisle over in the library, not talking quietly, and '''''he doesn't notice a single thing.'''''
* MythologyGag:
** The [[spoiler:Yellow-Eyed Demon's female host]] in "Nightmare" and "Darkness Calling" bears such a striking resemblance to Katherine Boecher's Lilith in the original series, right down to the outfit in "The Monster at the End of This Book", that she ''must'' have been modeled after her.
** In "What Is and What Should Never Be", a photo shows that Dean is a fireman in the reality where the Winchesters never became hunters. He wasn't a fireman in the live-action version of that episode (rather a mechanic like his dad had been), but mentioned having wanted to be one in the live-action "Devil's Trap".
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They even have a difference from the vampires in the original show, namely that they can have kids, who become vampiric around puberty.
* ParentalNeglect:
** John Winchester, natch.
** Maria Masters, Meg's workaholic mom.
** Gray Baker, Lily's dad who abandoned her after witnessing her mother's fiery death.
* PragmaticAdaptation: Most episodes that are taken whole cloth from the live-action show, such as "The Alter Ego" ("Skin") and "Moonlight" ("Heart"), have at least one change to them to help maintain suspense and plot twists.
* RealSongThemeTune: Naoki Takao's CoverVersion of "Carry On Wayward Son" by Music/{{Kansas}} is the credits theme. For the English DVD Release, the original version was used to replace the cover version, and ''all of the guitar solos are the [=DVDs=] menu music''. {{Justified|Trope}} because it was released through the same channels as the main series (Warner Bros, etc), and they had the licence from it that they could use.
* RedOniBlueOni: As you can see from the page picture, the official website takes it literally. Their clothes (though not their skin and hair) also tend to show it off in the actual show.
* RedRightHand: Lily's "killing with a touch" power is in her right hand.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Mrs Lyle sacrifices herself to save the Winchesters]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: Mrs Lyle comes to see Sam as a surrogate son that will fill the void her own dead son has left, and wants to keep her with him. Dean and John object to this rather strongly.
* RescueRomance: While she thinks it was only a dream, Sam trying to save Jessica from Bloody Mary is what helps start their relationship.
* RuleOfCool: Due to the nature of adapting a live-action show into an anime, a lot more moments that simply physically can't be done on-screen, either for budget or safety reasons, are added in. For example: Bobby rescuing the Winchesters with a helicopter(!) in "Devil's Trap".
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Both of Sam's {{Love Interest}}s, Jess and Madison. [[HasAType Hmmm]].
* SilentAntagonist: [[spoiler:The demon possessing Meg]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Missouri]], as [[spoiler:[[CompositeCharacter one of her original characters]]]] was PutOnABus and the rest all died. In the larger scale, all the destruction in the original series caused by Lucifer and pretty much anything after season 5 never happened in the anime, meaning thousands if not millions of unnamed people were spared in this adaptation.
* TheStinger: One in each episode. Sometimes irrelevant (a funny moment or the scene where the townsfolk wave goodbye) and sometimes vital to the next episode (like the ends of "Devil's Trap" and "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One").
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Like in the main show the Yellow-Eyed Demon is shown to have these.
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:[[SexySecretary Madison]] of episode 10, "Moonlight", is very much this. She was turned into a werewolf and, without even realizing it, murdered her own boss, killed her [[AssholeVictim stalker ex-boyfriend]] and sadly, in the end, she had to be killed by the Winchester brothers to prevent her from harming anyone else]].
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Max Miller of episode 11, "Nightmare", spent his entire childhood being beaten by his father. This left Max introverted and broken. When he finds out he has [[MindOverMatter telekinetic powers]] he takes [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge vengeance]] on his [[AbusiveParents father]] and seeks to do the same to his mother for sitting back and doing nothing to stop his father]].
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "3 Years Ago" and "Rising Son".
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