A new episode of The Simpsons will see the family transform into anime-style characters in a parody of a Japanese series. The upcoming Treehouse of Horror XXXIII – the latest in a series of Simpsons Halloween specials – will include a spoof of Death Note, a Japanese anime show based on the manga series of the same name.
The annual Treehouse of Horror episodes – the first of which aired in 1990 – consist of several short stories parodying famous science-fiction, horror and fantasy stories from popular culture. Previous episodes have spoofed The Twilight Zone, Stephen King’s The Shining and 90’s slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer.
The trailer for the latest episode sees Springfield’s famous family turn into human versions of themselves in the style of Japanese anime. In it, Lisa dons the role of protagonist Light Yagami, a teen genius who finds a mysterious notebook known as the Death Note.
