Creative Freaks to Produce Sentinel 6 Anime with NBA, NFL Exec Producers

Japanese studio Creative Freaks has been selected to lead production on the Afro-futurist sci-fi anime series Sentinel 6. The project is executive produced by former NBA player Michael Carter-Williams and NFL player Jamaal Williams, who fully funded the pilot in 2025 following the death of co-creator Asa Palmer. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Creative Freaks won the bid after being considered alongside two dozen other animation studios.

The Kyoto-based studio, which launched its own animation division in 2023, previously specialized in background art for titles such as Spy×Family and Chainsaw Man. The series will feature an English-language voice cast including King Vader and Cedric Williams, with Bang Zoom! handling reverse localization into Japanese. LeSean Thomas wrote the pilot and serves as a consulting producer.

Sentinel 6 is planned as an 11-to-12 episode series with 30-minute runtimes. The story follows six warriors imbued with spiritual energy who must protect Earth from the threat of Krath Mudaak.