Further information has been announced about the animation project for the app game “Disney Twisted Wonderland.” It has been announced that the original series “Disney Twisted Wonderland The Animation” Season 1 “Episode of Heartslabyul” will be exclusively distributed on Disney’s official video streaming service “Disney+” from October 2025. In conjunction with this, project visuals have been unveiled, showing the character designs for the first time.
“Twisted Wonderland,” or “Disney Twisted Wonderland,” is a school adventure game with characters inspired by the charm of the villains that appear in Disney works. Yana Toboso, a manga artist known for “Black Butler,” is in charge of the original concept, main scenario, and character design.
The unique essence of Disney villains and the elaborate world view set in a magic school have become a hot topic, and the series has won numerous awards, including the Creative Division Grand Prize at the Google Play Best of 2020 and the Game Division of the #Twitter Trend Awards (now #XTrendAward) 2020.
Last year in 2023, the first fan event, “Disney Twisted Wonderland Fes.” 2023, was held, and was a huge success with the 21 voice cast members who gathered, more than 5,000 fans who attended, and participants in the live broadcast, showing further expansion.
Now in 2025, the animation project will finally begin, following the comic and novel adaptations that have been made so far. It has been decided that Season 1 “Episode of Heartslabyul”, Season 2 “Episode of Savanaclaw”, and Season 3 “Episode of Octavinelle” will be produced based on the comic. The first season will be exclusively available on Disney+ from October 2025.
In the world of magic, Twisted Wonderland, where the story takes place, there are great beings known as the Great Seven who have been passed down as legends. They are the Queen of Hearts, the King of the Beasts, the Sea Witch, the Desert Wizard, the Beautiful Queen, the King of the Land of the Dead, and the Witch of Thorns.
Night Raven College is a prestigious school that trains magicians and has produced many excellent magicians. Under the principal, there are seven dorms modeled after the Great Seven, each of which is led by seven dorm leaders.
One of the dorm leaders is Riddle Rosehearts, head of the Heartslabyul dorm, which is based on the strict principles of the Queen of Hearts. Known as the “Crimson Tyrant,” Riddle strictly controls and tortures the dorm students according to the “Laws of the Queen of Hearts.”
Why did Riddle become a “tyrant”? And what is he imprisoned in? An intriguing story unfolds.
With the start of this project, the character designs have been revealed for the first time. The project visual shows the seven dorm leaders reflected in a magical mirror called the “Dark Mirror.”
The characters depicted are Riddle Rosehearts of the Heartslabyul dorm, the “Queen of Hearts,” Leona Kingscholar of the Savanaclaw dorm, the “King of the Beasts,” Azul Ashengrotto of the Octavinelle dorm, the “Sea Witch,” Kalim Al-Azim of the Scarabia dorm, the “Desert Magician,” Vil Schoenheit of the Pomefiore dorm, Idea Shroud of the Ignihyde dorm, the “King of the Land of the Dead,” and Malleus Draconia of the Diasomnia dorm.
Each dorm leader is lit up in monochrome and the image color of their dorm, which seems like a harbinger of the colorful animation to come. Among them, Riddle, the dorm leader of Heartslabyul, is the only one who looks directly at the viewer with a gaze that seems to be speaking to him.
How will the characters of “Twisted Wonderland” play a role in the story? And how will they be portrayed in the animation? This visual makes us even more excited for the anime footage to be released.
The animation will be produced by Yumeta Company x Graphinica, who also worked on the global hit Record of Ragnarok II. The general director will be Takahiro Natori, who worked on Aria the Benedizione and Tokyo Mew Mew New (heart mark), and the director will be Shin Katakai, who worked on The Rookie Old Man Adventurer is Trained to Death by the Strongest Party and Becomes Invincible. and CUE!.
The script was written by Yoichi Kato, who is renowned for his skill in putting together works with many characters, covering a wide range of genres from “Space Brothers” to “Aikatsu!” and “The Idolmaster Million Live!”. The staff has come together to faithfully reproduce the originality of the game while maximizing the charm of the characters as an animation.
The “Twisted Wonderland” anime “Disney Twisted Wonderland The Animation” will be exclusively distributed on Disney+ from October 2025. Expectations are high for future updates, and we can’t wait for new doors to open.
“Disney Twisted Wonderland The Animation”
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General Director/Series Composition: Takahiro Natori
Director: Shin Katagai
Main Writer: Yoichi Kato
Character Design: Hana Nakano/Akane Sato
Animation Production: Yumeta Company x Graphinica
“Disney Twisted Wonderland The Animation”
(C) 2025 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
Exclusively available on Disney+ from October 2025
(C) Disney. Published by Aniplex
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