{"rewrite":{"id":"r_69d9f2a22b7edf4eb0380888","clusterId":"c_fb1cc1fff0e3ebe43b34e29b","slug":"sable-kudzu-s-sentinel-6-adds-nba-and-nfl-names-as-executive-producers","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Sable Kudzu's Sentinel 6 Adds NBA And NFL Names As Executive Producers","summary":"Sentinel 6, an Afro-futurist sci-fi adventure anime, is in development with Michael Carter-Williams and Jamaal Williams on board as executive producers, alongside independent talent manager Sam Goff. LeSean Thomas wrote the pilot and is a consulting producer. Pat Stout and the late Asa Palmer created the series in 2019 under their company Sable Kudzu; it is set in 2429, after the Great Phoenix War, and runs 11 to 12 thirty-minute episodes. Creative Freaks won the production bid.","whyItMatters":"The production money and the pilot came from two retired pro athletes rather than a licensing deal, and the two dozen studio bids were decided before any broadcaster was named, so the rights and the release plan are still unsettled even as the series moves forward.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe pilot was fully funded in late 2025, after Asa Palmer died earlier that year. The Kickstarter trailer that preceded it, run in 2024, raised nearly $20,000 and was produced by the Bulgarian and German Chase A Cloud Studio.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePat Stout traces the concept partly to the absence of Black characters in the anime he and Palmer watched growing up, and cites Static Shock, Samurai Jack and Batman Beyond among their Western influences. LeSean Thomas, whose credits include The Boondocks, Yasuke and Bass x Machina, wrote the pilot and is a consulting producer. Creative Freaks won the production bid after the project went out to two dozen animation studios.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Sentinel 6 carries a 2019 creation date and a posthumous credit for co-creator Asa Palmer, so the pilot LeSean Thomas wrote now moves forward without one of the two people who built the premise.","twitterPost":"Sentinel 6 credits the late Asa Palmer as co-creator, so the 2019 premise now advances with only one of its two authors present.","threadsPost":"Sentinel 6 credits Asa Palmer, who died before the project reached development, as co-creator with Pat Stout. The Afro-futurist premise dates to 2019, and Creative Freaks won the production bid. LeSean Thomas wrote the pilot and consults.","newsletterBlurb":"Sentinel 6, an Afro-futurist sci-fi adventure anime created by Pat Stout and the late Asa Palmer, has added Michael Carter-Williams and Jamaal Williams as executive producers. LeSean Thomas wrote the pilot and is a consulting producer, and Creative Freaks won the production bid after the project went out to two dozen animation studios. The series is set in 2429 and runs 11 to 12 thirty-minute episodes.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"The Hollywood Reporter Anime\",\"url\":\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/anime-sentinel-6-king-vader-lesean-thomas-nfl-nba-veterans-1236726994/\",\"title\":\"Anime Series 'Sentinel 6' in Development With NBA and NFL Pros Michael Carter-Williams and Jamaal Williams as EPs\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4765,"outputTokens":698,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791670928,"createdAt":"2026-10-10T22:16:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T22:21:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-10T22:21:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_fb1cc1fff0e3ebe43b34e29b","canonicalTitle":"Anime Series ‘Sentinel 6’ in Development With NBA and NFL Pros Michael Carter-Williams and Jamaal Williams as EPs","representativeArticleId":"a_b713138efa0aa6720f534134","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Sentinel 6\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Michael Carter-Williams\",\"Jamaal Williams\",\"LeSean Thomas\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"business","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-10T20:30:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-10T20:30:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-10T22:21:05.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"The Hollywood Reporter Anime","url":"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/anime-sentinel-6-king-vader-lesean-thomas-nfl-nba-veterans-1236726994/","title":"Anime Series ‘Sentinel 6’ in Development With NBA and NFL Pros Michael Carter-Williams and Jamaal Williams as EPs"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Sentinel 6"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Michael Carter-Williams","Jamaal Williams","LeSean Thomas"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}