When Creed III premieres later this year, it’ll become the ninth film in the overarching Rocky franchise.
As a result, director and star Michael B. Jordan drew from outside of the Rocky world to make things feel different.
Joining Creed III are returning alums Tessa Thompson as Bianca Taylor, Phylicia Rashad as Mary Anne Creed, Wood Harris as Tony Evers, and Florian Munteanu as Viktor Drago, with franchise newcomer Jonathan Majors as Damian Anderson.
With that in mind, he looked to his love of anime for assistance.