SS Rajamouli to release new animated series based on Baahubali franchise

The Baahubali franchise is expanding. Seven years after Baahubali: The Conclusion released and created history at the box office, the film's creator SS Rajamouli has announced a new spin-off of the film.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the director announced on Tuesday that a new animated series called Baahubali: Crown of Blood is in the making.

Rajamouli shared a video on X announcing the animated series’ title, emerging from smoke and embers, with the chants of Baahubali in the background. He also revealed that a trailer for Baahubali: Crown of Blood will be released soon.

“When the people of Mahishmati chant his name, no force in the universe can stop him from returning. Baahubali: Crown of Blood, an animated series trailer, arrives soon!” Rajamouli wrote along with the video.

When the people of Mahishmati chant his name, no force in the universe can stop him from returning.

Baahubali: Crown of Blood, an animated series trailer, arrives soon! pic.twitter.com/fDJ5FZy6ld — rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) April 30, 2024

Details of the cast and crew, are yet to be announced. The plot is also not known yet.

Baahubali: The Beginning was released in 2015 and the sequel, Baahubali: The Conclusion released in 2017. The films starred Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sathyaraj and Ramya Krishnan in the lead roles. Both the films crossed over Rs 5 billion globally.

The growing Baahubali franchise

This isn't the first animated series based on the franchise. In 2017 an animated series called Baahubali: The Lost Legends had released on Amazon Prime Video. The series was created by Graphic India and Arka Mediaworks, with Colours TV acquiring the television rights for the series.

A prequel series called Baahubali: The Beginning, co-produced by Rajamouli, was supposed to be released on Netflix, but the project got shelved.

The cast included Mrunal Thakur as Sivagami in the series but she was later replaced by Wamiqa Gabi. Wamiqa told Filmy Gyan last year, “I was doing it (Baahubali). Directors kept changing. And I was still there training (in sword fight). I kept asking if the director has been finalised. I don’t know why they shut down the project, I hope it restarts again.”

A prequel novel called The Rise of Sivagami was also released the same year, apart from Chaturanga, Queen of Mahishmathi and a graphic novel called Baahubali: Battle of the Bold.

In 2018, Akira Fukaya adapted Baahubali into a Japanese manga. A mobile game called Baahubali: The Game was also released in 2017.