User blog comment:Warmachine375/A possible spin-off series of Diablo? Just a crazy idea of mine/@comment-58609-20140420224719

Few points in mind:


 * I can't see a spin-off series occurring anytime soon. It would require a lot of external collaboration, and I have a feeling that as far as that goes, Blizzard's main 'external collaboration focus' (don't quote me on that) is on the WoW movie. How well said movie does could influence future projects though.


 * As much as I love 'The Last Airbender' ('Legend of Korra' not so much, but whatever), I don't think its art style is suited for 'Diablo'. TLA was bright, cheerful, colourful, etc., whereas Diablo is...none of those things. 'Wrath' had a good art style for the series IMO, so if there is something like that, it would be good to stick to said art style.


 * I could see Blizzard doing a similar in-house (esque) production to 'Wrath' or more accurately, The Burdens of Shaohao - something short that ties in to material at the time. 'Wrath', I suspect, was created to introduce newbies to the Angiris Council. 'The Burdens of Shaohao' tied into 'Mists of Pandaria' and 'Project Blackstone' tied into 'Heart of the Swarm'. Still, there's the caveat of there not really being anything to tie into Diablo-wise right now.


 * If such an anime was produced though, I think it would have to focus on human/nehpalem characters primarily. Angels and demons tend to be comparatively unrelatable.


 * IMO, if there was something similar to 'Wrath'/'Shaohao' (something small/in-house), I'd do it in the style of the 2.5D drawings they incorporate into D3/RoS (e.g. the class intros/interludes). The art style is distinctly Diablo-esque, they've presumably already got the animators for it (Blizzard already has a dedicated cinematics team), and like BoS, it could be cost effective. 'Game of Thrones' is another example of using this kind of animation to fill in background lore/characterization to great effect.