WATCH: LA Chargers unveil schedule with hilarious anime-themed video
With what seems like every franchise having a funny, family friendly video accompanying their schedule release Thursday night, the Los Angeles Chargers might’ve won best in show for creativity. They elected to animate their opponents as the Chargers revealed their opponents one week at a time.
The opening depicts NFC West quarterbacks Justin Herbert, Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes and Derek Carr looking up at the Lombardi Trophy, the ultimate goal for any NFL player.
Notably, the Chargers depict division rival Las Vegas Raiders as members of Monkey D. Luffy’s crew from the longest-running Japanese anime of all time, One Piece, Keenan Allen as Aang from Avatar the Last Airbender, a remaking of the battle between Sasuke and Naruto featuring the 49ers’ Nick Bosa and his brother, the Chargers’ Joey Bosa and even Derrick Henry as a titan from the anime Attack on Titan.
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One scene in particular featured a Jaguar in a bar, no doubt a shot at Urban Meyer and the whole bar debacle that occurred while he was still head coach in Jacksonville.
While anime certainly isn’t for everyone, there is something for everyone in the video and is bound to get a good laugh out of most.
Chargers full 2022 schedule
- Week 1: vs. Las Vegas Raiders
- Week 2: at Kansas City Chiefs (TNF)
- Week 3: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
- Week 4: at Houston Texans
- Week 5: at Cleveland Browns
- Week 6: vs. Denver Broncos (MNF)
- Week 7: vs. Seattle Seahawks
- Week 8: BYE
- Week 9: at Atlanta Falcons
- Week 10: at San Francisco 49ers (SNF)
- Week 11: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
- Week 12: at Arizona Cardinals
- Week 13: at Las Vegas Raiders
- Week 14: vs. Miami Dolphins
- Week 15: vs. Tennessee Titans
- Week 16: at Indianapolis Colts (MNF)
- Week 17: vs. Los Angeles Rams (SNF)
- Week 18: at Denver Broncos