I mostly play CS 1.6 on community nights and keep my entertainment budget tight, so I’m trying to decide whether an animated John Wick prequel is worth planning a streaming month around. The idea sounds interesting because the films are a fun switch-off after late matches, but I’m unsure whether animation will carry the same weight as the live-action fight scenes, and I don’t know how much canon it will assume. I’m also not clear on release timing, so I don’t want to commit to a subscription too early. For people here who follow the series and also game on a budget, how do you weigh a spin-off like this against just rewatching the films? Is it a wait-and-see or something you’d pay for upfront?

Checking around after this post, I saw Lionsgate greenlights animated John Wick prequel https://viewtime.net/news/animated-john-wick-prequel-greenlit-keanu-reeves and it still sounds early rather than something with firm release timing. I'm leaning wait-and-see, since I'm not sure animation will match the live-action fights for me after CS nights.

I'd treat it like any other spin-off: a greenlight isn't a release date, so there's nothing concrete to schedule a streaming month around yet. Animation can absolutely carry weight in fight choreography—it's just a different craft, not automatically lesser than live action. On canon, prequels usually assume you know the films, so rewatching first costs nothing and tells you whether you still care. If your entertainment budget is tight and CS nights come first, wait-and-see makes sense. Subscribe when there's a date and a trailer, not when there's a headline.

The point about a greenlight not being a release date is the practical one for me. Until there's a trailer and a date, there's nothing to put in a budget month, so wait-and-see is the low-risk call. I'd also agree animation isn't automatically weaker in fight scenes; it's a different craft with its own strengths. The canon question matters too, since prequels often lean on what you already know. Rewatching the films first costs nothing and settles whether the interest is really there.