Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (TV 2006) 6.6
Hellboy travels to Japan to fight an ancient demon. |
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Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (TV 2006) 6.6
Hellboy travels to Japan to fight an ancient demon. |
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| Ron Perlman | ... |
Hellboy
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| Selma Blair | ... |
Liz Sherman
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| Doug Jones | ... |
Abe Sapien
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| Peri Gilpin | ... |
Professor Kate Corrigan
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| Dee Bradley Baker | ... |
Lightning /
Kappa
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| Liza Del Mundo | ... |
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Keith Ferguson | ... |
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Kim Mai Guest | ... |
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| Michael Hagiwara | ... |
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| Yuriana Kim | ... |
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| Clyde Kusatsu | ... |
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| Phil LaMarr | ... |
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| Paul Nakauchi | ... |
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| James Sie | ... |
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Mitchell Whitfield | ... |
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A professor of folklore opens a forbidden scroll and becomes possessed by the ancient Japanese demons of Thunder and Lightning, who seek to return and dominate our world. The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense sends Hellboy and a team of agents to investigate, but when Hellboy picks up a samurai sword, he literally disappears into a weird wonderland of Japanese legends, ghosts and monsters. Meanwhile, BPRD agents Kate Corrigan and Russell Thorne are on the trail of the possessed professor to bring Hellboy back. Written by IDT
Live action translates perfectly into animation in this feature-length Hellboy adventure. What makes it even better is that the main cast return to do the voices and Marco Beltrami's main theme is used. A lot of animated spin-offs in the past have proved to be just as good when taken seriously by the makers (Animatrix, Spider-Man) but, in my opinion, Hellboy: Sword of Storms was good enough for a theatrical release. A small one, like Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.
The story has HB, Liz and Abe go to Japan where a local historian has gone missing and a priceless exhibit damaged. While at the scene, HB wanders off, following a strange Fox and ends up trapped somewhere in time. Liz and Abe have no idea where he is but have their own problems to deal with as the weather takes a turn for the worse.
Stuck in ancient Japan, HB must deal with a bunch of vampires, demons and monsters in an effort to get home. Easier said than done.
I liked the movie, but felt it lacked something. Still, it made me interested in the character, even though I have yet to buy a single Hellboy comic book. After watching this however, I can't wait to get some more of HB. The animation style follows that of the comic pretty closely and the color pallet ranges from very bright and very colorful to moody and atmospheric. It's very impressive and highly detailed. Don't expect 'saturday morning' style animation here.
If you are seriously into Hellboy or even if you are just a casual fan of the movie then you totally have to get this. I eagerly await Hellboy: Blood and Iron, due out this summer. In the meantime, I reckon I ought to get me some Hellboy comic-books.