Firebreather (2010) (TV)

Director:

Peter Chung

Writers:

James Krieg (written by)
Andy Kuhn (story)
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Release Date:

24 November 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Animation

Plot:

All Duncan wants is to be a normal kid in a normal school. Until he realizes he is something very far away from normal. |

Plot Keywords:

Image Comics | Based On Comic | Based On Comic Book

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 nominations

Cast

Tia Texada	...	Isabel (voice)
Jesse Head	...	Duncan Rosenblatt (voice)
Dante Basco	...	Kenny Rogers (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Amy Davidson	...	Jenna (voice)
Dana Delany	...	Margaret Rosenblatt (voice)
Grey DeLisle	...	Ms. Dreakford (voice)
Reed Diamond	...	Barnes (voice)
Billy Evans	...	Steve (voice)
Josh Keaton	...	Troy (voice)
Jameson Moss	...	Big Rob (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Belloc (voice)
Nicole Sullivan	...	Dr. Pytel (voice)
Tom Tartamella	...	Whitey (voice)
Gary Anthony Williams	...	Principal Dave / Troy's Dad (voice)
Paul St. Peter	...	Dragon 2 (uncredited)
Frank Welker	...	Dragon 1 (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Chung

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Phil Hester		story
James Krieg		written by (as Jim Krieg)
Andy Kuhn		story

Produced by
Vince Aniceto	....	line producer
Ramsey Ann Naito	....	executive producer
Julia Pistor	....	executive producer
Carrie Wilksen	....	producer

Original Music by
Toby Chu

Film Editing by
Peter Tomaszewicz

Casting by
Carroll Day Kimble

Production Design by
Barry E. Jackson		(as Barry Jackson)

Art Direction by
Fred Gambino

Costume Design by
Jane Poole

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Seung-Hyun Oh	....	sequence director

Art Department
Anthony Chun	....	storyboard artist
Gary Glover	....	visual development artist
Michele Graybeal	....	concept artist

Sound Department
Timothy J. Borquez	....	supervising sound editor
Robert Crew	....	foley editor
Eric Freeman	....	sound designer
Diane Greco	....	foley artist
Tony Orozco	....	sound effects editor
Daisuke Sawa	....	sound
Robert Serda	....	supervising dialogue editor
Thomas Syslo	....	supervising sound editor
Jussi Tegelman	....	sound effects editor

Animation Department
John Dillon	....	animatic timer
Patricia Doktor	....	background artist
Wendy Park	....	background artist
Thomas Perkins	....	character designer: Kaiju

Editorial Department
Bret Marnell	....	additional editor

Other crew
Bobby Hernandez	....	production assistant
Jessie Greenberg	....	pre-production intern (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Cartoon Network

Distributors

• Cartoon Network (2010) (USA) (TV)

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Runtime:

USA:90 min (including commercials) | USA:70 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Cartoon Network

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: A student in the library as Duncan is being chased by Troy and his friends.

Quotes:

Astraroth:You desecrate our race! You shame our ceremony!
Abbadon:Bad enough you keep us from exterminating the human vermin. Now you mate with them!
Belloc:Who challenges their king? You Abbadon? Or you Astraroth?... I thought as much. Then I make my choice. This is Duncan - my heir!
Duncan Rosenblatt:What happens now?

Movie Connections:

References "The Muppet Show" (1976)

Humans vs. Kaju... But something was missing...

Not being one to turn away from animated movies, I sat down to watch "Firebreather" with no particular expectations, as I had no idea what the story was or who did the voice acting.

My initial impression of the movie is that the graphics were fairly "sterile", in lack of better words. The animators had skipped on minute details, and there was a sense of work in progress to the background most of the time. Now, that being said, I am not saying that the movie wasn't nicely made, because the graphics did look cool, I just personally could have used more details in the backgrounds and scenery.

The story is about Duncan, who stands out in a crown because of his orange-tinted skin and scale-like texture on his skin, trying to fit into the new school and community where he just moved with his mother. Upon being bullied at school, Duncan discovers that he is able to breath forth fire, and that sets things into escalation, and Duncan finds out the truth about who his father really is.

There is a lot of action in "Firebreather", but the story is also nice in the aspect of having to find your place even when standing out in a crowd, plus there was also a side story of love and friendship. However, the main storyline, or at least what they put the most effort into, was the situation between humans and the Kaju. The subplots were skimmed only, not really given the proper attention to flesh them out in a satisfying manner.

Personally, I wasn't overly impressed with "Firebreather", as there are far better animated and far better story-driven animations available. But I am sure that "Firebreather" will appeal greatly to boys in the age 6 to 12.