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Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

post #1 of 32
10/20/06 at 3:51am
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Pretty fun little flick. I think people are really going to dig this one- it does feel a little more like the comic than the movie did- although it's really action oriented. Just Hellboy on a quest destroying Japansese monsters, one after the other.

I'd like to see more of these....
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post #2 of 32
10/20/06 at 1:12pm
Awesome... where'd you catch it? DVD?
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post #3 of 32
10/20/06 at 3:17pm
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I got a screener. It's premiering on the Cartoon network next saturday- October 28, at 9:30. No idea when it's hitting dvd yet, but it's one I'd like to have in my collection. Just a fun flick. Plus, you get to finally see Hellboy dueling it out with monsters twice his size.
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post #4 of 32
10/20/06 at 3:25pm
Japanese monsters. This does sound intriguing. As long as we're talking about the folklore-ish, old world kind, not like... Godzilla and shit.
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post #5 of 32
10/20/06 at 3:38pm
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Originally Posted by Neal
Japanese monsters. This does sound intriguing. As long as we're talking about the folklore-ish, old world kind, not like... Godzilla and shit.
Yeah, I'd rather see him try to topple some Collossi than do a normal, run-of-the-mill thunderlizard. Unless it was Fin Fang Foom and written by Warren Ellis.
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post #6 of 32
10/20/06 at 3:39pm
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Very deeply rooted in Japanese mythology. The Sword of Storms is a sword that was used to slay the Gods of Thunder and Lightning.

I won't even try to pretend I know all of the creatures that are in the movie, but a lot I've recognized from some Japanese stories- like the demons that detach their heads from their bodies and fly around eating people.

And of course there are some Lovecraftian beasties as well.
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post #7 of 32
10/20/06 at 4:00pm
Yokai style? Hellboy run into a Kappa?

Good news. Can't wait to see it.
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post #8 of 32
10/20/06 at 4:53pm
Okay, this sounds Triple-Platinum-Awesome then.
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post #9 of 32
10/20/06 at 5:00pm
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Definitely Yokai style- that fox-creature shows up, lots of other demons.

I'll try and get screencaps of some of the better ones for the review.

Oh, and the voice acting is awesome. Wouldn't expect any less from Ron Perlman, though.
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post #10 of 32
10/20/06 at 5:27pm
I've been looking forward to this for a while. I'm glad to hear the first one turned out well, and I can't wait to see it.

I know they're working on a second one of these, which is great news. I really hope they turn out to be a semi-regular thing.
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post #11 of 32
10/20/06 at 5:51pm
I really like the art style from the previews. Reminds me of the Atlantis movie.
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post #12 of 32
10/20/06 at 5:58pm
There's a pretty thorough blog traking the making of these two cartoons.

http://hellboyanimated.typepad.com/

I'm hoping it's good. Some of the animation looks a little so-so, but I guess for some reason I was dreaming of Disney quality.
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post #13 of 32
10/23/06 at 3:30pm
Official site indicates is that the DVD will be out Feb 6, 2007.

http://www.gotohellboy.com/
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post #14 of 32
10/23/06 at 3:46pm
The site uses the movie music (I imagine the cartoon uses the themes?) and the actors do the voices... I'm liking the continuity.

I couldn't get the trailer to work. Bummer. ;_;

Blood and Iron sounds cool as well.
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post #15 of 32
10/24/06 at 1:31am
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Originally Posted by detonathor
I really like the art style from the previews. Reminds me of the Atlantis movie.
I have to assume that you are aware of Mignola's work on that film, but to those who are not in the know he was a key character designer.
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post #16 of 32
10/24/06 at 2:04pm
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Originally Posted by bobblemonkey
I have to assume that you are aware of Mignola's work on that film, but to those who are not in the know he was a key character designer.
He did the character design in that movie? I thought he just did the backgrounds.
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post #17 of 32
10/25/06 at 11:26am
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Review's up!

I think you guys are going to like this film.
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post #18 of 32
10/25/06 at 3:54pm
Great review. How long is this film? 90 minutes?
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post #19 of 32
10/25/06 at 4:03pm
Great review Alex. I will have to tape this on Saturday because we're doing all of our Halloween festivities that night, but Sunday morning is going to be spent the Big Red!
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post #20 of 32
10/25/06 at 4:23pm
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Originally Posted by detonathor
Great review. How long is this film? 90 minutes?
Oops.... probably should have mentioned that. 1 hour and 18 minutes.


It is a very busy night for most people- I'd imagine they'd have a lot more people checking out the dvd.
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post #21 of 32
10/25/06 at 6:19pm
Good review, I'll probably be catching it Saturday.
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post #22 of 32
10/28/06 at 5:12pm
i am so pumped for this thing tonight. and i liked those ultimate avengers movies. if this hellboy movie is geared the slightest bit toward an older crowd than those, it could be really cool...it will be cool even if it isn't. with the talk about the universal monsters and such, there are so many cool animated features they could do with hb.
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post #23 of 32
10/28/06 at 9:47pm
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Originally Posted by detonathor
He did the character design in that movie? I thought he just did the backgrounds.
Well, it says this on his imdb page, but I don't have it on DVD to scour the credits:
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Originally Posted by imdb, bastion of accuracy
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) (character designer)
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post #24 of 32
10/28/06 at 11:17pm
The Leviathan screamed Mignola, so I can see how he was involved.
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post #25 of 32
10/29/06 at 1:12am
Well, I thought it was very good, and I will be picking up the DVD when it is released. Can't wait to see the next one.
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post #26 of 32
10/29/06 at 2:17pm
I liked it. I was just happy as hell to hear most of the original actors from the film doing the VA work (though the new Abe was still good).

Had some pretty funny moments. Maybe I'm just weird, but I got a kick out of the Disney Beauty & the Beast parody.
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post #27 of 32
10/29/06 at 5:12pm
I didn't love it, but it was enjoyable enough and did keep the Hellboy spirit in tact. My biggest issue with both this and the Ultimate Avengers movies is that they play like one long action sequence. When there's that much action I tend to zone out and lose interest, so I hope the next movie has a bit more meat to it.
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post #28 of 32
10/29/06 at 6:17pm
I like it was pretty cool. I also enjoyed the part where they mention all of Hellboys dissapearances. It really did feel more like the comic.
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post #29 of 32
11/2/06 at 4:00pm
Darnit, I want this.
Any word on a UK release?
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post #30 of 32
1/31/07 at 12:44pm

Hellboy: Blood and Iron

A decent interview, touching on the next animated feature and next week's Sword of Storms dvd release:
http://comics.ign.com/articles/759/759806p1.html
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post #31 of 32
1/31/07 at 9:55pm
cool. i cant believe its finally coming out. if you guys havent got a chance to check it out, it was pretty cool for a cartoon. i loved it.
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post #32 of 32
2/1/07 at 2:54pm

CHUD contest...

Speak o the devil:
http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=contests&id=8658
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