Hellboy: Sword of Storms
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| Hellboy: Sword of Storms | |
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| Directed by | Phil Weinstein Tad Stones |
| Produced by | Tad Stones |
| Written by | Mike Mignola Tad Stones |
| Starring | Ron Perlman Selma Blair Doug Jones Peri Gilpin |
| Music by | Christopher Drake |
| Release date(s) | February 6, 2006 |
| Running time | 77 min. |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Hellboy: Blood and Iron |
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Hellboy: Sword of Storms is the first of the Hellboy Animated series based on Mike Mignola's popular comic book series Hellboy and the live-action film of the same name. It was released in 2006. The second animated straight-to-DVD film, Hellboy: Blood and Iron, was released on 17 March 2007.
The film was produced by Starz Media's Film Roman and Revolution Pictures and co-produced, co-written, and directed by animation veteran Tad Stones. Stones is perhaps best-known as the creator of the popular Disney Afternoon series Darkwing Duck. He worked with Mignola on developing Atlantis: The Lost Empire into an animated series.[1]
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[edit] Plot
A Japanese professor of folklore named Professor Sakai opens a forbidden scroll and becomes possessed by the ancient Japanese demons of Thunder and Lightning, who seek to return and summon their brothers, the Dragons, to dominate the human world.
The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense is brought in after Sakai attacks one of his associates. Hellboy and a team of agents (including Kate Corrigan) investigate the possessed man's rampage, but when Hellboy picks up a mysterious, discarded samurai sword, he literally disappears into a weird wonderland of Japanese mythology. On his quest to return to our world, he encounters many monsters (yōkai) intent on taking the sword from him, including the kappa, a giant oni, a trio of rokurokubi, a Jorōgumo, and three restless ghosts. Hellboy also meets a group of nukekubi in a segment of the film that is adapted virtually verbatim from the comic book story, Heads.
In dual side plots, BPRD agents Corrigan and Russell Thorne (a psychic) follow the trail of the possessed professor, while Abe and Liz are stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean where they battle one of the Dragons.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Ron Perlman | Hellboy |
| Selma Blair | Liz Sherman |
| Doug Jones | Abe Sapien |
| Peri Gilpin | Professor Kate Corrigan |
| Gwendoline Yeo | Kitsune |
[edit] Additional Voices by
Dee Bradley Baker
Keith Ferguson
Kim Mai Guest
Michael Hagiwara
Yuriana Kim
Clyde Kusatsu
Phil LaMarr
Liza Del Mundo
Paul Nakauchi
James Sie
Mitchell Whitfield
[edit] Trivia
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- Additional material included on the DVD regarding the influences present in the films imply that the towering skeleton Hellboy faces off against in the conclusion was based on the Ukiyo-e print Skeleton by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
[edit] Broadcast dates
Sword of Storms made its US television debut on October 28, 2006 on Cartoon Network's Toonami Saturday action block (and aired again on December 30, 2006) and was released on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment on February 6, 2007.
[edit] Reception
The reaction to the film was generally positive.[2][3][4] It scored an 8.7 from IGN,[5] although a critic for JoBlo.com gave the film one star out of five. The special features, however, which include several commentaries and documentaries about the making of the film, were roundly praised.[6] The voiceover work from returning cast members Perlman, Blair, and Jones was well-reviewed, as well as new addition Peri Gilpin as Kate.[7]
[edit] Awards
It is recently nominated for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More) at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards.
[edit] References
- ^ Tad Stones on Hellboy: Sword of Storms
- ^ Popcorn Junkies: Hellboy: Sword Of Storms - DVD Review
- ^ Review: 'Hellboy: Sword of Storms' - From Inside the Box - Zap2it
- ^ UGO.COM - Hellboy: Sword of Storms Review
- ^ IGN: Hellboy: Sword of Storms Review
- ^ DVD Clinic: Movie Review of Hellboy: Sword of Storms
- ^ Hellboy: Sword of Storms | Movie and TV Reviews | SCI FI Weekly
[edit] External links
- Hellboy Animated Series Production Diary
- The Doug Jones Experience
- Preview of DVD
- Hellboy Sword of Storms Review on Tokidokijournal.com
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