Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Phil Weinstein
Tad Stones

Writers:

Mike Mignola (characters)
Mike Mignola (story)
(more)

Release Date:

28 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A professor of folklore opens a forbidden scroll and becomes possessed by the ancient Japanese demons of Thunder and Lightning...

Plot Keywords:

Demon | Folklore | Sword | Hell | Dark Horse Comics

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Ron Perlman	...	Hellboy (voice)
Selma Blair	...	Liz Sherman (voice)
Doug Jones	...	Abe Sapien (voice)
Peri Gilpin	...	Professor Kate Corrigan (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Liza Del Mundo	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Keith Ferguson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kim Mai Guest	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Michael Hagiwara	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Yuriana Kim	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Paul Nakauchi	...	Additional Voices (voice)
James Sie	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mitchell Whitfield	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Gwendoline Yeo	...	Kitsune (voice)

Directed by
Phil Weinstein
Tad Stones		(supervising)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mike Mignola		characters
Mike Mignola		story
Karen Inwood Somers		documentary material
Tad Stones		screenplay
Tad Stones		story
Matt Wayne		screenplay

Produced by
Morris Berger	....	executive producer
Stephen R. Brown	....	executive producer (as Stephen Brown)
Sidney Clifton	....	producer
Stephanie Elliott	....	animation producer
Lawrence Gordon	....	executive producer
Scott D. Greenberg	....	producer
Scott Hemming	....	producer
John W. Hyde	....	executive producer
Lloyd Levin	....	executive producer
Mike Mignola	....	consulting producer
Mike Richardson	....	executive producer
Tad Stones	....	supervising producer
Guillermo del Toro	....	creative producer
Michael Wolf	....	animation executive producer (as Mike Wolf)

Original Music by
Christopher Drake

Film Editing by
John Hoyos
Jeffrey Perlmutter

Production Management
John Hoyos	....	post-production supervisor

Art Department
Nathan Chew	....	storyboard artist
Sahin Ersöz	....	storyboard artist
Nir Paniry	....	storyboard artist
Adam Van Wyk	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Marti D. Humphrey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris M. Jacobson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Lewis	....	dialogue recording engineer
Jason Oliver	....	supervising dialog editor
Wes Otis	....	sound editor
Jeff Shiffman	....	sound editor
Jody Thomas	....	foley artist
Otis Van Osten	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Brent M. Bowen	....	visual effects
Harry Eisenstein	....	main title design
Carol VanHook	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Bryndon Smith	....	camera operator: video camera

Animation Department
Russell Calabrese	....	sheet timer
William Houchins	....	sheet timer
Gordon Kent	....	timing director
Art Vitello	....	timing director
James T. Walker	....	sheet timer (as Tim Walker)
Jungja Wolf	....	sheet timer

Casting Department
Everett A. Oliver	....	casting coordinator

Music Department
Benjamin Stanton	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Other crew
Bradley Cooper	....	information technologies
Elaine De Mari	....	information technologies
Rafael Hurtado	....	production coordinator
Steffie Lucchesi	....	retake & media coordinator
Charles McCaskill	....	information technologies
Mike Medaris	....	information technologies
Janine Scalise	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• IDT Entertainment

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• IDT Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Dub Stage, The  sound re-recording

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:M | USA:PG | New Zealand:M | South Africa:13V | Netherlands:12

Company:

IDT Entertainment

Trivia:

In the scene were Hellboy is talking to the Daimyo's daughter, the statue in the background is making a 'rock on' hand sign.

Goofs:

Continuity: We see the giant bat creature pin Abe to the ground, then the shot cuts away for a moment and then cuts back to the bat but Abe is now on his feet and several yards away from the creature when there wasn't time for him to get there.

Quotes:

Russell: [eyes closed] Based on the psychic wavelengths of this room, I'd have to say a massive disturbance occurred here not long ago.
[Hellboy glances around the room, which looks like a tornado hit it]
Hellboy: You're good! I mean, I've worked with psychics before but you... are something special.
[aside to Kate]
Hellboy: I hate psychics.
Professor Kate Corrigan: I know, but we have to use them.

Movie Connections:

References Ghost Busters (1984)

Cheap animation.

Not a fan of this animation style, the proportions between the character were way off from the movie and the voice acting was terrible. It was a nice touch to use some of the same voice actors from the films, but when the actors don't give a great performance in live action what makes them think there voice work will be better. I really wanted to like this animated movie because I had heard it was closer to the comic books (which I have never read) and I have felt the movie was missing a little something and maybe that was it's distance from the comic books. But if this is really a better representation of the comic books then I'll just stick to the live action movies.