Recently, Amazon TV launched an animation "Invincible Kid", which has been broadcast to 4 episodes and has already earned a rating of 8.9 on IMDB. It's an adaptation of the comic of the same name from Image Comics, and although it's a superHero anime, it doesn't belong to either DC or Marvel, so what makes it so popular?
We'll talk about how wonderful this animated series is later, but just look at the cast list and you'll see how appealing it is – it's a fantastic combination!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > fantastic voice actors</h1>
The first thing we see will be Mahershala Ali, the star of "Green Book", Ezra Miller of "The Flash" in "Justice League", as well as Jerman Hansu, Jon Hamm and so on.
But don't think that's the representation, they're basically just here to run the dragon suit.
The real lead actor is here: The protagonist invincible boy Mark Grayson is voiced by Steven Won, a Korean actor. Maybe you're not familiar with the name, but he played Glenn in The Walking Dead. The 2017 movie "The Great Riot", an all-turn-zombie office worker, was also starred by his partner Samara Viven. In 2020, Steven Yuan was even nominated for an Oscar for "Minari".
The invincible kid's girlfriend is voiced by Sagitte Baez, who is a domino with lucky superpowers in Deadpool 2.
The voice of eve, the new superhero original child who was added later, is the big beauty Gillian Jacobs.
These are too common? It's okay, the highlight is the mother of the invincible boy, voiced by Wu Sandra, who won the Golden Globe Award for the female version of Lin Yongjian with "Kill Eve".
The father of the invincible boy, the strongest hero in the whole series, Nolan Grayson, is voiced by the strongest voice, J. K. Simmons, who is the owner of the Horn Daily in Toby Maguire's version of "Spider-Man", Director Gordon in Nolan's version of "Batman", and then won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor with "Burst Drummer", and recently played two roles in "Relative Universe" and exploded, which is simply super old drama bone.
This is not the end, after the dragon set and the main cast, the supporting roles also have a lot of big-name dubbing.
He belongs to the same Young Hero Team "Robot" as Eve, and from the later plot, it is seen that although he is a robot, he is quite treacherous, and his voice is also Zachary Kuntu, who is good at this type of role - played Spock in "Star Trek".
Demon Detective Dark Blood is voiced by Clancy Brown, the jailer in The Shawshank Redemption.
Playing Sisser, the director of the Global Defense Agency, an organization similar to S.H.I.E.L.D., is veteran comedian Walton Goggins.
Finally, there's an oversized Easter egg-like character. When Mark had just acquired his superpowers, The Almighty took him to a full-time tailor to make his own suit. The designer, named Rosenbaum, is voiced by the famous Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker in Star Wars and batman in many DC animations.
With so many heavyweight actors gathered, what exactly attracts them to this animation? Certainly not simply tired of DC and Marvel.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="17" > seems to be copying DC and Marvel? </h1>
Since entering the twenty-first century, various film and television dramas with super-British themes have emerged in an endless stream, Marvel's popcorn, DC's dark wind, CW's various brainless youth styles, and even the recent hit anti-hero style "Black Robe Pickets".
This time, Amazon, which made "Black Pickets," came up with "Invincible Kid."
"Invincible Kid" is a comic from Image Comics, although not as good as DC and Marvel, but this company also has many representative works, including "Regeneration Man", "Witch's Blade", and the original comic book of "The Walking Dead" is also their work.
This comic is actually already very famous, and it is found in "The Big Bang Theory".
The red circle behind Petunia is the periphery of "Invincible Boy"
This adaptation, although it is only an animation - but an animation with R18's bloody scenes - has only aired for half a season, but it has received an IMDB rating of 8.9, in addition to the many big names joining the dubbing, the series itself is of excellent quality and has a special plot is the focus.
In the world of Invincible Boy, there is a "Global Guardian" similar to the Justice League, and they are simply a replica of the common heroes of DC and Marvel.
The Green Ghost, who has a green body similar to that of a Martian manhunter, will also change the density of her body at will like a Martian manhunter and a vision, but there is someone else who has the identity of Mars.
Martian Man, a superhero from Mars, was banished by his own people and came to Earth to join the Global Guard. His abilities are similar to Mr. Fantastic and the Telescopic Man, and he can stretch and flatten his body at will, like rubber.
Redspeed, a replica of The Flash, is only inferior in terms of super speed, probably a level with Quicksilver.
Darkwing, like Batman, is a lonely person, with a very similar look, and is also an ordinary person who uses various props and martial arts. However, his posture of flying skateboarding is very much like Marvel's Silver Shadow Man.
War Girl, from another era, is easily associated with Wonder Woman, dressed in costume and holding a hammer that resembles an Eagle Girl.
Aquarius, a fishman from the depths of the ocean, can control the water, which naturally reminds people of dc and Marvel's two sea kings, but the shape of the fish head is really ugly.
Immortal Man, at first glance, can't think of a specific counterpart, except for the meeting fly, in his dominant position in the team, and the ability to focus on super physique, in fact, it should be similar to the role of Captain America - only less shield.
They are often accompanied by the strongest heroes: the Almighty Man, who has super powers, super speeds, can fly, and is stronger than superheroes of similar abilities - like Superman? It's just less heat rays and cold breathing.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="33" > complex and innovative plot</h1>
Too much like a positive union or a compound connection? Let him go, like it. Because the Global Guard showed its hand in the first episode, after capturing the Moller Twins who attacked the White House, they were completely destroyed.
So "Invincible Kid" is still the story of the invincible boy, the son of the almighty man.
The Almighty is a Vitrum star, and according to him, everyone there has superpowers like him, and they use them to maintain peace throughout the universe. As adults, the Vitrum star people will leave their home planet and venture elsewhere in the galaxy to help the world, so the Almighty man comes to Earth.
As the son of the Almighty, Mark Grayson has just celebrated his 17th birthday and his superpowers are beginning to show, and he learns how to become a superhero in the name of the invincible boy.
The Almighty was seriously injured in the Global Guard attack, but fortunately his physique allowed him to recover quickly, so he began to teach Mark how to be a good superhero, and the training was colorful, such as: flying around the earth - flying around the world is just a warm-up; throwing the ball - but back to back, one person throws the ball around the earth and then catches it by another person.
During this period, the Global Defense Agency, an organization similar to S.H.I.E.L.D., investigated the cause of the convoy's death while reorganizing the convoy. They send a demon to investigate the case, only to find that all the evidence points to The Almighty.
Another super-British team, the Juniors, temporarily replaced the Global Guardians in dealing with various crises. Eve, the original child, was a classmate of Mark's, and was often assigned to act with Mark.
Due to their outstanding performance, the Global Defense Agency arranged for the "robots" (actually robots) of the Young Heroes to organize a new global guard. But secretly, he is constantly collecting the DNA of various superheroes, and he does not know what he is planning.
By the fourth episode, in addition to the Almighty Man who somehow murdered the Guardians, there are also the Unknown Planetary Alliance, the Monsters that invaded Mars, the resurrected mummies, the Escaped Morlock Twins, and the robots that plotted in secret. This whole bunch of crises probably needs to be solved by Mark, and if he can get them all done, he can really be called an "invincible kid".
But even if it is a superhero incident, Mark still has to struggle between eve, the original child, and his girlfriend Amber, and the mother Debbie is also faced with how to protect her son and whether she can trust her husband.
The above plots, so that the superhero-themed plot, but at the same time full of suspense, family and other elements, even the super British part, but also quite grounded, this is probably why the high reputation. Can't wait for the next episode!