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Hellboy travels to Japan to fight an ancient demon.Hellboy travels to Japan to fight an ancient demon.Hellboy travels to Japan to fight an ancient demon.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 nominations total
Ron Perlman
- Hellboy
- (voice)
Selma Blair
- Liz Sherman
- (voice)
Doug Jones
- Abe Sapien
- (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker
- Lightning
- (voice)
- …
Yuriana Kim
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Phil LaMarr
- Bureau Member
- (voice)
- …
James Sie
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Gwendoline Yeo
- Kitsune
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDavid Hyde Pierce was offered the chance to reprise his role as the voice of Abe Sapien. But Pierce felt that Doug Jones' voice should have been used in Hellboy (2004) and he turned it down so that Jones would get the role.
- GoofsThe number of strings on the Koto of the Spiderwoman changes between shots.
- Quotes
Hellboy: You're not a normal fox.
Fox: And you are not a normal man.
Hellboy: Really? What gave me away? Any idea why I'm here?
Fox: Do I look like a philosopher?
Hellboy: Nice.
Fox: You carry the sword of storms, and it has tasted the blood of demons. That is all you need to know. For now.
Hellboy: Sure, 'cause that's just so much to absorb all at once.
Fox: [leaving] Don't cut yourself.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #40.6 (2009)
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Better than the Live Action movie, but not much
I'm a fan of Hellboy. I'll get that out of the way first. But the Live Action movie was painful. So I wasn't surprised when I liked Sword of Storms better, but it was still sorely lacking.
While I like that Hellboy got to swear occasionally, and I love the dialog, a lot of this movie seemed to fail to live up to the award-winning style and substance of Hellboy as a comic book. For one thing, the animation was a little childish to me. It seemed too much like they were watering down the Hellboy world to make it appealing to kids. Unfortunately, they then include a lot of blood and some swearing to make it inappropriate for kids. The dialog seemed very forced in some places, like the voice actors were just reading lines and not interested in the characters at all.
Some of the little "episodes" that Hellboy goes through, though, are enjoyable. The scene where he faces the disembodied heads is almost straight out of the comic books, and the real highlight of this otherwise disappointing tale. What really damaged this movie for me, though, was the clumsy attempt at characterization. Liz Sherman woes about being pyknotic, the psychic guy is thoroughly annoying, and the big bad demons at the end are more reminiscent of stereotypical anime theme villains than actual threats to the world. While I applaud the attempt, this one just didn't work for me. I do hope they work a little harder on the next ones and really develop the potential they have here.
While I like that Hellboy got to swear occasionally, and I love the dialog, a lot of this movie seemed to fail to live up to the award-winning style and substance of Hellboy as a comic book. For one thing, the animation was a little childish to me. It seemed too much like they were watering down the Hellboy world to make it appealing to kids. Unfortunately, they then include a lot of blood and some swearing to make it inappropriate for kids. The dialog seemed very forced in some places, like the voice actors were just reading lines and not interested in the characters at all.
Some of the little "episodes" that Hellboy goes through, though, are enjoyable. The scene where he faces the disembodied heads is almost straight out of the comic books, and the real highlight of this otherwise disappointing tale. What really damaged this movie for me, though, was the clumsy attempt at characterization. Liz Sherman woes about being pyknotic, the psychic guy is thoroughly annoying, and the big bad demons at the end are more reminiscent of stereotypical anime theme villains than actual threats to the world. While I applaud the attempt, this one just didn't work for me. I do hope they work a little harder on the next ones and really develop the potential they have here.
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- ZekeRage911
- Mar 30, 2007
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- $5,000,000 (estimated)
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By what name was Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) officially released in Canada in English?
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