Invincible: The Animated Series… sort of
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
MTV New Media has developed an "animated" series of sorts based on Image Comics’ Invincible, created by Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker. The series premiered July 22 and is availble now through iTunes, Xbox, MTV.com, MTV2, and MTV Mobile
Invincible: The Series takes the actual pages of Kirkman and Walker’s comic book and animates them through a process called Bomb-X. The stories are filled with motion, music and vocal performances similar to those of a traditionally produced cartoon.
When high school senior Mark Grayson inherits his superhero father’s abilities, he trades his fast food apron in for a flashy costume and starts saving lives and trading blows with the world’s most powerful super-villains as Invincible.
The first 12 episodes of the series, which encompass the first four issues of the comic, are available now, with a total number of 36 episodes planned for release by mid-September.
For a look at Invincible: The Series, check out the trailer by clicking the image below:
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Wow! I’m suprised no one posted anything for this yet. I really want to watch this show. I actually only read the first huge volume of Invincible because I could only find that trade when I looked, but I really loved the issues I read, so this looks intriguing.
Again UK gets screwed, no plans to release this over here it seems. I want to watch this but unfortunately I can’t
I don’t know… I watch this and I kind of think… what’s the point? A full-fledged animated series or a film would be one thing, but this? I think the comic should just speak for itself. The last thing it needs is crappy flash “animation” (if you would call it that, which I would not), terrible generic rock music, and really bad voice acting. If you’re even remotely interested in watching this, just buy the trades. You won’t be disappointed.
A full-fledged series or movie would cost *a lot* more money. They likely want to present their product in new ways. Nothing wrong with thinking outside the box. I’m willing to bet there will be quite a few people that enjoy it presented that way. Especially if they are hoping to tap into the recent trend of people that enjoy watching comics, but not reading them.
Until they can get a production studio to come in and say, “We want to make a real series for this comic”, or “We want to make this into a movie”, then what else can they do if they want to draw some of that audience?
Amongst the things they can do to bring in new fans to the Invincible brand now that they have a “TV Series”: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/marketplace/media/f00fd0af-c982-4f30-b823-5731743f728e/