Hellboy animated. Sword of storms [videorecording] / Starz Media presents in association with Revolution Studios ; supervising producer and director, Tad Stones ; story by Mike Mignola, Tad Stones ; written by Matt Wayne, Tad Stones ; directed by Phil Weinstein.
Title from container. Voices: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Peri Gilpin, Doug Jones. Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. Special features: "To hell and back" how Mike Mignola created Hellboy; "A new breed" creating the new Hellboy; "Conquering Hellboy" the actor's role; "A view from the top" the "Heads" sequence; "Keepers of Hellboy" a comic on 2006 panel discussion; audio commentary featuringt Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, supervising producer/director Tad Stones and director Phil Weinstine; "Hellboy goes east" a revealing look at many of the inspirations, backstories and secrets of Hellboy: sword of storms; DVD-ROM: weblinks, storyboards.
Summary:
A professor of folklore opens a forbidden scroll, releasing and possessing the Japanese demons of Thunder and Lightning. But when the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense dispatches a team of agents to investigate, a cursed samurai sward sends Hellboy to a supernatural dimension of ghosts, monsters and feudal mayhem. Pyrokinetic Liz Sherman and fishboy Abe Sapien battles one very angry dragon. A lost and cranky Hellboy must find his way home.
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