Hellboy: Sword of Storms
Hellboy: Sword of Storms is the first of the Hellboy Animated series based on Mike Mignola's popular comic book series Hellboy and the live-action film of the same name. It was released in 2006 on DVD and premiered later that same year on Cartoon Network. The second animated straight-to-DVD film, Hellboy: Blood and Iron, was released on 17 March 2007.
| Hellboy: Sword of Storms | |
|---|---|
DVD cover | |
| Based on | |
| Screenplay by | Matt Wayne Tad Stones |
| Story by | Mike Mignola Tad Stones |
| Directed by | Phil Weinstein |
| Starring | Ron Perlman Selma Blair Doug Jones Peri Gilpin |
| Composer | Christopher Drake |
| Country of origin | United States Japan |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Lawrence Gordon Lloyd Levin Mike Richardson Stephen Brown Morris Berger John W. Hyde |
| Producers | Scott D. Greenberg Scott Hemming Sidney Clifton Guillermo del Toro (creative) Mike Mignola (creative) |
| Editors | John Hoyos Jeffrey Perlmutter |
| Running time | 77 minutes |
| Production companies | Starz Media Film Roman Revolution Studios Madhouse Studios |
| Original release | |
| Release | October 28, 2006 |
The film was produced by Starz Media, Revolution Studios and Film Roman and co-produced, co-written, and directed by animation veteran Tad Stones. Stones is perhaps best known as the creator of the popular Disney Afternoon series Darkwing Duck. He worked with Mignola on developing Atlantis: The Lost Empire into an animated series. The film's storyline is based in part upon the Hellboy: The Right Hand of Doom storyline from the original comics.
Hellboy: Sword of Storms was nominated for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More) at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards.