INVINCIBLE (2021)
INVINCIBLE is a 2021 animation series. It stars Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh and J.K. Simmons.
Mark Grayson looks like an ordinary teenager. His father, Nolan, happens to be Omni-Man, the strongest hero on Earth. When Mark's own powers finally surface around his seventeenth birthday, he steps into the family business under Nolan's watch, learning to fly, take a punch, and pull a bus out of a river. Robert Kirkman's adaptation of his Image Comics series opens as a bright coming-of-age cartoon and then turns startlingly violent. Steven Yeun voices Mark, with J.K. Simmons and Sandra Oh as his parents. The blood is real, and so is the cost of being super.
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What is INVINCIBLE about?
Mark Grayson looks like an ordinary teenager. His father, Nolan, happens to be Omni-Man, the strongest hero on Earth. When Mark's own powers finally surface around his seventeenth birthday, he steps into the family business under Nolan's watch, learning to fly, take a punch, and pull a bus out of a river. Robert Kirkman's adaptation of his Image Comics series opens as a bright coming-of-age cartoon and then turns startlingly violent. Steven Yeun voices Mark, with J.K. Simmons and Sandra Oh as his parents. The blood is real, and so is the cost of being super.
When was INVINCIBLE released?
INVINCIBLE was released on 25 March 2021.
How many episodes does INVINCIBLE have?
INVINCIBLE has 32 episodes across 5 seasons.
Where can I watch INVINCIBLE?
INVINCIBLE is available on Prime Video and Amazon Freevee.
Where to watch INVINCIBLE
Stream: Prime Video
Watch free: Amazon Freevee
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Cast
- Steven Yeun as Mark Grayson / Invincible (voice)
- Sandra Oh as Debbie Grayson (voice)
- J.K. Simmons as Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)
- Gillian Jacobs as Eve (voice)
- Walton Goggins as Cecil (voice)
- Grey DeLisle as Shrinking Rae / Monster Girl / GDA Tech (voice)
- Chris Diamantopoulos as Donald (voice)
- Ross Marquand as Immortal / Rudy (voice)
- Jason Mantzoukas as Rex (voice)
- Khary Payton as Black Samson (voice)
- Dan Navarro as Additional Voices (voice)
- Ami Shukla as Additional Voices (voice)
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A few thoughts on INVINCIBLE
Fans should read the original comic by Kirkman, Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley, which pushes the gore and the family drama even further than the screen version. For the same superhero-deconstruction itch, Watchmen on the page still sets the standard for heroes who bleed and doubt. Both trade the usual cape gloss for hard consequences.
Books for animation nerds who want to know how the craft actually works
INVINCIBLE opens as a bright cartoon before its animation turns startlingly brutal, and these books are for anyone who wants to understand how animators pull that trick off. The Illusion of Life, The Animator's Survival Kit, The Animation Book, The Pixar Touch and Acting for Animators cover the craft, history and performance choices behind moving drawings.
Superhero universes that don't pull punches on the violence
INVINCIBLE is upfront that its blood is real, and these shows share that same refusal to soften superhero carnage for a younger crowd. Creature Commandos, Suicide Squad Isekai, Blood of Zeus, Devil May Cry, The Boys Presents: Diabolical and Watchmen all treat super-powered conflict as something genuinely violent, not a bloodless spectacle.
Superhero shows about growing into the family business of saving the world
Mark Grayson learns the hero trade under his father Omni-Man's watchful eye in INVINCIBLE, and these shows follow that same idea of heroism as something handed down. Black Lightning, Krypton, Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes and The Flash all center on a family name, and a mantle, that the next generation has to grow into.
Ordinary people who wake up one day with world-changing powers
Mark spends most of his life looking like an ordinary teenager before his powers surface around his seventeenth birthday, the same jolt these stories build around. Heroes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Tomorrow People and Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. all follow regular people who suddenly have to figure out what they can do and who they're becoming.