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Invincible Fight Girl

2024 American TV series or program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Invincible Fight Girl
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Invincible Fight Girl is an American animated action comedy television series created by Juston Gordon-Montgomery.[2] The series premiered on November 3, 2024, in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and on the streaming service Max shortly after its initial broadcast.[1]

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Premise

A young girl named Andy, living in Wrestling World, endeavors to become the best pro-wrestler ever.[2][3][4]

Characters

Main characters

  • Andronicus Dependent "Andy" Smith (voiced by Sydney Mikayla)[5] – A young girl dedicated to becoming the best pro-wrestler in the world, even though her parents want her to be an accountant instead
  • Aunt P / Quesa Poblana (voiced by Rolonda Watts)[5] – A retired and cynical wrestling champion
  • Craig (voiced by Paul Castro Jr.)[6] – Aunt P's nephew, who tries to profit off wrestling, and who Andy meets when she first arrives in Rustburn
  • Mikey Beefpuncha (voiced by TK Weaver) – An innocent, yet intelligent and muscular 8-year-old analyst of wrestling, who dreams of becoming a sports journalist

Recurring characters

  • Immaculate / Julius (voiced by Tony Baker) – A pro-wrestler and leader of the Perm Gang
  • Delectable / Sone (voiced by Kaitlyn Robrock) – A pro-wrestler and member of the Perm Gang
  • Sumptuous / Kate (voiced by Andia Winslow) – A pro-wrestler and member of the Perm Gang
  • Smoove / Jeff (voiced by Ben Giroux) – A pro-wrestler and member of the Perm Gang
  • Narrator / Scouter – (voiced by Keith David) – A scouter for the Global Wrestling Commission, who narrates the series
  • Goldy (voiced by Carla Renata) – The owner of a saloon in Rustburn called Busters, where failed pro-wrestlers hang out
  • Pampa (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) – A patron at Busters
  • Coca (voiced by Lauren Lapkus) – A patron at Busters
  • Mbrandon Beefpuncha (voiced by Luis Bermudez) – Mikey's older brother

Guest characters

  • Trish (voiced by Angel Laketa Moore) – Andy's mother
  • Herb (voiced by Calvin Winbush) – Andy's father
  • Academy Supervisor (voiced by Cynthia Kaye McWilliams) – Andy's supervisor while at the Junior Accountant Academy
  • Dave (voiced by Raphael Alejandro) – A junior accountant, and one of Andy's classmates
  • Mega Beefpuncha (voiced by Clancy Brown) – Mikey and Mbrandon's father
  • Ruff (voiced by Dana Snyder) – A former wrestler, Tumble's ex-husband, Bertie's father, and leader of the Finger Clan.
  • Tumble (voiced by Jodi Carlisle) – A former wrestler, Ruff's ex-wife, Bertie's mother, and leader of the Toe Clan.
  • Bertie (voiced by Anjali Kunapaneni) – Ruff and Tumble's daughter.
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Production

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In May 2022, the series was originally announced to be a new original animated series for HBO Max (later Max)[2] and Cartoon Network.[3][10][11] It was later stated that Cartoon Network Studios was producing the series, and asserted again in 2024.[12][13][14]

In June 2023, an animatic for the series premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[15] At San Diego Comic Con TVfest on February 7, 2024, the first episode of the series premiered.[2] At the AfroAnimation Summit, held from April 10 to 12, 2024 in Burbank, California, Gordon-Montgomery had a panel entitled "How I Got My Show Made: The Underdog Story of Invincible Fight Girl".[16]

An early series preview was released on July 25, 2024.[17][18] The event, hosted at Savannah College of Art and Design, also included a talk with Juston Gordon-Montgomery, the show's art director (David Depasquale),[19] and supervising producer (Bryan Newton).[20][21] Later, Sam Register was described as an executive producer of the series.[12][13]

Prior to the series release, Juston Gordon-Montgomery told The Verge that he wanted his love for pro-wrestling's Attitude Era to show in Andy's character and the series overall, noting the influence of wrestling on his life, inspiration of Pokémon, Naruto, and Hajime no Ippo and added that there are many things that haven't been done in animation in the U.S., like in Japan, and saying they could do the same if they "get the shot" to do so.[22] In another interview with Cartoon Brew, he noted the show's anime influences, the show's development process, challenges caused by bigger changes in the studio, and limitations of a 10-episode season.[23]

The series had half-hour animated episodes which premiered on Adult Swim beginning on November 3, 2024, and then released on Max shortly thereafter.[2][1][24]

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The series was positively received by critics. Rendy Jones of Den of Geek said that the series is a cross-between My Hero Academia and WWE, saying that the narrative keeps the story grounded, with strong world-building, and has characters which resemble "familiar faces and figures from wrestling culture". Jones, who reviewed the show's first four episodes, said it follows a similar plot to many action-adventure anime, noted that for a Black female protagonist such as Andy to have the "same skeleton" as anime characters like Monkey D. Luffy and Ash Ketchum, said that Andy's character is a great addition to powerful Black female animated characters along with Lunella Lafayette in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, described Craig's character as "exhausting to watch", but said this is balanced out by other characters, while praising the series depiction of wrestling fights, animation style, and storyline.[6] Charles Pulliam-Moore of The Verge said the series echoes shonen series like Dragon Ball Z and One Piece, and argued that the series blend of different influences comes "together as soon as its characters step into the ring".[22]

In a review for CBR, Daniel Kurland wrote that the series will lead to a "wide range of sports-based cartoons" among Western animation, comparing it to the wide range of sports anime, praising the protagonist as empathetic, relatable, and with an "endearing found family", lauded the animation for being "sumptuous" and "meticulous" and argued that the series remains aspirational while subverting class and gender norms, while sharing a "powerful message of independence, acceptance, and strength". Kurland also pointed to the anime influences like Kinnikuman, Tiger Mask, Megalobox, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Dragon Ball, and compared the series with Ballmastrz: 9009.[25]

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