Teen Titans Movie Set for Feb.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006
By: Ryan Ball

Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, Raven and Beast Boy are headed to home video with the first feature-length animated Teen Titans movie. Warner Home Video will release Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2007. In the feature, the young superheroes battle a mysterious and menacing Japanese criminal known as Brushogun, who has sent a high-tech ninja to attack the caped crusaders.

Created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, Teen Titans made its comic book debut in 1964 and soon grew into its own monthly comic book series that ran for seven years. The New Teen Titans followed in 1980 and became DC's most popular comic book of the decade that followed. The revamped version dealt more with the teenage angst aspect and serves as the basis for the animated series, produced under the guidance of Emmy Award winner Glen Murakami. The series bowed in 2003 and has made fans on Cartoon Network in the U.S. and broadcast outlets around the world.

The Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo will include the extra features Robin's Underworld Race Challenge and a never-aired episode of the series. The disc will carry the suggested retail price of $19.98. The movie will air on Cartoon Network sometime before the home-video release.

Reader Comments

• Carlton Gamble : Artist : SUNY Buffalo

  Wednesday, October 18, 2006

  This cartoon was a big disappointment from the first time I saw it. I still remember reading the comic books when I was younger; all of the Teen Titans were between 15-19. This cartoon fells out of place because all of the characters look 13, they act like they're 10. I miss the original. It's okay to bash me for being old at the age of 33.

• Jimmy Sine :

  Thursday, October 19, 2006

  Ha! The show is clearly aimed at 8-12 year olds, but it's good. Yes it's dumbed down, but what comic turned TV show isn't dumbed down? Anyway, I guess being a FBWK (fanboy with kids) altered my perspective, because I couldn't be happier that this cartoon got my daughter interested in comics. And I believe New Teen Titans is still published monthly, but you must not be buying that title... ;-)