Invincible is an American adult animated superhero television series on Amazon Prime Video. The series is based on the Skybound/Image Comics series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley. Invincible premiered on Amazon Prime Video on March 25, 2021 and rated TV-MA.
On April 29, 2021, Invincible was renewed for a second and third season.[1] The second season premiered on November 3, 2023, while the third season premiered on February 6th, 2025.
On July 26, 2024, Invincible was renewed for a fourth season.[2] There are rumors Invincible was renewed for a fifth season, however it is not confirmed.[3]
Premise
Invincible is an adult animated superhero show that revolves around Mark Grayson, a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage.
Cast
Main
- Steven Yeun as Mark Grayson/Invincible
- Sandra Oh as Debbie Grayson
- J.K. Simmons as Nolan Grayson/Omni-Man
- Gillian Jacobs as Samantha Eve Wilkins/Atom Eve
- Aria Kane as Samantha Eve Wilkins (age 7)
- Jazlyn Ione as Samantha Eve Wilkins/Atom Eve (age 12)
- Christian Convery as Oliver Grayson/Kid Omni-Man (child)
- Lincoln Bodin as Oliver Grayson (toddler)
Recurring
- Andrew Rannells as William Francis Clockwell
- Zazie Beetz as Amber Justine Bennett
- Walton Goggins as Cecil Stedman
- Chris Diamantopoulos as Donald Ferguson, Todd, Doc Seismic, Isotope, Rodgers, Green Ghost I, Vidor, Forcefist, various others
- Ross Marquand as The Immortal, Rudy Connors (clone), Aquarus, Bi-Plane, various others
- Jason Mantzoukas as Rex Sloan/Rex Splode
- Zachary Quinto as Robot
- Malese Jow as Kate Cha/Dupli-Kate
- Grey Griffin as Amanda/Monster Girl (human form), Rachel/Shrinking Rae, Olga, Betsy Wilkins, various others
- Khary Payton as Markus Grimshaw/Black Samson, Kyle, various others
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Mauler Twins, Amanda/Monster Girl (monster), various others
- Mark Hamill as Arthur “Art” Rosenbaum
- Seth Rogen as Allen the Alien
- Clancy Brown as Damien Darkblood, Kregg, Ka-Hor
- Fred Tatasciore as Adam Wilkins, Killcannon, Giant, Octoboss, various others
- Jonathan Groff (Season 1) / Luke Macfarlane (Season 2 -) as Rick Sheridan
- Sterling K. Brown as Angstrom Levy
- Jay Pharoah as Bulletproof, Komodo Dragon, various others
- Ben Schwartz as Shapesmith, various others
- Cleveland Berto as Darkwing II, Bolt, various others
- Cliff Curtis as Paul
Guest starring
- Mahershala Ali (Season 1) / Todd Williams (Season 3 -) as Titan
- Lauren Cohan as War Woman
- Chad L. Coleman as Martian Man
- Michael Cudlitz as Red Rush
- Lennie James as Darkwing
- Sonequa Martin-Green as Green Ghost
- Jon Hamm as Steve
- Max Burkholder as Matt
- Mae Whitman as Connie
- Djimon Hounsou as Martian Emperor, Flaxan Leader
- Jeffrey Donovan as Machine Head
- Michael Dorn as Battle Beast
- Nicole Byer as Vanessa, (Season 1) / Somali Rose (Season 3-) as Fiona
- Reginald VelJohnson as B.N. Winslow, Tether Tyrant
- Ezra Miller (Season 1) / Eric Bauza (Season 2 -) as D.A. Sinclair, Viltrumite Executioner 1
- Justin Roiland as Doug Cheston, Punk Kid
- Stephen Root as Elias Brandyworth
- Lance Reddick as Steven Erickson
- Madison Calderon as Val
- Jacob Tremblay as Phase Two, Prince Lizard
- Tatiana Maslany as Queen Lizard, Queen Aquaria, Telia
- Scoot McNairy as King Lizard
- Kari Wahlgren as Caitlin Stedman, Denise Ferguson, Knucklebuster
- Peter Cullen as Thaedus
- Rob Delaney as Nuolzot
- Daveed Diggs as Theo
- Paul F. Tompkins as Narrator
- Rhea Seehorn as Andressa
- Phil LaMarr as Lucan, Salamander
- Calista Flockhart as April Howsam
- Shantel VanSanten as Anissa
- Tim Robinson as Filip Schaff
- Camden Coley as Angstrom Jr.
- Chloe Bennet as Riley
- Ella Purnell as Jane
- Josh Keaton as Agent Spider, Taylor
- Simu Liu as Multi-Paul
- Xolo Maridueña as Fightmaster & Dropkick
- Bokeem Woodbine as Radcliffe
- Tzi Ma as Mister Liu
- Aaron Paul as Scott Duvall/Powerplex
- Kate Mara as Becky Duvall
- John DiMaggio as Elephant, Viltrumite Executioner 2
- Jonathan Banks as Brit
- Doug Bradley as The Technicians
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Conquest
- Bruce Campbell as Great Beast
Trivia
- The series was originally announced in 2018, several months following the comic's end run, and took roughly 3-4 years to develop, also due to causes of COVID-19.
- A running gimmick with the franchise is the title card. Once per episode, usually the first time the word "invincible" is spoken by a character, it would instead cut to the show's title card.
- In each successive episode, an alteration would be made to the card, resulting in a thematic colour change.
- Season One began with yellow lettering on a blue background, gradually becoming splattered with blood until the letters became red and the background became black.
- During Season Two, the red-on-black background would remain, gradually cracking and crumbling away to reveal a new black-on-blue background.
- Season Three would start with the black-on-blue background, before an Angstrom Levy-esque glitch effect would alter the entire color scheme completely each episode, changing from black-on-blue, to blue-on-yellow, to blue-on-grey, to white-on-red, to white-on-grey, to yellow-on-blue, to blue-on-white, to yellow-on-black, and finally to grey-on-white.
- The color schemes in question seemed to be designed to represent the various alternate versions of Invincible that appear during the Invincible War arc. Alternatively, they could be designed to represent various key characters, such as Conquest in "I Thought You'd Never Shut Up".
- Notably, the season 3 episode "All I Can Say Is I'm Sorry" would display the title card a total of six times in short succession.
- The Atom Eve special and the Season 2 episode "This Missive, This Machination!" both feature unique variations of the title card, themed after Atom Eve and Allen the Alien respectively.
- In each successive episode, an alteration would be made to the card, resulting in a thematic colour change.
- The episodes are often named after certain quotes and dialogues from the comic run.
- The second season was released 2023, which is widely known as the 20th anniversary of the Invincible comic run.
- In each and every one of Invincible’s Season Teasers, the Burger Mart setting is primarily used, with Mark and another particular character sitting in a table, enjoying the food and having a conversation.
- The first season was animated and key framed by Wind Sun Sky Entertainment and currently is being animated was made by Skybound Entertainment and Amazon MGM studio, this is shown with certain characters like Invincible, Atom Eve, Omni-Man and Amber Bennet being drawn and animated somewhat differently.
- The character models are 2D hand drawn, while background environments like, houses, buildings, vehicles, and cities 3D animated similar to shows like Sym Bionic Titan, Wolverine and the X-Men, Justice League Unlimited, Young Justice, and Legend of Vox Machina.
- The series has received acclaim from critics, with praise for its animation, action sequences, story, voice performances (particularly Yeun and Simmons), and emotional weight.
- However some often criticized its animation sequences, flight and fight sequences[4]. Even a notable fact that most of the characters look to be png models, and are being dragged throughout the scene.[5][1]
- According to Robert Kirkman, it would take 8-10 seasons to complete Invincible's story.[6]
References
- ↑ ‘Invincible’ Renewed For Seasons 2 & 3 By Amazon - Deadline
- ↑ ‘Invincible’ Renewed For Season 4 By Amazon
- ↑ ‘Invincible’ Renewed For Seasons 4 & 5 By Amazon - Deadline
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXeNjMmh2yo&pp=ygUUaW52aW5jaWJsZSBhbmltYXRpb24%3D
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Invincible/comments/1bo8ndx/invincible_killing_me_with_the_random_png/
- ↑ Kirkman wants Invincible to run for “8 to 10 seasons”