Genre: Comedy, Action-adventure, Fantasy
Developed by Bryan Lee O’Malley, BenDavid Grabinski
Directed by Abel Góngora
Written by Bryan Lee O’Malley, BenDavid Grabinski
Based on Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Starring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Satya Bhabha, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Brie Larson, Alison Pill, Aubrey Plaza, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman, Johnny Simmons, Mark Webber, Mae Whitman & Ellen Wong.
Music by Joseph Trapanese, Anamanaguchi
Opening Theme: “Bloom” by Necry Talkie
Executive producers: Marc Platt, Edgar Wright, Michael Bacall, Adam Siegel, Jared LeBoff, Nira Park, Kouhei Obara, Dylan Thomas, Eunyoung Choi, BenDavid Grabinski, Bryan Lee O’Malley
Cinematography: Hikari Itou, Yoshihiro Sekiya
Editor: Keisuke Yanagi
Production companies: Marc Platt Productions, Complete Fiction, Faust Av, Science Saru, Universal Content Productions
Channel: Netflix
Plot: Scott Pilgrim, a bassist in an indie band, falls in love with Ramona Flowers, a mysterious delivery girl, attracting the attention of Ramona’s seven evil exes. Things take an unexpected turn when Scott loses his battle against Ramona’s first evil ex Matthew Patel and is seemingly killed.
Season 1 of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off was Very Good.
Pros: All of the cast from the 2010 movie did come back to voice their previous characters. The animation does look clean puff energy and excitement that kept me tuning In. I’m glad seeing more character development given to each member of the 7 evil exes. It kept to charm and humour still intact. I love the journey that both Scott and Ramona been through. Also, the fights are so good as well.
Cons: The direction this show went might drive people the wrong way. The final fight with everyone against an older Scott Pilgrim did feel rushed to me and Scott himself isn’t the main character that much.
Casts & Characters:
Most of the English cast reprise their roles from the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
English
- Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim
- Finn Wolfhard as Teen Scott Pilgrim
- Will Forte as Old Scott Pilgrim and Even Older Scott Pilgrim
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers, Old Ramona Flowers, and Even Older Ramona Flowers
- Satya Bhabha as Matthew “Matt” Patel
- Kieran Culkin as Wallace Wells and Old Wallace Wells
- Chris Evans as Lucas Lee
- Anna Kendrick as Stacey Pilgrim
- Brie Larson as Natalie “Envy” Adams
- singing voice by Emily Haines
- Alison Pill as Kimberly “Kim” Pine
- Aubrey Plaza as Julie Powers
- Brandon Routh as Todd Ingram
- Jason Schwartzman as Gordon “Gideon Graves” Goose
- Johnny Simmons as “Young” Neil Nordegraf
- Mark Webber as Stephen Stills
- Mae Whitman as Roxanne “Roxie” Richter
- Ellen Wong as Knives Chau
- Julian Cihi as Kyle and Ken Katayanagi
- Kristina Pesic and Ingrid Hass as Sandra and Monique
- Shannon Woodward as Hollie
- Kevin McDonald as Edgar Wrong
- Stephen Root as The Nanomachines
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Lucas’ Agent and The Actress in a Movie Within The Show
- Griffin Newman as The Actor in a Movie Within The Show / Butler / Valet
- Tony Oliver as First A.D.
- Ryan Simpkins as Slate Girl
- Nelson Franklin as The Documentarian
- Michael Bacall as Envy Fan #4
- Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers as the TV Gossips
- Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as Studio Security
- Kal Penn as Matthew Patel’s lawyer
- “Weird Al” Yankovic as Documentary Announcer
- Metric as Themselves
- Courtney Lin and Angie Sarkisyan as the Demon Hipster Chicks
Japanese
- Hiro Shimono as Scott Pilgrim and Teen Scott Pilgrim
- Fumihiko Tachiki as Old Scott Pilgrim and Even Older Scott Pilgrim
- Fairouz Ai as Ramona Flowers, Old Ramona Flowers and Even Older Ramona Flowers
- Shinji Saitō as Matthew “Matt” Patel
- Masaya Fukunishi as Wallace Wells and Old Wallace Wells
- Yūichi Nakamura as Lucas Lee
- Misato Matsuoka as Stacey Pilgrim
- Kana Hanazawa as Envy Adams
- Tomo Muranaka as Kim Pine
- Yū Kobayashi as Julie Powers
- Wataru Hatano as Todd Ingram
- Tomokazu Seki as Gordon “Gideon Graves” Goose
- Yuto Kawasaki as “Young” Neil Nordegraf
- Anri Katsu as Stephen Stills
- Naomi Ōzora as Roxanne “Roxie” Richter
- Aoi Koga as Knives Chau
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Kyle and Ken Katayanagi
- Seiichiro Yamashita as Anime Boy
- Haruka Shiraishi as Anime Girl
I highly recommend this season on Netflix.
Rating: 10 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe