Comics creator Bryan Lee O’Malley first published his “Scott Pilgrim” series from 2004 to 2010. This was the era of “Garden State” and “(500) Days of Summer” — stories about lost, lonely young men pining after exciting, elusive women whose charm brought them out of their shell. The “Scott Pilgrim” comics’ titular Toronto bassist fit this description to a tee, pursuing the pink-haired delivery girl Ramona Flowers by doing battle with her League of Evil Exes. (Influenced by Japanese manga, “Scott Pilgrim” rendered typical relationship anxieties in the heightened language of video games.) In Edgar Wright’s beloved film adaptation, Scott was played by Michael Cera, the doe-eyed poster child for beta masculinity.
The sprawling guest cast was also announced on day of launch and includes: Will Forte, Finn Wolfhard, Al Yankovic, Kal Penn, Kirby Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Nelson Franklin, Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers, Kevin McDonald, Shannon Woodward, Ingrid Haas, Kristina Pesic, Bo Barrett, Ryan Simpkins, Nathan Moore, Bill Parks, Stefan Johnson, Trevor Wilson, Griffin Newman, Matt Watts, Stephen Root and Cal Dodd.
In The Hollywood Reporter‘s review, Chief TV Critic Daniel Fienberg said the series “looks and feels exactly like O’Malley’s books look and feel, which is hugely satisfying, while at the same time being a less dazzling feat of imagination than the magic Wright was able to achieve in the movie. The series lets the surprises come from the story instead of from the way the wonder is being achieved.”
Read on to see all the Scott Pilgrim Takes Off stars and which characters they voice in the anime adaptation of the comic-turned-live-action hit from co-showrunners Bryan Lee O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski, who are executive producing alongside Scott Pilgrim vs. the World director Edgar Wright.
Hiro Shimono, who plays Scott Pilgrim's titular hero, is known for his previous anime roles as Demon Slayer's skittish samurai Zenitsu Agatsuma, Attack on Titan's Conny Springer, and My Hero Academia's fiery villain Dabi. Ramona's voice actor, Fairouz Ai, meanwhile, has a ton of experience lending her voice to some of anime's most fierce leading ladies. Chief among them being Chainsaw Man's blood devil Power and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Jolyne Cujoh.
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is not a retelling of Scott Pilgrim or its movie adaptation. It’s a third, alternate version of the story that examines the very premise all of this was built on. Think The Rebuild of Evangelion or Final Fantasy VII Remake. While the source material focuses on Scott facing Ramona’s Seven Evil Exes in a desire to win the “right” to date her (wow, that sounds incredibly loaded all these years later just typing it out), the anime’s title is pretty apt because, for several episodes, Scott Pilgrim is barely even in the show.
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