Hellboy Animated Series Update

Somehow I was not aware that Hellboy was being turned in an animated feature to be aired on Cartoon Network. At first it kind of sounds like it could be a cheap off shoot of the films but this one sounds legit. Hellboy: Sword of Storms will be produced by del Toro and Mike Mignola while being voiced by Ron Perlman and hottie Selma Blair.

So with all the talent from the film involved in the project its safe to assume this should be a good animated film. It is expected to air in October on Cartoon Network. Fangoria even got their hands on the official synopsis:

When a university professor opens a forbidden scroll, he becomes possessed by the twin demons of Thunder and Lightning, who seek to return to our world to wake their brothers, the dragons. Hellboy, researcher Kate Corrigan and Russell Thorne, an albino psychic, travel to Japan to investigate. Hellboy finds the Sword of Storms, which transports him to a world of Japanese folklore. He learns that the sword not only defeated the demons but is also the key to returning them to Earth. The possessed professor sends several creatures of Japanese myth to retrieve or destroy the sword.

Meanwhile, intense thunderstorms are spreading over the planet and huge monsters are waking all over the world. Suspecting that it’s all connected to the events in Japan, Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien rush to join Kate and Russell. Their plane is hit by lightning and crashes into the sea, and they have to face a giant creature of their own. They learn that if the dragons completely awake, it will be an end to Man’s dominion of the Earth. In the world of folklore, Hellboy is tricked into breaking the sword, which brings him and the two demons back into our world.