Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher

Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher
Japanese アベンジャーズ コンフィデンシャル: ブラック・ウィドウ & パニッシャー
Hepburn Abenjāzu Konfidensharu: Burakku Widō & Panisshā
Directed by Kenichi Shimizu[1]
Produced by Taro Morishima
Screenplay by Mitsutaka Hirota[1]
Story by Marjorie Liu[1]
Starring Miyuki Sawashiro
Tesshō Genda
Hideaki Tezuka
Hiroki Tōchi
Masashi Sugawara
Music by Tetsuya Takahashi
Cinematography Kenji Fujita
Production
company
Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment[2]
Release dates
  • March 25, 2014 (2014-03-25) (North America)
  • September 3, 2014 (2014-09-03) (Japan)
Running time
 83 minutes[3]
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office $1.1 million[4]

Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (アベンジャーズ コンフィデンシャル: ブラック・ウィドウ & パニッシャー Abenjāzu Konfidensharu: Burakku Widō & Panisshā) is a 2014 direct-to-video anime film by Madhouse. The film is produced by SH DTV AC BW&P Partners, another partnering of Marvel Entertainment with Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan and Madhouse, following up on the Marvel Anime series. The film was released in North America on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital on March 25, 2014.[2][3]

Plot

Punisher is taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody after interfering in a S.H.I.E.L.D. secret mission. In exchange for his release, the Punisher and the Black Widow are teamed up to take down the terrorist organization Leviathan who plans to auction stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. technology.[1][2]

Cast

Role Japanese Voice Actor English Voice Actor
Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow Miyuki Sawashiro Jennifer Carpenter
Frank Castle / Punisher Tesshō Genda Brian Bloom
Elihas Starr / Egghead Hiroki Tōchi Grant George
Orion Masashi Sugawara J. B. Blanc
Cain Ryūzaburō Ōtomo Kyle Hebert
Tony Stark / Iron Man Keiji Fujiwara Matthew Mercer
Amadeus Cho Daisuke Namikawa Eric Bauza
Maria Hill Junko Minagawa Kari Wahlgren
Clint Barton / Hawkeye Shūhei Sakaguchi Matthew Mercer
Bruce Banner / Hulk Yuichi Karasuma Fred Tatasciore
Ren Hisashi Izumi
Nick Fury Hideaki Tezuka John Eric Bentley

In addition, Thor, War Machine, Captain Marvel, Grim Reaper, Graviton, Griffin, Taskmaster, Count Nefaria, and Baron Zemo also appear in uncredited roles.

Crew

Featurettes

The discs has two featurettes: "Espionage and Punishment" and "The Vigilante Vs. The Spy", while the Blu-ray has an additional bonus, the Conceptual Art Gallery. "Espionage and Punishment " shows the adaptation of the characters to anime and a "making of" the film including early concept art and storyboards. "The Vigilante Vs. The Spy" profiles Frank Castle (The Punisher) and Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow).[3][5]

Reception

IGN awarded it a score of 8 out of 10, saying "Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher is a complex and effective animated offering from Marvel."[6] Den of Geek awarded it a more negative score of 2 out of 5, criticising the dialogue and characterisation but praising the fight scenes.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 McMillan, Graeme (January 21, 2014). "'Avengers Confidential' Offers Black Widow Some Time in the Spotlight". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Busis, Hillary (January 21, 2014). "'Marvel's Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher': See the trailer here! EXCLUSIVE". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Gallagher, Brian (January 22, 2014). "Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher Trailer!". MovieWeb. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Avengers Confidential Black Widow & Punisher Video Sales". the-numbers.com. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ Vejvoda, Jim (January 22, 2014). "Black Widow and The Punisher Team For Animated Feature Film". IGN. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ Wheatley, Cliff, 14 March 2014, "AVENGERS CONFIDENTIAL: BLACK WIDOW AND PUNISHER REVIEW" (http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/03/14/avengers-confidential-black-widow-and-punisher-review). IGN Accessed 17 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Jasper, Gavin, March 26, 2014 "Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher, Review" (http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/avengers/234129/avengers-confidential-black-widow-punisher-review). Den of Geek. Accessed 17 October 2016.

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