Teen Titans movie

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo is a Made-For-TV superhero epic romantic drama comedy-adventure

film which was aired on September 15, 2006 on Cartoon Network and released on DVD on February 6, 2007. The plot involves on the Titans looking for a criminal called Brushogun said to be a myth by all Japanese, while also focusing on Robin and Starfire finally revealing their feelings for each other. A soundtrack to the movie was released on July 22, 2008 published by La-La-Land Records. It is set in the milieu of the animated series Teen Titans that ran on Cartoon Network from 2003–2006, with the film serving as the series finale. It premiered on Kids' WB the following day on September 16, 2006. Teen Titans head writer David Slack returned to pen the movie. Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo received generally positive reviews from critics. A stand alone sequel entitled Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans was released on October 15, 2019.

Plot

Taking place after the events of the Season 5 finale, the Teen Titans's hometown, Jump City, is attacked by a Japanese ninja called Saico-Tek. They capture him and discover Saico-Tek was sent by a man called "Brushogun" before he mysteriously vanishes after triggering the tower's fire sprinklers. Subsequently, the Titans head to Tokyo, Japan, to search for his master. Upon arriving there, after overcoming the language barrier and fighting a Gorgo-like giant reptile, the Titans meet Tokyo's own supernatural defense force—the Tokyo Troopers—led by Commander Uehara Daizo. When questioned on Brushogun, Daizo claims that Brushogun is nothing more than an urban legend. Left with no villains to pursue, the Titans decide to enjoy Tokyo.

Robin and Starfire express their feelings for each other until Robin starts to focus on Brushogun again and declares they cannot be anything more than heroes, upsetting Starfire. Investigating alone, Robin is attacked by Saico-Tek and ends up pummeling the ninja into the ground. When Saico-Tek does not rise, Robin is apprehended by Daizo for killing him. Elsewhere, Starfire is approached and comforted by a little girl, which helps to overcome her depression and makes her realize that despite Robin's earlier objections, their romantic feelings for each other are indeed truly mutual.

Just then, the Mayor of Tokyo announces Robin's arrest and orders that the other Teen Titans must either turn themselves in or leave Tokyo. Starfire calls the other Titans, but as they attempt to regroup, Brushogun sends out his minions to destroy the Titans. Meanwhile, as Robin is being transferred to a more secure facility, a slip of paper bearing the name "Brushogun" fits into the armored car carrying him and explodes, freeing him. Robin co-opts the identity of a Shinjukumugger to collect information that Brushogun is in fact real. He is eventually found by the Tokyo Troopers, which leads to a car chase. Robin is surrounded when Starfire comes to his rescue and takes him to a shrine (where they attempt to kiss again until they are suddenly interrupted by Cyborg, Raven, and Beast Boy's arrival). There, Raven relates from a book she found that Brushogun was an artist who dreamed of bringing his beloved drawings to life using dark magic. The spell ultimately turned against the young artist, and he was transformed into Brushogun, a being of paper and ink capable to bring any creation he could imagine to life, until he suddenly disappeared. Robin realizes that he did not kill Saico-Tek because he was an ink-made creature, and he was set up to make him look like a criminal.

The Titans track Brushogun to a comic book publishing factory, where they discover Brushogun trap-wired into a cursed printing pressthat taps into his powers to create the enemies the Titans have faced. He reveals that he had sent the first Saico-Tek to the Titans to summon them to Tokyo, in order to stop the real culprit who had enslaved him. The said culprit is revealed to be Daizo, who used Brushogun's power to create both his Tokyo Troopers and the monsters that they captured in order to gain a reputation as a hero.

Daizo drops in on the Titans and forces Brushogun to create an army of animated ink minions. A mass battle ensues, culminating in Robin facing Daizo. With no options of escape left, Daizo jumps into the ink reservoir of the press, taking control of Brushogun's magic and transforming himself into a hulking mass of ink and machinery, with Brushogun at the center. As the other Titans battle the creatures Daizo hurls at them, Robin frees Brushogun, causing Daizo to lose control of his power and burst. Brushogun dies peacefully in Robin's arms, dissipating his powers and defeating Daizo. With the battle concluded, Robin and Starfire finally confess their feelings and share their first true kiss.

Later on, with Robin's name cleared and Daizo sent to prison, the Titans are awarded medals of honour by the mayor and Tokyo's citizens for their heroic actions. Robin and Starfire are holding hands, confirming they've become an official couple. Beast Boy asks Robin if they have to go home, but Robin allows the Titans to stay in Tokyo a little longer to enjoy a well-earned vacation. Beast Boy says that he wants to go to Mexico for their next vacation, causing Raven to slap him.

As the end credits roll, the Titans sing a literally translated version of their Japanese theme songin celebration for the defeat of Daizo and their award ceremony.

Voice Cast

• Scott Menville as Richard "Dick" Grayson/Robin and Japanese Boy
• Hynden Walch as Princess Koriand'r/Starfire and Mecha-Boi
• Tara Strong as Rachel Roth/Raven and Computer Voice
• Greg Cipes as Garfield Logan/Beast Boy
• Khary Payton as Victor Stone/Cyborg
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Brushogun
• Keone Young as Commander Uehara Daizo, Saico-Tek and Sushi Shop Owner
• Robert Ito as Bookstore Owner and Mayor
• Janice Kawaye as Nya-Nya and Timoko
• Yuri Lowenthal as Japanese Biker and Scarface

Trivia

• The movie had aired on Toonami with a lot of promo commercials. It aired on Toonami on September 16, 2006. While it aired during the day before at nighttime on Cartoon Network’s Friday block on September 15, 2006.
• The version of the Teen Titans theme that is sung by Beast Boy in the karaoke bar is a verbatim translation of the Japanese version of the song used during the original series.
• When the Titans are watching Sumo on a TV screen, there are 5 teenagers with their backs towards us and one is wearing a red jacket with a blue and pinkish pill on the back of it. This is Kaneda and his gang from the hit anime Akira (1988) by Katsuhiro Ôtomo.
• During Beast Boy's karaoke scene (around 32m30s), part of the lyrics are "Earthquakes, Lightning, Fire...Dad." These are part of a cultural in-joke of sorts, in that these four are the things Japanese people fear the most, although not necessarily in the order listed in the song.
• The home video releases have a bonus episode of Teen Titans (2003) called The Lost Episode (2005). This episode was originally an online exclusive as a promotion with Post Cereals that began running in January 2005. Specially marked boxes of Post Cereals provided consumers with a token code to log onto postopia.com and view the "Lost Episode." It's a short episode only 12 minutes long, regular episodes are usually 18-20 minutes long, which is probably another reason why the "Lost Episode" never made it to air.
• Raven reveals that she can read six languages: English, German, Latin, Rumanian, Ancient Sumerian, and Sanskrit.
• This movie is a direct-to-video follow-up to the Teen Titans (2003) animated series.
• Starfire kissing scene explains how in the origin episode she could talk to them in english.
• The official, U.S. DVD release of the direct-to-video Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo was on February 6, 2007. The animated feature first aired on Cartoon Network (US) on September 15, 2006; it premiered at International Comic-Con: San Diego (a.k.a. the San Diego Comic-Con) on July, 22, 2006 - over six months before the DVD release.
• While Starfire is playing a game at the arcade, a crowd starts forming. On the left of the screen, a person resembling a human Beast Boy can be seen.
• Inspector Daizo is modeled on Lupin III's Zenigata, but voiced in Japanese by Rokuro Naya, Goro Naya's younger brother.
• The original working title was Teen Titans: Tokyo.
• Saico-Tek uses a pair of jitte, a weapon commonly associated with the police.
• It was the first Cartoon Network original movie to be produced by Warner Bros. Animation.
• After Saico-Tek sets off some sprinklers and escapes, when they try to figure out what happened Beast Boy suggests he wasn't waterproof. Sure enough Saico-Tek was an ink constructs is shown to come apart when hit with water.
• It is confirmed that the 2003 Teen Titans and Go! Titans are from two separate universes.
• This is the first movie based off the series. The Second film is Teen Titans Go the Movies while the third film is Teen Titans GO vs Teen Titans.
• According to one of the animators' answer on Instagram, the GO crossover special is produced by a different production team, though the voice cast for the Teen Titans remains the same.
• Director Jeff Mednikow has said that the film was supposed to bring back the original series for a sixth season but "only if the film [did] well in sales"; unfortunately, the film completely failed in sales, making just over $307,957 in sales, making it one of the lowest selling DC Animation features to date. As of 2020, no news has been discussed of a potential revival, thus ending the campaign of fans trying to revive the show, ending the series once and for all. The low sales may be caused by detractors encouraging people to boycott this film before it was sold. The second reason may be due to the fact that it was not highly promoted as well.

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