Cartoon Network is on FIRE with the new Firebreather DVD. Firebreather is a 2010 CGI animated made-for-TV film, based on the Image Comics comic book series of the same name, which premiered on November 24, 2010 on Cartoon Network. The film was directed by Peter Chung from a screenplay by James Krieg based on a story by Phil Hester and Andy Kuhn, and stars Jesse Head and Dana Delany. Firebreather, Cartoon Network's first world premiere original CGI movie event, delivers fierce action in the clash of two worlds where dragons roam the Earth and past secrets are exposed. At the center of it all, teenager Duncan struggles to find his place as half-Kaiju and half-human.
Characters
Half-human, half-Kaiju, Duncan has a fiery temper that’s gotten him into more than a few fights and made him the perpetual new kid at school. Beyond your typical teenage angst, he faces an unusual dilemma: honor his mother’s wishes and lead a normal teenage life, or follow his dad as the next King of the Kaiju.
She may seem like your average mom, but this is the woman who fell in love with the King of the Kaiju and saved the human race from his league of monsters.
As king, Belloc is the biggest and strongest of the Kaiju. He’s also Duncan’s dad, and wants his heir to lead the next war against the humans.
An undercover MEGTAF agent posing as the high school gym teacher, “Blitz” Barnes watches over Duncan to make sure he keeps a low profile.
Pretty and popular, Jenna likes her café-au-lait a precise 115 degrees. When she’s not avoiding her ex-boyfriend, Troy, she’s planning the most important event of the year... the Homecoming Dance.
Quick-witted and plucky, Isabel is your quintessential Kaiju fangirl. She spends most of her time tracking MEGTAF reports and sharpening her Kaiju expertise, with Kenny trailing at her side. Naturally she befriends Duncan, but her interest in him may not be purely academic.
Virtually parent-less and living in the local trailer park, Kenny Rogers is frequently picked on by Troy and the other jocks. When he’s not studying Kaiju lore or the back of his bangs, he has one eye fixed on Isabel and the other jealously following his new friend, Duncan.
King of the jocks and alpha bully, Troy instantly targets Duncan, proving almost as much of a threat as Belloc. He used to date Jenna, but doesn’t seem to understand that the relationship is in the past tense.
MEGTAF Researcher: A Kaiju expert, brainy Dr. Patel works with Blitz and Margaret to help Duncan control his Kaiju impulses, like incendia respiro, fire-breathing.
These two Kaiju are second in power only to Belloc. They aren't happy that their king has chosen his half-human son to success him to the throne and they 'll refuse to bow to Duncan without a fight.
Grey DeLisle as Ms. Julia Dreakford
Story
Firebreather is the story of Duncan Rosenblatt, the 16-year-old child of differentiated folks: Margaret, a normal suburban soccer mother and Belloc, a 120-foot blaze breathing Godzilla-sort animal known as a Kaiju.
Belloc is the leader of the Kaiju and when war broke out 16 years prior between the people and the capable race of creatures, it was the relationship between Margaret and Belloc that averted monstrous annihilation on both sides. The Kaiju vanished and Margaret was compelled to raise her kid Duncan as a single parent, furnishing him with as ordinary an environment as could be allowed.
Despite the fact that the Kaiju are gone, the world still reasons for alarm these creatures, so an administration organization called MEGTAF stays set up to secure humankind against their potential return. Margaret has made an arrangement with the organization that incorporates MEGTAF executor "Rush" Barnes watching Duncan and Margaret.
Secondary school is intense enough as it may be, so Dunca's' temper and layered orange skin doesn't help him fit in. At his new school, he makes companions with untouchables Isabel and Ken and succumbs to the well known and shocking Jenna. However like his past schools, Duncan makes an adversary of school spook and Jenna's ex, Troy.
Knowing his child is transitioning, Belloc has been looking for Duncan and needs to acquaint him with the universe of the Kaiju, trusting that Duncan will some time or another take his legitimate place as his beneficiary to the throne. Sponsored Link
