Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers
Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers is a four episode motion comic from Marvel Knights Animation released in April 2011.[needs update] It is based on the 2004 miniseries Loki by Robert Rodi and Esad Ribic.[1][2][3]
A DVD containing all four episodes was released on September 13, 2011, from Shout! Factory.
Plot[]
Loki has become the ruler of Asgard. However, he does not have dominion over Hela, the goddess of death. Loki is demanding fealty from everyone in Asgard. Hela asks Loki for the soul of Thor for her "legions in Nifelheim". Goddess Sif is imprisoned at the ending of the first segment.
Karnilla, the queen god of Nornheim meets Loki in the second segment. She pleads for the release of Balder from imprisonment. In the third segment, Loki orders the destruction of the Rainbow Bridge. In a flashback, Odin defeats Laufey in battle.
In the final segment, Loki refuses to execute Thor and spurns Hela.
Voice cast[]
According to producer Ruwan Jayatilleke,[4] the voice cast was drawn from the Broadway theater, but under pseudonyms. Nevertheless, the credited cast is:
- David Blair as Loki, god of tricks who has become the ruler of Asgard
- Barney Townsend as Young Loki
- Daniel Thorn as Thor, god of thunder
- Katharine Chesterton as Hela, goddess of death
- Ziggy McShane as Daia, concubine
- Serena Merriman as Farbauti of Jotunheim
- Phoebe Stewart as Karnilla
- Deborah Jane McKinely as Frigga, Lorelei
- Elizabeth Diennet as Sif
- Joe Teiger as Odin
- James Hampshire as Balder
- Rich Orlov as Warden
- Heimdall, guardian of the rainbow bridge
References[]
- ^ "Exclusive: Thor, Loki Throw Down in Blood Brothers" Underwire blog from Wired
- ^ "Marvel Announces 'Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers" Archived 2011-03-19 at the Wayback Machine Comics Alliance
- ^ "Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers".
- ^ Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers Animated Series Review
External links[]
- MARVEL TV: Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers official website
- Marvel Animation
- Thor (Marvel Comics) in other media
- Adult animated television shows based on Marvel Comics
- 2010s American adult animated television series
- American adult animated superhero television series
- Marvel Comics stubs