This is a new show on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim’s Tonami block, but despite its placement like the new Superman cartoon this is child-friendly. CN is having trouble keeping younger viewership what with streaming and social media. However, Adult Swim still has a long time adult audience propping it up with better numbers, which is why this was placed here.
Invincible Fight Girl is about Andy (voiced by General Hospital’s Sydney Mikayla) who lives in a world where wrestling is everything, except on Andy’s homeland of Accountant Isle where accountants are born and raised. Though expected to be an accountant, Andy dreams of being a wrestler and has secretly practiced all her life. This is her journey to becoming a real one.
This is an homage to anime, specifically the shonen type where the protagonists encounter one antagonist after another. This is an impressive ode to anime while also managing to have its own style and voice with a thought out universe populated with diverse and distinct characters.
The show also has some some unexpectedly emotional moments. Some characters have legitimately sad or sympathetic backstories, and Andy has to jump a lot of hurdles and learn some lessons about life on her path.
Some may find the beginning episodes where Andy has to deal with her parents who have different designs for her future to be pretty formulaic. But, that ends pretty quickly and things get interesting.
Also, Andy’s main focus is getting a trainer this season. Usually this type of plot point takes an episode or two, but here it’s the full season storyline, so I want to make sure you’re not asking “Why’s this taking so long”? Pacing isn’t slow, though. We end up getting a bunch of story ideas that work well.
Got a game voice cast in this. Mikayla does a great job of performing Andy’s doubts, dreams, and empathy.
Highly recommended. Haven’t heard much talk about this online, which is too bad, as this is a well-written and entertaining show, and I hope it gets a second season.
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