Invincible Fight Girl

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Invincible Fight Girl
Genre Action-comedy [1]
Created by Juston Gordon-Montgomery
Directed by David Depasquale (art director)
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Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersJuston Gordon-Montgomery
Sam Register
Production company Cartoon Network Studios
Original release
Network

Invincible Fight Girl is an upcoming American animated action-comedy television series created by DC Super Hero Girls' director Juston Gordon-Montgomery. [2] The series will premiere on November 2, 2024 in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and on the streaming service Max shortly after its initial broadcast. [1]

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Plot

A young girl named Andy, living in Wrestling World, endeavors to become the best pro-wrestler ever, and takes on the alias of "Fight Girl" to make herself known. [2] [3] [4]

Characters

Production

In May 2022, the series was announced to be a new original animated series on HBO Max (later Max) [2] and Cartoon Network. [3] [6] [7] It was later stated that Cartoon Network Studios was producing the series, and asserted again in 2024. [8] [9] [10]

In June 2023, an animatic for the series premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. [11] At San Diego Comic Con TVfest on February 7, 2024, the first episode of the series premiered. [2] At the AfroAnimation Summit, held from April 10 to 12, 2024 in Burbank, California, Gordon-Montgomery had a panel entitled "How I Got My Show Made: The Underdog Story of Invincible Fight Girl." [12]

An early series preview was released on July 25, 2024. [13] [14] The event, hosted at Savannah College of Art and Design, also included a talk with Juston Gordon-Montgomery, the show's art director (David Depasquale), [15] and supervising producer (Bryan Newton). [16] [17] Later, Sam Register was described as a executive producer of the series. [8] [9]

The series will have half-hour animated episodes which will premiere on Adult Swim on November 2, 2024 and then release on Max the next day. One new episode will air every Saturday on Adult Swim, then the next day on Max. [2] [1]

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