Probably in an effort to build awareness for it's megabudget adaptation of DC Comics Green Lantern, Warner Brothers Studio decided to make some direct-to-video animated adventures for the interstellar Super Hero. The first Green Lantern: First Flight, released in 2009, was a fun retelling of the heroes origin. Now they've got a follow up adventure Green Lantern: Emerald Knights with the bonus voice casting of Nathan Fillion (who should be in everything) in the title role.
The film keeps it interesting for the kiddies (which this is obviously aimed at) by breaking the main story up into 10 minute flashbacks providing the back stories of some of the other Green Lantern Corps like Jason Isaacs' Sinestro, Henry Rollins' Kilowog and Kelly Hu's Laira. The animation is your standard Saturday morning fusion of Japanese manga and Yank cost cutting but it zips along, the voice casting is charming and, lets face it, has a grander scale than the soon to be released live action version promises. Ah, the beauty of animation!
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