As intense, graphic and at times shocking as the violence is in the animated superhero series Invincible, Amazon management never took any issue with the content because they understood its necessity to the storytelling.
In an interview with Collider, Invincible's creator and executive producer Robert Kirkman was asked whether Amazon took issue with Invincible's violence or if they were OK with anything following the success of the similarly ultra-violent superhero show The Boys. Kirkman said the latter is an "accurate assessment."
Kirkman continued answering, "They're pretty much, like, 'Look, have your fun. Whatever.' ... I was waiting at any moment to get tapped on the shoulder and be like, 'Yeah, you're going a little too far, you can't do this,' and it never came. If anything, we got nothing but encouragement from them, which is really reassuring. I think that they recognize that, especially with The Boys as a good example, the violence serves a purpose."
He emphasized the importance of the animated series' violence: "It's an absolutely essential element to the storytelling that we're doing. Invincible wouldn't be Invincible if we weren't dealing with those gut-wrenching ramifications of what happens from the violence in the show, and if we weren't showing it, it wouldn't have the right kind of impact, and so I think to do it without it... you'd be doing a disservice to the story."
Invincible stars Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, Sandra Oh, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz, Mark Hamill, Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Mae Whitman, Chris Diamantopoulos, Melise, Kevin Michael Richardson, Grey Griffin and Max Burkholder. The series is produced by Skybound, and executive produced by Robert Kirkman, Simon Racioppa, David Alpert and Catherine Winder. New episodes release Fridays on Amazon Prime.
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