Blacksad (film)

Blacksad is an American adult animated noir thriller film based on the comic book series of the same name. The film features Batman: The Animated Series director Bruce Timm and Juanjo Gaurnido as the directors, with Juanjo mainly covering animation direction. The film was produced and written by original series writer Juan Díaz Canales and was published by Warner Bros.

The film is set between the first and second stories of the graphic novels, Somewhere Within the Shadows and Arctic Nation. The film follows the main protagonist, a black cat named John Blacksad who is a detective that has been hired to investigate the disappearance of a journalist.

Cast
The main protagonist of the film who is an old black cat detective that, due to his long career, has become hardboiled and sometimes anger-prone. The film sees him investigating the disappearance of journalist Charlotte Minetti. The head of the police who is a German shepherd and has an odd relationship with Blacksad, who he seems to both love and hate at the same time. A bulldog who is the District Attorney of the city and is currently in the running for Mayor. John doesn't particularly care for him but is later forced to get help from him. The current mayor who is an elderly turtle and is attempting to defend his position from Joseph. Blacksad isn't a fan of him either due to the way he speaks and his smug grin. The mother of Charlotte Manetti, a missing journalist, who hires Blacksad to investigate the case. Little is known about her in the film until the end. A journalist who went missing not too long ago. Blacksad has been hired to investigate her disappearance and, in doing so, discovers the case is far larger than he expected. A lizard hitman who is hired to kill Blacksad after discovering that he is a part of the investigation. He is a recurring antagonist throughout the film.
 * as John Blacksad:
 * as Commissioner Smirov
 * as Joseph Longley
 * as Robert Nightly
 * as Katherine Manetti
 * as Charlotte Manetti
 * as Eddie Wattson

Notes and Trivia

 * As mentioned before, the film is set between the stories Somewhere Within the Shadows and Arctic Nation.