Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (2017 film)

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (not to be confused with the 2016 game) is a 2017 American animated fantasy action-adventure film based on the animated Cartoon Network television series, Shantae: Tales from Sequin Land, which in turn is based on the video game franchise, Shantae. The film was directed by series creator Rob Renzetti. It is the 10th installment of the Cartoon Network Cinematic Universe.

Serving as a prequel to the series, the film tells the origin story of how Shantae became a Half Genie Hero and how she came to be the noblely beloved defender of Sequin Land, having the plot just like the first Shantae game, but with characters and elements from further games in the franchise.

It is produced by Cartoon Network Studios, Nelvana, WayForward, Titmouse, and Warner Animation Group. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero was theatrically released on July 21, 2017 by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Plot
Shantae, a young half-genie, wants a big adventure and something out of life in Sequin Land. Meanwhile, a gang of pirates, the Tinkerbats, led by Risky Boots, attacks Scuttle Town and steals a prototype steam engine from Mimic, the town's resident treasure hunter. Mimic tells Shantae, the guardian of Scuttle Town, that if Risky retrieves four magical "elemental stones", she could power up the steam engine and create an unstoppable weapon out of it. Shantae travels across Sequin Land, determined to retrieve the steam engine and the elemental stones and stop Risky. With the help of her new best friends, Sky and Bolo, Shantae must use her genies magical abilities to stop the lady-pirate Risky Boots and her gang from taking the treasure in Scuttle Town.

Cast

 * Cristina Vee as Shantae
 * Karen Strassman as Sky
 * Steven Blum as Wrench
 * Nathan Sharp as Bolo
 * Kath Soucie as Risky Boots
 * Sarah Stiles as Rottytops and Nega-Shantae
 * Keith Ferguson as Abner Cadaver
 * Jim Cummings as Poe
 * Jennifer Cody as Twitch
 * Jennifer Hale as Vinegar
 * Tom Kane as Mimic
 * Tom Kenny as Mayor Scuttlebutt