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Stan Lee Gets In Touch With His Chakra For New Film On Cartoon Network India

Published Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:00:41 -0600

Last updated Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:20:14 -0600

Chakra The Invincible was a comic created with Stan Lee that debuted on Free Comic Book Day last May. A teenage boy from Mumai, who can tap into Hindu bodily energy through a suit that activates mystical wheels and generates all sorts of powers.

This month, the character debuts as an animated feature on Cartoon Network in India, and will continue as a series of episodes on the Angry Birds/RovioToons platform.

Producer Sharad Devarajan talked abo ut the origins of the project;

I have had the great honour of knowing Stan for a number of years now and consider (him) a great mentor and friend. When I first started Graphic India, I went to Stan and his business partner Gill Champion for advice and shared with them our goal to spark a creative renaissance in the area of character entertainment bringing together creators from east and west to create new characters and heroes that would not only inspire Indian audiences but hopefully also speak to audiences around the world. I asked Stan if he would be interested in working with me and the amazing team of young Indian writers and artists at Graphic India to create a new superhero and he instantly saw the potential to take his unique brand of storytelling into a new market and do something unique.

And it doesn't stop at India. Stan Lee says;

If your material is being read or being seen all over the world, why not do stories that have characters that are representative of nations all over the world. So we here at POW! are working on a number of Chinese superheroes, we have Chakra the Indian superhero, we are working on a new Latin superhero and a number of others. So I think the idea of a Muslim heroine, I think it's a wonderful idea.

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