Here’s one of the latest cartoon movies that I was able to watch last week. It’s called Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow. It’s was made by Marvel and the basic plot is about the children of the Avengers stepping up to replace the previous generation in the fight against Ultron. The only Avengers who actually survived and can be seen here are: Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Vision. Everyone else was supposedly taken down by Ultron when he went on a rampage. The story actually reminds me a lot of the Matrix where the machines dominated mankind, hehe. Full review, synopsis, and screenshots after the jump.

Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow Synopsis
After the original Avengers failed to stop Ultron, Iron Man was able to safely take their children in a secret fortress in the Artic region. There, he trained them for years, letting them discover their powers as they grew. Iron Man knew that if there was hope of defeating Ultron, he would need to make sure that these children grow up to be as powerful and determined as their parents. While this is happening, Ultron is quickly conquering the entire world using an army of machines. Yes, it really reminds me of the Matrix and Terminator.

The New Avengers are composed of: James (Captain America), Pym (Giant Man), Azari (Panther), Hawkeye, andTorunn (Thor).

Ultron eventually finds out about the hidden fortress and launches an offensive against the new breed of heroes. Iron Man manages to buy the kids time, letting them escape with Vision. Iron Man is no match against Ultron and he’s eventually taken captive. The New Avengers, led by James, decides to go to Ultra City to attempt a rescue mission. They initially fail, and they’re saved by Hawkeye. They try one more time and this time succeed in freeing Tony Stark. They manage to get past Ultron as Hawkeye’s revolutionary group, the Scavengers, engage Ultron and his forces in battle so that the new heroes could slip away with Tony.

The group heads out to the dessert to find one more old Avenger that actually has the power of putting an end to Ultron’s reign – the Incredible Hulk. They find Bruce Banner but he doesn’t agree to helping them. He calms down when he sees that Tony has brought Betty with him, and the two start to talk things out. Unknown to Tony and Bruce, the young Avengers hatched a plan to bring Ultron to the Hulk so that Bruce would be forced to transform and take on Ultron.

Ultron finds his way to Hulk’s lair together with the Iron Avengers – duplicates of the Avengers in robot form. Ultron engages Hulk while the Iron Avengers take on their real and younger counterparts. This battle brings out the best in the young Avengers and they’re able to take out the robotic versions of their parents. Hulk, on the other hand, literally smashes Ultron into pieces. Before Hulk could go berserk on the kids, Betty approaches him and calms him down.

Thorunn then proceeds to get the remnants of Ultron upon learning than he will eventually regenerate. Against the wishes of her team, she flies up into space and throws Ultron’s pieces into the far flung corners of the universe. Before she dies from suffocating, she’s rescued by Thor – her father. Thor brings back to Earth and Thorunn is reunited with her team.

Over-all I liked this animation movie because I wasn’t really aware of the story of the Avengers. I only followed the Infinity Crisis series (Thanos and the gauntlet). This is a fresh take on the Marvel universe, my only complaint is that the plot seems to have been taken from the Matrix and Terminator.

Marvel is doing a good job in hyping up the upcoming real life movie adaptation of the Avengers which is slated for release in 2012. Expect more mini-animation movies to be released in the months ahead because this really looks like one of Marvel’s marketing strategies.