LIA: Landon in Action (2022 animated film)

Landon's Quest is a 2022 Japanese-American-Korean-Filipino animated film based on the 1991 Oscar award winning series Landon. The movie is directed & produced by the show's creator Sherman Clark. The animation studios behind the movie are Toon City, Toei Animation, Rough Draft Korea, and Imagine Entertainment (who were known as the studio behind the Curious George series). The movie is distributed by Universal and Warner Bros. This film has been written by movie veterans James Gunn, Colin Jost, Rhett Reese and Vernon Chatman. The voice actors from the show have reprised their roles except for Jim, as he was replaced by his brother in the movie since both brothers sound alike.

Cast
Tom Hanks as Landon

Neil Morrissey as Umino's Brother & Old Man

Stephanie Sheh as Usagi and Taiwanese tourist

Cristina Vee as Rei Hino, Marinette, Rei Hououmaru, & Darkness

Kate Higgins as Ami Mizuno and Reika Aoki

Amanda Miller as Makoto Kino and Old lady

Tiffany Volmer as Bulma

Christopher Lloyd as Vince Sr.

Tyler Perry as Vince

Will Ferrell as Vince Jr.

Jennifer Hale as Queen Beryl and Samantha Simpson

Scarlet Johansson as Stripper, Ted's Wife, & American tourist

Frank Welker as Multiple animal noises and George (End credits scene)

Jeff Bennett as Ted / The Man with the Yellow Hat (End credits scene)

Plot
Usagi had been studying for her major Social Studies test, in the other room Landon was thinking about his wife and how he wanted to see her again. Little did they both know that a new villain hired by Queen Beryl (Vince) has been studying Usagi & how she stayed so young, when he found out that it was the Silver Crystal doing the job, he wanted to snag it for Queen Beryl so she can stay young and watch our heroes age overtime. At the same time, Vince (voiced by Tyler Perry) kidnapped Usagi while Landon was busy fixing dinner, Landon decided to look for Usagi after he was done, he was mortified to find a pool of blood in Usagi's bed. Then he knew that she got kidnapped and had a concussion, thankfully her communicator was left behind and Landon went on his way to contact the Sailor Scouts.

When they met at his house (a change of pace from Rei's temple) Landon explained everything on what he saw to the crew, Ami suggested that she could come with him and Rei, but she might need a distraction for Vince, so she called up Bulma to assist. After that, the gang was on their way to save Usagi & the Silver Crystal. During the ride to find where Vince and Queen Beryl were, the group had flew off the car they were driving in (which was Ami's) when it hit a telephone pole by the abandoned gas station in Taiwan, so now the rescue had to be delayed to find where the rest of the team was.

Reception
The movie had received very positive reviews from critics & Toei Animation fans as this was a love letter to Toei Animation's shows. The film received a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes calling it "How you do an adaptation from a show to a movie". The film also got a 9.4/10 on IMDb calling it "A heartfelt, tear-jerking, fun time for fans of the series and anime enthusiasts."

Legacy
The film had managed to gross $721 million domestically & $1.8 billion worldwide against a $118 million budget.