I decided to give this a watch to get learn some background on Doctor Strange before the new movie comes out. I was very disappointed with this. I was hoping to see some cool animated magic fights but there was only one and it comes with eight minutes left in the movie. There are a lot of sword fights that do look good but are not what I wanted to see with a character that deals with magic. I was also hoping to see some other different worlds but again there was only one scene that was on a different world. The credits did show some images that I am guessing that are from Doctor Strange comics that were more interesting looking than what we got.

I don't know a lot of things about Doctor Strange but after watching this animated film i'm pretty excited for this live action film later this year i don't know if this one follows the comics 100% right but even tho it starts kinda slow it picks up pretty well and i like the whole story of this character ancient warriors, demons and monsters my kind of a thing now i'm not sure if the film is going to to bad as good as this one or is going to have a different story but i just hope is a good Marvel film cause i'm pretty excited about it. Like i said it has some small problems but it's definitely a good animated film with good action and characters.

This is a far superior Doctor Strange movie to the version made in the 1970s. Though this is animated it's actually a very complex and mature story. That's not to say a younger viewer can't appreciate it, but it's mature enough where an adult should not feel ashamed to watch it.If you want a retelling of Doctor Strange's backstory this film covers the bulk of it quite well. The animation is lush and vivid. The writing is so well done that you would hope that this is what the live action Doctor Strange movie would look like. This is a very under-rated animated feature.I highly recommend this film for any Marvel fan or anyone just starting to get into the supernatural aspects of the Marvel universe.Revised review nine years after first viewing and re-watching it.This is the the very under-rated Doctor Strange animated movie from nine years ago. Roughly the same plot as the live action movie but it goes into detail about why Doctor Strange wanted to be a Doctor, left The Ancient One in tact, and does not require Doctor Strange to need a sling Ring to open a portal. Also, like in the comics, Mordo is the real villain of the origin story.The Ancient One always knew Doctor Strange was destined to be the next Sorcerer Supreme and never turned him away (just tested him heavily) and it's indicated that Doctor Strange had a predispostion for Magick he just never knew about. He is able to see through a Glamour spell he was not supposed to, before even damaging his hands. If you like the live action Doctor Strange I urge you to check out this sorely under-rated animated film. (Note: do not confuse this with the Doctor Strange knock off movie of the early 90s or the 1970s Doctor strange live action movie).Also if you ever played Avengers Alliance (The Facebook game) you will find they stole / sampled some of their music from this movie. The animation is gorgeous and surpasses some Disney cell animation. Also some flashbacks give Strange more depth. It's as beautiful as an animated Disney feature and is sorely underrated.Seriously, this is a beautiful movie. Don't consider it as competition for the movie but a companion piece for it. If you liked Doctor Strange I urge you to watch this slightly more comic book accurate version that has fallen into semi-obscurity. It's surprisingly beautiful.

I've seen all the marvel/Lionsgate animated feature length movies and all except this one has been disappointing. Doctor Strange was a character i've obviously not come across as i've just watched mainstream superheros but after this i was surfing the internet to find out more about this comic character. Its a fairly dark theme good for adults and does provide a coherent story as apposed to the other marvel Lionsgate movies which i thought were abstract film reels glued together. Watch this and to the people who made this WELL DONE can we have more of the same please.Highly recommended