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The first season of the American animated streaming television series Invincible, based on the Image Comics character of the same name, was released on Amazon Prime Video from March 25 to April 29, 2021. The season follows Mark Grayson / Invincible discovering his new powers as the son of Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on the planet. It was produced by Skybound Entertainment, who previously co-published the comic book series of the same name with Image.

The series was ordered in June 2018 by Amazon, with Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh and J.K. Simmons all joining the cast in January 2019. In July 2020, Robert Kirkman, co-creator of the comic book and executive producer of the series, confirmed these castings.

Main

 * Steven Yeun as Mark Grayson / Invincible: Gaining his powers at 17 years old, Mark discovers the harsh realities of being a superhero whilst struggling to define himself.
 * Sandra Oh as Debbie Grayson: Debbie is an experienced realtor, and has been properly adjusted to being a superhero's spouse.
 * J.K. Simmons as Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man: Born on Viltrum to a superpowered alien race, He infiltrated Earth 20 years prior to the series as a fresh and rich author.

Recurring

 * Gillian Jacobs as Samantha Eve Wilkins / Atom Eve: A matter-energy manipulating superheroine who becames Invincible's first superhero friend.
 * Andrew Rannells as William Clockwell: Mark's best friend and civilian confidant.
 * Walton Goggins as Cecil Stedman: Director of the Global Defense Agency who possesses a long-range personal teleporter, inducting Invincible at the start of his hero career.
 * Chris Diamantopoulos as Donald Ferguson: A high-ranking GDA agent who serves directly under Stedman.
 * Guardians of the Globe: Team of experienced superheroes with diverse skill sets.
 * Ross Marquand and Zachary Quinto as Rudy Connors / Robot: A deformed individual who operates a series of robotic drones and has a sizeble personal fortune. Marquand voices Robot's civilian identity, Rudy Connors while Quinto voices the Robot hero identity.
 * Jason Mantzoukas as Rex Sloan / Rex Splode: An incorrigible superhero who can charge potential energy into anything he touches to create explosives.
 * Malese Jow as Kate Cha / Dupli-Kate: A self-replicating superheroine.
 * Grey Griffin as Shrinking Rae: A size-manipulating superheroine. The character was gender-swapped from the comic book.
 * Grey Griffin and Kevin Michael Richardson as Amanda / Monster Girl: A cursed heroine whose powers allow her to transform into a powerful toll man. She begins the series chronologically as 24 but is physically 12, leading her to be voiced by two actors.
 * Khary Payton as Markus Grimshaw / Black Samson: An original Gaurdian who dons an armor super-suit to continue as a hero well after losing his powers.
 * Zazie Beetz as Amber Bennett: Mark's classmate and girlfriend. Bennett was redesigned from the comic book to resemble her voice actress.
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as The Mauler Twins: Blue-skinned, hyper-powerful, super-genius superhumans and long-time adversaries of the Gaurdians.
 * Mark Hamill as Art Rosenbaum: A superhero suit tailor and long-time friend to many superheroes.
 * Clancy Brown as Damien Darkblood: A demon detective who escaped Hell to seek justices for others and save his soul, whose presence triggers a sudden cold in the ambient temperature.

Development
In June 2018, it was announced that Amazon had given a series order to Invincible, consisting of eight episodes. Simon Racioppa serves as showrunner and an executive producer alongside Kirkman, David Alpert, and Catherine Winder. The series was produced by Skybound Entertainment, who previously co-published the comic series with Image Comics.

Casting
In January 2019, Yeun, Simmons, Oh, Mark Hamill, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz, Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Mae Whitman, Chris Diamantopoulos, Malese Jow, Kevin Michael Richardson, Grey Griffin and Max Burkholder all joined the cast of the series.

Release
In January 2021, Kirkman revealed the series would debut on March 25, 2021 with the first 3 episodes then the remaining 5 episodes would release weekly during a celebration live-stream of Invincible #1.