Kid Icarus 3D Anime

To promote the release of Kid Icarus: Uprising, Nintendo released three anime shorts on the Nintendo Video app for the Nintendo 3DS created by three different Japanese animation studios. Each short focuses on one particular major Kid Icarus character.

Thanatos Rising

Production I.G's feature stars Pit as the main character, and aired first on Nintendo Video, and contains three parts. This animated short centers on a battle between the heroic angel and the humans against Medusa's minions, and the God of Death, Thanatos. Unlike the other features, this one is done in CGI, instead of the traditional anime format.

Medusa's Revenge

STUDIO4°C's feature has Medusa as the protagonist, and aired second on Nintendo Video with only one part. This short film is in Medusa's perspective during her time in the last twenty-five years until the present.

Palutena's Revolting Dinner

Shaft's feature has Palutena as the main character, and aired third on Nintendo Video with two parts. The atmosphere of these animated clips are the most light-hearted and comical, as Palutena, Pit, and the Centurions fight the forces of a sinister army of vegetable monsters that the goddess accidentally created.

Official Posters

• 
• 
• 

Trivia

• Interestingly, the mechanical ships illustrated on the poster featuring Thanatos appear to be modeled after the famous Trojan Horse, which was built by humans.