Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: The Complete Limited Series [Blu-Ray]

Cast: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin (VOICES)

Release Date: March 24, 2026

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 7/10

Synopsis:

Based on the cult classic live-action film Scott Pilgrim vs. The Word, Scott Pilgrim returns in an 8-part animated series. The original film cast (including Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin and Anna Kendrick) reprise their roles in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: The Complete Limited Series. Scott meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, but learns he must defeat her seven evil exes in order to date her. Then things get even more complicated. Based on the graphic novels by Bryan Lee O’Malley, this is Scott Pilgrim like you’ve never seen before!

‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’ invites fans back into Scott’s world for a unique new animated twist on the tale we all know and love. The series joins Scott as he tries to uncover the identity of the girl of his dreams; Ramona Flowers, only to discover that if he hopes to date her that he will have to face each of her evil-exes first. But this time around after seemingly being defeated by the first evil-ex Scott mysteriously vanishes with no explanation. Desperate to uncover the truth of what happened to her new crush, the series then follows Ramona as she delves into the lives of both her evil-exes and Scott’s friends hoping to discover what happened to Scott and why.

The animated series was created for television by BenDavid Grabinski and Bryan Lee O’Malley and runs for a total of 8 episodes. The American version of the series features the return of nearly the entire cast of the film reprising their roles in voice including Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Satya Bhabha, Chris Evans, Brie Larson, Alison Pill, Aubrey Plaza, Brandon Routh, Anna Kendrick, and Jason Schwartzman along with more and they each perfectly fall back into the roles here and help in their own right to make this one as clever and fun as it is.

‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’ serves up a clever, funny and wildly enjoyable twist on the graphic novels and film that reinvents the story in a drastically different way and only manages to offer up one fun turn and twist after another that will have fans of the franchise cheering and loving nearly every moment once this familiar story repeatedly heads in directions that they never would have expected. It’s like reuniting with old friends after more than a decade and this animated fantasy adventure does a splendid job of keeping the fun coming while keeping things familiar yet also significantly different in order to deliver a new twist on the beloved tale that stays true to its tone and style while turning just about everything else upside down in the best and most unexpected way possible.

The fact that nearly everyone from the film returns to contribute their voices for this limited series is really the icing on the cake and what makes it truly click. Even while the Japanese audio is additionally included on the Blu-ray, it’s one of the few rare occasions where I never hesitated to watch the English language version and I can’t imagine it being even remotely as nostalgic or enjoyable without these familiar voices back in action so to speak.

Overall, ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’ is an absolute blast that returns fans to the world of Scott Pilgrim and features almost the entire cast of the 2010 film reprising their roles in voice for this animated limited series and it only helps to seal the deal on this already immensely enjoyable ride that should have fans of the story and film thoroughly thrilled if you didn’t already catch it on Netflix where it initially debuted a couple years prior.

For the fans merely curious about the technical merits of the Blu-ray itself, Universal’s ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: The Complete Limited Series’ Blu-ray release brings home all eight animated episodes featuring solid high definition video presentations on all eight episodes paired with some pretty terrific and immersive multichannel DTS-HD MA soundtracks; not to mention audio commentary tracks on top of it all. If you’re a fan of the limited series that would love to physically own it then the Blu-ray release might not blow you away but it shouldn’t disappoint either and is recommended.

VIDEO:

The Blu-ray release of ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: The Complete Limited Series’ features a full 1080p High Definition presentation on all 8 episodes of the series presented in its original 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio. The video presentations look pretty great as a whole and offer clean, sharp and vibrantly colored presentations on each episode of the limited series. There are some noisier moments and sequences and while I didn’t catch this one on Netflix and am therefore unable to offer comparisons, it always seems to feel like the intended style of the animation and not a technical issue with the release. Details are fully fleshed out and look great while colors are bright, rich and gorgeous. Overall, these are very nice high definition presentations that should have fans of the series and franchise quite pleased.

AUDIO:

The Blu-ray release includes a 5.1 channel DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack for all 8 episodes of the animated series. These multichannel soundtracks repeatedly enhance the fun and excitement of the series and offer clean, crisp and fairly aggressive audio presentations for each episode. They consistently utilize all five available channels in order to send dialogue moving from one speaker to another as characters move, along with plenty of music, dialogue and action effects, plus plenty more zipping throughout the various speakers whenever appropriate and never resulting in any dialogue or other audio elements becoming negatively impacted or rendered problematic in the process. Overall, these are magnificent 5.1 DTS-HD MA soundtracks that sound great and repeatedly impress.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

The Blu-ray release of ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: The Complete Limited Series’ features ‘Audio Commentaries with Creators and Executive Producers Bryan Lee O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski’ on all 8 episodes of the limited series.

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Disc Rating: 7/10

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‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: The Complete Limited Series’ Arrives On Blu-ray March 24, 2026 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

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