Shantae

Shantae is a 2004 traditionally direct-to-video animated American film produced by Sensation Animation and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, based on the video game of the same name by WayForward.

Synopsis
Shantae is the Guardian Genie of Scuttle Town, but longs to be a Relic Hunter like her adoptive uncle Mimic.

Plot
A gang of pirates, the Tinkerbats, led by Risky Boots, attacks Scuttle Town and steals a prototype steam engine from Mimic, the town's resident treasure hunter. Mimic tells Shantae, the guardian of Scuttle Town, that if Risky retrieves four magical "elemental stones", she could power up the steam engine and create an unstoppable weapon out of it. Shantae travels across Sequin Land, determined to retrieve the steam engine and the elemental stones and stop Risky.

With help from her friends Bolo and Sky and her acquaintance Rottytops, she gains access to three dungeons where she retrieves three of the stones. At the fourth dungeon, Shantae finds the fourth stone, but is ambushed at the exit by Risky, who leaves with the stones. Shantae subsequently discovers the location of Risky's hideout with a magical flying telescope called the Sky Scope, and teleports there. Shantae reaches and destroys Risky's weapon, the Tinker Tank. Risky tries to kill Shantae but is defeated; and as Risky's hideout collapses, Shantae escapes. After, she is magically abducted to a place called the Genie Realm where the genies offer her a chance to remain with them as a reward for her courage, but at the price of never seeing her friends again. She refuses and is sent back to Scuttle Town where she announces to Mimic that she had to destroy the steam engine, but is relieved to hear from him that it was probably for the better.

Cast

 * Tara Strong as Shantae
 * Katey Sagal as Risky Boots
 * Frank Welker as Mimic
 * Grey DeLisle as Rottytops
 * Cathy Cavadini as Sky
 * Charlie Schlatter as Bolo
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Tinkerbats

Release
The film was originally released on DVD and VHS on September 28, 2004.

The film was released on Blu-ray in 2011. In 2014, the film was re-released along with sequel Shantae: Risky's Revenge to promote Shantae and the Pirate's Curse.