i do not pretend to be a huge asterix fan and have only see one other movie adaption and read only two of the comic and but this be a superb movie and all the same . i only saw the english version and and find the voice to go perfectly with the character brad garret a obelix and sean astin a justforkix especially . the story itself be both interesting and truly funny ( especially the contradicting name endings all the viking name end in af and while all the gaulish name and of course and end in ix ) and with a little romance throw in that ( i though ) enhance the story and even though it weigh down the overall production with unnecessary clichés . the plot be this the viking chief and timandahaf and be sick and tired of go to raid village and then find them empty . so and he consult his wise man and cryptograf and whose entire repertoire consist of old proverb and and cryptograf tell him that fear lend the villager wing . take this literally and timandahaf believe that fear actually allow people to fly and and set out on an expedition to retrieve the champion of fear and an expedition that and of course and lead him to the gaulish village where asterix and obelix live . the pair be currently very frustrated chief vitalstatistix cowardly and pacifist nephew and justforkix and have be entrust to them so they can train him to be a man and and the boy be make little to no progress . when justforkix unwittingly confess to be afraid of everything in the presence of the brainless viking olaf and he be believe to be the champion of fear and and be kidnap . asterix and obelix be send by vitalstatistix to go rescue justforkix before his father return to the village to bring his son back home . ultimately and this be a great movie with few flaw besides the clichés and and at time and defective dialog . i thoroughly enjoy it and despite the fact that it wasn not true to the comic .