For the past years, I’ve always had a ton of trouble figuring out which series to blog. This time though, I don’t have that at all. I already have a very good idea of the 10 series that I’m going to blog this season, even though four of them haven’t aired yet. Seriously, there is a lot of good stuff in this season. First of all, X-Men. The show with the best character designs of the season.
Beyond that though, we finally get to see the real potential of the Marvel Anime. This was the calibre that I expected when Madhouse first announced this project. While Wolverine was a major step above Iron Man,the X-Men again are a step above Wolverine. All they have to do now is properly pace their story like Wolverine dd (with its admittedly far simpler story) and this will be really excellent.
This show just has a terrific sense of atmosphere. The build-up, characters, animation and music all contribute wonderfully to it. The drama around Cyclops can be a bit cheesy, but it does work at creating some necessary tension between the lead characters: not enough to get obnoxious, but enough to push them forward and make them more interesting.
The story so far is simple, but pretty effective. Innocent mutants being kidnapped: it works, and has the potential to develop into something interesting later on. I especially love how that one guy who was turned into a monster was draw. I don’t mean his monster form, but rather the moment where he actually died. The thing with this series is that the character designs are vastly different, and yet both the flamboyant main characters and the average minor characters: all of them look like a lot of time was spent on their designs, to make all of them unique. This is what really impressed me about these first two episodes.
What’s really refreshing about this season as well is that for once, teenagers aren’t dominating in nearly every series. Remember how during the previous Winter-Season, Wolverine was the only series that did not have a teenager as its lead character? Instead, we have multiple series here with lead characters in their twenties and even thirties. Yay for variety!
Rating: ** (Excellent)
Those screenshots actually make this look pretty cool. I think I’ll have to check it out.
I collected X-Men comics a very lot time ago when I was a kid and I lost interest in them several years go. Surprisingly enough, now I like the Avengers, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America…comics and figures that I wouldn’t even think of touching back then.
This anime alone has revitalized my interest in X-Men. The animation is incredible and the storyline and characterization is well done. I didn’t really expect this out of the X-Men anime show and hope they continue with this kind of quality in this show and others that they produce in the future.
Fun stuff again. I’m Really curious about the next episode, when Emma will get introduced in the plot. She’s one of the more prominent characters (especially in more recent years) that has often been missing in cartoon and movie adaptations for some reason.
Perhaps the next episode will also shed some light on where (and if) this anime fits in the timeline of the comics. I have never read the story involving sublime and the u-men myself, so seeing that in the form of an anime adaptation would be neat. If I really enjoy this series, perhaps it’s time for a few months of subscription to marvel.com. Old interests boiling up again :).
Tomtom, my guess is that it doesn’t really fit in the normal timeline of comics (actually, even the comics themselves have a hard time keeping a proper timeline for things).
They are just borrowing stuff from all around. They are doing a good job at it so far.
This Series is the onlyone that have a character with more than 200 years old Spoiler Alert.
Emma Frost is usually left out because she’s still primarily known for dressing like a member of the oldest profession. No offense to her fans, but TV executives aren’t going to want 8-year-olds showing their mommies what the Hellfire Club version of their hero looks like.
Puran: You’re probably right.
Maureen: lol, is that just something you suspect? Simply tuning down the slutty atire a bit would suffice right?
Emma Frost is usually left out
In two of the American adaptations including the most recent one, Emma has been kept. The same is true for the japanese version especially since much of the story with the U-Men and Armor is lifted from the comic arcs that featured her very prominently.