Marvel Comics outsources for anime series

[Imperial]

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The article only mentions Blade, X-Men, and Hulk but Wolverine and Iron Man trailers have also surfaced on Youtube.

Iron Man is going to rock our world.

Looks like Wolverine got hit with the ugly stick

[ZeroBusterXX]

I was just gonna come here and post this!!!

Man, I heard about this a while ago, but it is nice to see some footage. It is a combination of my two favorite things: Western comics and anime. Looks good so far, but the Wolverine footage is a bit, um, not Wolverine for me, but oh well. It's supposed to be based off Chris Claremont's run from the 80s (favorite comic writer), so I will keep my hopes up.

[ORegan]

Why was Shao Kahn attacking Wolverine?...

[azrael]

Anime Iron Man? Okay but too dark.

Anime Wolverine? WTF? Really, what in gawd's name was that???

[J-Lead]

Why does Wolverine have a mullet, and no sideburns? Weeaboolverine indeed. Ugh... I already do not want.

Iron Man, on the other hand, looks promising. I will not be happy if i see a goatee-less Tony Stark however...

[Sleepneeded127]

oh Wolverine looks horrible!!

But Damn Ironman looks great. cant what to see it hopefully it will be released in the US like Gotham Knight was.

[Dark Duel]

Why does Wolverine have a mullet, and no sideburns? Weeaboolverine indeed. Ugh... I already do not want.

Forget that, WHY IS WOLVERINE A BISHIE? He's a short brawny dude with anger management problems(and unbreakable claws). HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A BISHIE!

Iron Man looks cool, though I'm a little confused as to who Captain Pirate-bot is supposed to be.

[Casval Rem Daikun]

Well, it makes sense if this is true:
"Marvel had previously revealed that Madhouse is animating the Iron Man and Wolverine characters in Japan for Japanese audiences."

The lead character is never, ever a short brawny guy in anime. Ever.
One of his close friends might be, but never the lead.

Visually, the trailer suggests that Wolverine may be set in the past, given the number of ninja and demons present. Perhaps they're going after those left in the lurch after Inuyasha. I would not be at all surprised if it's revealed that this Wolverine got his claws through magic rather than technology or simple mutation.

The selected shows seem perfectly suited to adaptation to Japan, given that they allow the use of so very many anime standbys.

Robots/mecha - Ironman
Ninjas - Wolverine, Blade, possibly Ironman
Pirates/Guys with long coats & eyepatches - Ironman
One against many in silly proportions - all of 'em
Normal guys that can become impossibly strong - If that's not the Hulk, nothing is.

[Hyakushiki]

Now those were cool, I agree that Wolverine looks too young and clean cut I would have preferred that he looked more like Toshihiro Mifune in Yohjimbo but at least he's is fighting ninja and demons and there's nothing wrong with that!

[Amadi Akintunde]

There's something wrong with that if Wolverine has six foot long hair and looks like a damn vampire.

but fighting demons is cool too

don't see why he'd need ninja stars or a katana

though it would make things kind of interesting

[Casval Rem Daikun]

If you look closely, he was just pulling out a oshuriken that was stuck in his arm, not using it.

[Bright Noa]

My question for the Iron Man anime: will Jarvis appear in his comics incarnation or his movie version? As for the pirate/Neo-Nazi dude, maybe he's connected to the Armor Wars, perhaps?

As for Logan......yeah, it's different......and.....strange.....and......ah, screw it, Logan looks ridiculous. My only hope is that this new look has something to do with Logan's time spent in Japan, therefore, his appearance may be overshadowed by his actions. Then again, who will voice Logan may redeem this even further. My money's either on Norio Wakamoto or Takehito Koyasu.

[Geoxile]

Rumors are that the anime wolverine is a cop who gets a spirit stuck to him. Also for Iron Man it's supposedly Ezekiel Stane.

[Sleepneeded127]

it has to be remembered that these are being change to fit the Japanese audience so they will not be the same as the the original comic versions. if the recent magna versions are anything to go by it will be very different only the names really being the same.

[ZeroBusterXX]

Well those black armored things do kinda look like that armor Ezekiel wore. As for the Wolverine rumor, it reminds me of Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD. Which may or may not be a bad thing I guess.

[Kuruni]

it has to be remembered that these are being change to fit the Japanese audience so they will not be the same as the the original comic versions. if the recent magna versions are anything to go by it will be very different only the names really being the same.

Like...the classic Supaida man?

[SNT1]

I found the Ironman alright, but the Wolverine...

WTF?

The only similarity is that that... thing has claws like the original Wolverine(s). That's so damn bad. Why can't Japan not stand having a hairy brawny lead character? Everything has to be some skinny teenage bastard in Japan nowadays.

[joelfinkle]

One more note: The most-awesome Warren Ellis is writing the stories -- not the scripts -- for these series. He's got no control over visuals or the words coming out of their mouths (of which there were none in the trailers), which will come from the Japanese production house.

But they should be decent.

Meanwhile, am I the only one who doesn't hate Iron Man: Armored Adventures? Not quite anime styling (although Pepper Pott's 3D plastic hair is almost anime-like, and some of the other armored characters are very reminiscent of anime mecha). That's a french production with teenage Tony, Rhodie, Pepper and Gene Khan as the Mandarin. The combat animation has been stellar, and they're building a nice arc around the Mandarin's rings.

Unfortunately, they're on Niktoons, which I don't get on DirecTV without a fee, although they do occasionally show up on the OnDemand free, and I can watch them low-res on the Nickelodeon website.

[ZeroBusterXX]

One more note: The most-awesome Warren Ellis is writing the stories -- not the scripts -- for these series. He's got no control over visuals or the words coming out of their mouths (of which there were none in the trailers), which will come from the Japanese production house.

But they should be decent.

Meanwhile, am I the only one who doesn't hate Iron Man: Armored Adventures? Not quite anime styling (although Pepper Pott's 3D plastic hair is almost anime-like, and some of the other armored characters are very reminiscent of anime mecha). That's a french production with teenage Tony, Rhodie, Pepper and Gene Khan as the Mandarin. The combat animation has been stellar, and they're building a nice arc around the Mandarin's rings.

Unfortunately, they're on Niktoons, which I don't get on DirecTV without a fee, although they do occasionally show up on the OnDemand free, and I can watch them low-res on the Nickelodeon website.

I don't completely hate Armored Adventures, but I do think Spectacular Spider-Man and Wolverine and the X-Men are more well-done comic book adaptations. The whole teen Tony thing is just kind of annoying at times.

Warren Ellis on the writing staff of these anime is a good thing though. I really enjoy his work. I really, really loved Planetary by him.

[Kuruni]

I found the Ironman alright, but the Wolverine...

WTF?

The only similarity is that that... thing has claws like the original Wolverine(s). That's so damn bad. Why can't Japan not stand having a hairy brawny lead character? Everything has to be some skinny teenage bastard in Japan nowadays.

Correct me if I' wrong (I stop follow Western comic long ago, thank to fact that publisher here only release compilation like Batman: No Man Land), but isn't Wolverine actually lived in Japan at one point in his youth? (with a wife killed there). Maybe they pick that part and expand it. So even if it is quite different, this might be handwave as artist's interpretion.