X-Men Anime |OT| - Third time's a charm for Marvel Anime!

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X-men - Pretty damn solid animation and direction.:o and the first few minutes were pretty action-packed. Good stuff overall, and what's funny is I'm actually excited to see the next episode, why does it haft to be a week away.:(

Spring is off to a good start with this and tiger and bunny, now time to watch nichijou!
 
Dresden said:
X-Men was good. Onwards to Nichijou.
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So might this be a Marvel anime worth watching? I haven't heard anything good about the other efforts in that universe.
 
I was wrong about X-men, there's also Mr. Devilfish. So that makes three good things and Storm. I just hope that at least other well known mutants have like cameos or maybe a one episode role or something.
 
Geneijin said:
Introduction indicates so.
Not to mention her behind Jean when Scott was talking to Jean
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Oh snap i feel like a idiot for not noticing that.:lol
 
Geneijin said:
Introduction indicates so.
Not to mention her being behind Jean when Scott was talking to Jean unless I'm mistaken.
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I think that was the other consciousness inside Jean, not Emma (that sequence was in the mind, after all)
 
JKTrix said:
I think that was the other consciousness inside Jean, not Emma (that sequence was in the mind, after all)
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Yeah, but
if Jean was being mind controlled, it wouldn't be surprising for the person who's controlling her to be inside her head/beside Jean's mind. Plus, the outfits matches Emma's in the OP rather than Jean's DP outfit.
 
Geneijin said:
Yeah, but
if Jean was being mind controlled, it wouldn't be surprising for the person who's controlling her to be inside her head/beside Jean's mind. Plus, the outfits matches Emma's in the OP rather than Jean's DP outfit.
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I really don't think that was Emma. It just didn't look like her to me.

EDIT: Also I'm trying to watch the first episode of Tiger and Bunny but fuck, whoever subbed it used a small white font in italics. I can barely read anything.
 
Geneijin said:
Yeah, but
if Jean was being mind controlled, it wouldn't be surprising for the person who's controlling her to be inside her head/beside Jean's mind. Plus, the outfits matches Emma's in the OP rather than Jean's DP outfit.
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Honestly my knowledge of X-men is exclusively from the movies and scattered video games. I don't know if Emma is actually psionic. In the games at least, she was a good guy. So my internal logic kind of ruled her out of that situation.
 
JKTrix said:
Honestly my knowledge of X-men is exclusively from the movies and scattered video games. I don't know if Emma is actually psionic. In the games at least, she was a good guy. So my internal logic kind of ruled her out of that situation.
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Watching the OP again
she seems to be the good guy as she is standing amongst the other heroes
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Ezalc said:
I really don't think that was Emma. It just didn't look like her to me.

EDIT: Also I'm trying to watch the first episode of Tiger and Bunny but fuck, whoever subbed it used a small white font in italics. I can barely read anything.
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wat, looks like her to me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2jTogBrWrA#t=0m12s

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JKTrix said:
Honestly my knowledge of X-men is exclusively from the movies and scattered video games. I don't know if Emma is actually psionic. In the games at least, she was a good guy. So my internal logic kind of ruled her out of that situation.
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I read a bit about Emma because I wanted to find more pictures of her delicious ass out more about her character. She's a pretty high leveled telepath like Professor X level, and she has the ability to turn into diamond, IIRC that is. So she should be pretty damn strong. Also IIRC there's also this thing with her loving Scott too, I don't know if it'll be in the show though.
 
JKTrix said:
Honestly my knowledge of X-men is exclusively from the movies and scattered video games. I don't know if Emma is actually psionic. In the games at least, she was a good guy. So my internal logic kind of ruled her out of that situation.
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Doesn't rule out she'll be a bad-guy-turned-into-a-good-guy. She displayed a similar power in Wolverine and the X-men I think with Nitro. I'm not saying she won't be a good guy but that it is her inside Jean's consciousness.
 
Ezalc said:
I read a bit about Emma because I wanted to find more pictures of her delicious ass out more about her character. She's a pretty high leveled telepath like Professor X level, and she has the ability to turn into diamond, IIRC that is. So she should be pretty damn strong. Also IIRC there's also this thing with her loving Scott too, I don't know if it'll be in the show though.
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That ability was revealed as a "secondary" mutation she had.

She and Scott started to have an affair (psychic at first, then shit got real).


Geneijin said:
Doesn't rule out she'll be a bad-guy-turned-into-a-good-guy. She displayed a similar power in Wolverine and the X-men I think with Nitro. I'm not saying she won't be a good guy but that it is her inside Jean's consciousness.
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wouldn't be surprised since she was a bad guy at first
 
Geneijin said:
Doesn't rule out she'll be a bad-guy-turned-into-a-good-guy. She displayed a similar power in Wolverine and the X-men I think with Nitro. I'm not saying she won't be a good guy but that it is her inside Jean's consciousness.
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I still don't think it was her, I mean I thought it at first too but then I looked a bit more carefully and just disregarded the thought. Plus I don't think in the comics she was ever evil.
 
Ezalc said:
I still don't think it was her, I mean I thought it at first too but then I looked a bit more carefully and just disregarded the thought. Plus I don't think in the comics she was ever evil.
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she was the White Queen of the Hellfire club aka foes of the X-men
 
Ezalc said:
I still don't think it was her, I mean I thought it at first too but then I looked a bit more carefully and just disregarded the thought. Plus I don't think in the comics she was ever evil.
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Guess we'll see then. I still think it's her. Still doesn't rule out the possibility they'll have her act such a role in the anime.
 
Ezalc said:
I still don't think it was her, I mean I thought it at first too but then I looked a bit more carefully and just disregarded the thought. Plus I don't think in the comics she was ever evil.
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Emma Frost was the White Queen. Remember the X-Men arcade game? ("X-Men! Welcome to DIE!!") She was one of the bosses you fight in that game.
 
Infinite Justice said:
she was the White Queen of the Hellfire club aka foes of the X-men
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Well damn I didn't know about this. But at those pictures, look at the one with the chick behind Jean the uniform at the hips looks different then Emma's. But whatever, even if that is Emma it doesn't matter. This anime still looks interesting, it be better if it had Gambit though.
 
JKTrix said:
Guess it's Emma then!
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Actually, looking at your pictures, the person behind Jean and Emma's outfit in the OP are a bit different, so one could think it's not Emma, but the picture Infinite Justice posted has an outfit that resembles the one in the scene more.

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Ezalc said:
Well damn I didn't know about this. But at those pictures, look at the one with the chick behind Jean the uniform at the hips looks different then Emma's. But whatever, even if that is Emma it doesn't matter. This anime still looks interesting, it be better if it had Gambit though.
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in the pic you can see Emma's trademark choker


this entry about the club could be what the anime is going for

The Hellfire Club and its Inner Circle were introduced in "The Dark Phoenix Saga", attempting to subvert the X-Men's Jean Grey. This incarnation, composed most notably of Black King Sebastian Shaw and White Queen Emma Frost, would remain prominent for many years.
 
X-Men

This could have been decent, but the inclusion of emo-Scott and the entire Phoenix bs does not give me high hopes.

At least the animation is (really) good.
 
X-men 1

That was... actually pretty good. Also, dat Storm.

Guess I owe Duckroll an apology for thinking he had ulterior motives.
 
Well, it seems this EKKSU-MEN series occurs a year after the events of the Dark Phoenix Saga. Or some variation thereof, I think I've seen several retellings of the Jean Grey/Phoenix story. I don't even remember if Mastermind was behind the original Dark Phoenix sequence of events, it was so long ago.

In unrelated news, it occurred to me how strange it was to be seeing the X-Men speaking Japanese. This is originally an American comic book property, after all. I keep feeling like I'm watching a Japanese dubbed version of the show and want to go look for the original version with the English voices.
 
X-Men 1:

Okay, wow. That was actually...wow. I guess Marvel finally wised up after the Iron Man and Wolverine series and actually sent people to Japan to consult on the anime version of X-Men. Because it actually looks like they are taking this seriously. This might actually end up being good if they take it seriously, we know Madhouse is an anime studio that knows what it's doing when it's given real direction on what to do.

Oh right, and dat Storm. Hnnnnnnng. Also, PUROFESAH EKKSU looks awesome in this series, going back to a more canonical appearance before Patrick Stewart made everyone think he was supposed to look 936 years old.

This series not only needs to be dubbed, they need to find all the VOs from the old Fox X-Men series (the original good one, not the many horrible spinoffs) and have those guys dub it.
 
I wasn't expecting it to be that good, I was a big fan of the original cartoon show, and this got a lot of those elements spot on. Interactions between Logan and Scott were spot on, and the animation was good.

I can't imagine that the studio that made this managed to botch the Iron Man anime

Unknown Soldier said:
Oh right, and dat Storm. Hnnnnnnng. Also, PUROFESAH EKKSU looks awesome in this series, going back to a more canonical appearance before Patrick Stewart made everyone think he was supposed to look 936 years old.
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I laughed a bit too hard at that, I'm glad they went with Hallie Berry Storm rather then OG Storm
 
First episode of X-Men was surprisingly decent. Cyclops was way too emo for me though, but he's had an amazing ability to get on my nerves for various reasons, no matter what X-Men outing it's been over the years, so I guess that's par for the course then. The episode actually had a similar vibe to the old X-Men cartoons for me(emo Scott aside), which is a good thing. Think I'll be keeping an eye on this series.
 
X Men 1
So this is actually pretty decent, the setup is a little sketchy with just beung a missing persons but no doubt it will lead to bigger things.
 
pieatorium said:
I meant as far as calling back the 'elite' X Men and busting Cyclops out of emo just for 1 random girl
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It's pretty clear that PUROFESAH EKKSU thought there was something big going on or he wouldn't have done it. Probably he figured the sudden inability to sense any mutants in an entire region of the world might be considered a huge red flag and worth recalling everybody for.
 
Unknown Soldier said:
It's pretty clear that PUROFESAH EKKSU thought there was something big going on or he wouldn't have done it. Probably he figured the sudden inability to sense any mutants in an entire region of the world might be considered a huge red flag and worth recalling everybody for.
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maybe I zoned out for a bit and missed that lol
 
^ and he's drunk.

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Not bad and the animation looks nice (Storm <3).

Given the framing i think Cyclops will be in emo mode soon enough plus i hope they will keep the
Hisako/Wolverine student/teacher mechanic like the comics
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The ending has some great drawing for some other characters i looking forward to seeing.
 
X-Men 1:
Geneijin said:
So they sacrificed Iron Man and Wolverine and siphoned both their animation budgets into X-men's?
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Not quite, although the first few minutes do look amazing. They fulfilled the promise of the original Iron-Man trailer! After that the show returns to looking above-average, which is still way better than, say, Wolverine.

Yes, this was actually a good first episode. I'm as surprised as anyone! We open with an action sequence, and because it's connected with a story-arc it isn't just pointless action, we move on to reflection, new developments, examine our characters lives in snapshot and then bring the cast together. It's a basic structure but they execute it very well.

I...look forward to more?

Also, lol at Storm not being able to wear her seatbelt like everyone else because her breasts are too large -

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Anyway, to cover the X-Men discussion earlier. I'm pretty sure it was indeed Emma Frost controlling Jean Grey in the beginning. The guys standing in the shadows were the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club. The first few episodes will probably cover them fighting the U-Men in Japan to rescue Armor, and laying the groundworks for the larger mystery as to what the plans of the villains are, and how the Hellfire Club are involved in this new struggle. Along the way Cyclops will probably run into Emma Frost, and they'll have to try to stop Emo-Scott from blasting her away with his eyes, so she can explain that there is a greater danger and she needs to help them.

Hopefully Sentinels are involved somehow. Mmmm.
 
duckroll said:
I wonder if Jean Grey will stay dead for the entire series, or if they will decide to bring her back at the end.
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I vote she actually stays dead. It would be the gutsiest thing they could do with this anime, since everyone else always wants to resurrect her so she can have her increasingly routine and inane love triangle with Cyclops and Wolverine. Even killing Jean Grey right at the beginning was something unusual, just look at the 3 movies which centered entirely about Jean Grey and whether she should fuck Wolverine or Cyclops and then she becomes Phoenix and dies. Everyone tries to recycle the Dark Phoenix Saga, just look at the original Fox cartoon series. It's the old and tired X-Men story fallback, and I'm glad this series starts AFTER Jean Grey dies so they can do something other than fight insane Jean Grey, again and again and again.
 
Yeah honestly I think exploring the dynamic of how Scott would deal with Emma Frost joining their group knowing that she was partly responsible for Jean's death could be way more interesting drama than going on some mystic quest to revive the Phoenix.
 
Sentinels have a much bigger chance of appearing than a possible return of Jean assuming Scott is a bishounen. Totally has the traits for it.

Edit: I guess what I mean by that is I'm expecting lots of angst from Emo-Scott because of his portrayal in Episode 1 seems indicative of bishounens in Shoujo animes. I'm expecting quite the character drama actually if they choose to go to that route.
 
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