{"id":61,"date":"2012-02-06T00:35:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T06:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animationrevelation.com\/readables\/?p=61"},"modified":"2026-07-17T11:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:06:04","slug":"youve-got-your-marvel-in-my-anime-daemoncorps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animationrevelation.com\/readables\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"You’ve got Your Marvel in my Anime!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cEast meeting West\u201d isn\u2019t exactly the newest of concepts out there. For as long as I can remember, there has always been some kind of attempt at combining the two incredibly different cultures, whether it is a \u201cfish out of water\u201d type of story, or just in the sense that a story is told or displayed in a fashion similar to the other\u2019s.<\/p>\n

In some cases, this has been successful.<\/p>\n

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For others, well…<\/p>\n

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… and now, after what seems like much longer than it should have been, the hotshot comic guys at Marvel have finally followed suit as well, buddying up with the guys at Madhouse Animation to (as the press release states) \u201ccreate four all new anime versions of classic Marvel Super Heroes.\u201d First up are Iron Man and Wolverine.<\/p>\n

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Based on what I know about each series, I would have to say that the \u201cIron Man\u201d series looks much more promising. The series already has an overall plot that translates incredibly well to the realm of anime. I mean, you have a primarily adult cast going through the trials and tribulations of their somewhat corrupt lives mixed in with the whole theme of sporting a robot suit to fight crime… sounds like an anime to me.<\/p>\n

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As for the \u201cWolverine\u201d trailer, I\u2019d have to agree with the YouTube ratings and say that I\u2019m a bit iffy on this one. While, again, Wolverine\u2019s story is dark enough to translate well into an anime, the blatant changes made to his character design are less than satisfactory for those who keep up with the X-Men series and all its incarnations. I\u2019m not in any way a hardcore Marvel fan (I only recently got into the Ultimate line a year ago) but even I\u2019m aware of how Wolverine should look. And, just as the case was with Dragon Ball making the jump to live action, if you can\u2019t get a character design down solid to please the majority of fans, then you\u2019re gonna have a hard time hyping up that particular incarnation of the series. Without getting further into my rant mode, I\u2019ll just say that while I\u2019m aware that Logan did have some kind of other life in Japan (at least that\u2019s what \u201cWolverine and the X-Men tells me) based on the trailer, it looks like they\u2019re tweaking with his character, aiming for more of a \u201crefined badass\u201d over a straight-up feral one\u2014that\u2019s what his sudden change in height and build gives off to me, anyway. And the mullet… that\u2019s just giving me mixed signals there.<\/p>\n

But regardless of what the trailers\u2019 first impressions give off, I\u2019ve gotta say that I\u2019m pretty psyched about this move, and the thought that there\u2019ll be two more Marvel series to be done like this just made things that much better. My initial guesses were Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four, but further checking things<\/a>, it looks like next up will be X-Men and Blade. Uh… whodathunkit?<\/p>\n

Originally posted on Friday, July 31, 2009.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cEast meeting West\u201d isn\u2019t exactly the newest of concepts out there. For as long as I can remember, there has always been some kind of attempt at combining the two incredibly different cultures, whether it is a \u201cfish out of water\u201d type of story, or just in the sense that a story is told or displayed in a fashion similar to the other\u2019s. In some cases, this has been successful. For others, well… … and now, after what seems like…<\/p>\n

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