Anyone else watching Marvel anime?

[denilmo]

I'm so excited about it. I mean some of my favorite American animated heroes are being adapted for Japanese audiences in the anime style that I've always known and loved. It's two of my favorite worlds colliding. And last night after watching the sneak peek of the premieres for both Iron Man & Wolverine, I have to say that I'm really effin stoked.

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[demonzdream]

Honestly, my husband and I attempted to watch three of the four different series that have been offered over the last year.

Iron Man? We made it three episodes.
Wolverine? I made it six episodes, he quit after the first.
X Men? I made it seven, I think. He didn't even attempt.
Blade? I couldn't bring myself to even try the first ep.

Honestly, they were all kind of a let-down. I think my husband said it best: The Japanese don't fully understand American heroes. It really comes through in the story lines. But we gave each series an honest attempt. In the scheme of Stan Lee, we enjoyed Heroman a lot more, but who knows if we'll see that on these shores.

[denilmo]

I liked the first episodes. And I'm trying to see it as what it was made as: Not Japanese animators making a mess of our beloved heroes, but adapting them to appeal to a Japanese audience. Bringing our western comic heroes to Japanese shores and giving them a story there is kind of interesting, to me at least.
And with the collaboration, I think there was a right choice in letting Warren Ellis do the writing. He's worked with DC & Marvel and he's familiar with the characters. He's the one that did the story for both Iron Man & Wolverine (and from my understanding, he did X-Men & Blade as well). I think if they had let Japanese writer's head the project it would have upset many more fans.
Madhouse has backed some of the best anime titles out there like Deathnote, Vampire Hunter D, Trigun, & Ninja Scroll, and I personally believe they were a great company to take this on. Maybe my opinion will change as the story develops more, but right now I'd like to give it a chance.

Heroman, huh? How was the action in that? :)

[demonzdream]

Heroman wasn't bad, just a different take on the 'one person can change the world' mentality. Like any story, it had its highs and lows, but good always triumphed in the end.

[seoinage]

Whoa, so glad you posted this because I knew nothing at all about it! Will need to check it out~ XD

[denilmo]

Woo!

You should. Of course, reviews are mixed at the moment. The fanboys are at war. *sigh*
But I'm totally diggin it so far. If you catch it Friday, let me know what you think of it ^_^