First Look at Marvel Anime

[Silva]

The Ironman one did look promising. I'm not even going to try looking at the Wolverine one after you described it like that.

 

[Rational-Delirium]

If I had just watched the videos without reading the post, I probably would have thought, "Who is this pansy and why does he have Wolverine's claws? He really should give them back before he's sued." It didn't seem to match his fighting style at all: too smooth, slow, calm. It's almost like he's bored. Wolverine should be intense and slightly insane. Angry. Also, the Japanese/samurai music was a bit grating. It was almost like they were mocking us with their "reimagining".

However, I'm going to go with the crowd and admit that Ironman looks pretty good. I was impressed with the smoothness and the movement of the animation. But I'm going to take both trailers with a grain of salt. How about we actually see the real thing, and then start making conclusions.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

The Iron Man trailer actually looks pretty good. As for Wolverine, well, it's interesting. It doesn't feel very Wolverine-y, but it might be alright.

 

[jacobschndr]

Good frickin' God. Wolverine looks like Joe Dirt with steak knives between his knuckles. And why the fuck does it seem that every anime out there today has to have something totally shit-balls whack like pirates, robots, trucker ninjas, bats that turn into ninjas, demons, demons who are also ninjas and Ron Perlman? (just to name a few). Comics are already far-fetched enough but that...that just makes it weird.

Suffice to say, I will probably still watch one episode of either, maybe. But I'm not holdin' my breath man. Cause deep down inside I really hope this doesn't catch on with all western comic culture. You know, where everyone wants to go anime because they think its cool or something. Christ? Satan? Buddha?! one of you help please!

P.S. The only one truly good anime ever to be made was COWBOY BEBOP, Say I'm Wrong Assholes!

 

[paragon1]

Oh, this looks great. Wink, wink.
The eastern and western cultures should never EVER meet, because the result is always cringe worthy.

I disagree. The Iron Man theme fits in well with anime, since Iron Man is sort of a mecha. And since anime normally does a good job with mechas, I think it will be good. But, I guess that's just my opinion. Although the Wolverine show is just one gigantic *facepalm* for the western world.

ITS A GUNDAM!! Oh wait, its just Tony Stark wrecking the city again. I'm sincerely hoping that's supposed to be the bastard child Logan fathered, and not the man himself (I mean COME ON, I know beards aren't common in japan, but a cleanshaven wolverine is just WRONG).

 

[paragon1]

Good frickin' God. Wolverine looks like Joe Dirt with steak knives between his knuckles. And why the fuck does it seem that every anime out there today has to have something totally shit-balls whack like pirates, robots, trucker ninjas, bats that turn into ninjas, demons, demons who are also ninjas and Ron Perlman? (just to name a few). Comics are already far-fetched enough but that...that just makes it weird.

Suffice to say, I will probably still watch one episode of either, maybe. But I'm not holdin' my breath man. Cause deep down inside I really hope this doesn't catch on with all western comic culture. You know, where everyone wants to go anime because they think its cool or something. Christ? Satan? Buddha?! one of you help please!

P.S. The only one truly good anime ever to be made was COWBOY BEBOP, Say I'm Wrong Assholes!

Your wrong, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex was pretty fucking awesome, and I've yet to see a Gundam series I didn't at least enjoy. Oh, and you seriously don't want to piss off demon ninja Ron Perlman. He can kill you before you know it, devour your soul, and do FANTASTIC job narrating it and acting it out for all his friends.

 

[PsykoDragon]

I see both animes flopping! I mean, in the Iron Man anime you have robo-pirates that seem to have equal if not better technology than Iron-Man, so:
A) Iron Man kills them easily anyway. Results in wtf from fans.
B) Iron Man has to trap them, but because this ain't no Death Note/Code Geass/One Outs, the traps are your common "shoot building down onto enemy" sort.
C) Pirates defeat Iron Man but neglect to kill him, allowing him to come back with a more advanced suit.

Wolverine's anime... I thought that maybe because they're doing things so differently, MAYBE, just maybe, it would fare better, but I actually don't think it would. I'd tell you why I think so, but I must go save my planet.

 

[Deadpoolsbrain]

For me this is like they took my favorite thing in the world and raped it right in front of me. That said I could see it being maybe possibly not completely unbearable. I'm sorry I am a bit of a fanboy, so please disregard this as ravings of a madman.

 

[Juraz]

Since when was wolverine Zhang He?

 

[Woem]

Oh, this looks great. Wink, wink.
The eastern and western cultures should never EVER meet, because the result is always cringe worthy.

I disagree. The Iron Man theme fits in well with anime, since Iron Man is sort of a mecha. And since anime normally does a good job with mechas, I think it will be good. But, I guess that's just my opinion.

I agree, the style just fits. Since Iron Man has a bunch of mobile suits, this will all add up just fine. And I'll sign up for robot pirates any day.

I like the new Wolverine- he seems somewhat like a mix between Wolverine, a samurai, and Vega from Street Fighter.

It's definitely a style breach with what we know from the comics and cartoons, but to be honest I'm getting tired of that Wolverine, he's so one-dimensional that it gets really boring. To me this looks like an interesting take on his whole story.

 

[samsonguy920]

Call me crazy but i'm interested in both, even the Wolverine one, I mean sure people could complain that he's not a samurai in feudal Japan fighting ninja-bats or giant demons coated in Samurai armour, but really those people would be completely forgetting what Wovlerine really is even in the western sensibility, he is a warrior, he carries warriors pride and honour, I remember hearing a Marvel interview discussing Wolverine and the direction they felt they should take with him because at the beginning no one was warming up to him for being a basic beserker.

So they moved him into a more indepth character type of this disgraced warrior fighting for his pride and honour, which he already has but never realises it.

So really I can understand the move to set him a more Japanese setting.
Also, didn't the actual Wolverine spend quite a bit of time in Japan? Technically they could just be looking at his time there, and not necessarily setting him there indefinately.

That's not so much the general grief here, it's more the appearance. Wolverine's owlish hair and trucker-gruff looks is what makes him Wolverine. Frankly I about jizzed myself when Fox got it right for the movie...granted Hugh Jackman is taller than the comic Wolverine's 5 feet, that was a forgiveable small detail. Especially with Hugh taken into account...
Either way that trailer looked more like a dance exhibition than an action scene. I definitely liked the Iron Man trailer more, and will definitely keep my eyes open for that one. Robot Pirates....heh.

 

[Aethren]

They're both nice.

 

[shadowstriker86]

ugh, what is it about anime that makes everything look flashy and aesthetically good but at the same time makes frankenstein look less stiff?

 

[Zayren]

Did Donatello and Rafael just summon a giant demon?

 

[Sevre]

I can safely say this doesn't have my interest at all, it's just missing the essence of anime.

 

[jacobschndr]

Good frickin' God. Wolverine looks like Joe Dirt with steak knives between his knuckles. And why the fuck does it seem that every anime out there today has to have something totally shit-balls whack like pirates, robots, trucker ninjas, bats that turn into ninjas, demons, demons who are also ninjas and Ron Perlman? (just to name a few). Comics are already far-fetched enough but that...that just makes it weird.

Suffice to say, I will probably still watch one episode of either, maybe. But I'm not holdin' my breath man. Cause deep down inside I really hope this doesn't catch on with all western comic culture. You know, where everyone wants to go anime because they think its cool or something. Christ? Satan? Buddha?! one of you help please!

P.S. The only one truly good anime ever to be made was COWBOY BEBOP, Say I'm Wrong Assholes!

Your wrong, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex was pretty fucking awesome, and I've yet to see a Gundam series I didn't at least enjoy. Oh, and you seriously don't want to piss off demon ninja Ron Perlman. He can kill you before you know it, devour your soul, and do FANTASTIC job narrating it and acting it out for all his friends.

I concur, Ghost n da Shell: SAC was pretty good. But it isn't my favorite. IT tries to be way to complicated for my taste. And I swear the writers for that show are anti-western just by the way they depict characters from the west like america, it smells like BS to me. Oh yeah and congrats...your an Asshole.

 

[internutt]

Iron Man looks great. I'm not sold on Wolverine yet however.

Nothing will ever beat the awesomeness that was Japanese Spider Man. A live action series from the 70s in which a Japanese man would henshin, Kamen Rider style into Spider Man and fight aliens. The alien monster would then grow huge, which would lead Spider Man to summon a megazord.

This series started the Super Sentai giant robo trend. Very cool series.

 

[XJ-0461]

The Iron Man one looks all right, but they must have been smoking something when they came up with the Wolverine design. I look more like Wolverine than that, for crying out loud!