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{{see also|List of Marvel Anime episodes#Iron_Man|l1=List of Iron Man episodes}} {{see also|List of Marvel Anime episodes#Iron_Man|l1=List of Iron Man episodes}}
{{nihongo|'''''Iron Man'''''|]|Aian Man}} (DVD title: '''Iron Man: Animated Series''') is the first show of the series with 12<ref></ref> episodes. The series was directed by Yuzo Sato, with ] writing the story and ] serving as voice director, casting director, and reversion producer for the English version. A special preview ran on ] on September 25, 2010, before the series began airing on October 1, 2010,<ref></ref> and ended on December 17, 2010. While Iron Man premiered in the US on ] on July 29, 2011,<ref name="SHHype">{{cite web|title=Anime Iron Man and Wolverine Premiere July 29|url=http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167661-anime-iron-man-and-wolverine-premiering-july-29|publisher=SuperheroHype.com|accessdate=June 23, 2011}}</ref> a "sneak peek" of the first episode aired on July 23, 2011 following G4's ] 2011 Live coverage.<ref name="G4TV Schedule">{{cite web | url = http://www.g4tv.com/schedule/index.html?datetime=07/23/2011%2013:30%20PM | title = G4 TV Schedule; Sat, July 23, 2011 | publisher = G4 Media | accessdate = July 22, 2011 | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/60NKTqks6 | archivedate = July 22, 2011}}</ref> The entire series was released on DVD in the United States on April 24, 2012. A follow up direct-to-video film called ''Iron Man: Rise of Technovore'' was released on April 16, 2013.<ref name="Iron Man: Rise of Technovore Coming to Blu-ray 4/16 More on Marvel.com: http://marvel.com/news/story/20068/iron_man_rise_of_technovore_coming_to_blu-ray_416#ixzz2NvIaZf1k">{{cite web|title=Iron Man: Rise of Technovore Coming to Blu-ray 4/16 More on Marvel.com|url=http://marvel.com/news/story/20068/iron_man_rise_of_technovore_coming_to_blu-ray_416|publisher=MARVEL|accessdate=March 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-08/madhouse-marvel-team-up-again-for-new-iron-man/rise-of-technovore-film |title=Madhouse, Marvel Team Up Again for New Iron Man: Rise of Technovore Film |publisher=Anime News Network |date=October 8, 2012 |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref> {{nihongo|'''''Iron Man'''''|]|Aian Man}} (DVD title: '''Iron Man: Animated Series''') is the first show of the series with 12<ref></ref> episodes. The series was directed by Yuzo Sato, with ] writing the story and ] serving as voice director, casting director, and reversion producer for the English version. A special preview ran on ] on September 25, 2010, before the series began airing on October 1, 2010,<ref></ref> and ended on December 17, 2010. While Iron Man premiered in the US on ] on July 29, 2011,<ref name="SHHype">{{cite web|title=Anime Iron Man and Wolverine Premiere July 29|url=http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167661-anime-iron-man-and-wolverine-premiering-july-29|publisher=SuperheroHype.com|accessdate=June 23, 2011}}</ref> a "sneak peek" of the first episode aired on July 23, 2011 following G4's ] 2011 Live coverage.<ref name="G4TV Schedule">{{cite web | url = http://www.g4tv.com/schedule/index.html?datetime=07/23/2011%2013:30%20PM | title = G4 TV Schedule; Sat, July 23, 2011 | publisher = G4 Media | accessdate = July 22, 2011 | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/60NKTqks6 | archivedate = July 22, 2011}}</ref> The entire series was released on DVD in the United States on April 24, 2012. A follow up direct-to-video film called ''Iron Man: Rise of Technovore'' was released on April 16, 2013.<ref name="Iron Man: Rise of Technovore Coming to Blu-ray 4/16 More on Marvel.com: http://marvel.com/news/story/20068/iron_man_rise_of_technovore_coming_to_blu-ray_416#ixzz2NvIaZf1k">{{cite web|title=Iron Man: Rise of Technovore Coming to Blu-ray 4/16 More on Marvel.com|url=http://marvel.com/news/story/20068/iron_man_rise_of_technovore_coming_to_blu-ray_416|publisher=MARVEL|accessdate=March 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-08/madhouse-marvel-team-up-again-for-new-iron-man/rise-of-technovore-film |title=Madhouse, Marvel Team Up Again for New Iron Man: Rise of Technovore Film |publisher=Anime News Network |date=October 8, 2012 |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref>

] was voice by ] in Japanese and ] in English.{{cn|date=June 2013}}


===Plot=== ===Plot===
Tony Stark goes to Japan to produce a new arc reactor power station and showcase the Iron Man Dio, a new prototype armor, that will replace him when he retires. However, the Iron Man Dio goes out of control and it is up to Tony as Iron Man to stop it along with an organization called the ]. Iron Man even gains an ally in ] operative Captain Nagato Sakurai piloting the Ramon Zero armor that his military group made for him. Iron Man soon discovers that his old friend ] (who Tony thought was dead upon his first time as Iron Man) is alive and is operating the Iron Man Dio armor for the Zodiac's goals. Tony Stark goes to Japan to produce a new arc reactor power station and showcase the Iron Man Dio, a new prototype armor, that will replace him when he retires. However, the Iron Man Dio goes out of control and it is up to Tony as Iron Man to stop it along with an organization called the ]. Iron Man even gains an ally in ] operative Captain Nagato Sakurai piloting the Ramon Zero armor that his military group made for him. Iron Man soon discovers that his old friend ] (who Tony thought was dead upon his first time as Iron Man) is alive and is operating the Iron Man Dio armor for the Zodiac's goals.

===Cast===
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Role !! Japanese Voice Actor !! English Voice Actor
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| Rasetsu/] Kuroda || ] || ]
|-
| Aki <small>(ep. 8)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Nanami Ōta || ] || ]
|-
| ] <small>(ep. 2)</small> || ] || ]<ref name="IronANN">{{cite web|title=Iron Man (TV)|publisher=]|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11786|accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| ] <small>(ep. 4)</small> || ] || ]<ref name="IronManEnglish"></ref>
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| Kawashima <small>(ep. 4)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Sho <small>(ep. 6)</small><br>''Young Sho <small>(ep. 6)</small>'' || ]<br>'']''<ref name="IronManEnglish" /> || ]<br>''Cindy Robinson''
|-
| Ramon Zero/Captain Nagato Sakurai || ] || ]
|-
| Professor Ohno <small>(ep. 3)</small> || - || ]
|-
| Professor Michelinie || - || ]
|-
| Ichiro Masuda || ]<ref name="IronManEnglish" /> || ]
|-
| Nakai <small>(ep. 3)</small> || - || ]
|-
| Shehla <small>(ep. 9)</small> || - || ]
|-
| Righella <small>(ep. 4)</small> || - || ]
|-
| Editor Nomura || ]<ref name="IronManEnglish" /> || ]
|-
| Maria <small>(ep. 6)</small> || ]<ref name="IronManEnglish" /> || ]
|-
| ] <small>(ep. 10)</small> || ]<ref name="IronManEnglish" /> || ]
|-
| Professor Yamaguchi <small>(ep. 3)</small> || - || ]
|}


==''Wolverine''== ==''Wolverine''==
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{{see also|List of Marvel Anime episodes#Wolverine|l1=List of Wolverine episodes}} {{see also|List of Marvel Anime episodes#Wolverine|l1=List of Wolverine episodes}}
{{nihongo|'''''Wolverine'''''|]|Uruvarin}} is the second show of the series with 12 episodes. It aired on Animax between January 7, 2011 and March 25, 2011. While Wolverine premiered in the US on ] on July 29, 2011,<ref name="SHHype"/> a "sneak peek" of the first episode aired on July 23, 2011 following the Iron Man "sneak peek" and G4's ] 2011 Live coverage.<ref name="G4TV Schedule"/> ] served as voice director, casting director, and reversion producer for the English version. {{nihongo|'''''Wolverine'''''|]|Uruvarin}} is the second show of the series with 12 episodes. It aired on Animax between January 7, 2011 and March 25, 2011. While Wolverine premiered in the US on ] on July 29, 2011,<ref name="SHHype"/> a "sneak peek" of the first episode aired on July 23, 2011 following the Iron Man "sneak peek" and G4's ] 2011 Live coverage.<ref name="G4TV Schedule"/> ] served as voice director, casting director, and reversion producer for the English version.

] in Japanese and by ] in English.{{cn|date=June 2013}}


===Plot=== ===Plot===
] learns that his girlfriend ], who disappeared a year ago, has been taken to Tokyo by her father ], the head of the Japanese crime syndicate Kuzuryu and a supplier of ], in order to be wed to Hideki Kurohagi. Wolverine goes on a quest to rescue Mariko and defeat Shingen and Hideki, encountering several opponents along the way. ] learns that his girlfriend ], who disappeared a year ago, has been taken to Tokyo by her father ], the head of the Japanese crime syndicate Kuzuryu and a supplier of ], in order to be wed to Hideki Kurohagi. Wolverine goes on a quest to rescue Mariko and defeat Shingen and Hideki, encountering several opponents along the way.

===Cast===
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Role !! Japanese Voice Actor !! English Voice Actor
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| Min || ] || ]
|-
| Kikyo Mikage || ] || ]
|-
| Juō Kurohagi || ] || ]
|-
| Vadhaka || ] || ]
|-
| Kai || ] || -
|-
| Koh || ] || J. B. Blanc
|-
| Agent Tsukino || ] || ]
|-
| ] <small>(ep. 6)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || J. B. Blanc
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| Miyuki <small>(ep. 7)</small> || ] || Stephanie Sheh<ref name="WolvANN">{{cite web|title=Wolverine (TV)|publisher=]|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=12083|accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| Agent Machida || Kōsuke Takaguchi || Roger Craig Smith
|-
| Ang || Kōsuke Takaguchi || -
|-
| Tesshin Asano || ] || ]
|-
| Agent Takagi || ] || Vic Mignogna
|-
| Scarred Man || ] || -
|-
| Hideki Kurohagi || ] || Vic Mignogna
|-
| ] Commander <small>(ep. 4)</small> || - || ]
|-
| Commanding Officer <small>(ep. 3)</small> || - || ]
|-
| Gangster <small>(ep. 1-2, 5, 13)</small> || - || Kyle Hebert
|-
| Thug B <small>(ep. 8)</small> || - || ]
|-
| Madripoor Resident <small>(ep. 6)</small> || - || ]
|-
| Hideki Kurohagi's Minion <small>(ep. 6)</small> || - || ]
|}


==''X-Men''== ==''X-Men''==
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Following the death of ] (who was being controlled by the ]), the X-Men are reassembled by ] to travel to Japan following the abduction of ] and face the ], who are abducting young mutants in order to ]. During their fight with the U-Men, the X-Men discover that some of the mutants in Japan are suffering from the "Damon Hall Syndrome", which causes problems for mutants during their second mutation. The X-Men must also deal with the next plot of the Inner Circle.<ref></ref> Following the death of ] (who was being controlled by the ]), the X-Men are reassembled by ] to travel to Japan following the abduction of ] and face the ], who are abducting young mutants in order to ]. During their fight with the U-Men, the X-Men discover that some of the mutants in Japan are suffering from the "Damon Hall Syndrome", which causes problems for mutants during their second mutation. The X-Men must also deal with the next plot of the Inner Circle.<ref></ref>


===Cast===
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Role !! Japanese Voice Actor !! English Voice Actor
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| Neuron || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| Riko Nirasaki || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| Kōichi Kaga || ] || ]
|-
| Marsh || ] || Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
|-
| Jake || Rintarō Nishi || -
|-
| ] || ] || Gwendoline Yeo
|-
| Rat || Manabu Sakamaki || Michael Sinterniklaas
|-
| Jun Sanada || ] || Travis Willingham
|-
| Todd || ] || -
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || Stephanie Sheh
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| Kyoko || Ayumi Fujimura<ref name="XANN">{{cite web|title=X-Men (TV)|publisher=]|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=12366|accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref> || Laura Bailey
|-
| Hisako's Mother || Akemi Okamura<ref name="XANN" /> || Laura Bailey
|-
| Hisako's Father || Seiji Sasaki<ref name="XANN" /> || Michael Sinterniklaas
|-
| ] || - || ]
|-
| Kōichi Kaga || Katsuyuki Konishi<ref name="XANN" /> || Troy Baker
|-
| Squid <small>(ep. 1)</small> || - || Troy Baker
|-
| Liquor Store Owner <small>(ep. 2, 10)</small> || Tadashi Miyazawa<ref name="XANN" /> || ]
|-
| Kick || - || ]
|-
| Mutant <small>(ep. 2)</small> || Tsubasa Yonaga<ref name="XANN" /> || ]
|-
| Mutant <small>(ep. 4)</small> || Kazutoshi Hatano<ref name="XANN" /> || Michael Sinterniklaas
|}


==''Blade''== ==''Blade''==
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Blade is a "daywalker" vampire hunter who was born with human and vampire blood in his veins after a ] attacked his mother. Blade is visiting Japan on a mission where he not only confronts ] (the vampire who killed his mother Tara Brooks), but also goes up against a mysterious organization of vampires known as "Existence".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-01/blade-fairy-tail-ro-kyu-bu-promo-videos-streamed|title=Blade, Fairy Tail, Ro-Kyu-Bu! Promo Videos Streamed|publisher=Anime News Network}}</ref> Blade is a "daywalker" vampire hunter who was born with human and vampire blood in his veins after a ] attacked his mother. Blade is visiting Japan on a mission where he not only confronts ] (the vampire who killed his mother Tara Brooks), but also goes up against a mysterious organization of vampires known as "Existence".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-01/blade-fairy-tail-ro-kyu-bu-promo-videos-streamed|title=Blade, Fairy Tail, Ro-Kyu-Bu! Promo Videos Streamed|publisher=Anime News Network}}</ref>


] was given voice in Japanese and in English respectively by ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Blade English Dub's Lead Cast - Interest|publisher=]|date=October 14, 2011|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-14/blade-english-dub-lead-casted|accessdate=April 29, 2013}}</ref>
===Cast===
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Role !! Japanese Voice Actor !! English Voice Actor
|-
| ]<br>''Young Eric Brooks'' <small>(ep. 4)</small> || ]<br>'']'' || ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Blade English Dub's Lead Cast - Interest|publisher=]|date=October 14, 2011|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-14/blade-english-dub-lead-casted|accessdate=April 29, 2013}}</ref><br>'']''
|-
| Saragi <small>(ep. 6)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Kikyo Mikage <small>(ep. 8-9, 12)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Alice <small>(ep. 8)</small> || Hiromi Igarashi || ]
|-
| ] || ] || J. B. Blanc
|-
| Vampire Guard <small>(ep. 1)</small> || ]<br>] || ]
|-
| Vampire Woman <small>(ep. 1)</small> || ] || -
|-
| High Council Chairman <small>(ep. 8, 11)</small> || ] || Neil Kaplan
|-
| Matthes <small>(ep. 3-4)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Jalāl <small>(ep. 7)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| ] <small>(ep. 7)</small> || Rikiya Koyama || Milo Ventimiglia
|-
| Edgar Frost <small>(ep. 10)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Ikeda <small>(ep. 2)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Sergei <small>(ep. 7)</small> || Yutaka Nakano || Kyle Hebert
|-
| Lupit <small>(ep. 5)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Carol <small>(ep. 4)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Hayate <small>(ep. 1)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| Makoto || ] || ]
|-
| Stan Davis <small>(ep. 8)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Cimarron <small>(ep. 5)</small> || Biichi Sato || ]
|-
| Tanaka <small>(ep. 1-2)</small> || ] || Michael Sinterniklaas
|-
| Danas <small>(ep. 5)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Tara Brooks || ] || ]
|-
| Detective Sakomizu <small>(ep. 2)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Lucius Isaac || ] || ]
|-
| Captain MacRae <small>(ep. 3-4)</small> || ] || Steven Blum
|-
| Agus <small>(ep. 6)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Hagibis <small>(ep. 5)</small> || Ken Uo || ]
|-
| Tanba Yagyu <small>(ep. 9)</small>|| ] || ]
|-
| Baron Howard <small>(ep. 3)</small>|| ] || Jamieson Price
|-
| Yati <small>(ep. 6)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| Radu <small>(ep. 1)</small> || ] || ]
|-
| High Council Member <small>(ep. 8)</small> || - || Steven Blum<br>Grant George<br>]<br>Jamieson Price
|-
| Policewoman <small>(ep. 2)</small> || - || ]
|-
| Drunk Man <small>(ep. 1)</small> || - || ]
|-
| Stan Davis' Wife <small>(ep. 8)</small> || - || ]
|-
| Police Lieutenant <small>(ep. 2)</small> || - || ]
|-
| Sailor <small>(ep. 3)</small> || - || ]<br>Jamieson Price
|-
| Police Chief <small>(ep. 2)</small> || - || ]
|-
| English Policeman #1 <small>(ep. 4)</small> || - || Jamieson Price
|-
| English Policeman #2 <small>(ep. 4)</small> || - || ]
|}


==''Iron Man: Rise of Technovore''== ==''Iron Man: Rise of Technovore''==
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] and ] voiced Tony Stark and ] respectively.<ref name=RoTV/><ref name=nIMa/> ], ], and ] acted as script adaptor, voice director, and casting director respectively. The film was released in North America on Blu-ray and DVD on April 16, 2013.<ref name=RoTV/><ref name=nIMa>{{cite web|url=http://ign.com/articles/2013/02/01/new-iron-man-anime-blu-ray-announced |title=New Iron Man Anime Blu-ray Announced |publisher=IGN |date=February 1, 2013 |accessdate=February 9, 2013}}</ref> ] and ] voiced Tony Stark and ] respectively.<ref name=RoTV/><ref name=nIMa/> ], ], and ] acted as script adaptor, voice director, and casting director respectively. The film was released in North America on Blu-ray and DVD on April 16, 2013.<ref name=RoTV/><ref name=nIMa>{{cite web|url=http://ign.com/articles/2013/02/01/new-iron-man-anime-blu-ray-announced |title=New Iron Man Anime Blu-ray Announced |publisher=IGN |date=February 1, 2013 |accessdate=February 9, 2013}}</ref>


===Plot===
The feature revolves around Iron Man as he fights against ] who has developed a new bio-technology called ] that threatens to destroy the world. The feature revolves around Iron Man as he fights against ] who has developed a new bio-technology called ] that threatens to destroy the world.


===Cast===
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Role !! Japanese Voice Actor !! English Voice Actor
|-
| ] ||] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || Miyu Irino || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || ]
|-
| ] || ] || Troy Baker
|-
| ] || - || ]
|-
| ] || - || ]
|}


==References== ==References==

Revision as of 15:19, 11 June 2013

Marvel Anime
GenreAction, Adventure
Anime television series
Iron Man
Directed byYuzo Sato
Written byToshiki Inoue
Music byTetsuya Takahashi
StudioMadhouse
Original networkAnimax
English network
Original run October 1, 2010 – December 17, 2010
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Wolverine
Directed byHiroshi Aoyama
Written byKengo Kaji
Music byTetsuya Takahashi
StudioMadhouse
Original networkAnimax
English network
Original run January 7, 2011 – March 25, 2011
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
X-Men
Directed byFuminori Kizaki
Written byMitsutaka Hirota
Music byTetsuya Takahashi
StudioMadhouse
Original networkAnimax
English network
Original run April 1, 2011 – June 24, 2011
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Blade
Directed byMitsuyuki Masuhara
Written byKenta Fukasaku
Music byTetsuya Takahashi
StudioMadhouse
Original networkAnimax
English network
Original run July 1, 2011 – September 16, 2011
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore
Directed byHiroshi Hamasaki
Written byBrandon Auman (story)
Kengo Kaji (screenplay)
Music byTetsuya Takahashi
StudioMadhouse
ReleasedApril 16, 2013
Runtime88 minutes

Marvel Anime is a series of four television anime series produced in collaboration between Marvel Entertainment and Japanese animation studio Madhouse. The four twelve-episode series, based on Iron Man, Wolverine, X-Men, and Blade respectively, aired in Japan on Animax between October 2010 and September 2011. An English-language version aired in North America on G4 between July 2011 and April 2012. Each of the series, guided by writer Warren Ellis, largely features Japan as the setting for the storyline.

Producer Harrison Wilcox hinted in an April 2013 interview that there would be future collaborations between Marvel and Madhouse, with Wilcox suggesting "mid-July" as a possible date for announcements of Marvel's upcoming animated projects.

Premise

The project took famous Marvel characters and reintroduced them for a Japanese audience via four 12-part series; Iron Man, Wolverine, X-Men, and Blade, which aired in Japan on Animax between October 2010 and September 2011. The announcement was confirmed at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con. According to former Madhouse President and CEO Jungo Maruta, Marvel gave the anime studio "free reign" [sic] to re-imagine the Marvel superheroes for Japanese audiences. An English version is currently airing in the United States on G4. The series was guided by Warren Ellis. “It will create an entire parallel universe for Marvel,” said Simon Philips, president of Marvel International about Marvel Anime. The Marvel Anime series is being aired in Australia on Sci Fi.

Iron Man

Cast of Iron Man, Tony Stark and Dr. Chika Tanaka
See also: List of Iron Man episodes

Iron Man (アイアンマン, Aian Man) (DVD title: Iron Man: Animated Series) is the first show of the series with 12 episodes. The series was directed by Yuzo Sato, with Warren Ellis writing the story and Jamie Simone serving as voice director, casting director, and reversion producer for the English version. A special preview ran on Animax on September 25, 2010, before the series began airing on October 1, 2010, and ended on December 17, 2010. While Iron Man premiered in the US on G4 on July 29, 2011, a "sneak peek" of the first episode aired on July 23, 2011 following G4's Comic-Con 2011 Live coverage. The entire series was released on DVD in the United States on April 24, 2012. A follow up direct-to-video film called Iron Man: Rise of Technovore was released on April 16, 2013.

Iron Man/Tony Stark was voice by Keiji Fujiwara in Japanese and Adrian Pasdar in English.

Plot

Tony Stark goes to Japan to produce a new arc reactor power station and showcase the Iron Man Dio, a new prototype armor, that will replace him when he retires. However, the Iron Man Dio goes out of control and it is up to Tony as Iron Man to stop it along with an organization called the Zodiac. Iron Man even gains an ally in JSDF operative Captain Nagato Sakurai piloting the Ramon Zero armor that his military group made for him. Iron Man soon discovers that his old friend Ho Yinsen (who Tony thought was dead upon his first time as Iron Man) is alive and is operating the Iron Man Dio armor for the Zodiac's goals.

Wolverine

Cast of Wolverine, Logan, Mariko Yashida, Shingen Yashida, Kikyo Mikage, and Yukio.
See also: List of Wolverine episodes

Wolverine (ウルヴァリン, Uruvarin) is the second show of the series with 12 episodes. It aired on Animax between January 7, 2011 and March 25, 2011. While Wolverine premiered in the US on G4 on July 29, 2011, a "sneak peek" of the first episode aired on July 23, 2011 following the Iron Man "sneak peek" and G4's Comic-Con 2011 Live coverage. Jamie Simone served as voice director, casting director, and reversion producer for the English version.

[[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine/Logan was given voice by Rikiya Koyama in Japanese and by Milo Ventimiglia in English.

Plot

Logan learns that his girlfriend Mariko Yashida, who disappeared a year ago, has been taken to Tokyo by her father Shingen Yashida, the head of the Japanese crime syndicate Kuzuryu and a supplier of A.I.M., in order to be wed to Hideki Kurohagi. Wolverine goes on a quest to rescue Mariko and defeat Shingen and Hideki, encountering several opponents along the way.

X-Men

Cast of X-Men, Cyclops, Professor X, Wolverine, Storm, Armor, Beast
See also: List of X-Men episodes

X-Men (エックスメン, Ekkusu Men) (DVD title: X-Men: Animated Series) scheduled to air as the third show of the series with 12 episodes. It aired on Animax from April 1, 2011 to June 24, 2011. A preview trailer was released on February 18, 2011, featuring mutants such as Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm and Beast. It premiered in the United States on G4 on October 21, 2011. Jamie Simone as voice director, casting director, and reversion producer for the English version. The entire series was released on DVD in the United States on April 24, 2012.

Plot

Following the death of Jean Grey (who was being controlled by the Inner Circle), the X-Men are reassembled by Professor X to travel to Japan following the abduction of Armor and face the U-Men, who are abducting young mutants in order to harvest their organs. During their fight with the U-Men, the X-Men discover that some of the mutants in Japan are suffering from the "Damon Hall Syndrome", which causes problems for mutants during their second mutation. The X-Men must also deal with the next plot of the Inner Circle.


Blade

Cast of Blade
See also: List of Blade episodes

Blade (ブレイド, Bureido) is the fourth and final show of the series. Comprising twelve episodes like the others, the story is written by Kenta Fukasaku, son of the late Kinji Fukasaku. Jamie Simone served as casting director and reversion producer, as well as voice director for the first three episodes (with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn serving as voice director for the other nine episodes), on the English version. It aired on Animax from July 1, 2011 to September 16, 2011.

Plot

Blade is a "daywalker" vampire hunter who was born with human and vampire blood in his veins after a vampire attacked his mother. Blade is visiting Japan on a mission where he not only confronts Deacon Frost (the vampire who killed his mother Tara Brooks), but also goes up against a mysterious organization of vampires known as "Existence".

Blade/Eric Brooks was given voice in Japanese and in English respectively by Akio Ohtsuka and Harold Perrineau.

Iron Man: Rise of Technovore

2013 film
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore
Directed byHiroshi Hamasaki
Written byBrandon Auman (story)
Screenplay byKengo Kaji
StarringMatthew Mercer
Norman Reedus
Music byTetsuya Takahashi
Production
company		Madhouse
Distributed bySony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release dateApril 16, 2013
Running time88 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Iron Man: Rise of Technovore is a direct to video anime film by SH DTV Partners following up on the Marvel Anime series. SH DTV Partners is a repartnered of Marvel Animation with Madhouse and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan.

Matthew Mercer and Norman Reedus voiced Tony Stark and Punisher respectively. Steve Kramer, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, and Jamie Simone acted as script adaptor, voice director, and casting director respectively. The film was released in North America on Blu-ray and DVD on April 16, 2013.

The feature revolves around Iron Man as he fights against Ezekiel Stane who has developed a new bio-technology called Technovore that threatens to destroy the world.


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