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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

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.

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.

Cast

Wolverine

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.

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.

Cast

X-Men

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.

Cast

Blade

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".

Cast

Iron Man: Rise of Technovore

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.

Plot

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.

Cast

References

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External links

• Official Marvel Anime website Template:Language icon
• Animax Marvel Anime website Template:Language icon
• Marvel Anime: Iron Man (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Marvel Anime: Wolverine (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Marvel Anime: X-Men (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Marvel Anime: Blade (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Marvel Anime at Internet Movie Database
  • Marvel Anime: Iron Man
  • Marvel Anime: Wolverine
  • Marvel Anime: X-Men
  • Marvel Anime: Blade
  • Iron Man: Rise of Technovore

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