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INTEREST: Madhouse's X-Men Anime Designs, Cast Revealed

Nice to see Aya Hisakawa in a new role.

TopGunman wrote:

I guess I will give it a try. I liked it when X-Men was more conservative and then it became too liberal with the god-awful movies. Only good cast was Hugh Jackman, that's it.

I hate it when people use the terms 'conservative' and 'liberal', as anything political. (Although they have been given that connotation). Conservative means to preserve, protect, save (as in conserve; you don't use much electricity, you save it,). An example of being conservative would be if you recycle, you save on money, electricity, etc., or you are preserving something. Liberal simply means generous. An example of being liberal would be that you give/lend money to people, you give things away, you're constantly helping when you can. (Webster Collegiate Dictionary).

Now that I got that out of the way, do you think you can describe X-Men being something else, other than conservative or liberal? Because when you think about it, X-Men is both. The X-Men are liberal in the sense that they are constantly fighting to save the day, helping people a lot is actually liberal in the non-political sense. They are conservative in that they are trying to preserve their race, saving lives, and looking out for themselves and each other. They may discuss issues, that's true. I don't really keep up with the comics, I did see the movies and some of the animated series, however. What I do see with them discussing issues, is that some people may feel like they are pushing their ideals onto others. I can understand if that bothers you, I certainly hate it when people push their ideals on me, I have my own beliefs and values. But I would try to use other terms to describe this, rather than using overused politicized words. In other words, what don't you like about them discussing issues? Just explain that, rather than say anything about being conservative and liberal.

Paploo wrote:

] Tomibiki wrote: What's up with random Japanese mutant chick? They already have Psylocke! C'mon son! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armor_%28comics%29 That's Armor, she was introduced in the comics a few years ago in Astonishing X-men by Joss Whedon. Since I think the anime will be set partly in Japan, they're using her as part of the plot.

Sunday Silence wrote:

Paploo wrote: Also, Psylocke's British. Originally British, but her mind was transferred to the body of a Japanese Assassin.

Yeah. Odd bit of race swapping there. Nice that the anime is using an actual Japanese characters instead of a white British chick who got an Asian body. Then again, with Jim Lee drawing, that could be half the cast turning Asian. Plus she's a Joss Whedon created character. How can you not approve that?

Japanese Sake doesn't have the potency as Kentucky Whiskey.

Anyway on topic this actually looks pretty and I hope this goes on to be a long running series. I haven't been too happy with marvels way of handling their animation recently. Spectacular Spider-Man was good but after season 1 marvel seemed to put the show on a wierd schedule, Wolverine and the X-Men I felt didn't get enough advertising, and I don't like how Marvel made Iron Man the leader in Avengers Earth's mightiest heroes. Judging by that pic with cyclops standing in the middle I hope he is the leader of the team.

Ichigo77 wrote:

Anyway on topic this actually looks pretty and I hope this goes on to be a long running series. I haven't been too happy with marvels way of handling their animation recently. Spectacular Spider-Man was good but after season 1 marvel seemed to put the show on a wierd schedule, Wolverine and the X-Men I felt didn't get enough advertising, and I don't like how Marvel made Iron Man the leader in Avengers Earth's mightiest heroes. Judging by that pic with cyclops standing in the middle I hope he is the leader of the team.

Marvel's always been iffy when it's came to animation. Iron Man Armored Adventures is their only show that caught on in recent years - everything else has been a bomb. Admittedly, it is pretty much their best show so that's probably why, but still. At least they try, which is more than you can say for DC.

TitanXL wrote:

Ichigo77 wrote: Anyway on topic this actually looks pretty and I hope this goes on to be a long running series. I haven't been too happy with marvels way of handling their animation recently. Spectacular Spider-Man was good but after season 1 marvel seemed to put the show on a wierd schedule, Wolverine and the X-Men I felt didn't get enough advertising, and I don't like how Marvel made Iron Man the leader in Avengers Earth's mightiest heroes. Judging by that pic with cyclops standing in the middle I hope he is the leader of the team. Marvel's always been iffy when it's came to animation. Iron Man Armored Adventures is their only show that caught on in recent years - everything else has been a bomb. Admittedly, it is pretty much their best show so that's probably why, but still. At least they try, which is more than you can say for DC.

I haven't seen Armored Adventures, was kind of put off by the whole Tony Stark being a kid thing. As for DC they try but they have have been putting out animated movies every 3 months or so for the past few years and unlike Marvels animation, these movies are usually based on a comic story line.