Wow
That's actually a little creepy. Somethings are extremely similar, then it zooms into a face and looks like a different cartoon. It must have been weird for people to watch that and then see that the actual show looked so different.

-Jason M. Bryant

Posted by CodeGuy on 2007-10-04 19:15:02
Shock? Break Out? Cry for the Moon?

Also, a whole lot of Cable and the Brood for them barely appearing in the series. I like the more action oriented style, I never realized how light on action the original series was.


Thanks for sharing Tom.

Posted by IanZL on 2007-10-04 19:23:09
Yeah
That was a great show. And they did do a fine job of keeping to the regular comic storylines. Although it was sad that the main team never rotated, they were always just the usual opening group. You only got to see other, newer people pop in for an episode or two before they left.

Either way, it was an excellent translation.

Speaking of translation: Wow. That is amusing. Jubilee and Beast have never looked so action packed. It's a shame the show wasn't made like that. If they could have based it solidly on the comics, but had great anime-like action, it would have been even better!

I still haven't been able to bring myself to watch the new FF animated series, as a couple clips I saw made it look a little TOO anime. But that was a nice mix on the old X-Men intros.

The second intro you put up was a bit more confusing and very animey. The way the Blackbird was moving was quite impossible.

And did anyone catch who the person is supposed to be at around 1:03 on the second intro? I think it's Iceman, but he had such a bit part, and they made him look SO buff. Then again, Cable was pretty prominent in that first one...

Posted by PseudoSherlock on 2007-10-04 21:02:21
So which..?
Tom, so which Japanese robot shows did you see/like?

Posted by beta-ray on 2007-10-04 22:03:58
warning : private joke
now I know too what is 'evil'

Posted by notapotatoe on 2007-10-05 08:53:50
I think they sometimes took the faithfulness too far - particularly with the Phoenix saga, which is bizarrely interrupted by the "Xavier turns evil" fill-in, and capped with the "Phoenix entity" retcon that never quite gelled with me (in terms of cross-media translations, I was much more satisfied with the multiple personality explanation in X-Men 3).

Posted by Fetsur on 2007-10-05 13:22:43
lover of anime
i thought it was pretty cool. now it doesnt stand up to the original theme song, but it was enjoyable

Posted by webbs1981 on 2007-10-07 14:41:35
still waiting and praying for a full comlpete series of the original cartoon.

i was raised on that show! what opened my mind to the X-verse to begin with

"cry for the moon!" ... alright?

Posted by dp_lombardo on 2007-10-08 11:01:43
On DVD yet???
Man, that made me want to go out and buy the whole series on DVD. Any chance of that happening before I turn 40? (I'm 30 now) With X-men resurging and gaining in popularity (Movies, possible new series, 6 Comic titles!!!) What's holding them back? Are we waiting for the next big spike of mutant popularity? (oh, and do us a favor and sell them in chronological order- season 1, season 2. I guarantee they will sell better that way)

Posted by obscureinfo on 2007-10-08 17:01:28
DVD
I don't think this one is Marvel's call or it would have been done a long time ago. Disney owns the rights to all of the 90's Marvel cartoons or at least Spider-Man, X-Men and The Incredible Hulk.

Posted by CaptainMarvel221 on 2007-10-09 10:18:40
If you think the Japanese opening credits are weird, you should see the German version. Scary stuff.

Posted by Michael Heide on 2007-10-11 00:31:05
Haha! Love the blog title; that song always cracks me up!

Posted by PrincessKathleen on 2007-10-12 00:21:48
Yes... are there any plans to release the DVD of my... childhood memory... [sigh!]

Posted by Levrawk on 2007-10-22 19:58:32
AMAZING
NOW THATS WHAT I CALL AN INTRO, you know the North American version I though was good but simplistic. Even the old episode of the Xmen in the 80's called "Pryed of the Xmen" was more detailed and had more dyniamic scenes then the 90's version. Fox's intro music I never liked even when it first appeared but I thought that the characters and storylines were very true to the comic by far, enough to put a smile on Claremonts face. All in all I cant wait for the 90's version to come in a bundle DVD set Ill be the first to buy it. Oh and your right that japanese was a jim lee if I ever seen one, alot of it looked like his kind of work and some other looked like street fighter manga. All in all I think the Japanese version was better then the North American...sorry guys!!

Posted by terciera on 2007-11-07 19:23:38