Marvel, having decided to produce anime adaptations of both Iron Man and Wolverine, has just released some impressive trailers of both.
You can see them below:
Due for Japanese release in 2010 (via Animax), the series look at first glance to have been adeptly handled by esteemed studio Madhouse. Another two anime adaptations are apparently also in the works.
Marvel seem to have moved away from the traditional depictions for these productions; they describe it as “popular Super Heroes redesigned and repurposed as emerging from the fabric of Japanese culture”. Particularly in the case of Wolverine, at first glance it is certainly easy to get the impression that this is actually a Japonified version of the series actually intended for American audiences…
Whether the end result lives up to the trailer remains to be seen, but it certainly looks promising enough at this stage.









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HOLY FUCKING SHIT IRON FUCKING MAN WHAT THE CUNT JESUS FUCK THIS IS LIKE DISTILLED AWESOME IN VISUAL ANIMATION FORM.
*Ahem*
I really like the style and fluid animation of the Iron man anime. I have high hopes for this.
Wolverine anime looked good, but too much looking pretty while floating in an awesome pose. I do hope to see some awesome fighting martial arts though. I think marvel is doing a grand job.
LOL wtf wolverine!
LOL
The style works much better for Ironman then Wolverine. Tall thin wiry wolverine is just not right.
I just have one complaint on Iron-Man. It's strange that he crashed through that futuristic building and all the debris are rock. Sure it can be concrete, but the building is clearly also made of metal and glass. Still Iron-Man looks more interesting that Wolverine...
Ill be honest i stop like Ironman because of Civil War,(cause im more of a Cap fan)but this seem promising,the wolverine on the other hand no.. fail.
brix were shat 8DD
Iron man looks awesome wolverine looks like shit.
But to fan the flames of racism they NEED THE MANDARIN!
Will Wolverine have an anime Yuriko?(lady deathstrike)
1. Marvel has tons of money from all the movies it made
2. Hollywood has ran out of ideas so is making live action adaptations of anime
3. The anime bubble has burst and anime companies, short on cash, can only churn out sequels, adaptations of popular moe visual novels
4. Marvel, with money, wants to expand its properties, approaches Madhouse. Madhouse, not keen on moe (unless if its bundled with tons of kickass), sees ripe opportunity to survive in current climate.
5. Everyone profits.
shinyy..SOO SHINYYY
Wolverine did not impress me but the Ironman give me quite goosebumps.. it looks awesome but still feels weird watching marvel into anime style genre
DAMMIT JAPAN!
I love the look of Ironman trailer but I find that they've changed the look of wolverine to much for my taste. Maybe I'm wrong, but it just doesn't work for me. :(
To be frank, the Wolverine trailer looked terrible. But the Iron Man trailer was incredible.
keep your comics out of my anime
Ironman looks good.
However, Wolverine the Vampire Slaying Samurai looks like it's from a completely different universe.
Artwork looks good in general, for both trailers.
Just a pity that they turned Logan into a Bishie.
Heck, he has more in common with Manji-san from Blade of the Immortal than he does with a pretty-boy a la Alto Saotome.
If, Madhouse is willing to tweak him a bit and tone down the bishie aspect, than they ought to have a surefire hit on their hands.
Still wish that they'd handled the second season of Gunslinger Girl as well though. :(
Of course they'd make Wolvy look like a faggot. At least the Iron Man one looks good. I'll probably wince at what Tony looks like, but for now...
made in japan?
OMG Marvel should get the fuck out of anime. MARVEL IS SHIIT!
+1
Wolverine looks like Dakan or some sort of Bishi character...he should be a short stumpy gruffy old man and his blades are indeed weird.
The Iron Man trailer looks a lot better but but both look totally Japonified...
The Wolverine animations looks like their on a budget. More frames please.
IM does look movie-like, very impressed.
Iron Man looks really awesome. Wolverine not so much :P
WHAT THE FUCK DID THEY DO TO WOLVERINE?!!!
Wolverine needs to be a short buffed hairy man! That design just SUCKS imho. I can live with a no mustache Tony Stark since the Ironman armor and animation is done well, but what they did to Wolverine is NOT GOOD AT ALL!!! I just wish it was like the OLD anime intro of the Uncanny X-men they used as a design reference.
Final words Ironman appoved, Wolverine NO.
I would like some western comics made into anime (Punisher)... but I'd rather they stay far away from superhero shit.
Wolverine went from a human badger to yaoi fodder. Awesome.
Both look promising, but I always preferred Iron Man.
I hope it's better than the Iron Man cartoon from the 90's.
Well, looks like epic fail to me
DO NOT WANT
May I borrow your troll goggles?
So will both Iron Man/Tony Stark and Wolverine remain American or will they be Japanese in these adaptations?
I don't think there's a single reason for me to be interested in the movies behind those trailers. They look pretty much phoned in as far as content goes.
the iron man looks pretty nice..bt wolverine looks abit off
Iron man? Yes!
Oh, come on... Wolverine can never be elegant with his attacks. He should have been depicted with no remorse for his own safety with relentless savagery for every claw swipe because his flesh regeneration is godlike and bones unbreakable.
Wolverine = Berserker
Is that supposed to be Pepper?
so from the trailers i can now conclude that wolverine is a ninja and ironman is fighting harlock in a mechsuit
Ironman seems a right fit for anime thanks to the mech-filled universe anime has become.
But Wolverine??!...the moment I saw him he reminded me of the wondering outcast Jubei Kibagami of Ninja Scroll with claws...YUCK!
CRAP, obvious american superhero crap is just crap and will always be crap.
Everyone is sick of the american golden knight homo superior crap and US glorification.
I also read about an Obama Spiderman comic. How stupid can it get?! With stupid propaganda you can destroy a whole industry and this could even backlash on japans manga/anime industry.
No one wants american worldunification, we are the greatest or "freedom" propaganda.
1/10
try harder next time
Wut? Everyone who dislikes the US is a troll?
Please stop trying, dickhead!! -10 out of whatever you like [rolleyes]
I don't have the time to read all of the comments here, but I attended the panel at Comic Con where they premiered these trailers. Warren Ellis is writing all four of the projects, and he actually let slip what the other two are: Blade and X-Men.
As for the trailers, these were said to be "test animations" to see how the audience would react to the project and get an idea of how it might look in the end. I don't know if Ellis wrote anything FOR these trailers. Ellis did say he wanted to adapt that old 80's Wolverine comic book mini-series. I forget what he said about Iron Man, other than he now lives in Tokyo.
Personally, I like the way these looked when compared to the TV animations that Marvel is putting out. I do like the direct to DVD's though. Planet Hulk and Thor look nice and I think the stories are better than the earlier ones.
thx god it is Madhouse, at least, maybe?
GREAT. MADHOUSE WASTING THEIR TEAMS ON MORE SHIT ANIME.
why'd they have to gay up logan? He's supposed to be this badass biker who makes jokes at the perfect time. now he's an androgynous badass who will seem to act stupid at the worst time.
wolverine looks dumb. I hate the no blood thing and the slash marks in anime. Like D and all. Its not cool its lame already! Show the claws going into the person and the blood coming out damnit, stop cheaping on animation, no more pg shit!! Iron man looks way better, detail and fighting moves. All wolverine was good for is slashing around wildly.
Ironman is awesome but wolverine ..wait and see I guess
Japan should animate the Hulk and here is a awesome video for all you marvel lover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIRFsx-wXis&feature=related [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIRFsx-wXis&feature=related]
I think that to be called "anime", all this marvel stuff lacks such thing as an internal idea, meaning and character feelings.
I doubt that it's "Anime" what will happen in the result... rather maybe another "Devil May Cry"...
First the Animatrix, then Batman, then Halo, and now these two. Anyone and anything's made into an anime, and as an otaku that's a good thing, but it's better than what Hollywood's shelling out. The Japanese today aren't the same closed-up, reclusive, sheltered people they used to be centuries ago.
What's next, a Star Trek or Stargate anime? (I'd pay to see either one!)
At first I thought Wolverine was badass, but based on the comments here and since I only saw a little bit of X-Men (i'm not a comic book guy, just a manga guy), maybe not all anime are created or drawn equal. Maybe my tastes in anime must've mutated, but now i'm seeing that shiny and badass doesn't always mean success.
If you wanted to do a Wolverine or X-Men anime, please do your homework first. Get source material and research your subject. I mean, although I haven't seen Watchmen, i've heard that they stayed true to the comic book and did a hell of a lot of homework on it. That's how Wolverine should be, sticking close to the source material, and maybe making an X-Men sidestory or something.
As for Iron Man, I haven't seen the main movie, but if they're making an anime out of it, and based on the teaser trailer, then sign me up! IM definitely looks high-tech badass! I'm a computer nerd and a gadgetophile, and from what i've seen on the trailer, they've done their research and stayed true to the source material. Methinks some of the Japanese are fans of Iron Man.
Either way, I can't wait to see the man in the red and gold armor.
The Japanese Wolverine look more cooler than the original version.
ummmm... hell no!!!, original version was so much better
fuk the wolverine trailer, i cannot accept that as wolverine eever, his hair is wrong, his blades are wrong and his badd ass attitude is gone now.
the iron man trailer looks awesum however, hope they dont make new villains tho
I'm not the least bit impressed by celebrities. ,
Mullet, mullet man. I want to be a mullet maaaaan.
Sorry, Wolverine.
i agree this look way better than the ones Marvel is producing, what i dislike is the Wolverine redesign, it sucks, the anime itself looks pretty cool, but is like watching ninja scroll or something like that.
Iron Man is awesome, reminds me of the original cartoons, in a good sense where he fought other armored guys
wow nice .. was never into that whole super hero crap..just thought japanese anime was the best and still is but now this.. im starting to like these super heroes redesigned!
Most us anime is crap glad there doing japanese anime style ! i like super heros now!
why'd they have to gay up logan? He's supposed to be this badass biker who makes jokes at the perfect time. now he's an androgynous who will seem to act stupid at the worst time.
ignore this one. lousy pc im using now
Make some loli versions of some Marvel girls and I
guarantee a hit...
*licks lips*
LOL! A 3way loli yuri with Black Widow/Storm/Sue Richards....
*Sigh*
No. Just... No. Do not want.
i think they chose iron man and wolverine is b/c their movies just came out.. or is about to be out.
but wolverine looks like someone from basilisk, hellsing OVA, mixed with some samurai X.
the illustration is cool. but IMHO they shoulda put the time/age in cyberpunk kinda style. i miss those.
marvel > DC
nag! I prefer Halo anime
ironman looks very impressive. good shit.
wolverine...not so much. not gruff enough imo and way to0 samurai style.
Cyber Harlock is da shit!
Wow, Wolverine looks like a friggin' homo...
Iron Man on the hand looks pretty awesome, time to celebrate with a few snorts and a coupla drinks, huh, Tony?
Iron Man looks fucking awesome, with it's fast-paced action and massive collateral damage.
...Wolverine looks terrible. Amazingly slow action that focuses too much on "LOOK AT WOLVERINE HE'S AWESOME AND STUFF" even though he, himself, looks kinda bad.
What that guy said. Iron Man: spot on. I refuse to watch that other shit.
sine when in the hell is wolverine graceful hat pissed meoff right there
but ironman is bad ass
That AIN'T Logan!! D:
srsly wolverine look soo
.. err remind me of that Paradise Kiss
taylor >_>
oh well asian wolverine luls
After watching the Wolverine preview I expected the Iron Man one to be like some old school mecha anime.
wolverine needs more choreography... i dun like flashing then 1 frame moving fights... then enemy dies...
MORE STYLE AND ACTION PLZ!
WOLVERINE NEEDS SIDEBURNS!
The girl/homo who came with this Logan design should sepukku his/her mullet loving guts RIGHT NOW, it puts to shame everything that Wolverine stands out.
By the way Logan can't shave his sideburns, the healing factor grows them back, before civil war in the comics he survived a nuke's explosion, and the sideburns grew right back up after the skin regenerated.
The IronMan one looks PRETTY GOOD, and I can bet that the Girl in the car is Pepper Pots =)
Just one last thing, Logan's claws originally came out of his forearms, check his first apparition. =3
LOL, then there will be more yaoi doujin starring wolverine now
I bet if I only watch that vid without intro and such, I wouldn't even know that's Wolverine...
Hmmm..
More Wolverine/Cyclops or Wolverine/Gambit slash stories you mean?
:P
Successful Japanese Wolverine troll is successful.
I guess it is true. Japs take the manliness out of everything. They even managed to turn wolverine into a bishonen
I'll say the Ironman anime hugely owned the Wolverine one in term of animation; the Wolverine anime (in this teaser so far) used that overused Dark screen+Slash Marks animation style while the latter one 99.9%ly used full motion actions..
Iron Man looks awesome, Wolverine looks really stupid.
This.
Hopefully Iron Man (and Halo Legends) might inspire a wave of power armor anime instead of mecha. Power armor is actually feasible (if a ways off), whereas mecha are almost certainly doomed to remain too cool to exist... and, sometimes, shoved awkwardly in where they don't belong. (I'm looking at you Code Geass... but Code Geass was basically nothing but wrong from beginning to end. It can't even spell "Geas" correctly.)
You mean Geis?
just a quick question, if these are both official trailers then why does it say teaser at the end of the video name?
youve never heard the term teaser used as a synonym for trailer?
Because they are just teasing you
Teaser means short trailer, as opposed to a long trailer as "Theatrical".
Marvel = shit.
You crazy I'll take marvel over most anime stuff of today. hell even DC comics
I am not really a fan of either. Wolverine is a hairy muscular smoking canuck with needs of an attitude adjustment and iron man is a smarter bruce wayne. Of course, they already released their anime take on Batman which did pretty well. However these are blatant anime, complete with the several foot long hair, skinny bodies and huge eyes. E for Effort though.
I just trolled both videos saying
"this america crap should not be a anime. American comic books suck compered to manga and anime. I guess Marvel knows that and that why their using the Japanese to make there crap shine."
I hope I get a response.
American comic books are generally better written than manga. Manga relies more on tropes than comics.
Matt Wagner's Grendel is made full of win.
"American comic books are generally better written than manga. Manga relies more on tropes than comics."
Sarcasm detected.
inb4 16 thumbs down.
You sir have never picked up a marvel comic. GTFO
You sir didn't notice the "I just trolled both videos saying:"
it looks good but Wolverine i think thats just not like him ....well the look anyways as for they iron man i like the looks of it good job
i can understand why ironman would be in japan, having a stark industries hq in every major city. but what the fuck is with wolverine?
the only reason he would ever be in a japanese setting is when he fought in wwii and then he was killing nazis.
he was oviously a bad choice and only picked because of his big name apeal. i expect it to suck and seem like some generic fighting anime. like something from oh great.
ironman, i just hope they keep him acting like tony stark out of that suit. i expect alot of places to be purchased and alot of girls to be hit on. maybe some drinking problems too.
You, good sir, know shit about Wolverine.
The man has Yellow Fever. Two jap wives, one jap fuck buddy, one half chink fuck buddy, a half asian clone for a 'daughter' and a half asian son. Not to mention all of The Hand crap, he's spent years and years in japan/southeast asia. Madripor, it was such a thing, look it up.
The problem is he's almost too easy so they had to make the character not Wolverine. So yes it's butchered, but not in they way you were thinking.
James Logan photographer my ass... WTF is this shit.
I assume you only know Wolverine through the movies. In the comics, he lived in Japan before WW2, and even had a kid. He's fluent in Japanese to boot.
I know alot of people who would say WTF with ninjafied wolverine.
alot of people just did,