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''Anime/MarvelAnime: Iron Man'' is a 2010 anime based on the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics, though it is perhaps more directly inspired by [[Film/IronMan the live-action movies]]. Produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, it is the first of four series co-produced with Creator/MarvelComics, each focusing on a different superhero from the company, starting with this one, followed up by ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', then ''Anime/XMen'', and culminating with ''Anime/{{Blade}}''.

In this series, Tony Stark heads to Japan to produce a new arc reactor station and promote the Iron Man Dio armor, but is quickly faced with the challenge of winning the hearts of the skeptical Japanese public. It only gets worse when the Iron Man Dio armors are suddenly hijacked by an organization called the Zodiac, and it's up to the real Iron Man to prove his innocence and stop them.

!!Tropes:
* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Much like the movies, the suits are animated through CG. Unlike the movies, they clash with the rest of the animation. The cars and certain other objects are also done like this.
* AnimatedAdaptation:
** Of the [[Film/IronMan live-action films]]. The opening credits even suggest they're in the same continuity.
** One episode has a {{Montage}} of Tony in action; included amongst the scenes is Iron Man fighting Iron Monger from the first film (specifically, it looks like the scene where Tony shouts "This looks important!" and starts yanking out components).
* BadassBiker: Sakurai
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Defense Minister Kuroda/Rasetsu]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Dr. Tanaka/Gemini]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Flashbacks reveal that after Yinsen miraculously avoided his DeathByOriginStory, he was taken in by a rural village, where he began to recover in both body and soul. However, the BigBad then destroyed the entire village using Stark weaponry in order to turn Yinsen against Tony.]]
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Yinsen to Stark, and Kuroda to Sakurai.]]
* TheCameo: Wolverine in episode 4.
* CarFu: Taurus attempts to assassinate Tony with a race car.
* ChestBlaster: The Unibeam. Engages in a BeamOWar with a similar weapon wielded by Gemini.
* CombatTentacles: Gemini has two built into her armor.
* ContinuityNod: Fans of the comics will get the references to Advanced Idea Mechanics, the Fujikawa corporation and mention of quinjets.
* CrazyPrepared: Tony has 'suit-up' machines in the unlikeliest of places...
* CurbstompBattle: [[spoiler: Rasetsu kills Ramon Zero with little effort.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Yinsen/Iron Man Dio]]
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler: Zodiac uses this to make it easier to take over Japan.]]
* FishOutOfWater: Tony Stark in Japan.
** To the point that it's actually used InUniverse several times when he "has to think of the right phrase in Japanese," or uses informal speech and honorifics when he shouldn't. There are rumors that his actor was affecting an American accent the entire time.
** In the second episode of the adaptation, there's a similar play on this - when someone asks him why he hasn't answered about whether or not [[spoiler: he's smuggling plutonium into the country]], he replies, "Oh, I've got an answer, I'm trying to think of a courteous way to say it." And then... [[spoiler:"It's a friggin' lie!"]] Kind of makes you wonder what his original, non-courteous answer would've been.
* HandsomeLech: Tony, naturally. Though he also is a ChivalrousPervert.
* HeelRealization:
** [[spoiler: [[TheCracker Pisces]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who would have succeeded in killing Tony if he hadn't suddenly realized he was on the wrong side.]]
** Sakurai, when he discovers who the real BigBad is.
* IntrepidReporter: Nanami
* JapaneseSpirit: Mentioned by name during a sparring scene.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Chika, through MindControl.]]
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Each episode features a baddie themed after an animal of the WesternZodiac.
* OhCrap: States it directly when he's about to get blasted by a Zodiac's version of the [[ChestBlaster Unibeam]].
--> '''Computer:''' Weapons lock detected.
--> '''Tony:''' Uh oh. *''gets blasted''*
* PoweredArmour
* RedEyesTakeWarning:
** When the Dio armor is first hacked and stolen, its blue optics and Arc Reactor turn red. They revert to blue for his subsequent appearances though. Many of the Zodiac Mechs also have red eyes.
** Averted for Ramon Zero, who turns out to be a good guy despite having red eyes.
* SatchelSwitcheroo: used in Episode 2.
* ShoutOut:
** Tony's sets of armor to be mass produced are called [[Music/BlackSabbath Iron Man]] [[Music/RonnieJamesDio Dio]].
** Gemini's armor is nanotechnology stored inside her bones, similar to Tony's Bleeding Edge armor from the comics.
** As [[spoiler: Rasetsu is [[ThisCannotBe expressing sheer disbelief]] at his defeat]], Tony simply responds with [[Film/IronMan2 "You lose!"]]
* StrawmanPolitical: [[spoiler: The defense minister turns out to be an ultranationalist who uses Zodiac to weaken Stark Industries' relations with Japan, take over the government, and turn the country into a militaristic, imperial power.]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Tanaka
* TwelveEpisodeAnime
* WeAllLiveInAmerica:
** Inverted. Tony Stark works hard to curtail his American sensibilities (especially his womanizing) while in Japan, knowing it won't win him any points with the locals. His behavior, however, more closely resembles what a Japanese writer would ''guess'' an American hotshot would act like. For example, at one point, he is sparring with Sakurai and compliments the man on his JapaneseSpirit...before [[CombatPragmatist cheating]] and then proclaiming that as an American, he instead has "Pioneer Spirit". Not only is JapaneseSpirit something most Americans have ''vaguely'' heard of, at best, but no American would ever use the term "Pioneer Spirit". The "American Way", maybe, but in this context, even that's a stretch.
** The English dub averts this, replacing "Pioneer Spirit" with "the Tony Stark way", leading to an IronicEcho from Sakurai later.
* WesternZodiac: Each episode features a baddie themed after one. MonsterOfTheWeek style. Based on the classic Marvel organization [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Zodiac_(Team) Zodiac]].
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Sakurai gets turned into a SacrificialLion to show us how powerful Kuroda's Rasetsu armor is]].
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''Anime/MarvelAnime: Iron Man'' is a 2010 anime based on the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics, though it is perhaps more directly inspired by [[Film/IronMan the live-action movies]]. Produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, it is the first of four series co-produced with Creator/MarvelComics, each focusing on a different superhero from the company, starting with this one, followed up by ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', then ''Anime/XMen'', and culminating with ''Anime/{{Blade}}''.

In this series, Tony Stark heads to Japan to produce a new arc reactor station and promote the Iron Man Dio armor, but is quickly faced with the challenge of winning the hearts of the skeptical Japanese public. It only gets worse when the Iron Man Dio armors are suddenly hijacked by an organization called the Zodiac, and it's up to the real Iron Man to prove his innocence and stop them.

!!Tropes:
* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Much like the movies, the suits are animated through CG. Unlike the movies, they clash with the rest of the animation. The cars and certain other objects are also done like this.
* AnimatedAdaptation:
** Of the [[Film/IronMan live-action films]]. The opening credits even suggest they're in the same continuity.
** One episode has a {{Montage}} of Tony in action; included amongst the scenes is Iron Man fighting Iron Monger from the first film (specifically, it looks like the scene where Tony shouts "This looks important!" and starts yanking out components).
* BadassBiker: Sakurai
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Defense Minister Kuroda/Rasetsu]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Dr. Tanaka/Gemini]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Flashbacks reveal that after Yinsen miraculously avoided his DeathByOriginStory, he was taken in by a rural village, where he began to recover in both body and soul. However, the BigBad then destroyed the entire village using Stark weaponry in order to turn Yinsen against Tony.]]
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Yinsen to Stark, and Kuroda to Sakurai.]]
* TheCameo: Wolverine in episode 4.
* CarFu: Taurus attempts to assassinate Tony with a race car.
* ChestBlaster: The Unibeam. Engages in a BeamOWar with a similar weapon wielded by Gemini.
* CombatTentacles: Gemini has two built into her armor.
* ContinuityNod: Fans of the comics will get the references to Advanced Idea Mechanics, the Fujikawa corporation and mention of quinjets.
* CrazyPrepared: Tony has 'suit-up' machines in the unlikeliest of places...
* CurbstompBattle: [[spoiler: Rasetsu kills Ramon Zero with little effort.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Yinsen/Iron Man Dio]]
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler: Zodiac uses this to make it easier to take over Japan.]]
* FishOutOfWater: Tony Stark in Japan.
** To the point that it's actually used InUniverse several times when he "has to think of the right phrase in Japanese," or uses informal speech and honorifics when he shouldn't. There are rumors that his actor was affecting an American accent the entire time.
** In the second episode of the adaptation, there's a similar play on this - when someone asks him why he hasn't answered about whether or not [[spoiler: he's smuggling plutonium into the country]], he replies, "Oh, I've got an answer, I'm trying to think of a courteous way to say it." And then... [[spoiler:"It's a friggin' lie!"]] Kind of makes you wonder what his original, non-courteous answer would've been.
* HandsomeLech: Tony, naturally. Though he also is a ChivalrousPervert.
* HeelRealization:
** [[spoiler: [[TheCracker Pisces]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who would have succeeded in killing Tony if he hadn't suddenly realized he was on the wrong side.]]
** Sakurai, when he discovers who the real BigBad is.
* IntrepidReporter: Nanami
* JapaneseSpirit: Mentioned by name during a sparring scene.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Chika, through MindControl.]]
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Each episode features a baddie themed after an animal of the WesternZodiac.
* OhCrap: States it directly when he's about to get blasted by a Zodiac's version of the [[ChestBlaster Unibeam]].
--> '''Computer:''' Weapons lock detected.
--> '''Tony:''' Uh oh. *''gets blasted''*
* PoweredArmour
* RedEyesTakeWarning:
** When the Dio armor is first hacked and stolen, its blue optics and Arc Reactor turn red. They revert to blue for his subsequent appearances though. Many of the Zodiac Mechs also have red eyes.
** Averted for Ramon Zero, who turns out to be a good guy despite having red eyes.
* SatchelSwitcheroo: used in Episode 2.
* ShoutOut:
** Tony's sets of armor to be mass produced are called [[Music/BlackSabbath Iron Man]] [[Music/RonnieJamesDio Dio]].
** Gemini's armor is nanotechnology stored inside her bones, similar to Tony's Bleeding Edge armor from the comics.
** As [[spoiler: Rasetsu is [[ThisCannotBe expressing sheer disbelief]] at his defeat]], Tony simply responds with [[Film/IronMan2 "You lose!"]]
* StrawmanPolitical: [[spoiler: The defense minister turns out to be an ultranationalist who uses Zodiac to weaken Stark Industries' relations with Japan, take over the government, and turn the country into a militaristic, imperial power.]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Tanaka
* TwelveEpisodeAnime
* WeAllLiveInAmerica:
** Inverted. Tony Stark works hard to curtail his American sensibilities (especially his womanizing) while in Japan, knowing it won't win him any points with the locals. His behavior, however, more closely resembles what a Japanese writer would ''guess'' an American hotshot would act like. For example, at one point, he is sparring with Sakurai and compliments the man on his JapaneseSpirit...before [[CombatPragmatist cheating]] and then proclaiming that as an American, he instead has "Pioneer Spirit". Not only is JapaneseSpirit something most Americans have ''vaguely'' heard of, at best, but no American would ever use the term "Pioneer Spirit". The "American Way", maybe, but in this context, even that's a stretch.
** The English dub averts this, replacing "Pioneer Spirit" with "the Tony Stark way", leading to an IronicEcho from Sakurai later.
* WesternZodiac: Each episode features a baddie themed after one. MonsterOfTheWeek style. Based on the classic Marvel organization [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Zodiac_(Team) Zodiac]].
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Sakurai gets turned into a SacrificialLion to show us how powerful Kuroda's Rasetsu armor is]].
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* ConspicuousCG: Much like the movies, the suits are animated through CG. Unlike the movies, they clash with the rest of the animation. The cars and certain other objects are also done like this.
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* SecondRider: Sakurai, who has a {{Samurai}}-themed suit of PoweredArmor made by the Japanese government.

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* OhCrap:

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* OhCrap:OhCrap: States it directly when he's about to get blasted by a Zodiac's version of the [[ChestBlaster Unibeam]].



** States it directly when he's about to get blasted by a Zodiac's version of the [[ChestBlaster Unibeam]].
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Yinsen]]

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* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Yinsen]]Yinsen/Iron Man Dio]]



** [[spoiler: [[TheCracker Pisces]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who would have easily succeeded in killing Tony if he hadn't suddenly realized he was on the wrong side.]]

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** [[spoiler: [[TheCracker Pisces]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who would have easily succeeded in killing Tony if he hadn't suddenly realized he was on the wrong side.]]



* TheMole: [[spoiler: Chika, though through MindControl.]]

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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Chika, though through MindControl.]]
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* RoleReprisal: Creator/KeijiFujiwara and Hiroe Oka reprise their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Pepper Potts from the Japanese dub of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
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** Inverted. Tony Stark works hard to curtail his American sensibilities (especially his womanizing) while in Japan, knowing it won't win him any points with the locals. His behavior, however, more closely resembles what a Japanese writer would ''guess'' an American hotshot would act like. For example, at one point, he is sparring with Sakurai and compliments the man on his JapaneseSpirit...before [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty cheating]] and then proclaiming that as an American, he instead has "Pioneer Spirit". Not only is JapaneseSpirit something most Americans have ''vaguely'' heard of, at best, but no American would ever use the term "Pioneer Spirit". The "American Way", maybe, but in this context, even that's a stretch.

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** Inverted. Tony Stark works hard to curtail his American sensibilities (especially his womanizing) while in Japan, knowing it won't win him any points with the locals. His behavior, however, more closely resembles what a Japanese writer would ''guess'' an American hotshot would act like. For example, at one point, he is sparring with Sakurai and compliments the man on his JapaneseSpirit...before [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty [[CombatPragmatist cheating]] and then proclaiming that as an American, he instead has "Pioneer Spirit". Not only is JapaneseSpirit something most Americans have ''vaguely'' heard of, at best, but no American would ever use the term "Pioneer Spirit". The "American Way", maybe, but in this context, even that's a stretch.

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* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the [[Film/IronMan live-action films]]. The opening credits even suggest they're in the same continuity.

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* AnimatedAdaptation: AnimatedAdaptation:
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Of the [[Film/IronMan live-action films]]. The opening credits even suggest they're in the same continuity.



* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: [[TheCracker Pisces]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who would have easily succeeded in killing Tony if he hadn't suddenly realized he was on the wrong side.]]

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* HeelRealization: HeelRealization:
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[[spoiler: [[TheCracker Pisces]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who would have easily succeeded in killing Tony if he hadn't suddenly realized he was on the wrong side.]]



* RedEyesTakeWarning: When the Dio armor is first hacked and stolen, its blue optics and Arc Reactor turn red. They revert to blue for his subsequent appearances though. Many of the Zodiac Mechs also have red eyes.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: RedEyesTakeWarning:
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When the Dio armor is first hacked and stolen, its blue optics and Arc Reactor turn red. They revert to blue for his subsequent appearances though. Many of the Zodiac Mechs also have red eyes.



* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Inverted. Tony Stark works hard to curtail his American sensibilities (especially his womanizing) while in Japan, knowing it won't win him any points with the locals. His behavior, however, more closely resembles what a Japanese writer would ''guess'' an American hotshot would act like. For example, at one point, he is sparring with Sakurai and compliments the man on his JapaneseSpirit...before [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty cheating]] and then proclaiming that as an American, he instead has "Pioneer Spirit". Not only is JapaneseSpirit something most Americans have ''vaguely'' heard of, at best, but no American would ever use the term "Pioneer Spirit". The "American Way", maybe, but in this context, even that's a stretch.

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* WeAllLiveInAmerica: WeAllLiveInAmerica:
**
Inverted. Tony Stark works hard to curtail his American sensibilities (especially his womanizing) while in Japan, knowing it won't win him any points with the locals. His behavior, however, more closely resembles what a Japanese writer would ''guess'' an American hotshot would act like. For example, at one point, he is sparring with Sakurai and compliments the man on his JapaneseSpirit...before [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty cheating]] and then proclaiming that as an American, he instead has "Pioneer Spirit". Not only is JapaneseSpirit something most Americans have ''vaguely'' heard of, at best, but no American would ever use the term "Pioneer Spirit". The "American Way", maybe, but in this context, even that's a stretch.



* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Sakurai gets turned into a SacrificialLion to show us how powerful Kuroda's Rasetsu armor is]].

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* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Sakurai gets turned into a SacrificialLion to show us how powerful Kuroda's Rasetsu armor is]].is]].
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** To the point that it's actually used {{in-universe}} several times when he "has to think of the right phrase in Japanese," or uses informal speech and honorifics when he shouldn't. There are rumors that his actor was affecting an American accent the entire time.

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** To the point that it's actually used {{in-universe}} InUniverse several times when he "has to think of the right phrase in Japanese," or uses informal speech and honorifics when he shouldn't. There are rumors that his actor was affecting an American accent the entire time.

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* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Inverted. Tony Stark works hard to curtail his American sensibilities (especially his womanizing) while in Japan, knowing it won't win him any points with the locals. His behavior, however, more closely resembles what a Japanese writer would ''guess'' an American hotshot would act like. For example, at one point, he is sparring with a Japanese fighter and compliments the man on his JapaneseSpirit...before [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty cheating]] and then proclaiming that as an American, he instead has "Pioneer Spirit". Not only is JapaneseSpirit something most Americans have ''vaguely'' heard of, at best, but no American would ever use the term "Pioneer Spirit". The "American Way", maybe, but in this context, even that's a stretch.

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* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Inverted. Tony Stark works hard to curtail his American sensibilities (especially his womanizing) while in Japan, knowing it won't win him any points with the locals. His behavior, however, more closely resembles what a Japanese writer would ''guess'' an American hotshot would act like. For example, at one point, he is sparring with a Japanese fighter Sakurai and compliments the man on his JapaneseSpirit...before [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty cheating]] and then proclaiming that as an American, he instead has "Pioneer Spirit". Not only is JapaneseSpirit something most Americans have ''vaguely'' heard of, at best, but no American would ever use the term "Pioneer Spirit". The "American Way", maybe, but in this context, even that's a stretch.stretch.
** The English dub averts this, replacing "Pioneer Spirit" with "the Tony Stark way", leading to an IronicEcho from Sakurai later.

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* ChestBlaster: The Unibeam. Engages in a BeamOWar with a similar weapon wielded by a Zodiac mech.

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* ChestBlaster: The Unibeam. Engages in a BeamOWar with a similar weapon wielded by a Zodiac mech.Gemini.



* ShoutOut: Tony's sets of armor to be mass produced are called [[Music/BlackSabbath Iron Man]] [[Music/RonnieJamesDio Dio]].

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* ShoutOut: Tony's ShoutOut:
**Tony's
sets of armor to be mass produced are called [[Music/BlackSabbath Iron Man]] [[Music/RonnieJamesDio Dio]].Dio]].
**Gemini's armor is nanotechnology stored inside her bones, similar to Tony's Bleeding Edge armor from the comics.
**As [[spoiler: Rasetsu is [[ThisCannotBe expressing sheer disbelief]] at his defeat]], Tony simply responds with [[Film/IronMan2 "You lose!"]]
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* WesternZodiac: Each episode features a baddie themed after one. MonsterOfTheWeek style. Based on the classic Marvel organization [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Zodiac_(Team) Zodiac]].

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* WesternZodiac: Each episode features a baddie themed after one. MonsterOfTheWeek style. Based on the classic Marvel organization [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Zodiac_(Team) Zodiac]].Zodiac]].
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Sakurai gets turned into a SacrificialLion to show us how powerful Kuroda's Rasetsu armor is]].

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* BigBad: [[spoiler: Defense minister Kuroda]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Dr. Tanaka]]

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* BigBad: [[spoiler: Defense minister Kuroda]]
Minister Kuroda/Rasetsu]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Dr. Tanaka]]Tanaka/Gemini]]



* TheCameo: Wolverine in episode 4.
* CarFu: Taurus attempts to assassinate Tony with a race car.



* CombatTentacles: Gemini has two built into her armor.



* TheCameo: Wolverine in episode 4.

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* TheCameo: Wolverine in episode 4.CurbstompBattle: [[spoiler: Rasetsu kills Ramon Zero with little effort.]]



* WesternZodiac: Each epsiode features a baddie themed after one. MonsterOfTheWeek style. Based on the classic Marvel organization [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Zodiac_(Team) Zodiac]].

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* WesternZodiac: Each epsiode episode features a baddie themed after one. MonsterOfTheWeek style. Based on the classic Marvel organization [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Zodiac_(Team) Zodiac]].
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* HotScoop: Nanami.
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''Anime/MarvelAnime: Iron Man'' is a 2010 anime based on the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics, though it is perhaps more directly inspired by [[Film/IronMan the live-action movies]]. Produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, it is the first of four series co-produced with MarvelComics, each focusing on a different superhero from the company, starting with this one, followed up by ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', then ''Anime/XMen'', and culminating with ''Anime/{{Blade}}''.

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''Anime/MarvelAnime: Iron Man'' is a 2010 anime based on the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics, though it is perhaps more directly inspired by [[Film/IronMan the live-action movies]]. Produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, it is the first of four series co-produced with MarvelComics, Creator/MarvelComics, each focusing on a different superhero from the company, starting with this one, followed up by ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', then ''Anime/XMen'', and culminating with ''Anime/{{Blade}}''.
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* RoleReprisal: Creator/KeijiFujiwara, Hiroe Oka, Hideaki Tezuka, Yasuyuki Kase and Takuya Hashi all reprises their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Pepper Potts, Nick Fury, JARVIS and Obadiah Stane, respectively, from the Japanese dub of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.

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* RoleReprisal: Creator/KeijiFujiwara, Creator/KeijiFujiwara and Hiroe Oka, Hideaki Tezuka, Yasuyuki Kase and Takuya Hashi all reprises Oka reprise their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Man and Pepper Potts, Nick Fury, JARVIS and Obadiah Stane, respectively, Potts from the Japanese dub of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
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* RoleReprisal: Creator/KeijiFujiwara, Hiroe Oka, Hideaki Tezuka, Yasuyuki Kase and Takuya Hashi all reprises their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Pepper Potts, Nick Fury, JARVIS and Obadiah Stane, respectively, from the Japanese dub of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse franchise.

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* RoleReprisal: Creator/KeijiFujiwara, Hiroe Oka, Hideaki Tezuka, Yasuyuki Kase and Takuya Hashi all reprises their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Pepper Potts, Nick Fury, JARVIS and Obadiah Stane, respectively, from the Japanese dub of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse franchise.Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
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* RoleReprisal: Creator/KeijiFujiwara, Hiroe Oka, Hideaki Tezuka, Yasuyuki Kase and Takuya Hashi all reprises their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Pepper Potts, Nick Fury, JARVIS and Obadiah Stane, respectively, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise.

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* RoleReprisal: Creator/KeijiFujiwara, Hiroe Oka, Hideaki Tezuka, Yasuyuki Kase and Takuya Hashi all reprises their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Pepper Potts, Nick Fury, JARVIS and Obadiah Stane, respectively, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe Japanese dub of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse franchise.
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* RoleReprisal: Creator/KeijiFujiwara and Hiroe Oka reprise their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Pepper Potts from the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise.

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* RoleReprisal: Creator/KeijiFujiwara and Creator/KeijiFujiwara, Hiroe Oka reprise Oka, Hideaki Tezuka, Yasuyuki Kase and Takuya Hashi all reprises their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Man, Pepper Potts Potts, Nick Fury, JARVIS and Obadiah Stane, respectively, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise.
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* TalkingToHerself: In the English Dubbed version. Episode 8- Daughter of Zodiac has Miss Tanaka and Aki talking to each other where both of them are voiced by Creator/LauraBailey.
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* RoleReprisal: Creator/KeijiFujiwara and Hiroe Oka reprise their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Pepper Potts from the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise.
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* ShoutOut: Tony's sets of armor to be mass produced are called [[Music/BlackSabbath Iron Man]] [[RonnieJamesDio Dio]]

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* ShoutOut: Tony's sets of armor to be mass produced are called [[Music/BlackSabbath Iron Man]] [[RonnieJamesDio Dio]][[Music/RonnieJamesDio Dio]].

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''Anime/MarvelAnime: Iron Man'' is a 2010 anime based on the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics, though it is perhaps more directly inspired by [[Film/IronMan the live-action movies]]. Produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, it is the first of four series co-produced with MarvelComics, each focusing on a different superhero from the company, starting with this one, followed up by ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', then ''Anime/{{Blade}}'', and culminating with ''Anime/XMen''.

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''Anime/MarvelAnime: Iron Man'' is a 2010 anime based on the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics, though it is perhaps more directly inspired by [[Film/IronMan the live-action movies]]. Produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, it is the first of four series co-produced with MarvelComics, each focusing on a different superhero from the company, starting with this one, followed up by ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', then ''Anime/{{Blade}}'', ''Anime/XMen'', and culminating with ''Anime/XMen''.
''Anime/{{Blade}}''.

In this series, Tony Stark heads to Japan to produce a new arc reactor station and promote the Iron Man Dio armor, but is quickly faced with the challenge of winning the hearts of the skeptical Japanese public. It only gets worse when the Iron Man Dio armors are suddenly hijacked by an organization called the Zodiac, and it's up to the real Iron Man to prove his innocence and stop them.
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''MarvelAnime: Iron Man'' is a 2010 anime based on the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics, though it is perhaps more directly inspired by [[Film/IronMan the live-action movies]]. Produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, it is the first of four series co-produced with MarvelComics, each focusing on a different superhero from the company, starting with this one, followed up by ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', then ''Anime/{{Blade}}'', and culminating with ''Anime/XMen''.

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''MarvelAnime: ''Anime/MarvelAnime: Iron Man'' is a 2010 anime based on the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics, though it is perhaps more directly inspired by [[Film/IronMan the live-action movies]]. Produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, it is the first of four series co-produced with MarvelComics, each focusing on a different superhero from the company, starting with this one, followed up by ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', then ''Anime/{{Blade}}'', and culminating with ''Anime/XMen''.



* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the [[{{Film/IronMan}} live-action films]]. The opening credits even suggest they're in the same continuity.

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* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the [[{{Film/IronMan}} [[Film/IronMan live-action films]]. The opening credits even suggest they're in the same continuity.
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* JapaneseSpirit: Mentioned by name during a sparring scene.


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* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Inverted. Tony Stark works hard to curtail his American sensibilities (especially his womanizing) while in Japan, knowing it won't win him any points with the locals. His behavior, however, more closely resembles what a Japanese writer would ''guess'' an American hotshot would act like. For example, at one point, he is sparring with a Japanese fighter and compliments the man on his JapaneseSpirit...before [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty cheating]] and then proclaiming that as an American, he instead has "Pioneer Spirit". Not only is JapaneseSpirit something most Americans have ''vaguely'' heard of, at best, but no American would ever use the term "Pioneer Spirit". The "American Way", maybe, but in this context, even that's a stretch.
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''MarvelAnime: Iron Man'' is a 2010 anime based on the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics, though it is perhaps more directly inspired by [[Film/IronMan the live-action movies]]. Produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, it is the first of four series co-produced with MarvelComics, each focusing on a different superhero from the company, starting with this one, followed up by ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', then ''Anime/{{Blade}}'', and culminating with ''Anime/{{X-Men}}''.

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''MarvelAnime: Iron Man'' is a 2010 anime based on the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics, though it is perhaps more directly inspired by [[Film/IronMan the live-action movies]]. Produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, it is the first of four series co-produced with MarvelComics, each focusing on a different superhero from the company, starting with this one, followed up by ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', then ''Anime/{{Blade}}'', and culminating with ''Anime/{{X-Men}}''.''Anime/XMen''.
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* BadassBiker - Sakurai
* BigBad - [[spoiler: Defense minister Kuroda]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy - [[spoiler: Dr. Tanaka]]
* BreakTheCutie - [[spoiler: Flashbacks reveal that after Yinsen miraculously avoided his DeathByOriginStory, he was taken in by a rural village, where he began to recover in both body and soul. However, the BigBad then destroyed the entire village using Stark weaponry in order to turn Yinsen against Tony.]]

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* BadassBiker - BadassBiker: Sakurai
* BigBad - BigBad: [[spoiler: Defense minister Kuroda]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy - BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Dr. Tanaka]]
* BreakTheCutie - BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Flashbacks reveal that after Yinsen miraculously avoided his DeathByOriginStory, he was taken in by a rural village, where he began to recover in both body and soul. However, the BigBad then destroyed the entire village using Stark weaponry in order to turn Yinsen against Tony.]]



* TheCameo - Wolverine in episode 4.
* DiscOneFinalBoss - [[spoiler: Yinsen]]
* FalseFlagOperation - [[spoiler: Zodiac uses this to make it easier to take over Japan.]]
* FishOutOfWater - Tony Stark in Japan.

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* TheCameo - TheCameo: Wolverine in episode 4.
* DiscOneFinalBoss - DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Yinsen]]
* FalseFlagOperation - FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler: Zodiac uses this to make it easier to take over Japan.]]
* FishOutOfWater - FishOutOfWater: Tony Stark in Japan.



* HandsomeLech - Tony, naturally. Though he also is a ChivalrousPervert.
* HeelRealization - [[spoiler: [[TheCracker Pisces]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who would have easily succeeded in killing Tony if he hadn't suddenly realized he was on the wrong side.]]

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* HandsomeLech - HandsomeLech: Tony, naturally. Though he also is a ChivalrousPervert.
* HeelRealization - HeelRealization: [[spoiler: [[TheCracker Pisces]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who would have easily succeeded in killing Tony if he hadn't suddenly realized he was on the wrong side.]]



* IntrepidReporter - Nanami
* TheMole - [[spoiler: Chika, though through MindControl.]]
* MonsterOfTheWeek - Each episode features a baddie themed after an animal of the WesternZodiac.
* OhCrap

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* IntrepidReporter - IntrepidReporter: Nanami
* TheMole - TheMole: [[spoiler: Chika, though through MindControl.]]
* MonsterOfTheWeek - MonsterOfTheWeek: Each episode features a baddie themed after an animal of the WesternZodiac.
* OhCrapOhCrap:



* SatchelSwitcheroo - used in Episode 2.
* SecondRider - Sakurai, who has a {{Samurai}}-themed suit of PoweredArmor made by the Japanese government.
* ShoutOut - Tony's sets of armor to be mass produced are called [[Music/BlackSabbath Iron Man]] [[RonnieJamesDio Dio]]
* StrawmanPolitical - [[spoiler: The defense minister turns out to be an ultranationalist who uses Zodiac to weaken Stark Industries' relations with Japan, take over the government, and turn the country into a militaristic, imperial power.]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality - Tanaka

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* SatchelSwitcheroo - SatchelSwitcheroo: used in Episode 2.
* SecondRider - SecondRider: Sakurai, who has a {{Samurai}}-themed suit of PoweredArmor made by the Japanese government.
* ShoutOut - ShoutOut: Tony's sets of armor to be mass produced are called [[Music/BlackSabbath Iron Man]] [[RonnieJamesDio Dio]]
* StrawmanPolitical - StrawmanPolitical: [[spoiler: The defense minister turns out to be an ultranationalist who uses Zodiac to weaken Stark Industries' relations with Japan, take over the government, and turn the country into a militaristic, imperial power.]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality - SugarAndIcePersonality: Tanaka



* WesternZodiac - Each epsiode features a baddie themed after one. MonsterOfTheWeek style. Based on the classic Marvel organization [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Zodiac_(Team) Zodiac]].

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* WesternZodiac - WesternZodiac: Each epsiode features a baddie themed after one. MonsterOfTheWeek style. Based on the classic Marvel organization [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Zodiac_(Team) Zodiac]].
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''MarvelAnime: Iron Man'' is a 2010 anime based on the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics, though it is perhaps more directly inspired by [[Film/IronMan the recent live-action movies]]. Produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, it is the first of four series co-produced with MarvelComics, each focusing on a different superhero from the company, starting with this one, followed up by ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', then ''Anime/{{Blade}}'', and culminating with ''Anime/{{X-Men}}''.

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''MarvelAnime: Iron Man'' is a 2010 anime based on the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics, though it is perhaps more directly inspired by [[Film/IronMan the recent live-action movies]]. Produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, it is the first of four series co-produced with MarvelComics, each focusing on a different superhero from the company, starting with this one, followed up by ''Anime/{{Wolverine}}'', then ''Anime/{{Blade}}'', and culminating with ''Anime/{{X-Men}}''.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: When the Dio armor is first hacked and stolen, its blue optics and Arc Reactor turn red. They revert to blue for his subsequent appearances though. Many of the Zodiac Mechs also have red eyes.
** Averted for Ramon Zero, who turns out to be a good guy despite having red eyes.

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