Line #57 Manga/MarvelMangaverse


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: Western characters done in an Eastern style as viewed by Western creators.]]
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4	{{Creator/Marvel}} [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] {{Manga}}.
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6	''Marvel Mangaverse'' was a FifthWeekEvent from the [[TurnOfTheMillennium early 2000s]] that attempted to blend the Marvel Universe and its superheroes with a healthy dose of the usual tropes one would find in Manga and Anime.
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8	The results were... less than stellar. As many reviews pointed out, while it had the style of manga, it was essentially only a cosmetic choice and the stories didn't seem to benefit from the genre shift. Not to mention being a cluttered mess that tried a bit too hard to include every superhero and villain that it could. However, it was still a worthy experiment in trying something different with the Marvel Universe, and the original event was popular enough to spin off into a (short-lived) monthly series, as well as a ''New Mangaverse'' revival in 2006.
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10	Compare with ''Toys/AmeComiGirls'', a similar {{Animesque}} series from Creator/DCComics based on a series of figurines of their female characters.
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12	The Mangaverse's designation in the Marvel Multiverse is Earth-2301, though an alternate version of it exists called Earth-7122.
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15	'''Story Arcs'''
16	* Vol 1 (The Fifth Week Event): Focuses on the Avengers and Comicbook/DoctorStrange with some cameos by Spider-Man, Fantastic Four and the X-Men battling a Godzilla-size Hulk. Two issues which served as bookends for most of the stand alone titles below (which were also collected in the trade paperback release). Art and writing on the bookends by ''ComicBook/NinjaHighSchool'' creator Ben Dunn.
17	* Vol 2 (The monthly series): Two story arcs, the first dealing with Captain Marvel, the Fantastic Four (who play a more central role here), Galactus, and The Inhumans. The second half deal with a battle against Doctor Doom. Ben Dunn handled art and writing here, too.
18	* ''New Mangaverse: New Rings of Fate'': The finale of the Mangaverse, dealing with a crisis of Superheroes. Seriously if you don't like to see your favorite Marvel characters being killed, don't read this one. Story by C.B. Sebulski (who also wrote ''ComicBook/MarvelFairyTales''); art by Tommy Ohtsuka (who also drew the ''Literature/{{Slayers}} Premium'' and ''Slayers Special'' manga).
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20	'''Stand Alones'''
21	* ''Spider-Man'': Which {{revision}}s him as a ninja trying to avenge the death of his Sensei Ben, who was killed by Venom.
22	* ''X-Men'': Save for a few custom designs, not much has changed in this version. Mutants are being persecuted, the X-Men try to save the day. There are a few surprising twists here and there.
23	* ''The Punisher'': Rarely seen stand-alone comic that showcases the Punisher as a samurai/geisha being out to stop a demon-summoning crimelord. In this version though, the Punisher is a woman who "punishes" though spankings, bondage, and other CoolAndUnusualPunishment instead of a large body count. She still bears the marking of the original anti-hero. Written by Creator/PeterDavid; drawn by Lea Hernandez. Warning: {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s.
24	* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': [[Comicbook/{{Empowered}} Adam Warren]] writes what's essentially a FusionFic with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. After a disastrous experiment GoneHorriblyWrong, FieryRedhead {{Jerkass}} [[GenderFlip Johnatha]] Storm, her incredibly [[EmotionlessGirl withdrawn and emotionless]] half-sister [[MyNaymeIs Sioux]], and the HiddenBadass milquetoast Benjamin (pronounced "Ben-ya-meen") Grimm use the strange powers they gained to fight a succession of enormous alien beings attacking the Baxter Building, under the direction of their arrogant, womanizing genius commander, Reed Richards.
25	* ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'': The disembodied head of Anthony Stark has the Avengers gather the parts of a CombiningMecha to battle the Hulk, battling Apocalypse and his Horsemen along the way.
26	* ''Comicbook/{{Ghost Rider}}s'': A WalkingShirtlessScene Daimon Hellstrom walks up to Johnny Blaze one evening and tells him that they're both '''[[LargeHam SONS OF SATAN]]''', and that Johnny's got to help deal with both the Hulk and their [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever giant demoness sister]] wandering through town. Daimon sets Johnny's head on fire to help prove his point; Johnny's disturbed. Written by Chuck Austen.
27	* ''ComicBook/XMenPhoenixLegacyOfFire'': Following the two sisters Jena and Madelyne Pyre as they embark on a quest to recover their family heirloom from the Shadow King. Initially scheduled on the regular old Marvel release, it was then bumped to a Creator/MarvelMAX release, because of its {{fanservice}}-heavy content. Written by Ryan Kinnaird.
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30	!!''Marvel Mangaverse'' contains examples of the following tropes:
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32	* AdaptationalDiversity: The series features a female Human Torch and a female, Japanese Punisher.
33	* AdaptationDyeJob: In addition to being a girl, the Human Torch has red hair and green eyes.
34	* AdaptationNameChange: Sue Storm's first name its changed to Sioux (but still sound the same).
35	* AffirmativeActionLegacy: In ''New Mangaverse'',) [[spoiler:[[Comicbook/MsMarvel Carol Danvers]] takes up Captain America's shield and costume after gaining superpowers.]]
36	%%* {{Animesque}}: Natch.
37	* AnyoneCanDie: You have no idea...
38	** ''New Mangaverse'' takes this all the way to DroppedABridgeOnHim with Mangaverse Doctor Strange getting killed by {{ninja}}s. [[InverseNinjaLaw Several generic]], [[FacelessGoons faceless]] ninjas. What they did to Tigra afterwards is even worse.
39	** What's sad about it is that up till that point they were among the ''very few'' heroes seen in the previous books to survive the various stories, only to get ''SLAUGHTERED'' in the first few pages of the first issue of New Mangaverse.
40	* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The Hulk in the version and Galactus to a lesser extent.
41	%%* BigDumbObject: Mangaverse Galactus.
42	%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy
43	* BreakoutCharacter: This universe has phased out into relative obscurity, with Mangaverse Spider-Man as the only consistently recurring representative in the following years as the only acknowledgment made to the series' existence.
44	* TheCameo: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby show up in the first story arc of the monthly series.
45	** ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' creator, Fred Perry himself, shows up in one panel during the first part of Vol 1. Likely as a joke by Ben as they're friends and co-workers in real life.
46	** Flash and Gwen appear in the first issue of Mangaverse Spider-Man.
47	** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Comic Book Guy.]]
48	* CatGirl: Tigra, literally.
49	* CompositeCharacter:
50	** T'Challa can transform into both the Comicbook/BlackPanther ''and'' Comicbook/TheFalcon.
51	** After [[spoiler: the death of the original, [[Comicbook/MsMarvel Carol Danvers]] becomes the new Captain America]].
52	* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[spoiler: The New Mangaverse ends with most of the heroes dead and, while the remaining ones manage to win the day. They are unaware that Nick Fury was the one behind it all.]]
53	* DopeSlap: Spider-Woman and Black Cat each give Spider-Man one at the exact same time.
54	* {{Expy}}: Quite a few.
55	** As mentioned above, the Fantastic Four were inspired by Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ben=Shinji, Sioux=Rei, Johnatha=Asuka, Reed=(Gendo+Kaji), Agatha Harkness=(Misato+Ritsuko), Alicia Masters=Maya Ibuki (Ben Dunn tries to bring them closer to their 616 counterparts in volume 2).
56	** Mangaverse Tigra, in personality at least, is an expy of Brittany Diggers[[note]]good-naturedly materialistic and skeptically ignorant of her partner's work[[/note]] from ''ComicBook/GoldDigger''. She, Brittany, and Earth-616 Tigra are all {{Cat Girl}}s though.
57	** ''New Mangaverse'' Wolverine looks a lot like [[Manga/DragonballZ Vegeta]]. Dresses a lot like him, too.
58	** Johnatha is a double expy, her character design (and OjouRinglets) are lifted from Izumi Himuro of ''Anime/PrincessNine''.
59	** Johnatha ends up looking like Asuka from [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]] in New Mangaverse, which makes her fit more as an expy of her in part. She and Spider-Woman ([[spoiler: Mary Jane in New Mangaverse, Peter's student in the ways of the Spider-Clan by this time]]) are both essentially expies of her in this regard, while Black Cat replaces Sioux as the new physical expy of Rei Ayanami, looking almost identical to her in terms of facial construction save for a set of stripes under each eye. Peter Parker goes this route as well, becoming a relatively close expy of Shinji in New Mangaverse.
60	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Nick Fury and Black Cat in the New Mangaverse.]]
61	* {{Geisha}}: The Punisher's costume resembles one.
62	* GenderFlip: Multiple cases (Johnatha Storm, the Punisher, [[spoiler:Doctor Doom, though this is partially zig-zagged as it's stated she murdered the original male version of this reality]]). Zig-zagged with Iron Man; we first meet Antoinette Stark in the first volume, but we later find out that her brother Anthony is still alive -- if [[BrainInAJar bodiless]].
63	* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Spider-Man certainly thinks so when he walks in on Black Cat giving an unconscious Spider-Woman CPR.
64	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The Hand (the main big bad in the New Mangaverse) attack a military base leaving many dead. Carol Danvers is among such though she is left for dead. The attack on her changes her body giving her superpowers. It thanks to her that the remaining superheroes were saved before The Hand could kill them and managed to turn the fight around. All due to The Hand not checking their handiwork.]]
65	* HowDoIShotWeb: Captain Marvel, having to learn very fast in his situation.
66	* {{Kaiju}}: Mangaverse Hulk.
67	* KilledOffForReal: Pretty much every character who died stayed dead.
68	%%* LadyOfWar: The Punisher
69	* MusicalAssassin: This version of Hank Pym/Ant-Man is a singer who controls ants using a special guitar.
70	* MyNaymeIs: InUniverse. Iron Man, aka Antoinette '''"Toni"''' Stark. Don't worry, folks. Anthony '''"Tony"''' Stark is still around (at least his head).
71	* NavelDeepNeckline: Black Cat's catsuit in ''New Mangaverse'' has such a deep neckline that it ends just above her crotch.
72	* NoodleIncident: Dr. Strange was thought to be killed by a Yeti. He got better.
73	* OjouRinglets: Johnatha Storm. ''New Mangaverse'' switches her over to GirlishPigtails.
74	* PresidentSuperhero: President Action: [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica President Steve Rogers]].
75	* RaceLift: In addition to being a woman, the Punisher is also Japanese.
76	* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: The Human Torch and the Invisible Woman are half-sisters here.
77	* RetiredBadass: ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' reveals that Peter retired and left the Spider-Clan to live with Mary Jane. It didn't last.
78	* RuleSixtyThree: Along with GenderFlip above, many of the Marvel regulars are either turned into or replaced by nubile females solely for the purpose of [[{{Fanservice}} titillating]] the readers.
79	* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Doctor Doom, whom we don't find out about till halfway though the story, is actually T'Channa, the sister of the Black Panther. Interestingly, she ''murdered'' the original and took his place, so she wasn't always Doom here.]]
80	%%* SecretLegacy: Captain Marvel's
81	* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Bruce Banner and Antoinette Stark at the end of the first volume.]]
82	* TookALevelInBadass: Mary Jane became the Mangaverse Spider-Woman as ''New Mangaverse'' began.

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