History Anime / MarvelAnime

* {{Cameo}}: The final episode of ''X-Men'' features cameos from Colossus, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Archangel, Captain Britain, Iron Man, and ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Yui Sasaki, Professor X's old lover]] in the ''Anime/XMen'' anime; because [[spoiler: her]] son is a mutant, [[spoiler: she]] kept him isolated from society all his life and is dedicated to creating a retro-virus that attacks and deletes the mutant gene, forcing all mutants to be rendered genetically human again whether they want to or not. To this end, [[spoiler: she]] employs the U-Men to abduct and murder innocent mutants to supply [[spoiler: her]] with a constant supply of mutant tissues to culture her virus in/from. Oh, and the end result of [[spoiler: her]] virus is that it supercharges the mutant's X-gene, resulting in [[BodyHorror grotesque mutations]] that ultimately kill them off in a ghastly way.

In 2013, the film ''Anime/IronManRiseOfTechnovore'' was released to coincide with the release of ''Film/IronMan3''. The flick also featured several heroes from the film ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', such as ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, Comicbook/BlackWidow and ComicBook/NickFury. Another film, ''Anime/AvengersConfidentialBlackWidowAndPunisher'', was released in 2014 as a tie-in to ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.

* DarkerAndEdgier: All three of the animes to come after the Anime/IronMan anime.

Marvel Anime (2010-2011) is a four-series anthology co-produced between Creator/MarvelComics and Studio Creator/{{Madhouse}}, first announced at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con. Featuring [[Anime/MarvelAnimeIronMan Iron Man]], [[Anime/MarvelAnimeWolverine Wolverine]], the [[Anime/MarvelAnimeXMen X-Men]] and [[Anime/MarvelAnimeBlade Blade]] as the leads of their respective shows, each of their stories involve travelling to Japan either to simply save the day, [[ItsPersonal motivated by revenge in the case of Wolverine]], to save a kidnapped member of the X-Men, or to slay a few vampires hiding there. Supervised by Creator/WarrenEllis (with the exception of ''Blade''), the anthology is said to create an entire parallel universe for Marvel, according to representatives of the company.

* {{Expy}}: The OriginalCharacter Kikyo Mikage can be seen as one for Franchise/{{Wolverine}} InUniverse; an [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant]] {{Samurai}} Japanese mutant with a HealingFactor and [[WolverineClaws katana-like blades that he can extend from his palms]].

See also: ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'', another Marvel-themed anime collaboration, though this time done with Creator/ToeiAnimation. ''Anime/MarvelFutureAvengers'' is another anime done with Toei, but both this series and ''Disk Wars'' are unrelated. ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes'' is an {{animesque}} series made by the French company Moonscoop.

* {{Expy}}: The OriginalCharacter Kikyo Mikage can be seen as one for {{Wolverine}} InUniverse; an [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant]] {{Samurai}} Japanese mutant with a HealingFactor and [[WolverineClaws katana-like blades that he can extend from his palms]].

* WolverinePublicity: Guess who is the only character who makes an appearance in all four? Go on, guess.
** Though the Wolverine in the eponymous series and the Wolverine in the X-Men have very different character designs. The first is a borderline Bishonen while the X-Men Wolverine is closer to his comic-book counterpart.

Marvel Anime (2010-2011) is a four-series anthology co-produced between Creator/MarvelComics and Studio Creator/{{Madhouse}}, first announced at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con. Featuring Anime/IronMan, Anime/{{Wolverine}}, the Anime/XMen and Anime/{{Blade}} as the leads of their respective shows, each of their stories involve travelling to Japan either to simply save the day, [[ItsPersonal motivated by revenge in the case of Wolverine]], to save a kidnapped member of the X-Men, or to slay a few vampires hiding there. Supervised by Creator/WarrenEllis (with the exception of ''Blade''), the anthology is said to create an entire parallel universe for Marvel, according to representatives of the company.

* RaceLift: Yui Sasaki from ''X-Men'' is a Japanese version of ComicBook/MoiraMacTaggert, Xavier's former love-interest from the comics. Likewise, her son Takeo is [[spoiler: a Japanese version of Moira's son Proteus]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: All three of the animes to come after the IronMan anime.

See also: ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'', another Marvel-themed anime collaboration, though this time done with Creator/ToeiAnimation. ''Anime/MarvelFutureAvengers'' is another anime done with Toei, but the this series and ''Disk Wars'' are unrelated. ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes'' is an {{animesque}} series made by the French company Moonscoop.

See also: ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'', another Marvel-themed anime collaboration, though this time done with Creator/ToeiAnimation. ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes'' is an {{animesque}} series made by the French company Moonscoop.

* RaceLift: Yui Sasaki from ''X-Men'' is a Japanese version of Moira [=MacTaggert=], Xavier's former love-interest from the comics. Likewise, her son Takeo is [[spoiler: a Japanese version of Moira's son Proteus]].

See also: ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'', another Marvel-themed anime collaboration, though this time done with Creator/ToeiAnimation.

* {{Cameo}}: The final episode of ''X-Men'' features cameos from Colossus, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Archangel, Captain Britain, Iron Man, and {{Deadpool}}.

See also: ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'', another Marvel-themed anime collaboration, though this time done with ToeiAnimation.

*** Anime/IronManRiseOfTechnovore features an extended cameo from ComicBook/ThePunisher.