Line #24 Anime/MarvelAnime


1	Marvel Anime (2010-2011) is a four-series anthology co-produced between Creator/MarvelComics, Creator/SonyPictures 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.
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3	In 2013, the film ''Anime/IronManRiseOfTechnovore'' was released to coincide with the release of ''Film/IronMan3''. The flick also featured several heroes from ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', such as ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, Comicbook/BlackWidow and ComicBook/NickFury. Another film, ''Anime/AvengersConfidentialBlackWidowAndPunisher'', was released in 2014 as a tie-in to ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.
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5	See also: ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'', another Marvel-themed anime collaboration, though this time done with Creator/ToeiAnimation. ''Anime/MarvelFutureAvengers'' is another anime done with Madhouse. ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes'' is an {{animesque}} series made by the French company Moonscoop.
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7	!!Tropes applying to the ''Marvel Anime'' universe:
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9	* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Takeo is mainly the villain due to PowerIncontinence. His comic counterpart, Proteus, was a psychotic villain who murdered innocent people ForTheEvulz]].
10	* AscendedExtra: Yinsen in the almost every media is an important character, but only lasts for Iron Man's origin before he ends up killed. The ''Iron Man'' anime [[spoiler:has him survive past his encounter with Stark and become a major antagonist (though of the AntiVillain variety).]]
11	* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler: Xavier's son, Takeo, who is an incredibly powerful mutant, but whose powers bloomed when he was barely entering grade school, which forced him to grow up in isolation thereafter after having to use them to wipe his existence from the memory of everyone who ever met him.]]
12	* BloodlessCarnage: While some blood does get shown, it's usually much less than you'd expect. Particularly noticable in the ''Wolverine'', but taken to extremes in ''Blade'', where the victims are all vampires and so burst into flames and disintegrate when struck.
13	* CameoCluster: The final episode of ''X-Men'' features cameos from Colossus, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Archangel, Captain Britain, Iron Man, and ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}.
14	* CompositeCharacter: Takeo is [[spoiler: Xavier's son Legion and Moira [=MacTaggert=]'s son Proteus rolled into one. A similar combination of the two characters previously appeared in ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' as the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel version of Proteus]].
15	* DarkerAndEdgier: All three of the animes to come after the ''Iron Man'' anime.
16	** ''X-Men'' features the first animated depiction of the U-Men, human sadists who kidnap innocent mutants and vivisect them in the hopes of gaining superpowers by transplanting their organs into their own bodies.
17	*** In the final episodes, [[spoiler: Xavier plans to use his psychic powers to kill his RealityWarper son, Takeo, and then die with him because he sees no other ways to stop his rampage]].
18	** ''Wolverine'' features Omega Red, who is stated on-screen to be a former serial killer, as well as countless fatalities amongst the organised crime members facing off against Wolverine himself.
19	* DisposableWoman: A number of prominent female characters are routinely killed off for dramatic effect in the various series including [[spoiler:Dr. Tanaka in Iron Man, Mokoto in Blade, and a two-for-one in Wolverine with Yukio and Mariko.]]
20	* {{Expy}}: The OriginalCharacter Kikyo Mikage can be seen as one for ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} InUniverse; an [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant]] {{Samurai}} Japanese mutant with a HealingFactor and [[WolverineClaws katana-like blades that he can extend from his palms]].
21	* InstrumentalThemeTune: All four series.
22	* ImmortalHero: Wolverine in his series gets the crap beat out of him and normally lethal injuries numerous times nearly every episode by more skilled, powerful, or numerous enemies. Thanks to his healing factor he always lasts long enough to squeak out a win. By the end, the villains are trying to figure out how to kill him since he keeps getting up no matter how badly they wound him.
23	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They're even different in-universe in ''Blade'', which has distinct species of vampires such as the "Water Tigers" (vampires who favor hunting from water and who assume a GameFace that can best be described as saber-tooth tiger-headed fishman with a cat's tail).
24	* RaceLift: Yui Sasaki from ''X-Men'' is a Japanese version of [[Characters/XMenMutants Moira MacTaggert]], Xavier's former love-interest from the comics. Likewise, her son Takeo is [[spoiler: a Japanese version of Moira's son Proteus]].
25	* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Xavier's son, the ultimate source of conflict in the X-Men anime]].
26	* SmugSnake: Hideki Kurohagi.
27	* TwelveEpisodeAnime: All of them.
28	* VampireBitesSuck: Vampires in the ''Blade'' anime leave the traditional puncture marks when they feed; Blade's "sire", Deacon Frost, is unusual in that he has fang-like lower canines as well and so leaves four puncture wounds on the same side of the neck. This is the trait that Blade uses to track him.
29	* 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.

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