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At the height of the series' popularity, [[Pizza Hut]] sold two VHS tapes that featured "[[Night of the Sentinels|Night Of The Sentinels (Parts 1 & 2)]]" and "Enter Magneto"/"Deadly Reunions". Also contained were round-table discussions between prominent names such as X-Men creator [[Stan Lee]] and 90s writer [[Scott Lobdell]]. |
At the height of the series' popularity, [[Pizza Hut]] sold two VHS tapes that featured "[[Night of the Sentinels|Night Of The Sentinels (Parts 1 & 2)]]" and "Enter Magneto"/"Deadly Reunions". Also contained were round-table discussions between prominent names such as X-Men creator [[Stan Lee]] and 90s writer [[Scott Lobdell]]. |
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So far, very few episodes have been released on DVD. According to [[TVShowsOnDVD.com]], ''X-Men'' is one of the top 15 most requested unreleased shows<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/showinfo.cfm?showID=5077 |title=X-Men (1992) |accessdate=2007-05-06 |format=html |work=TVShowsOnDVD.com}}</ref>. Regardless, there are no plans for an official release of season box sets. |
So far, very few episodes have been released on DVD. According to [[TVShowsOnDVD.com]], ''X-Men'' is one of the top 15 most requested unreleased shows<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/showinfo.cfm?showID=5077 |title=X-Men (1992) |accessdate=2007-05-06 |format=html |work=TVShowsOnDVD.com}}</ref>. There is also an online petition to have the series released on DVD<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.petitiononline.com/XDVD/petition.html |title=X-Men Animated Series on DVD |accessdate=2007-11-28 |format=html |work=petitiononline.com.com}}</ref>. Regardless, there are no plans for an official release of season box sets. |
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| X-Men: The Animated Series | |
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| File:X-men-animated-series-intro.jpg | |
| Created by | Larry Houston Frank Squillace |
| Voices of | Cedric Smith Cathal J. Dodd Norm Spencer Iona Morris |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 76 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30min |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox Kids |
| Release | October 31, 1992 – September 20, 1997 |
X-Men is an American animated series which debuted on October 31, 1992 on the Fox Network as part of its Fox Kids Saturday morning lineup.
X-Men is Marvel Comics' second attempt at an animated X-Men program, after the ill-received half-hour pilot "Pryde of the X-Men" was broadcast multiple times between 1989 and 1992. It is widely considered, along with Batman: The Animated Series, to be the most faithful animated series based on a comic book. [citation needed] The popularity and success of X-Men (along with Batman, which also debuted in the Fox Kids 1992–93 season) helped launch a number of comic-based animated series in the 90s. [citation needed]
Background
X-Men was one of the longest-lasting series on Fox Kids, and next to Batman: The Animated Series, its most acclaimed and successful to date. [citation needed] Despite its final new episode airing in late 1997 after 5 complete seasons, Fox did not remove the show from their line-up until 1998. The show is also one of the highest-rated and most-viewed Saturday morning programs in American history. [citation needed] During its peak years (1995 and 1996), the show was often shown weekday afternoons, in addition to Saturday mornings.
X-Men also stands as the longest-running Marvel Comics-based show, running for five seasons and 76 episodes. The second longest, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, lasted for five seasons and 65 episodes. Although produced by different animation studios, both series were set in the same animated universe, and the X-Men even made guest appearances on Spider-Man's show. (The second X-Men animated series, X-Men Evolution, does not share this continuity.)
After the box office success of the X-Men movie in the summer of 2000, Fox began airing reruns of the cartoon on weekday afternoons. This ended in early 2001. Soon after, ABC Family and Toon Disney, due to Disney's buyout of all Saban Entertainment programs, began airing reruns.
Synopsis
The show features an X-Men similar in look and line-up to the early 1990s X-Men drawn by Jim Lee, composed of Professor X, Cyclops, Beast, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Rogue, Gambit, Storm and Jubilee, as well as an original character, Morph. Though they were not part of the team as featured in the animated series, the following X-Men have all guest-starred in at least one episode: Colossus, Nightcrawler, Emma Frost, Forge, Havok, Polaris, Cannonball, Banshee, Iceman, Archangel, Psylocke, Cable and Bishop. Keen-eyed fans may also spot cameos by other familiar mutants, such as Feral or Rictor.
A number of famous storylines and events from the comics are loosely adapted in the series, such as the Dark Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past, the Phalanx Covenant, and the Legacy Virus. The third episode, "Enter Magneto", features a confrontation at a missile base: this is largely based on the X-Men's first battle with Magneto, as told in their 1963 debut X-Men #1. The season 4 episodes "Sanctuary, Parts I & II", which involve Magneto creating an orbiting haven for mutants, were influenced by several storylines from the canon, chiefly the first three issues of X-Men (volume 2) and the Fatal Attractions crossover.
Beyond faithfully recreating many of the popular characters and stories from the comic books, the series also dealt fairly openly with mature social issues. The ills of prejudice, intolerance, isolation and racism were all frequent themes in the animated series, as they were in the comics. The series also deals with other social issues, albeit sometimes in subtext, that are not often dealt handled by children's programming: divorce ("Proteus"), Christianity ("Nightcrawler" & "Bloodlines"), the Holocaust ("Enter Magneto", "Deadly Reunions" & "Days of Future Past"), AIDS hysteria ("Time Fugitives"), and even satires of television itself ("Mojovision" and "Longshot"). The Friends of Humanity, a prominent anti-mutant group that appears in the second season, bears great resemblance to the Ku Klux Klan and other white-supremacy groups. [citation needed]
Deep friendship between men is shown through the relationship between Wolverine and Morph. In "The Cure", Cable blasts Pyro for calling him "darling". The presence of mutants with the power to shapeshift often raised the issue of gender identity. For example, in "Till Death Does Us Part", Morph shapeshifts into Rogue to attract Gambit and in "Whatever It Takes", he morphs into Jean Grey, to manipulate Wolverine's emotions. Likewise, Mystique would often shapeshift into, and flirt with, men and women. Gay mutant Northstar would make two appearances into the animated series, when he came out in the comics.
Episodes
Releases
Select episodes, predominantly from the first season, were released on VHS during the show's original run.
At the height of the series' popularity, Pizza Hut sold two VHS tapes that featured "Night Of The Sentinels (Parts 1 & 2)" and "Enter Magneto"/"Deadly Reunions". Also contained were round-table discussions between prominent names such as X-Men creator Stan Lee and 90s writer Scott Lobdell.
So far, very few episodes have been released on DVD. According to TVShowsOnDVD.com, X-Men is one of the top 15 most requested unreleased shows[1]. There is also an online petition to have the series released on DVD[2]. Regardless, there are no plans for an official release of season box sets.
Alternate versions
The original opening sequence featured the X-Men demonstrating their mutant abilities to the instrumental theme. This intro is used throughout the first four seasons. A modified version is eventually introduced in season 5, episode 5 ("Longshot"). In this new intro, the beginning of the theme is slightly changed. New fighting scenes are also added.
The credit sequence consisted of rotating 3D models of the different team-members set to the theme created by graphic design artist, Dave McCarty. When UPN began airing repeats on Sunday mornings an alternate credits sequence was used: instead, a montage of clips from the series was used.
- Brazil
Rede Globo cut all of the intro sequence except for the logo at its end – which they do to almost all animated series they air. The American intro was retained when it was aired later on Fox Kids and Jetix.
- Japan
The opening intro was replaced with a new, Japanese-animated segment of the characters as well as a new Japanese theme with vocals called "Rising (ライジング)", by the Japanese band Ambience (アンビエンス). Starting with episode 46 an alternate anime intro was used, featuring the new theme "Dakishimetai Dare Yori Mo (抱きしめたい誰よりも…)". The end credits sequence was also changed: it featured shots of X-Men comic books set to the song "Back To You (バック･トウ･ユー)", also by Ambience.
Several very well-known seiyū (Japanese voice actors) played roles in the TV Tokyo edition of the Japanese dub, such as Kōichi Yamadera (Cyclops), Shinobu Adachi (Jean Grey), Rihoko Yoshida (Storm), Akiko Hiramatsu (Jubilee), Masashi Ebara (Wolverine), Norio Wakamoto (Mr. Sinister), Yūko Kobayashi (Rogue), Yoshito Yasuhara (Gambit), Ayako Shirashi (Dazzler), Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Magneto) and Rokurō Naya (Professor X).
Cast and characters
In other media
The characters in the series were licensed by Capcom and were the inspiration for the video game X-Men: Children Of The Atom, which in turn would be the basis for the Marvel vs. Capcom series of video games.[3]. Most of the voice actors who did the voices in the series reprised their roles for the video game. Capcom would continue to use these characters long after the show was cancelled before eventually losing the rights to create Marvel-based games to Electronic Arts in 2001.
In Amalgam Comics, the X-Men animated series is combined with Batman: The Animated Series to form the Dark Claw Adventures.
X-Men Adventures
| X-Men Adventures | |
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| File:X-Men Adventures 4.jpg cover of X-Men Adventures Volume 2 # 5 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Publication date | November 1992 to March 1997 |
| Main character(s) | X-Men |
X-Men Adventures is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Beginning in November 1992, it adapted three of the five seasons of the X-Men animated series. Following that in April 1996, it became Adventures Of The X-Men, which contained original stories set within the same continuity.[4] It lasted until March 1997, shortly after the show's cancellation by the Fox Network. In the final issue, #12, of Adventures Of The X-Men it is revealed that this universe existed prior to the current Marvel Universe, and was destroyed by the fracturing of the M'Kraan Crystal.
Bibliography
- X-Men Adventures (Volume 1) (17 issues) (1992-1994)[5]
- X-Men Adventures (Volume 2) (15 issues) (1994-1995)[6]
- X-Men Adventures (Volume 3) (13 issues) (1995-1996)[7]
- Adventure Of The X-Men (12 issues) (1996-1997)[8]
References
- ^ "X-Men (1992)" (html). TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
- ^ "X-Men Animated Series on DVD" (html). petitiononline.com.com. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
- ^ "X-Men: Children Of The Atom" (html). member.cox.net. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
- ^ "The 1990s: Claremont's exit, mega-crossovers". Retrieved 2007-01-26.
- ^ "X-Men Adventures Comics checklist Volume 1". comics-db.com. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
- ^ "X-Men Adventures Comics checklist Volume 2". comics-db.com. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
- ^ "X-Men Adventures Comics checklist Volume 3". comics-db.com. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
- ^ "Adventures of the X-Men Comics checklist". comics-db.com. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
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