Marvel anime

Iron man ( ア イ ア ン マ ン ayan man ) - the first part of the tetralogy ; consists of 12 episodes. It was created by the joint work of Yuzo Sato with Warren Ellis. The first pilot was shown in Japan on Animax on September 25, 2010, and the broadcast began on October 1, 2010 and ended on December 17, 2010. It has also been broadcast on G4 in the United States along with the anime Wolverine since July 29, 2011. ^{[11] [12]}

Story

The businessman and scientist Tony Stark, better known as “ Iron Man ”, was tired of saving the world and publicly announced his intention to take a break from the struggle against universal evil and switch to purely peaceful activities. To this end, he comes to Japan , where he is going to take part in the work on a joint US-Japanese project to create a powerful nuclear power plant "Ark". The implementation of this project promises to receive almost free electricity in unlimited quantities. However, literally from the first minutes of his stay in the Land of the Rising Sun, Stark discovers that he is not too happy: the local population, remembering that he had recently been engaged in the production of weapons, is wary of him, not knowing what to expect from him. Worse, right after Stark’s arrival, a series of accidents , sabotage, and even natural disasters begin at and around the facility; someone is trying hard to destroy the power plant at all costs.

As it turns out, behind all this is a mysterious and sinister terrorist organization , calling itself the " Zodiac ." Tony Stark again has to put on the Iron Man armor to punish the villains and protect the innocent ...

Roles voiced

• Keiji Fujiwara - Tony Stark / Iron Man ^[13]
• Takako Honda - Tika Tanaka
• Unsho Ishizuka - Minister of Defense of Kuroda / Rasetsu
• Shizuka Ito - Nanami Ota
• Jin Yamanoy - Nagato Sakurai / Ramon Zero
• Tomoyuki Shimura - Itiro Masuda
• Hiroaki Hirata - Ho Insen / Dio
• Hiroe Oka - Pepper Potts
• Rikia Koyama - Logan / Wolverine (cameo)
• Xinya Fukumatsu - Desok Nomura

Wolverine ( ウ ル ヴ ァ リ ン uruwarin ) is the second series consisting of 12 episodes. Anime aired in Japan on Animax on January 7, 2011 and ended on March 25, 2011. The premiere in America took place on July 29, 2011 on the G4 channel; On the same day, the premiere of Iron Man anime was also held on this channel. ^[12]

Story

Logan’s Japanese lover, Mariko Yashida, marries Hideki Kurohagi's mafia, all the more against his will. Kurohagi is married to her father - Shingen Yashida, who is a well-known criminal authority. Hearing this news, Logan leaves from New York to Tokyo to force Shingen to change his mind, or at least save Mariko from the clutches of Kurohagi. Along the way, new friends will help Wolverine, such as ninja girl Yukio, who has her own plans for Shingen. In Tokyo, Logan will also meet with old and new enemies who work for Yashida and are trying hard to stop the hero. Later, the action is transferred to the criminal island of Madripur, where the real battle of Logan and the assistants of Shingen and Kurohagi will begin.

Roles voiced

• Rikia Koyama - Logan / Wolverine ^[14]
• Romy Paku - Yukio
• Fumiko Orikasa - Mariko Yasida
• Hidekatsu Shibata - Shingen Yashida
• Kazuki Yao - Hideki Kurohagi
• Masato Hagiwara - Kikyo Mikage
• Ryuzaburo Otomo - Arkady Rossovich / Red Omega
• Masaki Therasoma - Asano Tessin
• Toshiyuki Morikawa - Scott Summers / Cyclops (cameo)
• Iemasa Kayumi - Co.
• Misato Fukuen - Min
• Sho Hayami - Juo Kurohagi
• Takanori Hoshino - Wadaka
• Hiroshi Tsuchida - Agent Takagi
• Fumie Mitsuzawa - Agent Tsukino
• Kosuke Takaguchi - Agent Matida

X-Men ( エ ッ ク ス メ ン ekkusu man ) The broadcast began in Japan on the Animax channel on April 1, 2011. The commercial was released on February 18, 2011, with the participation of mutants such as Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm and the Beast. ^[15]

Story

The Xavier Institute receives a report that in Japan there are cases of the mysterious disappearance of mutants ; among the missing is a young mutant girl, Hisako Ichiki, nicknamed Bronya. An X-Men squad leaves Westchester and travels to the Tohoku region , from where a distress signal was received. Soon they will find out that if they do not come to the rescue, the lives of all mutants, not only in Tohoku, but throughout Japan, are in danger - they are hunted by terrorist scientists who sell mutant organs , and behind all this is the old enemy of the X-Men.

Roles voiced

• Toshiyuki Morikawa - Scott Summers / Cyclops ^[16]
• Rikia Koyama - Logan / Wolverine
• Katsunosuke Hori - Charles Xavier / Professor X
• Aya Hisakawa - Ororo Monroe / Storm
• Kaori Yamagata - Emma Frost
• Yoshiko Sakakibara - Yu Sasaki
• Eureka Hino - Gina Gray / Phoenix
• Yukari Tamura - Hisako Ichiki / Armor
• Hideyuki Tanaka - Hank McCoy / The Beast
• Haruhiko Jo - Jason Weinghard / Lord of Doom

Blade ( ブ レ イ ド bureido ) is the fourth final series. Consisting of 12 episodes, the script was written by Kento Fukasaka, the son of the late Kinji Fukasaki. The anime screening took place from July 1 to September 16, 2011 in Japan on the Animax channel.

Story

Blade is in search of the arch-enemy of Deacon Frost. His trail is lost in Yokohama , where strange and brutal killings have recently taken place. Blade encounters Makoto vampire hunters and her father. Together with Blade’s friend Noah van Helsing, the main characters go on the trail of Deacon Frost, who, in turn, starts a cunning plan ...

Roles voiced

• Akio Otsuka - Eric Brooks / Blade
• Maaya Sakamoto - Makoto
• Tsutomu Isobe - Deacon Frost
• Osamu Saka - Noah Van Helsing
• Rikia Koyama - Logan / Wolverine (cameo)
• Masato Hagiwara - Kikyo Mikage (cameo)

• Anime "Marvel Anime" in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
• Anime "Marvel Anime" in the AniDB database
• animax.co.jp/marvelanime/ - official Marvel Anime website
• animax.co.jp/marvelanime/ironman/ - official Marvel Anime website
• animax.co.jp/marvelanime/wolverine/ - official Marvel Anime website
• animax.co.jp/marvelanime/x-men/ - official Marvel Anime website
• animax.co.jp/marvelanime/blade/ - official Marvel Anime website