User blog:ARTaylor/March 2018 Poll Results

It may be April Fools but it's no joke the results have come for last month's poll. Last month we asked what audiences's favorite anime movie or series was. The results were varied but one came out on top.


 * 1) With 41.7% of the votes, the winner was Marvel Anime: X-Men. The series was the third in the series of one-season series produced by Madhouse. The story focused on the X-Men rejoining forces following the death of the Phoenix-possessed Jean Grey to stop the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club. The series was the best reviewed of the four anime series.
 * 2) Coming in second with 25% was Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers. Produced specifically for young Japanese audiences, the series featured young teens gaining powerful DISKs that could unleash superheroes and supervillains. The series was fairly well received, though it's American release has been limited.
 * 3) In third place was the feature Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher with 16.7%. The video follows the titular heroes as they track down Leviathan with the occasional aid of the superpowered Avengers. The sequel to Rise of Technovore was as well received as its predecessor though it was the last full-length animated feature released direct-to-video.
 * 4) Tied for fourth with 8.3% was Marvel Anime: Blade and Marvel Anime: Iron Man. Blade was the final Madhouse series and featured the daywalker fighting Deacon Frost. It received decent reviews though lost the confidence of the channel G4. Iron Man was the first series and garnered mostly positive reviews. The series follows the armored Avenger after an old friend becomes an enemy using his technology against him, and features some tie-ins to Rise of Technovore.
 * 5) Getting no love was Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned, Iron Man: Rise of Technovore, The Monster of Frankenstein, and Marvel Anime: Wolverine. Dracula and Frankenstein were the first animated features from Marvel, created by Toei Animation, but today is generally forgotten. Rise of Technovore was the first animated feature from Marvel following it's purchase by The Walt Disney Company and received mixed reviews. Wolverine was the second series from Madhouse and got perhaps the worst reviews of any of the series.

Be sure to check out this month's poll. Inspired by the X-Men panel at WonderCon last week, we're asking who your favorite member of the X-Men is: Angel (Stephen Ouimette), Beast (George Buza), Cyclops (Norm Spencer), Gambit (Chris Potter/Tony Daniels), Iceman (Denis Akiyama), Jean Grey (Catherine Disher), Jubilee (Alyson Court), Magneto (David Hemblem), Morph (Ron Rubin), Polaris (Terri Hawkes), Professor X (Cedric Smith), Storm (Iona Morris/Alison Sealy-Smith), Rogue (Lenore Zann), or Wolverine (Cathal J. Dodd)?