Marvel Anime: Wolverine (TV Series)

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Marvel Anime: Wolverine
Beginning date	January 7, 2011
End date	March 25, 2011
Number of Episodes	12
Original Channel	Animax (Japan) G4 (United States) Sci Fi Channel (Australia)
Previous Series	Marvel Anime: Iron Man
Next Series	Marvel Anime: X-Men

Marvel Anime: Wolverine is part of the Marvel Anime Universe along with Marvel Anime: Iron Man, Marvel Anime: Blade, and Marvel Anime: X-Men. It is the first series to focus on the character of Wolverine.

Story

Logan discovers that his japanase girlfriend,Mariko Yashida,is alive after dissapearing for many years,and he travels to Japan to find her,but the things get bad when he discovers that she is going to get a forced marry with Kurohagi Hideki,leader of the crime island,Madripoor.To get Mariko back,Logan will have to face criminals,giant monsters,sword master etc.To make matters worse,Omega Red will be back for revenge,but Logan will have the help of Yukio,a beatiful women with sharp rings as weapons

Cast

Japanese Voice	English Voice	Character
Rikiya Koyama	Milo Ventimiglia	Wolverine/Logan
Fumiko Orikasa	Gwendoline Yeo	Mariko Yashida
Romi Park	Kate Higgins	Yukio
Hidekatsu Shibata	Fred Tatasciore	Shingen Yashida
Kazuki Yao	Vic Mignogna	Hideki Kurohagi
Masato Hagiwara	Steven Blum	Kikyo Mikage
Masaki Terasoma	Crispin Freeman	Tesshin Asano
Hiroshi Tsuchida	Vic Mignogna	Takagi
Fumie Mizusawa	Stephanie Sheh	Tsukino
Kosuke Takaguchi	Roger Craig Smith	Machida
Kosuke Takaguchi	Unknown	Ang
Ryuzaburo Otomo	Jean-Benoît Blanc	Omega Red
Toshiyuki Morikawa	Scott Porter	Cyclops/Scott Summers
Iemasa Kayumi	Jean-Benoît Blanc	Koh
Misato Fukuen	Danielle Judovits	Min
Sayuri	Stephanie Sheh	Miyuki
Sho Hayami	Unknown	Juo Kurohagi
Takanori Hoshino	Jamieson Price	Vadhaka
Tokuyoshi Kawashima	Unknown	Kai
Yuji Ueda	Unknown	Scarred Man
	Kyle Hebert Michael McConnohie Tony Oliver Sam Riegel Keith Silverstein Terrence Stone Travis Willingham Dave Wittenberg	Additional Voices

Animation

Animation was done by the Japanese company Madhouse. The animation is a combination of traditional animation with computer generated imagery.

Seasons

See also Marvel Anime: Wolverine Episodes.

As with the other Marvel Anime series, Wolverine only lasted twelve episodes.

Reception

James Harvey of Marvel Animation Age said the series got some aspects of the character right but had bizarre character designs and a questionable voice actor. He enjoyed it despite the series dragging at times. He liked that it was a simple story of Wolverine fighting his way to Mariko rather than have twists or shocks. He did note that it stretched the story out and had several meaningless fights. He felt the action scenes had style that wore itself out the longer the scenes went on. He pointed out that by the third time Wolverine fought Omega Red he wished it would simply end. He noted that each episode followed the same basic format and while it got tiresome it was worth waiting for the next episode. He felt that all of the characters lacked in any kind of development. He found it hard to be interested in characters when so few were developed. He did enjoy some parts like Cyclops's cameo, the high body count, and the fact that the ending wasn't tidy. He claimed that while the series got a lot right, Wolverine was not one of them. He felt the design was a misstep as he didn't like the "pretty boy" look. "While the series can drag from time to time, there are plenty of moments to keep viewers enthused, even if it can be a struggle to get to that last episode. Wolverine fans – once you get over the not-so-good character design for him – should be pleased with what they find. If you’re new to the show, give it a Rental, but if you’re a fan? Well … pick it up!" [1]

External Links

• Official Website (Japanese)
• IMDb
• Wikipedia

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