Product Details

• Actors: Steven Blum, Cam Clarke, Jennifer Hale, Ali Hillis, Danielle Nicolet
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Dubbed: English
• Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: April 24, 2012
• Run Time: 287 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B007549XLG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,148 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Wolverine, Cyclops, and a core group of Marvel Comics' venerable X-Men head to Japan to prevent a mutant uprising in Marvel Anime: X-Men, a stylish revamp of the long-running franchise that's strong on action, if less so on plotting. That's an unfortunate situation, especially given the brand's history of complex and mature storylines; here, the action hinges largely around the capture of Armor/Hisako Ichiki by the mutant-eugenics squad the U-Men as part of their plan to create a mutant super-army. From there, the story splinters into subplots involving the Inner Circle's Emma Frost and Mastermind, as well as the rise of a mysterious condition affecting mutants across Japan. The disparate elements never quite jell into a cohesive story arc, leaving much of the storytelling weight to rest on the numerous action sequences, which are plentiful and animated with kinetic power by the animation studio Madhouse, which partnered with Marvel for X-Men and three other franchise revamps (Iron Man, Blade, and Wolverine). X-Men is unfortunately the most lightweight of the quartet, suffering from weak characterizations, dull antagonists (the U-Men, while unpleasant, are second-string villains when compared to the operatic heights of Magneto, among others), and some unfortunate anime renderings, most notably on Storm, Jean Grey, and Emma Frost, who are built along decidedly titillating (and therefore sophomoric) lines. Sadly, the final episode suggests that the second season of X-Men would introduce some of its classic heels, but it remains unreleased at this time. The two-disc X-Men set includes both the original Japanese audio track (with subtitles) and the English-language dub, which features Scott Porter as Cyclops and a host of veteran voice-over talent, including Steven Blum, Travis Willingham, and Michael Sinterniklaas. The set is rounded out by a handful of making-of featurettes, all driven by interviews with the animation team. --Paul Gaita

Product Description

The X-Men reunite after the death of a teammate in order to track down Hisako Ichiki (Armor), a missing teenage girl in Northern Japan. There, the X-Men encounter the fanatical anti-mutant group, the U-Men, and discover what was important enough for Xavier to bring them back together. The answer is something that could potentially bridge the gap between mutants and humans, or tear the two species apart forever.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 44 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars For any X-Men fan, its worth a look. March 25, 2012

By Jay-Jay3

Format:DVD

I am an X-Men fan.

I've been once ever since the Animated Series premiered during the 90's.

Since then, I've collected comics, movies, games and any other items related to the Marvel Heroes.
When I learned an Anime was being made based off the comic, I wasn't sure of what to expect.
I felt, if it was done correctly, it could end up being just as good as the old 90's series was.

After watching all the episodes, I can say that while I was rather disappointed, I don't think it
was bad at all. The voice acting ranging from Steven Jay Blum to Jennifer Hale is well done,
and the designs look fairly interesting and awesome. This is clearly the best sounding and
best looking X-Men series yet.

The only downside, and the biggest one, is the story.

Without spoiling much, the X-Men are summoned to Japan to investigate the mysterious kidnappings
of mutants there. The story, like a lot of Anime, is slower paced, and takes awhile to really start getting to the point. Lines are repeated like a broken record, and characters beat you over the head with ideas and thoughts you just heard previously, just in case you weren't paying attention. The main villain was a big surprise, but he's not as mainstream as say, Magneto, so the average viewer may not even grab interest from him. And the newly introduced X-Man, Hisako (Armor), ranges from tolerable to unbearably loud and annoying. I get that she's supposed to be the rookie member with a cocky attitude (Similar to how she is in the comics) but even Jubilee knew when the time came to get
serious and stop screwing around. Geez.

So, despite the good looking and acting show, your still left with a short, somewhat shallow story that feels as
if it could have been done in 30 or 60 minutes rather than stretched into a full 12 episode Anime.

And yet? Maybe its the fan in me, but I loved ever second of this Anime. The X-Men are, after so long, portrayed
like X-Men. The stakes are high, and the sheer atmosphere pulls you in. Again, it doesn't reach the heights of the
90's series, but I think its unfair to call this series a failure. If your an X-Men fan, or even if your somewhat curious,
check it out yourself. You may not be disappointed. :)

-Jay-Jay3

And SPOILER:

Besides...any show that features Deadpool as a member of the X-Men can't be bad. XD

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the time... even for fans. June 4, 2012

By RaidenS

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

I really wanted to like this series, but just couldn't. The art is excellent. The voice over is very well done. The action, when there is action, is fast and brutal without being violent; meaning it reaches a middle ground that will be suitable but satisfying for a wide audience. What is wrong then? The problems are in the pacing and story. The series really should have been about half the time, as there was a lot of material that could have been cut without hurting the story at all. There are some sections that just seem to drag and other sections, such as Cyclops mourning, that are repeated far too often. It does not help that the story is predictable and unoriginal. There may be some new elements, but any fan of the X-Men will have already seen most of this content in some shape or form. Overall, there are just too many better ways to spend your time and money to recommend this to anyone but the most diehard of fans (and they will be most familiar with this material).

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars It's not as good as I thought it would be June 16, 2012

By S. Der

Format:DVD

This X-Men show takes place right after the X-Men loss Jean Gray. Magneto is locked up and is in prison somewhere, and the other big super villains are no where to been seen or heard of. So, what we get to see are lesser known enemies, the U-Men and the inner circle.

All the better known X-Men are here and this series introduces a new junior X-Men member that I never heard of, but comic fans know her, Hisako Ichiki (Armor). We get to see how and why she joins the X-Men for this show. Also, Emma Forst joins the X-Men as well.

This show started out great. Nice animation, storyline, and characters. Then, the Japanese story telling came in. There are a bunch of filer story that you do not need to know to progress the story, they are just there to drag the story along. Then, what worse is they tend to repeat the same old story that we heard way too much about. This whole series could be cut 1/3, if they just didn't throw in all that slow dragged out story telling.

I like how they draw all the characters and background, but what I didn't like was them having them standing around and doing nothing. The action in this series is ridiculously less than anything I have seen before. In a 20 minute show, you be lucky to see 2 mins of action!!! Heck, in the last few shows, they barely did anything. They stood around telling themselves to wait and stand around watching the enemy's movements. There was 15 seconds of actions before that but was that even worth a buck to see??? I say no.

The Japanese tend to draw really big boobs on females and this show is no different!!! If you like seeing that stuff. Buy, Buy, and Buy Now!!! All the females have really HUGE ONES HERE! The littlest is a D cup that's really saying something. So, when you see the other females, OMG!!!

And for you all you gay guys/females out there, yeah, they draw nice packages on the guys as well. It's not ridiculous sized like the females, but yeah, you can say they got something down there. lol

I like how they try to show more of the variety of characters in the marvel universe at the end, but they didn't do anything with them. All you see is them standing around or a frame shot of them helping other people. It's typical Japanese style animation.

I really wish they would stop holding back all the action and actually draw interesting fight scenes that last longer than a minute or two. It gets really boring just seeing a few people just stand around to the next few people just stand around, to a minute fight, to people just walking slowly around, and so on. Man, that's boring!!!

This show could had been so much better, but I guess this is what we get for what it is. Not it's not much. C+ for effort.