Wolverine and the X-Men Online

Original Title :: Wolverine and the X-Men
Genre :: TV Series / Animation / Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Cast :: Steve Blum,Jim Ward,Nolan North
Type :: TV Series
Time :: 23min
Rating :: 8.0/10

After an explosion at the school, the X-Men went their separate ways. But they must unite once again under the leadership of Wolverine to prevent an inevitable war while also dealing with present problems.

Wolverine and the X-Men Online

Animated series centering on the X-men after the school was attacked by an unknown force and Professor X vanishes. Wolverine tries to bring the X-Men back together to find out what happened. Eventually they find Professor X in a comatose state. But he contacts them from the future where he has awakened. And they have to deal with new challenges.

Series cast summary:
	Steve Blum	-	Logan / - 26 episodes, 2008-2009

	Jim Ward	-	Professor Charles Xavier / - 20 episodes, 2008-2009

	Nolan North	-	Cyclops / - 18 episodes, 2008-2009

	Fred Tatasciore	-	Beast / - 18 episodes, 2008-2009

	Kari Wahlgren	-	Emma Frost / - 16 episodes, 2008-2009

	Danielle Judovits	-	Kitty Pryde / - 14 episodes, 2008-2009

	Liam O'Brien	-	Kurt Wagner / - 14 episodes, 2008-2009

	Tom Kane	-	Erik Lehnsherr / - 13 episodes, 2008-2009

	Gwendoline Yeo	-	Domino / - 11 episodes, 2008-2009

This is the only portrayal of Gambit to be truely Villainous. As he is willing to betray all mutants for his own gain. Interestingly this is the only version of Gambit not to interact with Rogue.

Despite the events of Hulk vs Wolverine. Bruce Banner does not recognise Wolverine.

Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler and Wanda Maximoff aka ScarletWitch's romance is a reference to the fact they have a daughter in the comics called Talia Wagner aka Nocturne.

Psylocke is portrayed as British Asian (British South Asian) as she has Brown skin. This maybe due to the fact the term "Asian" in Britain refers to South Asian people as opposed to USA where it refers to East Asian people. In the comics, Psylocke is a Caucasian blonde haired British girl named Bettsy Braddock who switches bodies with a Japanese mutant named Kwannon aka Revanche.

This is the first and only version of Nightcrawler to ever use or wield swords in the cartoons.

Toad is portrayed with an American accent yet in the comics he is British.

It is the fourth animated adaptation of the X-men franchise, the other three being pryde of x-men, X-men: the animated series, and X-men evolution.

Steven Blum, the voice actor of Wolverine reprised the role in other marvel animated works such as Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Hulk Vs., Marvel anime: X-men, and Marvel anime: Wolverine.

In the comics, Forge is a Native American cyborg mutant with strong leadership talent and full of iron hard courage from being a war veteran. In this series he is portrayed as Caucasian and somewhat lacks combat initiative, save for one episode.

In season 1, episode 12 at the beginning Iceman is seen playing an Iron Man video game, while Kitty reads a book.

The overall situation and look of the series and design of the character takes some inspiration from the astonishing x-men comics.

Berserker being chased by Blockbuster and Vertigo in the sewers is a reference to Mr.Sinister's Mauraders massacering the Morlocks.

Mystique is portrayed as an ex-lover of Wolverine. In the comics, she and Sabretooth sired Graydon Creed.

In the comics, Kamal El Aloui is portrayed as a light skinned Acolyte with a tall hulking physique and brute personality. Here he is a future X-man with no association with the Acolytes or Genosha and is a lot friendlier. He is also closer to average height and appears to be Asian (West Asian or South Asian) as he sports an asian accent and had dark brown skin.

Squidboy and Pixie have American accents. In the comics Squidboy is Canadian and Pixie is Welsh.

This version of Wolverine is based on Hugh Jackman's portrayal of the character in the Films.

Steve Blum (Wolverine), Jennifer Hale (Jean Grey) and Fred Tatasciore (Beast) each portrayed these perspective characters in another series; X-Men [the Anime TV series]

Nightcrawler uses his teleportation skills to remove Spirals mechanical arms and threatens to remove her real ones; later he uses the same move to remove a sentinel's head. He could have easily used the same talent when trying to remove the Juggernaut's helmet, but he does not. This technique is used in the comics by Vanisher and Age of Apocalypse version of Nightcrawler.

Majority of the future X-men are former villains (comics or otherwise). Domino was a member of the Brotherhood, Marrow and Berserker are Morlocks, Kamal El Aloui and Polaris are Acolytes (former was a member in the comics, latter is associated with them), Vanisher is a traditional villain in the comics, Jullian Keller was the leader of the Hellions.

Pyro is somehow able to control Boom-Boom's plasma balls. However in the comics, he can only manipulate (but not create) fire.

Colonel Moss is based on John Wraith aka Kestrel. Strangely enough Kestrel is an ally to Wolverine and is a mutant. But in this he is a human who hunts mutants and holds a grudge against Wolverine.

MultipleMan working for Mr.Sinister is a reference to Mr.Sinister having a habit of cloning his minions.

Berserker being attacked by Blockbuster and Vertigo is a reference to the comics where Mr.Sinister's Mauraders massacre the Morlocks.

In the comics, Nitro is not a mutant. However it is possible he is a mutate similar to Hulk who also appears in this series.

In the comics, Vindaloo is an Indian mutant with long black hair, dark brown skin and the ability to produce flammable Napalm oils from his fists. He is also a villainous Acolyte. In this series, he has an Indian accent but his long hair is blond, he is a teenager with light brown skin, he secrete "sticky goop" from his palms and is not a Acolyte. He is seen trying to leave for Genosha which may reference his alliegence to the Acolytes.

The series features the days of future past storyline but with some slight differences. In the comics kitty pryde (shadow cat) was sent to the past by the x-men to warn the about their impending doom, to warn them about the future where the likes of human and mutant are almost extinct. In the case of this series charles xavier uses telepathy to warn the x-men about the dystopian future and told wolverine to lead and unite the xmen if they wish to successfully prevent the inevitable war that will cause the world to fall under the dominiom of master mold and the sentinels.

This is the only version of Gambit not to interact with Rogue or become an ally to the X-men. He betrays Wolverine in his debut episode.

Many of the future X-men are parralel to the future X-men in the film X-men: Days of Future Past. Professor X, Bishop and Wolverine are present in both incarnations. Warpath and Marrow both have enhanced physiology and stabbing weapons (Former uses Knives, Latter uses her Bone Spikes), Blink and Vanisher are both Teleporters, Sunspot and Firestar both possess Flight and Pyrokinesis, Colossus and Kamal are the muscles of the team with metal skin, Storm and Berserker's primary method of attack is discharging electricity. Magneto and Polaris share the same powers. Iceman and Hellions are both young mutants who uses their abilities (former is Hydro/Cryokinetic the latter is telekinetic) to form a shield to protect their team mates from sentinel lasers. Shadowcat and Domino are considered game changers are Shadowcat possesses timephasing and Domino's probability control provided the X-men an advantage.

The original X-men (Shown in Cyclop's flashback) all appear to be adults probably in their 30s. However Beast states that Iceman is 18 which is an error as the flashback shows he is closer to Cyclop's age.

Kenouchi Harada is the half-brother of Mariko Yashida in the comics. However in this series he is portrayed as her abusive Husband.

For unknown reasons, Arclight (whom of which is traditionally female) was changed to male in the series.

Sabretooth is the only subordinate of Professor Thornton to return from Hulk vs Wolverine. Strangley Sabretooth murders Professor Thornton in Hulk vs Wolverine, however he is still alive in Wolverine and the X-men. Also Sabretooth still works for him.

The series was based heavily on the X-Men trilogy and the Astonishing X-Men comics. The character designs were based on that of the Astonishing X-Men comics. Like the movies, Wolverine and Rogue have a father-daughter relationship, Jean can't control the Phoenix and injures Charles by putting him in a coma and Mystique is under cover for Magneto as part of the government.

Wolverine appears in every episode.

User reviews

uspeh

I caught a screening of the first three episodes of "Wolverine & the X-Men" at this year's Comic Con and although my expectations for the series were quite low, I found myself pleasantly surprised. I shouldn't give away too much, but I will say that despite being aimed primarily at children, "Wolverine & the X-Men" deals with some adult issues that will make the show appeal to an older audience while still being appropriate for the little ones. The violence is kept to a minimum, though the action is still exciting. Despite the numerous action sequences, there are plenty of moments of humor so things never get too overly serious. Thankfully, the the jokes aren't corny. They are actually quite funny as opposed to a lot of the jokes in X-Men: The Last Stand. I have to admit I can't remember if anyone on the Comic Con panel mentioned if "Wolverine & the X-Men" is supposed to exist inside the continuity of any of the live-action films, though there were several references to live-action films being a bit of an influence on the show, especially in terms of how the excellent voice work is done. Like the films, the main story is relatively faithful to the comics. The characters look similar to the way the characters are drawn in the comics with some understandable changes. Those who are fans of the comics or just fans of the movies shouldn't be disappointed. Based on what I've seen...8/10. This is the best superhero cartoon in a long time.

Brol

It's been a few years since the last X-Men animated franchise. It's a bit hard to follow in the footsteps of the original series, and these days, Marvel has improved their quality of work (compare "Daredevil" & "Elektra" to "Ironman" and "The Incredible Hulk"). The only word to describe the series, so far is..."WOW". The animation is quite spectacular and they've integrated a lot of the original characters, people you only had a glimpse of in "X-Men: Evolution", so that the series becomes fun to the people who have been X-Men fans for most of their lives. Even to those who aren't aware of the storyline can have a lot of fun watching this series. The plot develops well, leaves you hanging onto your seat wondering, "Oh Lord, what now!". The characters are reminiscent of the original series, like the voicing and such - you can actually HEAR the difference in their accents and speech patterns. One of the best parts is that because of "X-Men: Evolution" and the live action movies, and we have forgotten that the X-Men were full, mature people, this series puts things back in perspective. They're adults, fully developed in their powers and thrust into our world. You're there, watching and anticipating the next characters to make their appearance. My advice? "You will be surprised." Take a joyride, immerse yourself all over again in the saga, keep the original storyline in the back of your head, but leave your mind open and clear. Because the way this series has started, I don't think anything is impossible....

Tygrarad

When I first heard about this show, I was as you can guess, very excited and it did not fail to live up to expectations. The X-Men (who consists of Wolverine (duh), Cyclops, Storm, Forge, Iceman, Kitty, Beast, Rogue, Emma Frost, Jean Grey and Nightcrawler) are handled very well in terms of characterization. Sure, some things have obviously changed but this is good change. They have taken the X-Men in a totally different direction as compared to X-Men (TAS) and X-Men Evolution. Basically, Professor X is in some kind of coma but is also in the future, which at the time, is being dominated, by Sentinels and it is up to the X-Men (in the present) to stop that future from happening. Neat, huh?

Wolverine and the X-Men, is in my opinion, a more-serious take on the X-Men. The stories are deeper and go in to explain some of the character's origins i.e. Cyclops which is always nice to see as opposed to the comics. The action sequences (if you can call them that) are good and certainly entertaining although I feel as if sometimes, they are a little repetitive if you know what I mean. I would say Magneto is the main villain throughout season one although they also have to battle the Brotherhood on more than one occasion and on those rare occasions, each other. Season two, however, will focus on Age of Apocalypse. I also hear Deadpool will be making an appearance.

Although Wolverine and the X-Men, is undoubtedly entertaining and has its fair share of funny moments, I prefer X-Men (TAS), mainly because Wolverine was not in the spot-light all the time and the chemistry between characters was fantastic! I just love them. Scott is such a boy scout. I also think the Phoenix saga was in a way, handled better seeing as it lasted for longer. Nevertheless, Wolverine and the X-Men is still thoroughly entertaining and I cannot wait for season two. Watch it. You won't regret it! 8/10.

Oreavi

What has happened to Marvel TV cartoons?? On the DC side, excellent reimaginings of Batman, Superman and the Justice League have been plentiful with so, so many substandard versions of Spiderman and X-Men based on Manga for Generation 'Teen'. The recent 'Next Avengers - Heroes of Tomorrow' was better but again for a younger audience in my opinion.

I don't need to see a bunch of kids reenact adult X-Men situations where there's no risk. This series bodes much better, feeding off the 80s X-Men series. Yes, there are some serious plot problems having Wolverine lead but they're addressed in the right way where many X-Men don't want to follow him.

Fantastic, and well overdue.

Biaemi

So I'm real happy I'm Canadian. Why you ask? Because I got to see the premiere of Wolverine and the X-Men last night! Now for those of you who are not Canadian or can't download the episode I shall provide a review of sorts.

Story: The story definitely has me intrigued. The episode takes place a year after the attack at Xavier Institute where Charles Xavier and Jean Grey have died?disappeared?on vacation? Its never made clear to us, but all we know is that they are gone. The X-Men have apparently disbanded because when Wolverine meets up with Beast (Hank Mcoy) in his underground laboratory, both admit they don't know where the others are.

Anyhow Wolverine helps out a family (A interracial family by the way which made me very happy, you don't see that enough) when they get in a RV crash, in return they take him to their home to heal. However, they have an anti-mutant neighbor named Carl ("He's got razors in his hands!") calls the MRD on them, which I think stands for Mutant Registration Department but I could be wrong. The family gets taken to MRD headquarters for helping out wolverine, which seems to also be a prison for mutants the ones we see are Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair), Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro), Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith), Dust (Sooraya Qadir), Pyro (John Allerdyce)and possibly X-23...

I won't go into anymore then that since most of you might not have seen the episode yet, but I will say that I'm looking forward to see what will happen in future episodes. One of my main concerns is that the show will focus too much on Wolverine and forget the rest of the characters. I can't tell from seeing only one episode but I hope those who are working on it will remember that one of the best things about the X-Men franchise is the large cast of distinctive characters.

The story isn't your atypical Saturday morning cartoon, and its obvious they want both kids and adults to enjoy it. IMDb said that the cartoon is a spin off of X2 and I can see that, especially with the strong familial bond between Rogue and Wolverine in this episode. However, its not really a continuation but more like they were influenced by the films (The first two anyhow) It has a lot of potential that the will hopefully be carried out.

Animation: The animation is top notch. The colors are subdued and dark, I guess to avoid the whole bright colored cartoon cliché. The designs are similar to X-Men: Evolution which makes sense since Steve E. Gordon the character designer for X-Men: Evolution is the director of the series.

But if you didn't like the designs from Evo there's a high chance you won't like these ones, even though the looks and costume so far are faithful to the comics, (The X-Men we see are wearing the original yellow and blue costumeswith the exception of Nightcrawler) the designs have a stylized look to them.

Voice Acting: Here is a quick low down of the voice actors.

Wolverine played by Steve Bloom: Bloom has the whole gritty and growl tone to Wolverine voice (One of my biggest disappointments with Hugh Jackson is that he didn't sound like Wolverine, its not his fault but it still made me sad), I personally think he will do a great job. He's is certainly no slouch when it comes to voice acting, anime fans will recognize him as Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop and Orochimaru from Naruto.

Beast played by Fred Tatasciore: Tatasciore is mostly a video game voice actor but he has provided additional voices in popular shows such as Avatar: The Last Airbender, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, and Invader Zim. He's a great Beast with the deep yet calming voice that displays Beast intelligence, though I will always love George Buza Rogue played by Kieren van den Blink (best name EVER): I'm reserving my judgment for Karen, Rogue is not an easy character to play since you want to show her frustrations of being an outsider while not making her sound too emo. Also she doesn't have a strong southern accent which bothers me, but my favorite Rogue voice is still Lenore Zann from the 90s X-Men show so I might be biased.

Shadowcat played by Danielle Judovits: I'm very pleased with Danielle she managed to have the haughty teenage attitude without sounding annoying. Though she's a relative newcomer, she has already worked in animation with being Barbara Gordon/Batgirl from The Batman cartoon.

Nightcrawler played by Liam O'Brien: Another veteran of voice acting especially in Anime where he has played roles such as Gaara from Naruto and Vincent Law from Ergo Proxy. Though his appearance was brief I think he will make a great Nightcrawler, and I'm looking forward to his Angel.

Cyclopes played by Nolan North: Nolan is primarily a video game voice actor most notably Prince of Persia (The Prince). He has however done voice work in animation playing Hank Pym/Giant Man in the direct to video Avengers movies and Raphael in the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. He says very little in the episode but what I've heard sounds good so far. He will also be playing Deadpool.

Colossus played by Phil Morris: Here's the sad thing. Phil Morris did a great job with Colossus and he had the accent without it being exaggerated to the point of ridiculousness (I'm looking at you Robert Cait!). Sadly IMDb does not list him as playing Colossus and Wikipedia has him on the cast list but not who he is playingI had to narrow it down that he was playing Colossus. This could mean that he and Colossus won't have a big role in the series, which makes me sad.

So thats the dirty low down, hope you all enjoyed it.

Hadadel

Being a fully grown "adult" in my mid 20's who still reads comics and watches cartoons, naturally i nearly wet my pants with excitement after hearing of a new animated X-men show and after watching the trailer on "YouTube" I knew I was going to be in for something special.

I've just finished watching season one on DVD with each episode in close proximity intervals and I've got to say that the show is extremely addictive and the episodes flow really smoothly from one to the other.

There is a great storyline which pretty much starts in episode one and continues throughout the series with only a few "filler" type episodes (which are also very entertaining). The animation is top notch for an American cartoon series (I'm into Anime) and the voice casting and acting is spot-on! The legendary Steve Blum (voice of "Spike" in "Cowboy Bebop) reprises his role as "Wolverine" which is also great seeing as he's pretty much the "Kevin Conroy" of Marvel and Wolverine!

I believe that this series is more aimed at individuals already familiar with the "X-universe" and features many mutants never before seen in any previous animated "X-men" series. The overall tone is also "grittier" than you average cartoon series and is low on "cheese" (thankfully) with a lot of themes more aimed at teenagers and young adults as apposed to young children. That being said, the kids will still love this show as there is enough action and eye-candy to keep their short attention spans occupied outside of a story which may be a little complex for some.

Although i've been a long-time comic enthusiast and fan of the "X-men" mythos I wasn't a huge fan of the last animated X-men series "Evolutions" and thought that the early 90's series was far superior in every aspect.

However, I now have a new favourite "X-toon" and it's called "Wolverine and the X-men" and yes it is better than the early 90's cartoon series but only just ; )

Bring on "The Age of Apocalypes"!!!!

Chilele

So, I was a bit skeptical at first glance of this show. I mean, I hate Wolverine, and seeing him a leader just didn't sit right with me. But It is the X-Men and I love the X-Men, so of course I was going to tune it. And I was blown away. For a modern "children's" animated series, this show is full of action, drama, emotion, and character development (for the most part). Now, the first few episodes didn't exactly send me flying out of my seat, but it does have a pretty long (26 episode) season, so of course there as going to be some good and some bad episodes. I waited to review the show until seeing the entire first season, and it's great. I'd say about 2/3 of the first season is good. My favorite episodes of the season would be Hindsight Parts 2 & 3 (ep.2-3), Time Bomb (ep.8), Future X (ep.9), Greetings from Genosha (ep.10), eXessive Force (ep.12) Backlash (ep.18), and Foresight parts 1-3 (ep.24,25,26). Before this, Evolution was my favorite X-Men show, but this just blows Evolution, Pryde, and TAS right out of the water. If you don't think so, just wait until the final three, which will give you a payoff you can't wait to be followed up on.

Gribandis

So, this morning I watched the first episode of Wolverine and the Xmen. I was like, alright, Xmen Evoltuion was cool, I'll give this a shot. Now, let me tell you, I am a huge comic book fan. But in a cool way. A way that attracts women, you know? Anyways, so I watched the first episode, and I thought it was pretty good. I liked the plot of it, but it wasn't enough to completely grab my attention. I just watched the second episode. WOW. AMAZING. If you watched the first and thought it was alright, WATCH THE SECOND. Something about seeing all of those familiar faces and the forming of the Xmen / Brotherhood just grabbed me and whipped my face against the wall and said "This is awesome". Once the complete first season comes out (if they break it apart like evolution by the way, I might actually run into a wall over and over again) I might break all contact with the world for a week, and bring my laptop into some vast, abandoned forest or something and just replay it over and over again. Stay off the grids, you know?

Nicanagy

'Wolverine and the X-Men' is a new animated X-Men series that manages to surpass its predecessors thanks to some solid writing and refreshingly unique but surprisingly accurate portrayals of all the mutants. 'Wolverine' also succeeds in telling a more mature, straight forward storyline without all the cheese and convoluted plots and sub-plots from 1992's 'X-Men: The Animated Series.' Also gone is the teenage cast from 'Evolution.' 'Wolverine' sports a mostly adult cast of characters and mutants, giving a more appropriate take on the X-Men and their universe.

'Wolverine' plays it smart by not spending so much precious time expounding and explaining away the very basic, common knowledge that most people already know when going into an X-Men series: Why it is the X-Men exist, their purpose, and the reason for this conflict that exists between regular humans and evolved humans with special powers. Instead of explaining the same axioms again for the umpteenth time, 'Wolverine' rightfully assumes you possess basic knowledge of the X-Men universe and focuses on its own story.

The plot unfolds early on as the X-Men are assaulted by an unknown force, causing the disappearance of Professor X and Jean Grey, and leaving the Xavier Institute along with remaining team members in shambles. After an ordeal Wolverine faces, he moves to reunite the X-Men to solve the mystery behind the attack. Having seen up to the tenth episode myself, there's been a healthy balance of action and plot development within each episode. The action scenes are fun and inventive, with clever and unique usage of the mutant's powers. There's also the subtle and not so subtle humor in 'Wolverine,' some of which is very well done and wouldn't be out of place in a feature length movie.

Perhaps what's most interesting about 'Wolverine and the X-Men' is the attention given to some of the more unfamiliar characters who are often overlooked, or underdeveloped in prior series. You never know who will show up in an episode of 'Wolverine,' whether that be from the X-Men universe or perhaps even another Marvel license. Also explored in greater detail is the inherent ambiguity between some of the various characters and factions. Are they friend, foe, or are they simply misunderstood? These are questions you'll find yourself asking of both the familiar and the unfamiliar in 'Wolverine and the X-Men.'

Finally, the production values are all quite good, and the voice cast deserves a mention for their work. Excellent voice work all around, with proper inflections and careful avoidance of hammy overacting. The only one area I would fault 'Wolverine' in is the animation, of which I am a huge lunatic when it comes to fluidity of motion in animation. Simply put, more fluid animation would have worked wonders for several of the action sequences. Still, I don't want to disparage it too much as it's pretty typical of what you'd expect from an animated TV series, or kid's cartoons. However, what is not so typical is the overall quality and ease of viewing of the show. It's the best animated X-Men yet and it's an absolute shame it hasn't appeared on American television yet.

Mamuro

Far and away the best x-men series ever made, including all previous cartoons and all the movies. I've been reading the comics since I was five, no show until this one has come close to capturing all the best from the story, the art, and the aesthetic. The action scenes are spectacular, the characters are dead on and three dimensional, the story is awesome. Wolverine in a leadership role is a rare opportunity to explore a character whose had such an extensive amount of time in the spotlight. Anyone who dislikes this show clearly knows next to nothing about the book and what it stands for. The fox cartoon was nothing more than a low budget ploy to sell toys, X-men evolution was x-men meets dawson's creek, and the movies, aside from the second one left a lot to be desired. Finally, finally, something for the die hard fans is here.

Winenama

I may officially be a geek now, to be honest I was slightly scared of the X-men cartoon as a kid.I found it overly apocalyptic...but then again look at the subject matter they were dealing with.

When we saw that there would be a 4th go at the animated cartoon side of the X-men I didn't know what to think.I though..oh another plug for an X-Men film that would die away.Now I've actually watched most of the series on the BBC player...I think even though it is the first series, it might be the best yet...

I know a lot of people would disagree that Wolverine and the X-men is the best, especially after 'X-men Evolution' not shining as well as maybe it should have.'Evolution' was OK but I found it to be a bit 'try-hard' in the teenage-fitting-in area.It seemed to have slowed down the whole story as well.For me though.This latest series is more realistic, more cutting edge, more thoughtfully written and more poignant of all the series.

'Wolverine...' though takes the franchise by the horns and runs with all of it's might.The animation is excellent and more realistic then any of the other X-men cartoons.The detail on the X-mansion and Genosha is quite a task but it's pulled off brilliantly.The characters act like real people with real problems.

SPOILER PART***sorry but one episode has stayed with me for the past few days, It's the episode that focuses on Angel and a confrontation with his dad with for a cartoon was quite emotionally deep,Nearing the end of the episode it not only showed a fragile side to Angel but a side to how much Wolverine is aware of what his past might have been.

Another focusing on Scott and his memories of Jean Grey stays true to the myths of the X-men but also a lot of depth that normally is not portrayed in Cyclops hence why he is back seated by so many fans The Hulk episode really did nothing for me to be honest.I think the X-men stay true in their separate universe but it was an episode still handled well I love that we get to see characters such as Dust and Blink. I wished that Arclight was more the 'Omahyra Mota' type from the film then the guy I found.Hopefull we will get to see Callisto and Havok soon*** OK back into it.Yeah the characters have...well character.Kitty has attitude as does Emma Frost.Storm is gentle yet strong.Nightcrawler is subdued yet not wooden.Iceman is goofy but fun.This Magneto takes on Ian Mckellan's Magneto's brilliant disdain for Humanity...and I do actually think Sinister is quite human like in this but shows that he has gone down the path that has brought him to be who he is.

My only problems would be will story lines such as Mojo, He's just so pointless to me.'Wolverine...' does handle one of my pet peeves well which makes me enjoy it.This is time travel...Normally I don't care for it.In the 90's X-men series I thought it was used to much and different futures meant too much messing with the storyline and seemed pointlessness to me.

As for Wolverine being a leader.It makes sense in this context.If Scott is off mourning Jean's disappearance and Xavier is missing, it would make sense that Wolverine would be the one to rally the X-men and save the cause with such determination.

Last two points and then I'll shut up and go get a life.Thankfully this series has used characters not really shown in the cartoon or not portrayed well and has stayed faithful to a lot of them.It has thought about their uses as characters and given the X-men franchise a wider feel again.

My only concern really is that with so much action and storyline and characters taken up into the first series, what will be left for season 2 before they tread stories that seem to 'jump the shark'

In conclusion.This is my favourite so far and actually pushes to the X-men future while staying true to the past that has made this franchise so beloved.

Zulkigis

I have just seen it and I will have to say that it is at least better than X-Men: Evolution ONLY story-wise and having them in their comic book costumes. I still do not like the artwork and I am tired of Wolverine being the focal point even though he is the most popular X-Men character. I'm sorry, as long as Cyclops is still alive, he is just not a leader. X-Men: Animated Series was only better because of the artwork and their individual costumes that they worn doing that time in the comic books. What was wrong with that series is the X-Men team line-up and rebooting of some of the comic books stories that was made for the show including acting like they do not know characters who were original team members (Iceman and Angel/Archangel) or new team members (Nightcrawler, Colossus, Banshee) in some of the episodes.

Kelezel

Comic Book TV shows are a mixed bag to say the least. Take the predecessor X-Men cartoons as examples, I enjoy the original X-Men cartoon made in 1992 and X-Men: Evolution gave birth to X23 but besides that I don't remember being too impressed with what I saw. Then we have this.

When I was 12 the world of comics opened up before my eyes and I fell in love with the genre, particularly Marvel. At the time that happened, this little show graced the small screen and what a show it was. The plot lines were engaging even today I can still feel excited when I watch the series finale. The writing is also as good as a cartoon gets. Consistently leaving a viewer on edge.

My complaints about the show is that it was too short, I want just one more season or at least an animated movie (If they made it one of their good ones like Dr. Strange, I'd be happy; Wolverine & The X-Men: Age Of Apocalypse). I would have also liked it if they explained Professor X talking to Wolverine from 20 years into the future.

Overall this is a highly entertaining show despite its short run time. I think anyone who is a fan of the X-Men movies, X-Men comic books well X-Men anything would enjoy this particular show. I know I did.

Faegal

For me, "Wolverine and the X-Men" was a quite underrated animated series, which certainly deserved much more success than it got. I mean, this series at least deserved to have another season, but sadly it was cancelled too soon, despite having a high level of quality, good animation (With neat designs, predating the same aesthetic that future series like The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes) In this series, unlike all the other previous "X-Men" animated shows, Wolverine was the center of attention (Clearly due the influence of the first three live action movies) However, the Wolverine from this series had a different personality that his other incarnations, being much more mature in less impulsive, behaving a paternal way towards the other X-Men. However, I don't consider that to be something bad, since the character remained being cool. On the other side, the Cyclops from this series was much more impulsive and aggressive.

In this series Wolverine and Cyclops seem to have switched roles with Cyclops as the brooding loner and Wolverine as the responsible leaderI guess that was the main reason of why this didn't get all the popularity that it deserved. And that is shame, because this was a good series with lot of potential.

MisterQweene

This hidden little gem is easily one of the best animated series in past several years, which is saying something in light of several quality titles that have emerged recently.

Wolverine and the X-Men offers something truly different, with an innovative plot line that redefines existing relationships and turns current comic continuity on its head.

With a mixture of solid voice acting, great animation, and wonderful pacing, this series pulls off a great look at Marvel's Mutant team.

Check this out! What might seem like yet another foray into the world of the X-Men will leave you pleasantly surprised.

Darkshaper

This show is great... and after watching the last episode.. I hope they extend it for a 2nd season.

The way it was handled and promoted was a joke.

It aired in Spanish, first, so there were leaks of the full episodes in Spanish before US viewers even got a solid preview. Then it aired in Canada before the US so more viewers tuned in to the Canadian stations to watch the episodes online or watched them streaming through the endless list of sites (youtube included) which featured them... because they weren't available at release date and with a show like this spoilers are abound if you don't keep up.

So their hardcore fans of X-men are watching it from Canada... then the BBC picks it up and puts out an episode a day. They burnt through the series and were the first English release to hit the web viewers.

All and all I still can't find it on my TV schedule state side and nobody is talking about it (at least nobody who isn't watching it through their computers). In the end I hope Marvel realized that poor planning, a bad time table, under marketing and conflicting international releases are to blame for this series not doing well ratings and returns wise.

It's a great series and if they release season 2 with a bit of common sense the return will be gang busters. Come on AoA.

X-MEN

This cartoon really isn't impressive and anybody who doesn't agree is a Wolverine fan. Wolverine AND HIS X-Men as I call it is all about Logan. I know he's popular but the whole point of a team is so that everyone get their own time in the spotlight. This show was all about "Wolverine" not the X-Men they are merely his lackeys. It's not impossible for Wolverine to become leader but the circumstances have to be right. Storm, Nightcrawler or even Beast would have been better at the job especially considering they have successfully fulfilled that role in the past.

The overall plot was disappointing we were led on from episode 1 and only saw progress right before the season finale. Some characters simply just fell flat, Blob and Toad were empty shells of their former selves. These guys were never smart or powerful but you could get where they were coming from and what motivated their actions but in this series they were just numb skulls. Emma Frost was also disappointing. I know there were challenges making her character more appropriate for kids but she seemed to be pointless and boring whereas the Emma I'm used to is complex and intriguing. I expected that a team led by Logan would encounter more action but the fight sequences were mainly disappointing.

Continuity was also screwed up. Forge was a kid/the tech guy and Kitty was acting like his babysitter on their mission. Here's an accomplished Native American Shaman and a veteran from the Vietnam war who needs the protection of a teenage girl. I wasn't aware X-Men were in the business of babysitting mutant babies. Mystique had this whole fabricated history to tie her in with Wolverine more than her kids Nightcrawler and Rogue. I realize the series tried to incorporate a multitude of x-characters which was noble but ultimately it fell short in the characterization dept.

The only reason I gave this show 3 stars is because I enjoyed the Nightcrawler and Cyclops solo episodes, the season finale and a few scenes with Kitty and Rogue.

Dodo

This Cartoon Is One Of The Best In A Long Time. This Is Set Out Like An Adult TV Show...As In Action TV Series Like They'd Have Either Logan Or Charles Xavier Saying "Previously On Wolverine & The X-Men" & They'd Have About 4 Continuous Plots Out Of A 26 Episode Series. I Knda Wanted X-23 In This But Hey...You Can't Have Everything In One TV Series...Well Maybe 'Angel' But This Is The Best Cartoon Ever...Garuanteed. Something That Would Be Interesting Is To See Disnep Teaming Up With Pixar & Marvel & They Do An Animated Superhero Movie. It Wouldn't Necessarily Be X-Men Just Any Marvel Character. The Series Is Just As Enjoyable As HIMYM Or BtVS Or Anything Else I Give 10 Or 9. The Whole Series I Recommend To Anyone Who Is A Fan Of The X-Men Comic, Movies Or Any Comic Book Fan.

Manemanu

The series did a fantastic new take on the Phoenix saga. New Phoenix story and it was not just the Phoenix, it was Magneto vs. humanity, Senator Kelly vs. Mutants, and bringing the X-Men back together. It keeps the same main characters that people love (or hate) then includes characters that normally don't get as much screen time in X-Men cartoons.

Fantastic series and any X-Men fan worth his/her salt needs to at least see the series. It has potential to continue for several more seasons, each season taking a new view at well-known story lines. It has immense potential and it should continue beyond season one.

Justie

I saw the first episode of this and it didn't look like anything special. Then a few eps later, it really picked up. Fast-paced and pretty well written, this is a killer animation show.

There are some episodes in particular that make very interesting viewing. If you've ever wanted to see the future world of the X-Men in animation, this is it. For me, that's the best part.

There's a pretty good Nightcrawler episode as well, and Cyclops has one of the best. For me, there's a little too much Wolverine. We discover some origins and such, but we've seen it all before - comics, other shows, films. However, this is done better than previous animations, so it's worth a watch.

For me, this is the best X-Men animation (after Hulk vs Wolverine). It's a great recipe and it's the characters that drive it forward - as is the case with any great TV show. Wolverine is the big hitter and there's still that problem of him not being able to kill anyone in a cartoon, so he ends up slicing doors and throwing people. Nevertheless, Cyclops, Nightcrawler and Professor X make up for it.

Without giving much away, anyone who likes a guy called Bishop will enjoy the show after a few eps ;) Happy watching

Coiril

Wolverine and the X-Men is a really engaging and addictive show and needs someone to take it up for at least a second season.

The premise is that Wolverine must gather the X-Men to correct what caused the downfall into endless war and suffering in the future after an explosion at the institute works really well as a framework for the overall story. Gradually the pieces are put back together and never feels dragged out.

Though Wolverine is the central character to the story we also get a well done character arcs for others like Emma Frost, Jean Grey and Cyclops which all serve the story to perfection.

Though the violence is toned down to make it suitable to younger viewers the writers didn't shy away from keeping the tone rather dark with thrilling action scenes told through smooth and slick animation. Some shots of different places in here look absolutely gorgeous.

And the voice acting is top-notch! Steve Blum does a pretty convincing impersonation of Cathal Dodd from the 90's series and Jim Ward is suitably suiting as Charles Xavier. There are cases of truly powerful acting especially from Nolan North as Cyclops which amazed me.

Wolverine and the X-Men is very underrated in my opinion, because despite its short running time it manages to get on par with the 90's series which many use as a tool for comparison like Batman: the Animated Series is to later incarnations. But this deserves a second season, because such a cliff-hanger ending is begging to get a second season.

A must watch for X-Men fans on par with the 90's series.

Nargas

Wolverine and the X-men was the best X-men show I loved it and I still do my favorite character was gambit and avalanche this show has he the best ratings and everyone loved it so it would be nice if the creators of the show can bring it back for another go round for season 2 please bring it back!!

JoJosho

I remember watching this show over the summer when I was on my break in 2015. This is definitely better than X-Men 1992 and by far better then the horrible X-Men Evolution. It is a real shame that this show got canceled this alongside Spectacular Spiderman were good Marvel shows at this era and I would definitely recommend it to a new generation of X-Men fan.

Call me crazy but I even had a crush on Jean Grey and Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat).

If there was another season I would have wanted to see Cable, Apocalypse, Armor, Captain America, Deadpool, the new mutants (from X-Men Destiny), Iron Man, Spider-Man, more of X-23, Caliban, Leach, Master Mind, Omega Red and I could go on and on of what I want for the next season, honestly this show had so much potential to do all this but is a real shame it got cancelled.

This show had a good story great character development, animation, and a really good voice cast.

I was never even a fan of the X-Men until I started to watch this show.

Lemana

Okay... while I don't share everyone's enthusiasm i must say that this version of the mythos is just good enough to keep me entertained. Great stories, great voice work, and great action sequences.

Wolverine did lead the team on occasion in the books and he is the oldest in the house... makes sense for him to be the leader here. The other thing is that cool is the other characters' personalities. I love the way they portrayed Mr. Sinister, he's absolutely perfect. One of my favorite villains that I've yet to learn everything about. It's like they took both Evo and TAS and mixed them in for a better series. Not perfect in my book, it still leaves me wanting an upbeat soundtrack and brighter style. The whole "we're making it darker" thing doesn't work for me. Every individual X-man is dark and tortured enough. Through some happiness on these characters.

When I first saw the ads I got sick to my stomach. The way they designed wolverine's arms and torso is like something out of Fist of the north star... just way to big. Did Rob Liefeld draw this? X-men Evo is a little exaggerated as well but not as much as this one. But I digress, it's very entertaining when you just need another hit of X-men in your veins.

Anyway, until Bruce Wayne buys the X-mansion and evicts all the muties to the morlock tunnels... make mine Marvel. :P

Inth

PLOT IN A NUTSHELL: When a mysterious explosion destroys half the Institute and results in the disappearances of both Professor Charles Xavier and Jean Grey, the X-Men disband. Logan, AKA: Wolverine, he of the short temper to match his short stature & adamantium claws, then takes it upon himself to reunite the X-Men and resume fighting for Xavier's dream. Throw in mystery guest Emma Frost, a bad future, & the Phoenix, and you have season 1 of Wolvie & the X-Men.

Calling the series terrible wouldn't be fair, but it is built on a flimsy premise - Wolverine becoming the leader of the X-Men. Let's be honest, Wolverine as the X-Men's leader is absurd, it is the stuff of fan fiction, which is what this series often feels like: an overzealous Wolverine fan's fan fiction brought to life, albeit with a soft spot for Nightcrawler. The inherent flimsiness of the show's premise is made all the more apparent by inconsistent, hit or miss writing. Some episodes work okay as empty headed actioners, while others flirt with interesting ideas (such as Xavier as an active player in the future), but on the whole many episodes feel hollow.

Another flaw is Wolverine himself - his flaws are actually downplayed to the point of barely existing. Though the creative team behind this series (also the same team that handled X-Men: Evolution) went to great lengths in all the press material to say they were going to depict Wolverine as a flawed & unlikely leader, but not a single episode really shows this. His mistakes are usually minor, no one but Emma really points this out, and even when he borders on being a hypocrite he's still right in the end. Too bad, considering that he had a good voice actor in Steve Blum, who sounds pretty much the way you expect Wolverine to sound (at times Blum even sounds like Cathal "Cal" Dodd, who voiced Wolverine in the 90s series).

Another problem is the balancing act of characters - while some characters such as villains Magneto & Mr. Sinister are used well (getting Clancy Brown to voice Mr. Sinister was a stroke of genius) along with Emma Frost in her big debut as a regular cast member, others are not. Of the X-Men only Nightcrawler emerged as a strong character in his own right, & Kurt's solo episodes are easily the best the series has to offer (Angel had potential but wasn't really utilized beyond a few episodes before he became Ark Angel). The team dynamic of the X-Men is not strongly established, since the others are often ignored or not fleshed out beyond their cipher roles, & for the most part they show very little genuine concern for each other (such as giving up on Angel when he turns into Ark Angel). Perhaps that was deliberate to show how disconnected they are under Wolverine's leadership, but I doubt it.

This brings me to what may be the series biggest failure character wise: Cyclops/Scott Summers. I have always been a Cyclops fan, but there was nothing about this version of him that was particularly sympathetic. With better writing the idea of Cyclops & Wolverine swapping roles may have been moderately interesting, but it quickly becomes apparent that Cyclops doesn't work in the role of angry loner because he doesn't have the same luck Wolverine usually has in that role. While Wolverine's flaws can turn into strengths at the drop of a hat, Cyclops is made to look like a chump when he tries to do what Wolverine is known for, like going off on his own or not being a team player. Where the experiment truly fails is "Breakdown", a ham-fisted reworking of Scott's origin that incorrectly casts him as the laughingstock of the original 5, a hopelessly incompetent wimp who couldn't handle one basic training simulation & needed Jean to lead him by the hand & tell him what to do when facing off with Magneto, then years later an emotionally volatile man-brat who physically assaulted Wolverine when he thought the clawed one was trying to steal Jean from him, and then fell apart when Jean disappeared. They boiled Scott down to the stereotype that he is nothing without Jean, & gave him no positive qualities or growth to compensate. We never see him when he was at his best, which makes it difficult to swallow his fall from grace since he apparently had no grace period to fall from. Not once do we ever see anything resembling the hero from the comics, the efficient & fearless leader who fought for Xavier's Cause like a knight defending the Holy Grail. This version of Scott deserves sympathy from no one, & certainly doesn't deserve either Jean or Emma. Yeah, Scott had a crappy life, but so did Magneto. Though a fine actor, Nolan North can't save this walking shack of faults characterization.

On the flip-side of Scott's poor characterization is the utter lack of characterization for Storm (saddled with a horrible character design), the real co-leader & 2nd in command when Scott isn't around. For the most part Storm is just there to fill up scenery & has little to contribute beyond an occasional thunderbolt. The writers didn't even try to offer a reason for why Storm didn't take over as leader, despite years of stories that show what a natural leader she is, which is all the more unfortunate considering that Wolverine got along better with Storm in charge than he did with Cyclops. Where Cyclops had to nearly twist Wolverine's arm to make him do anything he didn't want, Storm could get him to settle down & behave himself just through the sheer strength of her personality.

Season 1 gets 5 out of 10 stars for certain characterizations (Nightcrawler, Emma Frost, etc.), occasionally interesting ideas & competent voice actors, but loses points for inconsistent writing & insincere handling of other characters.

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