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Revision as of 17:32, 12 October 2008

Wolverine and the X-Men
GenreAnimated
Voices ofSteven Blum
Kieren van den Blink
Susan Dalian
Jennifer Hale
Danielle Judovits
Tom Kane
Yuri Lowenthal
Nolan North
Liam O'Brien
Roger Craig Smith
Fred Tatasciore
Kari Wahlgren
Jim Ward
Country of origin United States
Canada Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (list of episodes)

Wolverine and the X-Men is an animated television series. It's the fourth animated adaptation of the X-Men characters, the other three being "Pryde of the X-Men", X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men: Evolution.

Plot summary

After the mansion explodes, apparently due to an attack targeted at telepaths, Professor Charles Xavier and Jean Grey are missing. The X-Men disband and Scott begins to suffer from depression. One year later, the MRD (Mutant Response Division) is starting to contain mutants causing Wolverine and Beast to get the X-Men back together. Emma Frost is able to locate a comatose Charles on Genosha in the care of Magneto. Professor X from twenty years in the future telepathically orders Wolverine to lead the X-Men and set out to save the world from The Sentinel Project and prevent the Brotherhood of Mutants from taking over the world before the future ends up a bad one.[1]

Episode list

Main article: List of Wolverine and the X-Men episodes

Characters

The following characters have either appeared in promotional material or been confirmed by one of the show's creators.

X-Men

Brotherhood of Mutants

Acolytes

Hellfire Club

Marauders

Weapon X

Xavier's future X-Men

MRD/United States Government

Other mutants

Other characters

Cast

Crew

Production

The series was in the preproduction stage as of April 2007 and early news had speculated the show to air in Fall 2008. [2] However, the speculation came to a rest as according to Marvel Quarterly reports, the show is scheduled to air in the United States in Spring 2009.[3] It was also confirmed in an article by USA TODAY's website in which it specifically mentions the cartoon starting in January 2009 on Nicktoons Network.[4] Press releases indicate the first episode was due to premiere August 2nd 2008 on BBC2 UK, however it has been postponed. On June 23, 2008, a second preview for the series, starring the main X-Men team, was released to announce the special screening of the 3-part pilot episodes that aired at the San Diego Comic-Con in late July 2008.[5] In Canada, the series started airing on YTV on Saturday, September 6, 2008 in the 7pm time slot. [6][7][8] In Brazil and Latin America, the series is airing on Jetix Brazil[9] and Jetix (Latin America)[10] starting August 25 from Mondays to Thursdays at 4:30 PM.[11]. Also, starting September 1, there is a second feed running from Monday to Friday and a third one on Saturdays.

DVD release

Liberation Entertainment have announced the first DVD will be released on November 3, 2008 in the United Kingdom.[12]

Buena Vista Home Entertainment México announced the release of the first DVD R4 containing the initial 6 episodes by Fall 2008.

References

  1. ^ Trailer for Wolverine and the X-Men (Animated) (Internet). Marvel. Retrieved 2008-05-06. {{cite AV media}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |accessyear=, |year2=, |month2=, and |accessmonth= (help); Unknown parameter |date2= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "New X-Men Cartoon Early Fall 2008?". 2007-04-10. Retrieved 2008-03-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ MARVEL REPORTS Q4 2007 NUMBERS: PROFIT MORE THAN DOUBLES - NEWSARAMA
  4. ^ Marvel superheroes power up for Nicktoons>
  5. ^ New Wolverine and the X-Men Trailer - Animation - ENewsI.com
  6. ^ YTV Canada Fall 2008 Programming
  7. ^ Marvel Animation Age
  8. ^ First Look: Wolverine & The X-Men - Marvel.com News
  9. ^ http://programacao.jetix.com.br/programacion/a-z_br.asp?letra=W&zona=16
  10. ^ http://programacion.jetixtv.com/programacion/a-z.asp?letra=W&zona=8
  11. ^ http://www.jetixtv.com/Series/Wolverine_Y_Los_X-Men/index.html
  12. ^ Classic Marvel Super Heroes. On DVD NOW!

External links

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