X-Men (cartoon series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | X-Men |
| Original title | X-Men |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1992-1997 |
| length | 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 76 in 5 seasons |
| genre | Action , adventure , science fiction |
| production |
Larry Houston Frank Squillace |
| First broadcast | October 31, 1992 to September 20, 1997 |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 25, 1993 on RTL |
X-Men ( English X-Men , also X-Men: The Animated Series ) is an American cartoon series based on the comic adventures of the X-Men published by Marvel . It was the second attempt by Marvel Comics to establish the X-Men as their own series format after the first attempt by the pilot X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men had failed. Together with The Invincible Iron Man , The Fantastic Four with New Adventures , New Spider-Man , The Incredible Hulk , Silver Surfer , Spider-Man Unlimited and The Avengers - United They Stand , the series forms the Marvel Animated Universe .
In Germany, the series was broadcast for the first time on September 25, 1993 on RTL.
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The series tells of the struggle between the X-Men and, among others, Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants, the anti-mutant community and the Sentinels.
Production and publication
Originally the series was supposed to start in September 1992 on Labor Day weekend , due to production difficulties the start was postponed to the end of October. On October 31, 1992, the two-part "Hunt for the Mutants" (original title Night of the Sentinel ) was shown as sneak peek . The version shown was full of animation errors and was subsequently corrected.
The first season comprises a total of 13 episodes and comprises a self-contained plot, as the producers of the series did not know at the time whether FOX , the broadcaster that aired the series, would renew the series for a second season. After the first season gained popularity, the network decided to put 39 more episodes in production. Due to the increasing success during the broadcast of the second season, 14 more episodes, which were to be shown as the final fourth season, were ordered immediately afterwards.
However, during the production of these 53 new episodes there were again production difficulties and so the episodes were broadcast in a random order, which meant that various storylines overlapped and many scenarios took place earlier or later than originally planned. The series was supposed to end with the four-part "Ruler over Good and Evil" (original title Beyond Good and Evil ), but Fox decided at the last moment to add another season, consisting of 10 episodes. Saban had to change the animation studio during the fifth season because AKOM was no longer available, which explains the drastic changes in the character designs.
In Germany, the series was shown for the first time on RTL , the first 26 episodes were dubbed and a completely new opening credits produced. The hoped-for success did not materialize and RTL did not continue the series. It was only when the series was repeated on pay TV on Fox Kids from 2001 that the decision was also made to synchronize the third and fourth season, with the exception of the episode "Longshot". The fifth season was not dubbed.
Episode list
| episode | German title | Original title | First broadcast (USA) | author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 (1-01) | Hunt for the Mutants - Part 1 | Night of the Sentinels (Part 1) | October 31, 1992 | Mark Edward Edens |
| 02 (1-02) | Hunt for the Mutants - Part 2 | Night of the Sentinels (Part 2) | November 7, 1992 | Mark Edward Edens |
| 03 (1-03) | Two friends | Enter Magneto | November 27, 1992 | Jim Carlson & Terrence McDonnell |
| 04 (1-04) | The rivals | Deadly Reunions | January 23, 1993 | Don Glutt |
| 05 (1-05) | The outcasts | Captive Hearts | January 30, 1993 | Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg |
| 06 (1-06) | Ice cold vengeance | Cold Vengeance | February 6, 1993 | Michael Edens |
| 07 (1-07) | The slave island | Slave Island | February 13, 1993 | Mark Edward Edens |
| 08 (1-08) | The bad brother | The Unstoppable Juggernaut | March 6, 1993 | Julianne Klemm |
| 09 (1-09) | The miracle doctor | The Cure | February 20, 1993 | Mark Edward Edens |
| 10 (1-10) | Beautiful new world | Come the apocalypse | February 27, 1993 | Michael Edens |
| 11 (1-11) | The assassination - part 1 | Days of Future Past (Part 1) | March 13, 1993 | Julia Jane Lewald |
| 12 (1-12) | The assassination - part 2 | Days of Future Past (Part 2) | March 20, 1993 | Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg |
| 13 (1-13) | The decision | The final decision | March 27, 1993 | Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg |
| episode | German title | Original title | First broadcast (USA) | author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 (2-01) | The Dead Returns - Part 1 | Till Death do Us Part (Part 1) | October 23, 1993 | Mark Edward Edens |
| 15 (2-02) | The Dead Returns - Part 2 | Till Death do Us Part (Part 2) | October 30, 1993 | Michael Edens |
| 16 (2-03) | Storm's son | Whatever it takes | November 6, 1993 | Julia Jane Lewald |
| 17 (2-04) | In the clutches of the octopus | Red Dawn | November 13, 1993 | Francis Moss & Ted Pedersen |
| 18 (2-05) | The lonely wolf | Repo Man | November 20, 1993 | Len wine |
| 19 (2-06) | Emergency call from the past | X-Ternally Yours | 4th December 1993 | Julianne Klemm |
| 20 (2-07) | The plague - part 1 | Time Fugitives (Part 1) | December 11, 1993 | Michael Edens |
| 21 (2-08) | The plague - part 2 | Time Fugitives (Part 2) | 18th December 1993 | Elliot S. Maggin |
| 22 (2-09) | Battle for rogue | A Rogue's Tale | January 8, 1994 | Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg |
| 23 (2-10) | The mutant hater | Beauty & the Beast | January 15, 1994 | Stephanie Mathison |
| 24 (2-11) | Stars against their will | Mojovision | 5th February 1994 | Brooks Quail |
| 25 (2-12) | The new master - part 1 | Reunion (Part 1) | February 12, 1994 | Len wine |
| 26 (2-13) | The new master - part 2 | Reunion (Part 2) | February 19, 1994 | Michael Edens |
| episode | German title | German DVD title | Original title | First broadcast (USA) | author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 (3-01) | Vengeance is bitter - part 1 | Out of the Past (Part 1) | July 29, 1994 | Michael Edens | |
| 28 (3-02) | Vengeance is bitter - part 2 | Out of the Past (Part 2) | 5th August 1994 | Len wine | |
| 29 (3-03) | The Phoenix Saga - Part 1: The Sacrifice | Phoenix Saga (Part 1): Sacrifice | 5th September 1994 | Michael Edens | |
| 30 (3-04) | The Phoenix Saga - Part 2: The Dark Veil | Phoenix Saga (Part 2): The Dark Shroud | September 6, 1994 | Mark Edward Edens | |
| 31 (3-05) | The Phoenix Saga - Part 3: Banshee's Scream | Phoenix Saga (Part 3): Cry Of The Banshee | September 7, 1994 | Michael Edens | |
| 32 (3-06) | The Phoenix Saga - Part 4: The Starjammer | Phoenix Saga (Part 4): Starjammers | September 8, 1994 | Mark Edward Edens | |
| 33 (3-07) | The Phoenix Saga - Part 5: Child of Light | Phoenix Saga (Part 5): Child of Light | September 9, 1994 | Mark Edward Edens | |
| 34 (3-08) | The sage boy | No Mutant Is an Iceland | September 21, 1994 | Sandy Scesny | |
| 35 (3-09) | Apocalypse's return | obsession | September 24, 1994 | Adam Gilad | |
| 36 (3-10) | no German version | Longshot | 5th October 1996 | Steven Melching & David McDermott | |
| 37 (3-11) | The man in the ice | Cold Comfort | February 4, 1995 | Len Uhley | |
| 38 (3-12) | In the land of the dinosaurs - part 1 | Savage Land, Strange Heart (Part 1) | September 10, 1994 | Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg | |
| 39 (3-13) | In the land of the dinosaurs - part 2 | Savage Land, Strange Heart (Part 2) | 17th September 1994 | Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg | |
| 40 (3-14) | Unpredictable Phoenix - Part 1: Blinded | The Dark Phoenix Saga (Part 1): Dazzled | November 12, 1994 | Jan Strnad | |
| 41 (3-15) | Unpredictable Phoenix - Part 2: The Inner Circle | The Dark Phoenix Saga (Part 2): The Inner Circle | November 12, 1994 | Steven Levi | |
| 42 (3-16) | Unpredictable Phoenix - Part 3: The Unpredictable Phoenix | The Dark Phoenix Saga (Part 3): The Dark Phoenix | November 19, 1994 | Larry Parr | |
| 43 (3-17) | Unpredictable Phoenix - Part 4: The Fate of the Phoenix | The Dark Phoenix Saga (Part 4): The Fate of the Phoenix | November 26, 1994 | Brooks Quail | |
| 44 (3-18) | father and son | Orphans's End | February 25, 1995 | Doug Booth | |
| 45 (3-19) | Brotherly quarrel at headquarters | Juggernaut Returns | May 6, 1995 | Doug Booth | |
| 46 (3-20) | The living weapon | A deal with the Devil | A Deal with the Devil | September 14, 1996 | Eric Lewald |
| 47 (3-21) | The mutant planet - part 1 | Asteroid M - Part 1 | Sanctuary (Part 1) | October 21, 1995 | Steven Melching & David McDermott |
| 48 (3-22) | The mutant planet - part 2 | Asteroid M - Part 2 | Sanctuary (Part 2) | October 28, 1995 | Jeff Saylor |
| 49 (3-23) | Xavier remembers | Xavier Remembers | April 27, 1996 | Stephanie Mathison | |
| 50 (3-24) | The guards | courage | courage | September 23, 1995 | Michael Edens & Sandy Scesny |
| 51 (3-25) | The mutant city | Short-lived secrets | Secrets, Not Long Buried | February 17, 1996 | Mark Onspaugh |
| episode | German TV title | German DVD title | Original title | First broadcast (USA) | author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 (4-01) | Demon with heart | Nightcrawler | May 13, 1995 | Len Uhley | |
| 53 (4-02) | We have to save the world - part 1 | Journey into the past - part 1 | One Man's Worth (Part 1) | September 9, 1995 | Richard Mueller |
| 54 (4-03) | We have to save the world - part 2 | Journey into the past - part 2 | One Man's Worth (Part 2) | September 16, 1995 | Gary Greenfield |
| 55 (4-04) | The Search for the Father - Part 1 | Proteus - Part 1 | Proteus (Part 1) | September 30, 1995 | Bruce Reid Schaefer |
| 56 (4-05) | The Search for the Father - Part 2 | Proteus - Part 2 | Proteus (Part 2) | October 7, 1995 | Luanne Crocker |
| 57 (4-06) | Late repentance | Family ties | Family ties | May 4, 1996 | Marley Clark |
| 58 (4-07) | The family reunion | Bloodlines | Bloodlines | October 26, 1996 | Len Uhley |
| 59 (4-08) | Wolverine's nightmares | Gun X, lies and a video tape | Weapon X, Lies and Videotape | June 11, 1995 | David McDermott & Steven Melching |
| 60 (4-09) | Far Eastern way of life | Lotus and steel | Lotus and the Steel | February 3, 1996 | Ted Pedersen & Francis Moss |
| 61 (4-10) | Sacrifice for love | Futile love | Love in Vain | February 10, 1996 | Martha Moran |
| 62 (4-11) | Christmas with the X-Men | Merry Christmas | Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas | December 23, 1995 | Eric Lewald & Larry Parr |
| 63 (4-12) | Rulers of Good and Evil - Part 1 | Beyond Good and Evil - Part 1 | Beyond Good and Evil (Part 1): The End of Time | November 4th 1995 | Steve Cuden |
| 64 (4-13) | Rulers of Good and Evil - Part 2 | Beyond Good and Evil - Part 2 | Beyond Good and Evil (Part 2): Promise of Apocalypse | November 11, 1995 | Jan Strnad |
| 65 (4-14) | Rulers of Good and Evil - Part 3 | Beyond Good and Evil - Part 3 | Beyond Good and Evil (Part 3): The Lazarus Chamber | November 18, 1995 | Michael Edens |
| 66 (4-15) | Rulers of Good and Evil - Part 4 | Beyond Good and Evil - Part 4 | Beyond Good and Evil (Part 4): End and Beginning | November 25, 1995 | Dean Stefan |
| episode | German title | Original title | First broadcast (USA) | author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 (5-01) | no German version | Phalanx Covenant (Part 1) | September 7, 1996 | Steven Melching & David McDermott |
| 68 (5-02) | no German version | Phalanx Covenant (Part 2) | September 7, 1996 | Steven Melching & David McDermott |
| 69 (5-03) | no German version | Storm Front (Part 1) | November 2, 1996 | Mirith Colao |
| 70 (5-04) | no German version | Storm Front (Part 2) | November 9, 1996 | Brooks Quail |
| 71 (5-05) | no German version | The Fifth Horseman | February 8, 1997 | Steven Melching & David McDermott |
| 72 (5-06) | no German version | Jubilee's Fairytale Theater | November 16, 1996 | Brooks Quail |
| 73 (5-07) | no German version | Old Soldiers | February 22, 1997 | Len wine |
| 74 (5-08) | no German version | Hidden agendas | September 13, 1997 | Steven Melching & David McDermott |
| 75 (5-09) | no German version | Descent | September 6, 1997 | Steven Melching & David McDermott |
| 76 (5-10) | no German version | Graduation Day | September 20, 1997 | James war |
synchronization
The German version of the series was produced for the first two seasons at Bavaria Synchron AG and for the remaining episodes at FFS Film- & Fernseh-Synchron GmbH in Munich.
| role | US Voice Actor | German Voice actor | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| X-Men | |||
| Professor X / Professor Charles Xavier | Cedric Smith | Christoph Lindert | |
| Cyclops / Scott Summers | Norm Spencer | Fabian von Klitzing | Season 1 & 2 |
| Stephan Hoffmann | Season 3 to 5 | ||
| Jean Gray / Phoenix | Catherine Disher | Gundula Liebisch | Season 1 & 2 |
| Marion Sawatzki | Season 3 to 5 | ||
| Wolverine / Logan | Cathal J. Dodd | Willi Röbke | |
| Storm / Ororo Munroe | Iona Morris | Manuela Renard | season 1 |
| Alison Sealy-Smith | Season 2 to 5 | ||
| Gambit / Remy Lebeau | Chris Potter | Arnim André | |
| Rogue | Lenore Zann | Ruth Fischer | Season 1 & 2 |
| Claudia Kleiber | Season 3 to 5 | ||
| Beast / Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy | George Buza | Holger Schwiers | Season 1, 2 & partially season 5 |
| Peter Zilles | Season 3 to 5 | ||
| Jubilee / Jubilation Lee | Alyson Court | Jennifer Bottcher | |
| Brotherhood of Mutants | |||
| Magneto / Erik Magnus feudal lord | David Hemblen | Hartmut Reck | Season 1 & 2 |
| Oliver Stritzel | Season 3 & 4 | ||
| Ekkehardt Belle | "We have to save the world, part 2" | ||
| Mystique / Raven Darkholme | Randall Carpenter | Dagmar Heller | season 1 |
| Jennifer Dale | season 2 | ||
| Martina Duncker | Season 4 & 5 | ||
| Avalanche / Dominick Petros | Rod Coneybeare | Peter Musäus | season 1 |
| Gerhard Acktun | season 2 | ||
| Blob / Frederick J. 'Fred' Dukes | Robert Calt | Bernd Simon | season 1 |
| Pyro / St. John Allerdyce | Graham Haley | Peter Bertram | season 1 |
| More mutants | |||
| Angel / Warren Worthington III. | Stephen Ouimette | Crock Krumbiegel | |
| Apocalypse / En Sabah Nur | John Colicos | Michael Gahr | |
| Banshee / Sean Cassidy | Jeremy Ratchford | Frank Muth | |
| Bishop | Philip Akin | Torsten Münchow | Season 1 & 4 |
| Bernd Stephan | season 2 | ||
| Cable / Nathan Dayspring-Summers | Lawrence Bayne | Christoph Jablonka | |
| Callisto | Susan Roman | Martina Duncker | |
| Colossus / Piotr Rasputin | Rick Bennett | Jürgen Rehmann | "The Bad Brother" |
| Robert Cait | Claus Brockmeyer | "In the clutches of the octopus" | |
| Corsair / Christopher Summers | Brian Taylor | Jürgen Jung | |
| Iceman / Robert 'Bobby' Drake | Denis Akiyama | Alexander Brem | "The Ice Man" |
| Juggernaut / Cain Marko | Rick Bennett | Dirk Galuba | "The Bad Brother" |
| Thomas Rau | season 3 | ||
| Ekkehardt Belle | "Xavier remembers" | ||
| Lady Deathstrike / Yuriko Oyama | Tasha Simms | Carin C. Tietze | "Vengeance is bitter, part 1 & 2" |
| Ute Bronder | "Far Eastern way of life" | ||
| Morph / Sydney Jones | Ron Rubin | Michael Schernthaner | Season 1 & 2 |
| Marcus Off | "The Guardians" | ||
| Ole Pfennig | "Christmas with the X-Men" | ||
| Mr. Sinister / Nathaniel Essex | Chris Britton | Waldemar Wichlinski | "The decision" |
| Wolfgang Müller | season 2 | ||
| Ulf Jürgen Söhmisch | "In the Land of the Dinosaurs, Part 2" | ||
| Ekkehardt Belle | "Xavier remembers" | ||
| Frank Muth | Season 4 | ||
| Nightcrawler / Kurt Wagner | Adrian Hough | Michael Schwarzmaier | "Demon with a Heart" & "The Family Reunion" |
| Omega Red / Arkady Rossovich | Len Doncheff | Peter Musäus | |
| Purple Man / Zebediah Killgrave | Cedric Smith | Berno from Cramm | "The Orphan Boy" |
| Quicksilver / Pietro Maximoff | Paul Haddad | Crock Krumbiegel | "Late Regret" |
| Sabretooth / Graydon Creed Sr. | Don Francks | Oliver Stritzel | Season 1 & 5 |
| Crock Krumbiegel | "Wolverines Nightmares" & "Far Eastern Way of Life" | ||
| Reinhard Brock | Season 4 | ||
| Scarlet Witch / Wanda Maximoff | Susan Roman | Michèle Tichawsky | "Late Regret" |
| Shadow King / Amahl Farouk | Maurice Dean Wint | Manfred Erdmann | Season 2 & 4 |
| Opponents of the mutants | |||
| Bolivar Trask | Brett Halsey | Thomas Rauscher | season 1 |
| Claus Brockmeyer | "The Guardians" | ||
| Cameron Hodge | Stephen Ouimette | Christian Weygand | season 1 |
| Graydon Creed Jr. | John Stocker | Andreas Renell | season 2 |
| Wolfgang Müller | "The family reunion" | ||
| Henry Peter Gyrich | Barry Flatman | Christian Tramitz | season 1 |
| Thomas Rau | "The Guardians" | ||
| Mastermold | David Fox | Thomas Rau | season 1 |
| Reinhard Brock | Season 4 | ||
| Sentinels | Thomas Rau | season 1 | |
| Reinhard Brock | Season 4 | ||
| Gerhard Acktun | "The Mutant Planet, Part 1" | ||
| More characters | |||
| Dr. Moira MacTaggert | Lally Cadeau | Ursula Mellin | |
| Lilandra Neramani | Camilla Scott | Dagmar Dempe | season 3 |
| Robert Kelly | Len Carlson | Jürgen Jung | |
DVD release
All 76 episodes were released on 12 individual DVDs by Clear Vision Ltd. published in Germany, with the episode "Longshot" and the complete fifth season only in the English original with German subtitles.
Web links
- X-Men in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- X-Men at Fernsehserien.de
- X-Men at Animation Series