We know that the Japanese love mecha. We also know that they love samurai. So what better properties to adapt than Iron Man, and Wolverine in feudal Japan? The Iron Man anime trailer appears to feature a suit that does all kinds of cool done the right way. Save maybe an 1800′s British era sea captain with an evil robot suit? At any rate, the Iron Man suit seems to at least to have all the right moves from the armor plates shifting and transfiguring to the airborne combat and weaponry.
The Wolverine…well not so much. I can see what they’re going for. Wolverine does have roots in Japan in his history where he slaughters a bunch of ninjas. But his character design is the exact opposite of the Wolverine that we all know. Fan reaction across the ‘net seems to be unanimous. Even the most untrained eye knows that Logan is not a lanky, silky smooth-skinned effeminate dude with the biggest 80′s hair band mullet of all time.
And you can’t say that it’s just “anime” style. There have been plenty of rugged square-jawed heroes found in Japanimation throughout the years. (Yeah I said it, been watching Fist of the Northstar since 1993. Bonnng.) The irony of this character design shown on the right from Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is that he was actually done by Madhouse as well. Give this guy the fly away hair and you’re good to go. He’s even got the cigar! 
That said, I think the Madhouse animation style is perfectly suited for American comic book properties. I’d love to see an X-Men or a Wonder Woman, rendered in this style. Stipulated that the characters actually resemble the comics as the Iron Man does above. Besides, this wouldn’t be the first. Batman: Gotham Knight employed Japanese animators and ended up with a pretty nice product.
But what do you think? Should there be more American comics done in this style, or should they just keep anime the hell away from Western superheroes?
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August 12th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
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August 17th, 2009 at 6:16 am
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March 10th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Nice post and really cool videos.
I think it would be cool to see more American comics like this.
April 8th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
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May 11th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Vulgarity smacks of an iron man. Know why, but it seems that the anime is somewhat ironic (
June 8th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
wow wolverine is my favorite. they should make more Anime of other american movies n comics. Anime rocks!
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June 29th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
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September 3rd, 2010 at 5:51 am
I think the Wolverine preview looks really cool.
October 27th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
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