Marvel/Del Ray Pact? Anime/Manga????

[PhotoJones]

I can see these pukes lining up in droves to buy the mangas, and still scoffing at the actual comic books.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Me too, but if it does get anybody new reading the normal comics, it'll all be worth it.

 

[PhotoJones]

I agree. It's a big "if," though.

 

[Advanced Dark]

http://manga.about.com/b/a/000124.htm

 

[Tron Bonne]

"It's the X-Men as you've never seen them before, with the storyline fashioned as a private school shojo comedy. As the only girl in the all-boys School for Gifted Youngsters, Kitty Pryde, a mutant with phasing abilities, is torn between the popular Hellfire Club, led by flame-throwing mutant Pyro, and the school misfits, whom she eventually bands together as the X-Men."

What the hell...?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

They're retooling the X-Men to be more like every high school-based manga aimed at teenage girls ever, basically.

 

[Advanced Dark]

This isn't mainstream really. Marvel has been trying to find a product that appeals to younger girls so maybe this is a good start. I'll never buy it...but it's not for me.

 

[PhotoJones]

Sweet baby Jesus, it's gross:

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

I'm suprised. They must be trying to go classier manga style.

One, Wolverine doesn't look confused about his gender, and emo on impact.

And two, the women don't have boobs modelled after hot air balloons.

Magneto though? Stereotypical look for nobility and class in anime/manga.

All in all: It still looks horrible.

But it can be no worse than Marvel Mangaverse (hopefully).

 

[PhotoJones]

Wolverine looks 12 years old. Why does Wolverine look 12 years old?

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

Because it would be really confusing for a 40 year old Wolverine to give the 60(?) year old Magneto the "Love/Cherish/Childish/Best Friend/Give it your all/Whatever lame and naive" speech from a child's perspective to someone who's had time to think about the world, and convince Magneto his path is wrong with Wolverine's limited 40 year lifespan.

It makes MORE sense in anime that a 12 year old do something like that.

 

[PhotoJones]

Dude, there's not much in anime/manga that does make sense, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

Yeah, especially the child telling down the adult with the "You have to put more effort, and use your heart, and soul, and love!" thing.

If the adult was capable of toppling a world, apparently he knows the meaning of effort.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Wow, check out that great costuming on Wolverine. I would never have thought to put him in a black t-shirt. Genius.

 

[necross20]

They look like RPG character designs, so if the game comes out it'll already have that part done. I like Magneto's look though, suits him.

 

[PhotoJones]

Wow, check out that great costuming on Wolverine. I would never have thought to put him in a black t-shirt. Genius.

Ah, sarcasm.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

As long as the Xmen don't have poke balls, I think this series will be fine. I'd love to see Ghost Rider get the Nipponization treatment. Ghost Rider with Katana + Akira Bike = SWEET.

Not sure who the artist of this is, but it was found on Deviant Art.

 

[PhotoJones]

I ****ing hate you, dude.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

What??

Yeah the Xmen look Metrosexual and they look more like the KIDS of the Xmen, however if it draws more readers to Marvel, I wish them success.

Besides we can't say some Western artists know how to draw Marvel characters? Anybody remember Leifelds Captain America?

It looks like he was given the same hormones given to Chickens to develop bigger Chicken breasts.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

i highly doubt this'll get more people to buy regular marvel comics. if you need manga interpretations of western american comics, then you obviously don't deserve to buy them.


how the hell are metrosexual looking chracters are going to help a reader jump from manga to american comics, where sexuality is clearly depicted and proportionaly drawn anatomy is standard?!

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Did you see the unproportional drawing above your post? American artists are not innocent either.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

I'll buy a hundred, no! A MILLION copies!

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

Did you see the unproportional drawing above your post? American artists are not innocent either.

yeah and theres a **** load of artist on books right now that are better then him, plus he barely gets work from the big two.

and my point still stands, people who expect to bring manga readers over to regular comics are delusional.

 

[necross20]

Those people would be Marvel and the entire thing is about sales. It'll most likely sell by merit of the word "manga" alone. A lot of people hear that word and shop like beasts.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Personally Manga to me is pretty boring. I mean sometimes the story really gets going but usually its full of monologues, cheap jokes, and very loose plots that loose the reader quickly.