A lot better than Wolverine!

Written by marvizgam on August 11, 2011 at 8:24 AM

So far Iron Man and Wolverine has been a disappointment for me and i was relief that at least X-Men showed some promise though it is far from perfect! What strike me the most is the detailed animation which really showed the X-Men in their finest form. Turning the U-Men from plain mutant scavengers to high-tech cyborgs using mutant genes to further enhance their abilities is nice touch. I also like the fact the they boost Mastermind from a second rate illusionist to top notch villain though he is not Sebastian Shaw he has some qualities that made him a suitable leader of the Hellfire Club. Ironically, the X-Men seems to have been given a downgrade, most specially the female leads Storm and Emma. Storm is supposed to be one strongest member of the team both in power and character, she even challenge Cyclops for leadership and often times questioned his decisions. Here is shown to be one of the weakest members easily incapacitated and tired easily just by casting lighting. When the Blackbird was attacked from the air she was the logical choice of fighting it since she could fly instead it was Wolverine fought it which really doesn't make sense. Another character that was downgraded was Emma a.k.a White Queen, who as a former member of the Inner Circle is cunning, outspoken and ruthless adversary who is not afraid to use her telepathic powers to get what she wants and unlike Jean Grey or Professor X she didn't lose much of her attitude when she became an X-Men which makes her a great anti-hero character. Unfortunately, the Emma in this series scarcely used her talents and could even stand against Mastermind even in her diamond form. Hisako was quite a surprise her and i like the way the series made her more mature and worthy to be part of the X-Men. The rest of the team was done quite nicely as well Beast being intellectual genius that he is, Cyclops trouble by his leadership skills due to the death of Jean Grey which is played quite well and we even get to see Wolverine go on berserker moder while putting some awful jokes! What impress me the most is the ending where you get to see some familar Marvel characters as well as some surprises as the end of the credit that hints of a possible sequel which i really hope so because so far this is the only marvel anime adaptation that is worth taking a chance!