The X-Men animated series in 90s was awesome. I was already a big X-Men comic book fan and when FOX decided to make a cartoon I was excited, it lived up to all the expectations I had as a kid. Even now as 27 year old adult I still enjoy it and think how much they did the greatest comic book team justice. I mean the first episode you have the Cyclops, Jean Grey and Wolverine love triangle, on top of that Gambit, Rogue, Storm, Beast, Jubilee and Professor Xavier all sound and act they way you would picture it. I mean when I read X-Men comics I picture them as the voices of the animated series. The show made me a even bigger Wolverine fan, they captured his toughness, and mystery of character almost perfectly. It’s probably my favorite portrayal of Wolverine.

All the villains were there, Magneto, Apocalypse, Sentinels, Sabretooth, and even Mojo were done perfectly. You had other X-Men characters introduced Bishop, Colossus, Cable, Dazzler, Iceman, Archangel, etc., but my favorite was the Nightcrawler episode. They didn’t shy away from Nightcrawler’s spirituality and were able to show the how it gave the character his strength despite his demonic appearance. As someone who values his own spirituality and faith I thought it was one of the best episodes of the series.

They had all the great stories; Phoenix and Dark Phoenix saga, Asteroid M, Weapon X project, Days of the Future Past. They captured the essence and history of the X-Men in a 30 minute Saturday morning cartoon. In all honesty the animated series made me cherish the comic even more and were so much better than all 3 X-Men movies. No television or movie comic adaption has done it better, with the exception of Batman the Animated Series.

-Lucas

Tags: animation, cartoon, X-men

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