Introduction
Tony Stark, CEO of a large weapons manufacturer, physicist, engineer, and brilliant inventor, is wounded by shrapnel from one of his own weapons. While held captive by terrorists, he develops the Iron Man Suit and escapes. From that day on, he vows not to waste his second chance at life and to change the world for the better. For that purpose, he comes to Japan.
In Lab 23 in Japan, great strides have been taken to develop, and build, a unique power station which does not run on fossil fuels, the Arc Station. Stark intends to join this project, and, for that, he is ready to announce his retirement as Iron Man. At the same time, he will also announce the Mass-produced Iron Men, to which he will pass on his duties. However, during the ceremonies, Stark is suddenly attacked by combat mecha belonging to an organization known as Zodiac.
Audience reviews
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ktulu007
I've talked about Madhouse's Marvel anime a couple times before. There was Blade, which was decent, and X-men, which was a complete and utter pile of shit. Since we're focusing on hero anime this month, it seems like an ideal time to delve further into Madhouse's takes on super heroes. This time we'll look at the first Marvel anime, Iron Man.
Story:
Our narrative opens with industrialist Tony Stark heading to Japan. His plan is to retire as Iron Man and get a reactor up and running that will provide free, clean energy to everyone in the nation. He needs plutonium to get it going, but it's totally clean. Don't question it. Things take a turn when Cobra... I mean Zodiac, a ruthless terrorist organisation bent on world domination arrives on the scene and begins making life difficult for To…
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This Anime starts pretty strong and enjoyable and seems somewhat correct to the original material, I really liked that part of the series and wanted to keep watching
but then it drops the ball hard when I inserted the second dvd to my player! the anime turns into one of those forced romantic interest and annoying cliche fests and it no longer cares about the source material at all.
t was almost unbearable to watch the last episodes drag on, tightly embracing its tired cliches I do not recommend this serious to anyone, but if you must watch it please only see the first half of it!
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.:DISCLAMER:. I'm not that good at reviewing, but I just want to give my thoughts.
When I joined Crackle, I saw that there was an anime based off of Iron Man and thought it would be funny to watch. I decided to marathon all twelve episodes.
I noticed that there were some pretty awkward cut-offs in the first episode, and going on there were a few in the other eleven. Sometimes I couldn't follow along because the scenes would just jump to something else. A lot of things in this anime seemed to be very convenient, Iron Man would have a problem and then pop! There's a solution.
The art I thought was pretty decent and consistent, but the (kinda) 3-D models for Iron Man sometimes didn't fit in.
I also knew who the big bad was from episode one. I didn't like that. When it was revealed I was just…
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As you may know, I’m not one of those people that get pessimistic about the Marvel/Madhouse collaboration anime series. It’s a bit of a head scratcher and it does seem like a good idea at the time to introduce an American comic book character to Japanese audiences in anime form and since the Iron Man movies and Marvel itself has been in full popularity, it would make sense for them to cash in or foray into anime territory. Now seeing that this is the first of the Marvel Anime that ran, you figure this would be a new experience to me, but it isn’t since I already reviewed the Blade anime, considering I put that one in more importance than the others.
Tony Stark is a physicist, an engineer, and the CEO of a major arms manufacturing company. On a battlefield he is injured from his own weapon…
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Ah, Iron Man! There's never enough of you.
I viewed the English version, although I'm interested in the Japanese version (mostly because in the aftermath of Robert Downey Jr. playing Tony Stark, Adrian Pasdar sounded off for all his efforts).
Tony Stark sets his sights on Japan in search for clean energy, ready to retire Iron Man, but things are never so easy for a superhero, now are they? Faced with a new group of enemies - calling themselves the Zodiac - and unlikely allies, he tries to win over the people of Japan and save himself, his company and the world in the process.
The art and animation were well made, the story progressing nicely. The audio was a bit on and off especially when in and out of the armor, which was weird, but it could be the English version only.
(About English…
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This honestly feels like reverse Americanization, people always complain how anime gets dubbed into English and has a myriad of problems. This is the reverse of that its american content that has been remade for a Japanese audience.
Most of my distaste for this anime stems from the character of tony stark. He feels so fake and boring compared to the way he is portrayed in source material. He isn't sarcastic, rude or even intellectually challenging in the anime. His whole character is rewritten because in japan is different from america,understandable to a degree but he feels like a stranger in his own marvel universe. Then another complaint is his character art, for me his face and head are drawn bizarrely and i can barely stand looking at him with his glass doll eyes and weaselly little…
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This is my first-ever review on an anime... but this anime is sooo bad and disappointing that I really need to say something about it...
Let's see... when I first heard of an Iron Man anime, I was REALLY excited to say the least - especially with the first Iron Man movie (which totally blows my mind)
Then I started watching it... all 12 episodes and let me tell you this, if someone ever hands you this anime and tell you to watch it... DON'T!!!...
I will only review on the story itself... not the mediocre art, not the badass music nor the terrible character... etc...
It started out okay... I kinda liked the opening... where it showed his achievements from a child to a teen then to an adult and how they inserted scenes of when he escaped from captivity using the first Iron Man suit he…
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I have to say, when i started this anime I wasn't expecting too much. I've seen the old 90's American Cartoon and while horribly cheesey, it does live up to the comic book, even with his super powered mullet. Then there is the current horrible series airing on Nick now, Iron Man : Armored Adventures, which to say the least... stinks. Its full of huge plot holes, but hey its something for kids?
Ah, So to the Review...
I rather enjoyed it. For a reader of the Iron Man comics, its probably going to make you want to die a little, but its still enjoyable. I think for the average viewer, ones who have seen the first Iron Man movie, Its something to see and enjoyable to watch.
So here I'm Mention the Cons and Pros of the series. Why the cons first? Because I want you to see what I thought was…
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First of all, reader must know that REVIEWS BY PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T WATCHED THE WHOLE ANIME IS VOID. Knowing this, i will try my best to enlighten you with a great review of what this anime accomplished. You have to understand that making iron man into an anime is no easy task. There have been millions of comics, tons of cartoons, and two movies about iron man so making something genuine will be very difficult. However, the people responsible for the script and construction of this anime, in collaboration with marvel; did a very good job in making this anime as unique as it can possibly be. Now the review: i'll start with the enjoyment because i believe it is the most important part...
Enjoyment:
This is the key part of a review, the most important. An anime might have great sound, art and…
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First Impression & Bias:
So Stan Lee, if asking for coffee was not enough this time your asking for a Ironman adaption? Well, I know why you didn't show your face in this show that is for sure!
Now, I actually expected something solid out of this. I never really watched that many marvel shows, and hell if I ever read them. Yet, despite being a novice to the realm of American comics, this show was boring and predictable from the start. If the horrendous animation was not bad enough, for some reason they made Tony Stark a not so lovable character.
Expectation: 6
Episode Scores: -,-,-,-,6,5,8,7,7,7,7,4
Actual: 5
Analysis:
So Tony Stark sets off to get his ass owned in Japan, and boy does he. Building his 'arc reactor' to bring world peace he is constantly portrayed as the evil against Japan…
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