X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men - Watch the Full Episode of the X-Men 96 Pilot.

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CREDITS:
Written by: Larry Parr
Directed by: Ray Lee (as "Direction Supervision")
Voice Director: Stu Rosen
Narrated by Stan Lee
Composer: Robert J. Walsh
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Margaret Loesch
Lee Gunther
Producers Rick Hoberg
Larry Houston
Will Meugniot
EDITORS
Al Breitenbach
Marc Van Der Nagel (assistant editor)
VOICES
Michael Bell
Earl Boen
Andi Chapman
Pat Fraley
Ron Gans
Dan Gilvezan
Alan Oppenheimer
Patrick Pinney
Neil Ross
Susan Silo
Kath Soucie
John Stephenson
Alexandra Stoddart
Frank Welker

[@joshuamorton88]

it's funny how Wolverine has a Australian accent in this cartoon and many years later Wolverine will be played by and Australian actor

[@CPT85]

Joshua Morton PRETTY BIG coincidence... 🤨

[@MsGigglesluv]

In the words of Malcolm Ray: 'That's almost too ironic'

[@rodneyrainwater392]

How about "foreshadowing?"

[@patwaters-actormoviereviewer]

Speaking as an Australian, Logan's So-called Aussie accent in this cartoon pilot is AWFUL.

[@takeoffyourblinkers]

@@patwaters-actormoviereviewer Pretty sure someone was attempting the accent, and as usual they fail. It sounded like a mixture of Aussie, Kiwi, and cockney sort.

[@shonuff0330]

I told them Spiderman sent me when I went to go register to vote. They laughed at me. :(

[@wolverine6266]

shonuff0330 same

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Same

[@aspookyfox]

The must’ve laughed because they were gonna change your vote for Senator Kelly, anyway. Rip the dream

[@leonardobraynen1524]

i laughed way harder than i was supposed to.....

[@adamgreen6023]

What’s a video store?

[@Bossallini223]

This is the same team that made up the classic X-Men arcade roster. The huge cabinet with six controllers. Classic.

[@juanf5391]

Bro! I remember being an eight-year-old at a kid's pizza arcade (like Chucky Cheese) in 1992 and playing alongside two kids and two adults. The adults were smoking as they played with both hands on the controls and the cig in their mouths. Thinking back that was wild that was allowed in a kids-oriented business.

[@W2ATL]

That arcade game was based solely on this one episode, there were no more. It's crazy how that happened.

[@nathank2289]

Fun Fact: The director of this show said in a interview that Wolverine was forced to have an Australian accent because the executives thought Crocodile Dundee was a real popular movie at the time.

[@vamoneygroup]

That's crazy. I thought he was from Australia.

[@thepubknight6144]

@@vamoneygroup and funny enough Hugh Jackman is Australian

[@vamoneygroup]

@@thepubknight6144 I think Hugh was bad casting for Wolverine.

[@WarriorPhilosopher1]

I was wondering...!!!

[@myflyisopen.8732]

Oh!! I thought it was because of how was depicted in Spiderman And His Amazing Friends. Cool!

[@Malcontent-]

I saw this in real time back in 1989. I was a senior in high school. I was big into comic books then. I was so excited I recorded it on my VCR. I re watched it over and over. Great memory.

[@jaymesEo6]

I watched this when I was 4 or 5 when CBS would randomly air in 93. I was so confused by the fact that the X-Men looked so different. This show made me start collecting comics because I was curious to see how their looks had changed over the years.

[@nlee4566]

How did you feel when you first saw the 90s series after seeing this in real time?

[@twiceonsundays]

The art style and animation is actually top-notch!

[@alchemistofsteel8099]

It's pretty meh. Doraemon 1979, Gundam and Batman had better animation

[@axlphishm6943]

Yeah i think thats prob why they picked it up as a series

[@ToadegatheNerd]

fun fact the reason for that is they based pryde of the x-men to be exactly like the X-Men arcade game that was popular back then costumes and animation are spot on.

[@RogersArbitrary]

@@alchemistofsteel8099 Wait! You think the Batman’s blocky animation had better art style? Okay. We’re all entitled to our opinions, but I have to strongly disagree.

[@fqueirozf]

@@ToadegatheNerd and other fun fact is that all Capcom fighting games were made based on 1992 animation series after its success.

[@alister101]

The energy and excitement in Stan Lee's voice :(

[@alucard624]

I miss his cameo's in MCU films now.

[@CoaTravelNut]

we may not have gotten an X-Men series in the 80s but without this pilot, we may not have gotten the X-Men Animated series we all know today

[@ChandlerVanFossen]

OR the Konami X-Men arcade game. ^^

[@RogersArbitrary]

I always felt that this pilot was way better and more accurate - with exception to Wolverine’s accent - than the 90’s Fox series. Moreover, the animation in this pilot was far superior.

[@seanmota424]

@@RogersArbitrary dude the 90s animated series is incredibly accurate all things considered

[@PhantomOSX]

@@seanmota424 prove it.

[@deankuhlman9539]

@@RogersArbitrary the pilot was good. I just didn't like Aussie Wolverine.

[@christopherbarton9256]

Man, I remember being in like 2nd grade and my parents bought the VHS of this through those old Schoolastic catalogs they would hand out in class.

[@thenarrator4549]

Man, I would have loved to have Dazzler as a main character in a show.

[@That_Deuce]

Might happen with the current Marvel Cinematic Universe.

[@keredsilloc4095]

Man this hits hard right in the childhood

[@krisfrederick5001]

Prophetic how Wolverine has an Australian accent.

[@Mitsuraga]

And ironic that the ol' Canucklehead has it, but Pyro, the Aussie, doesn't. Or, well, maybe he's trying to do an Australian accent, but it's way less convincing than Wolvie's.

[@krisfrederick5001]

@@Mitsuraga Pyro does later to be fair lol

[@ninjabunnywholivesinsideaw8216]

Aww! Nightcrawler's romance with Kitty is so cute and sweet in this! The way he scares her at first but then wins her over with his courage. I love them together!

[@Theosphobia]

she's 14-

[@charleswilliams4247]

@@Theosphobia How old is he supposed to be?

[@Lucifer_rejoiced]

I love this reply it made me laugh so hard

[@animechic420]

Colossus has entered the chat.

[@thispersonrighthere9024]

19:28 wow! this cartoon actually showed Storm's power to generate force fields just like Magneto!

[@omari6108]

"Please help us!", "Stay away from us filthy mutants!". Just like humanity today.

[@Batou3]

Omari Thompson www.nuskool.com/learn/lesson/mlk-and-malcolm-x-the-civil-rights-movement-and-the-x-men-origins/

[@1gouki1]

Stan Lee hit it right on the head back in 1963.

[@snakes3425]

Ironic that in issues 1 and 2 of the first Xmen series they were treated like celebrities, and I quote from Xmen Issue 1 "I will not ask you to reveal your identities but I assure you that before this day is out the name X-Men will be the most honored in my command." General Name Not Important

[@Hyptosis]

I wish they'd stop calling me mutant though... i also wish i had powers.

[@CosmoShidan]

@@snakes3425 That was before issue #4 where mutants/human relations were established. Otherwise they appear to be crime fighters like the Fantastic Four.

[@corychapin5470]

Another fun fact: some of the voice actors for this would make appearances in the animated series later: most notably the voice actor for Juggernaut who voiced him in the 90s as well

[@danielnunez4669]

Thats what I had heard as well! I just looked it up to prove it to someone and ITS A DIFFERENT PERSON voicing Cain/juggernaut! My life has been a lie!!! Any idea of others that were on both shows by chance? Im trying to still be right lol

[@corychapin5470]

@@danielnunez4669 what the frigging crap?????? Well Kath Soucie voiced a couple of random mutants in the 90s series so technically we're still correct!!!! Was this actor the voice model they used for the other one?? They literally sound exactly alike

[@seankately4411]

Who was Cyclops voice? Sounded like a Gijoe or something

[@alucard624]

@@seankately4411 It's Michael Bell aka Duke from GI Joe.

[@sikandermallu]

I’ll never understand how this pilot didn’t become a series. The next day at school, it was literally all that my classmates and I could talk about. We couldn’t wait for the next episode, but it never showed up. This, and the cancellation of “Mighty Orbots”, makes me question the wisdom of ‘80s TV execs.

[@alchemistofsteel8099]

This is the pilot for X men the animated series

[@KingJonathanThe1st]

@@alchemistofsteel8099 I don’t know crap about superhero stuff, I just love cartoons, but this actually is a pilot of THIS series. The 90s X-Men was a whole another work they did. This late 80s X-Men and the 90s X-Men are not the same.

[@hectorvaldez7456]

The series never became a show in part because of Marvel's financial troubles at the time. They were in such a financial hole that they sacrificed a 13th episode of Robocop to fund the making of this episode

[@mattchu42069]

@@alchemistofsteel8099 ur wrong. Different thing

[@fqueirozf]

@@alchemistofsteel8099 they are actually 3 years apart: 1989 - 1992. It is not the same animation project. Although they look alike in many points.

[@RelztewSirhc]

I love how Nightcrawler is the MVP in this

[@leonardobraynen1524]

@arbereshe at least he had several guest appearances. Plus 'Crawler was a regular on Evolution & Wolverine and the Xmen

[@EMICHEVY]

I wish he got more appearances in the 92 series 😔

[@gusbaker4u]

"nothing moves the blob" true in 1989, still true today

[@algerkat1621]

+gusbaker4u I...I dunno about that haha... static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/1/12397/757479-729795_hulk_moves_blob_marvel_fanfare_07_super.jpg.jpeg

[@evohumans]

Actually, Ms. Marvel moved him in X-Men The Animated Series just before Rogue drained her powers in the episode "A Rogue's Tale".

[@danjones6702]

loved this cartoon. just wished they actually made a series out of it. miss stans entros

[@mikeyyls2044]

What a fight card! Dazzler vs Pyro, Wolverine vs toad, colossus vs juggernaut, nightcrawler vs blob, Emma frost vs cyclops and the main event prof x vs magento

[@julez4002]

Storm was too overpowered for everyone else so she had to keep the space station from imploding.

[@anticom6099]

I had this on VHS in the ‘90s. We had like a total of 10 VHS cassettes, so my brother and I would just end up watching them over and over when there was nothing good on the 3 TV channels we had. It was a rotation of this, Temple of Doom, Terminator 2, and a few others. I still remembered the theme song and all the lines of dialogue from this, lol.

[@TexasSpaceBadger]

I was expecting Magneto to wrap up his phrases with, "THIS, I COMMAND!!!!" LOL.

[@geminiy2t]

Good old Serpentor lol!!!

[@untouchablemaleofmystery3426]

17:44 Blob: *"This is where you stop, Nothing moves the Blob"* NightCrawler: *"And, I wouldn't dream of trying, Auf Wiedersehen"* Lol

[@CokinaClutch]

that scene has stuck with me my entire life.

[@yotaotenki1228]

I wouldn't dream of trying either

[@TheWingknight101]

i like the more comic accurate costumes in this pilot

[@SuperAp0calypse]

They'd work way better in the upcoming Marvel owned X-Men in the MCU, than the brightly coloured versions from later comics.

[@thisismyname3928]

@I. Th. You betcha, comics hipster.

[@lifeisokay]

The costumes were just as accurate in the nineties cartoon, they were just accurate to a different period. I would agree that these eighties era designs are preferable, though.

[@xolox]

Yes. Cyclops wears his hood for a reason. It's very easy to burn his hairs and scalp with those rays.

[@milesbeck140]

@I yep it'll be awesome.

[@willman85]

I couldn't help laughing every time Wolverine said something. So distracting.

[@chadedwards9755]

I like when they put Charles on the table and as he sits up asking for Kitty, he bends his knee. Charles is a faker.

[@mikeglenn3333]

Every time Wolverine talks, It sounds like he's clearing his throat

[@kriskeen6739]

There's aspects of this that are simultaneously the best and the very worst. On the good side, Kitty Pryde makes a natural viewpoint character and the team composition is nearly flawless- I'd swap Dazzler for Rogue, but otherwise perfect. But that damned Australian accent on Wolverine!

[@angrych3f335]

Thank you for putting this out there for the world to see.

[@miguelangelbazan8697]

I remember buying this VHS along Spider-Man and friends "A Firestart is born " at the Long Beach Plaza back in the early 90's with my bigger bro

[@DoctorLazers]

Somebody, somewhere knew that over a decade later Wolverine would be played by an Aussie.

[@FoxConvoy]

You can so tell this was most of the sunbow cast of voices with the animation studio of Galaxy Rangers they did explosions like no other studio at the time so anime I love it

[@ronaldcomeau2108]

For it’s time, this pilot was pretty good.

[@Lopez03Eduardo.]

According to story editor Rick Hoberg he gave Wolverine an Australian accent due to the Australian fad going on at the time and it was planned for Logan to be Australian in the comics but hes still Canadian till this day

[@yuljohnson847]

A salute to the now deceased Stan Lee,this excellent adventure of the xmen is another example of how brilliant he'll always be creating such incredible characters and a marvelous universe. Long live Stan!

[@kagemaru259]

I watched this the one and only time it aired back in 1989 where I lived in NJ. I was 7. Every day after school I always watched Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, The Incredible Hulk, Robocop and Dino Riders. This forever made me hooked onto the X-Men.

[@8BallBroadway]

I feel like this could’ve made a great series

[@nodatastored684]

Disney needs to make this an animated series, 20 episodes a year, based on when Kitty joined the X-Men people would love a faithful adaptation

[@matthewmagda4971]

Disney needs to stay tf away from my beloved X-Men. During MCU Phase 3, I couldn't wait for a reboot. Now, I wouldn't trust them not to foul it up.

[@debacofzomb9889]

​@@matthewmagda4971 i agree. They ruin everything they touch.

[@brandoonf6962]

@@matthewmagda4971 this didnt age well

[@EternianSaiyaJin]

Everything was going great... until Wolverine spoke....

[@layiahali5265]

JirenExia exactly & when I heard it..I immediately said "Aaand just like that my ears are dead"

[@basedbattledroid3507]

*"Wonner piece of Frewt?"*

[@SkunkLifeMedia]

Pffft. Aussie Wolvie > all

[@417Graphix]

Well imagine if Jackman didnt change his accent to play Wolverine, this is basically what we would have gotten lol

[@astrolabe1976]

I was in 7th or 8th grade when it came out and I loved it and didn’t care about the Australian accent as probably most 11 year olds would not . Only grown a$$ men get their panties in a bundle over a cartoon that’s made for little kids and of course a cartoon and movies will never be 100 percent faithful to canon

[@wendyrobinson9759]

Wolverine aside, the voice acting is great. Took until the 90s before they realized Wolverine was Canadian NOT Australian.

[@shawnswint1521]

Wendy Robinson Although It's Kinda Ironic. That Hugh Jackman an Australian Actor Would Go on To Portray Wolverine in The X-Men Movies.

[@Bauglir100]

Capitalizing Every Word For No Reason Is Not The Least Bit Stupid Or Distracting At All. Nope, Nope.

[@lucidlocomotive2014]

Even wolverines very first appearance in the ‘70s said in big letters on the front cover of the comic “Wolverine! The CANADIAN superhero!”

[@KTF0]

I read somewhere (I think it was Wizard in the early 2000s?) that Marvel was looking to retcon Wolverine as an Aussie and told the voice actor the same, then they saw the cartoon, saw that it was really lame, and completely backtracked.

[@MovieEnvy]

It was a cancelled storyline, the comics were planned to follow this.

[@allseeingi]

Am rewatching there 90’s series , apart from the other observations made it seems Kitty Pryde was the template annoying kid for Jubilee who came later . Dazzler was featured in 2 of 90’s Hellfire Club episodes. Animation is good .

[@nodatastored684]

Dazzler had the first mutant solo series, barring Namor... It was direct market sold many copies That's why she is here

[@carlbloke8797]

Except Jubilee wasn’t annoying

[@sudynim]

Dat Magneto laugh at 9:48 !!! 😆classic 👌👌

[@chaosarchangel7375]

Storm always has the same voice in every show lmao

[@mcweaver8237]

I think the animation from the 90's version is fine. I might be biased because I grew up on that version 😁

[@SumDumGai5]

@The Simplistic Esoteric You are just as biased.

[@SumDumGai5]

@The Simplistic Esoteric To you, it's subjectively bad.

[@bjoneshill31]

If this would’ve came out in mid 1980s, it would’ve been successful. But, we would’ve probably never got X-Men The Animated Series in 92.

[@brycechapman2257]

Theme was amazing, story was amazing, this is what made me love the XMEN when I was a kid.

[@xJoesan90x]

It's Hugh Jackman Wolverine lol

[@Leadblast]

+xJoesan90x Aussie Wolverine before it was fashionable

[@alexanderpytko5394]

Maybe in the next episode, had they made one, when Kitty gets her uniform, she'd tell Xavier that it fits wonderfully. He'd tell her, "It's made of a special fabric to fit you nicely and to correspond with your powers whenever you use them. All the X-men's uniforms are. A man named Reed Richards actually told me how to make this fabric."

[@williamjackson3186]

These X-Men cartoons a really good reminds me takes me back to my childhood

[@HonorinTreason]

Thanks for the upload! It was great to get to watch this little piece of X-Men history. :)

[@saamsadeghi]

Just ordered all 3 volumes of X-Men and can’t wait!

[@Mitsuraga]

I can't hear Xavier's voice without expecting him to freak out over a wooden gun.

[@davidcummings9800]

🤣I agree with it

[@BokanProductions]

Oh yeah! How ironic that John Stephenson played Magneto at first then played the good guy Professor X.

[@EnwardSnowman]

Kitty: "Then... then I really am a mutant. I'm a freak!" Professor: "No, no my dear. We mutants aren't freaks. Except the Morlocks. Have you seen the Morlocks? I mean GOD DAMN! Hahaa ha ha ha... aaah. Whew. What were we talking about?"

[@Thetazord]

Thank you Larry Houston. You are a hero to all us X-men fans. It’s a shame we don’t have people that care about the source material as much as you did to make the X-Men cartoons as amazing as they are. Hope you see this one day.

[@MythopoeicNavid]

Whoa that's some awesome animation for an 80s american show! Toei Animation I believe? Much better than the animation in the 90s series. AND THAT MARVEL PRODUCTIONS SPIDEY LOGO! Holy Mother I wish they had this back!

[@kratoscraken5614]

Bloody hell mate this is, was, and forever will be the best drawn mini series ever 💪👍💪

[@jerometruitt2731]

Japanese animation studios had the industry on lock in the 80s. That's why all the classic cartoons from the era were hyper detailed.

[@kratoscraken5614]

@@jerometruitt2731 dam right mate 👌

[@keyzenthiru5867]

i remember having a vhs cassette copy of this and this was my introduction to marvel, superheros,, and the xmen. Seeing this is especially so nostalgic for me too 0:00

[@animal1nstinct394]

I saw this as a kid and remember loving it.

[@Tribute2JohnnyB]

I remember grabbing this on VHS at the local Kay-Bee Toys when the toy line came out echoing this lineup was on the shelves. I wish the animation quality was this high for most of the X-Men TAS we got later. After the 3rd or so year the animation became very elastic looking and super rubbery...this was a promising 'pilot' take though!

[@PulseEyeBlu]

12:26 Did the Professor just move his legs on his own?

[@craigh9305]

yup. good catch. I didn't notice that the first time I watched it.

[@yuljohnson847]

This is the perfect addition to the already marvelous marvel animated universe. Unfortunate this series never materialized. This is a great pilot to a xmen series. It's action packed n it displayed perfectly the powers of each mutant. It's a true delight for all xmen fans!

[@matthewmagda4971]

Fun fact: this is what got me interested in comics in middle school. From the time this came out to the release of the 1990's X-Men series, I was well versed in the source material... So I was like, "wtf is Morph?!"

[@nlee4566]

Haha Morph is still a random character.

[@kazallroberts]

Morph was a exclusive prop for TAS.

[@wolfhoundtv1929]

​@kazallroberts Not exactly. His original name in the comics is Changeling, but he was altered in a lot of ways leaving him somewhere between adaptation and original creation.

[@oddmontsoddington8961]

Suprisingly deep. Wolverine seems like he's being a dick, but he says "Lay off, I just don't want to have to witness the little...". Girl dying, Logan?

[@BryonYoungblood]

No place to hide... No place to run! (No place to run) The mutant age (the mutant age) Has now begun! X-Men! (X-Men!) This is the day! (This is the day!) X-Men! (X-Men!) Coming your way! Magneto's hordes are on the way to pillage, burn, and plunder! But there's one team that will not yield! The team that strikes like thunder! X-Men! (X-Men!) This is the day! (This is the day!) X-Men! (X-Men!) Coming your way! Such a catchy theme

[@studlygrish]

I noticed this, just watching this a minute ago. professor X could not know what magneto or juggernaut wanted because they’re both wearing helmets.

[@drachenritter42R]

I don't know about Juggernaut, but IIRC the idea of Magneto's helmet blocking Xavier's telepathy didn't come along until the early '00s

[@nickmuaythaiandfitness]

Wolverine is Australian! Lol

[@jacobyne]

OI! He's Russel Crowe! Fightin' ...rrrround the world!

[@vladdx]

Australian films and actors were popular at the time that's why they turned him Australian ;)

[@revengeofbcraig5755]

They predicted Hugh Jackman being Wolverine!

[@DeathReviews]

If you go back further to the cartoon 'Spider Man and his Amazing Friends', they had an episode that gave Firestar's backstory, and also featured guest appearances from the X-man as they fought Juggernaut. They gave Wolverine an Aussie voice in that episode too.

[@Princessbuttercupish]

He needs Tugger as a side-kick.

[@Dork_Knight96_]

I kinda wish the 90s cartoon had this animation style

[@eboooo]

They did at the end

[@victorhieber703]

I want more episodes like this one. Same animation, Same X-Men characters. I’m guessing by the description of the video this was like the “prototype “ for the animated series we all know and love?

[@LatinSith]

The animation reminded of the Sunbow-era G.I.JOE.

[@faridsidiabdelghani9591]

The 1992 animated xmen stays the best comic and cartoon of all time

[@craigh9305]

90's Batman was pretty friggen awesome too.

[@Dynaman21]

2nd, but Batman is first, and yeah, that's not a bad runner up.

[@asinciananthonymoreno9602]

Spiderman 90s cartoon is up with x men and batman as well

[@charleswilliams4247]

@@craigh9305 There were two cartoons in the 90s. The early one on Fox Kids and the later on Kids WB.

[@minicle426]

​@@craigh9305Here come the fanboys... 🤦‍♂️

[@endlessvoid7952]

Hello from 2019! I'm over 30 years old, like short walks to my bed, and binge 90s X-men episodes on KZbin.... This is apparently my life now.

[@swmark78]

"the convoy, it's sinking!" Dusty, is that you?

[@swmark78]

It is. Neil Ross as Nightcrawler and additional voices. Also Buzzer, Dusty, Heavy Metal, Monkeywrench, Shipwreck, Thunder from GI Joe.

[@Yono84]

The 90s Arcade game looks like it was based off this cartoon.

[@alucard624]

+Yono84 It was. It was many years later after playing the game that I saw this pilot. Not too bad honestly, even if they got a few things wrong here and there, like Wolverine having an Australian accent and such.

[@MovieGuy666]

THE GAME WAS BASED OFF OF THIS AND NOT THE 90'S CARTOON.

[@kennylee5621]

It was

[@johnathanwoods1223]

That game came out in 88 or 89

[@nodatastored684]

I'm shocked they got away with Emma's Costume in the 1980s

[@NP.TRU.09]

Storm looked pretty hot as well

[@decker528]

It would be a bigger problem now because it objectifies them or something

[@MaximumMadnessStixon]

I remember a local comic book shop used the introduction to this as a commercial, but they redubbed the voices to talk about the store. I have no clue if that's even remotely legal, but it's stuck in my head. I even remember Wolverine saying "These ain't yer daddy's comics, kid!" or something like that, hahaha.

[@bryanc7094]

The animation and artstyle are pretty accurate and well made

[@memes_for_kings]

Why is Spidey pressuring me to vote?

[@benchskitchen111]

The 90s is the Best for Me. ❤❤❤❤

[@herbertsherbert2142]

Obviously the X-Men cartoon from the 90s is better than this pilot but the drawings/animation in this pilot is far better than the 90s cartoon series.

[@jonathan87565]

I wish there were more episodes because I enjoy this team line up

[@UKMikey]

Some of Stan's best narration work, I feel.

[@thislifeforeverinc]

The artwork was way better than the 90s x-men series I wish this would've been the look of series... I expect inhumanoids or gi joe to show up anytime..

[@craigh9305]

I thought the artwork looked very similar. Some scenes I think were even used in the 90's X-men.

[@russellleblanc1539]

This was done in Japan. They took their time with cartoons back then. We always rushed everything.

[@daTruChosen]

same artists that did Inhumanoids and Bionic 6 did this pilot. It's obvious.

[@daTruChosen]

Nah... they were (and ARE) more talented than our artists.

[@jean-luceyesofyoureyes5502]

No way dude

[@MrForeverBean]

*OMG! The quality of this animation is way better compare to the 90s version!*

[@YourFavouriteColor]

yeah it was done by a Japanese team similar to a lot of the higher end 80s cartoons

[@MrForeverBean]

@@YourFavouriteColor *I see. Thanks for letting me know!*

[@YourFavouriteColor]

I was wrong. it was a western team which was surprising. looks very Japanese and some stuff in the 80s was outsourced to Japanese studios

[@MrForeverBean]

@@YourFavouriteColor *Yeah, it really looked like it was a Japanese-made cartoon. I can really tell the difference between American and Japanese-made cartoons.*

[@IlokanoWarrior]

The 90's version was Korean Animators right?

[@pinkystinkinc3475]

WHY COULDNT THEY ANIMATE THE ENTIRE X MEN SERIES WITH THIS HIGH QUALITY

[@charleswilliams4247]

Because the series was cancelled.

[@matthewmagda4971]

Agreed. This puts the 1990's version to shame.

[@sucralose_tumor]

Because it costs a ton of money. They spend more so the pilot looks good on the hope its picked up. No way further episodes would have looked this good

[@carlbloke8797]

@@sucralose_tumorpretty much this. It’s like how Capcom’s Ruby Spears Megaman cartoon which was pitched and looked so much better and closer to the video game art with top notch animation but then the actual show we got was no where near this consistently good.

[@supamariosoniku]

This was clearly animated by a Japanese company

[@kinglouie2676]

Love hearing Stan's voice as a young dude.

[@GamingNightsNeoMasaki]

Man, you uploaded the entire vhs tape including the spidey skit 😂

[@Cryptbomber]

Magneto is Uncle Phil, aka James Avery. He was also Shredder in TMNT. My favorite human.

[@andythefork]

Magneto is voiced by Earl Boen in this.

[@queenzpimpkid]

Damn I wish they put this on Disney+

[@impureneighbour9792]

Fingers crossed that we’ll see another animated X-Men film in the future, but, only time will tell.

[@mistykait96]

The 90s adaptation is getting a sequel on Disney+, it's coming out in 2023

[@yotaotenki1228]

Wish granted

[@rusteshackleferd8115]

I don't care what other people say I think this theme song is AWESOME!!

[@jerzyboy83]

Wow... I remember when my dad gave this to me.on VHS Tape lol the spiderman into was classic. Brings back memories....

[@deanjones1575]

I wanted to beat up Spiderman at the beginning

[@leonardobraynen1524]

why?

[@kylemaximusmith]

"I'm not a kid, I'm 14 years old!" lol

[@Wishtodie]

The X Men was the very first comic I ever collected. Although Kitty’s hair wasn’t red. In X Men #129, she was from a town called DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS, which just happened to be the exact same town I grew up in!

[@Fruitarian.]

Why cant they do these kind of art style to cartoons anymore?

[@charleschase7945]

Fruitarian I think it is expensive

[@specterkev]

Yeah actual hand-drawn stuff I miss it so much

[@TheLionKiller101]

Takes too much time and effort sadly

[@derekharris4922]

I thought professor x couldn't read magneto's mind if he had his helmet on.

[@beastdude507]

+Derek Harris Actually that was a concept that was implemented into the movies that didn't originate in the comics.

[@derekharris4922]

Thank you for that information mr beast sir.

[@Magx]

I m pretty sure it was told in the other animated comics

[@RealCoolGuy]

That's a newer thing. I think that was invented in the live-action films in 2000s and then added to comics later..

[@craigh9305]

I thought it was odd that Professor X said he made a mental projection of himself. Doesn't he make people see a mental image of himself? Essentially making people hallucinate.

[@jerricablackcat4303]

I first learned about this pilot in the Nostalgia Critic's Fox Kids review.

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

i love this x-men cartoon so much !!!!!

[@SuperSongbird21]

This would've been a lot better if there hadn't been so much exposition in the lines.

[@carrobin691]

It's a shame that videos with Heart and Beautiful art will never be Done the same way again 😢