This is a reminder that the Marvel Animation Board does not participate in the traditional annual April Fools' Day events here at the Toon Zone/Anime Superhero Forums. Plenty of other boards allow them, so feel free to join any of the topics there. Any April Fools' Day threads or posts on this board will be deleted, and infractions will be handed out if necessary. Please respect this request and keep any April Fools' Day pranks off this forum. Thank you ..read more

With X-Men '97 finally arriving on Disney+, I thought it would be nice to take a little look back at various X-Men characters animation history before our favourite mutants return. If popular enough, more characters will be written about in the future weeks. Starting first, we have one of your writer's favourites - Beast! Images, as always, appear courtesy of Marvel Animation Age (Marvel Animation Age - The Marvel Animation Resource) Enjoy! --- With the success of The Fantastic... Read more ..read more

A new animated short set within the Spider-Verse debuts today at 6 a.m. PT on YouTube! The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story Online debut - March 27, 2024 (on YouTube) From Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks, the short is set in the world of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” and follows Miles Morales/Spider-Man as he struggles to balance his responsibilities as a teenager, friend, student and Spider-Man. In navigating those... Read more ..read more

The first issue of the prequel tie-in comic to X-Men '97 releases today! X-Men '97 (2024) #1 Published: March 27, 2024 Writer: Steve Foxe Penciler: Salva Espin Cover Artist: Todd Nauck THE OFFICIAL PRELUDE TO THE HOTLY ANTICIPATED DISNEY+ SHOW! The X-Men are back - and the '90s have never looked better! In this official prelude to the upcoming X-Men '97, created in collaboration with the showrunners, discover what Storm, Jubilee... Read more ..read more

When Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur came out in February 2023, much of the responses towards the series were something along the lines of "It's the first family friendly Marvel cartoon in years that's actually good!" I think part of this can be attributed to how the series is not produced by Marvel Animation, but instead by Disney Television Animation (and also Cinema Gypsy Productions, but we're focusing on DTVA here). Compared to how most of Marvel's animated series in the 2010s (which were... Read more ..read more

X-Men '97 debuts today on Disney+ with two episodes; then one episode per week until May 15. ​ X-Men '97 Synopsis: “X-Men’97” revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future. The voice cast includes Ray Chase as Cyclops, Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey, Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm... Read more ..read more

Welcome to the second installment of the X-Men '97 News and Discussion Thread, here on the Marvel Animation Forum! Keep up to date with any news about Marvel's new animated series, and use this thread to discuss them in a civilized manner! ​ X-Men '97 Debut - March 20, 2024 on Disney+ with 2 episodes; then one episode per week until May 15. Synopsis: “X-Men’97” revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as The... Read more ..read more

A continuation of X-Men: TAS titled X-Men '97 is in the works for Disney+ in 2023. It will supposedly pick up where the old series left off. According to The Wrap: Returning cast members include: Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Adrian Hough, Christopher Britton, Catherine Disher, Chris Potter, Alison Sealy-Smith, Alyson Court. Click to expand... “X-Men ‘97” is also welcoming a number of new voices to the cast, including Jennifer Hale, Anniwaa... Click to expand... Read more ..read more

Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur return for a second season! The new season premieres tonight on the Disney Channel & Disney XD with 2 episodes, at 8:00 p.m. EST. New episodes will continue to air weekly, Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. EST. 14 episodes will be added to Disney+ tomorrow before making their TV debuts in the following weeks. ​ Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur - Season 2 Synopsis: In Season 2, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur... Read more ..read more

I have a way forward for the perceived Marvel Cinematic Universe slump - rather than re-cast and bring back our dead or retired "Big Three", lets make an animated series of Captain America set during WWII, with the Invaders and Howlers! We will need to figure out what to do with our "Avenging Son", who was recently spoiled with a lackluster introduction to the MU, but... we can work around that, right? Namora, anyone? Right? *chirping cricket noise* Oh well, just a thought ..read more