Rank the X-Men TV shows.

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Pryde of the X-Men with: Kitty Pryde, Professor X, Cyclops, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Wolverine, and Dazzler

X-Men TAS with Beast, Cyclops, Gambit, Jean Grey, Jubilee, Professor X, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine + a ton of guest stars.

X-Men Evolution with Professor Xavier, Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, Kitty Pryde, Rogue, Iceman and Beast (and legally free in[URL="https://www.youtube.com/channel/SWDmJMgpU45BE"] Marvel's Youtube channel[/URL])

Wolverine and The X-Men with Wolverine, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Kitty Pryde, Storm, Iceman, Angel, Rogue, Colossus, Gambit, Professor X, Jean Grey and Forge

X-Men (Anime) with Professor X, Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Beast, Emma Frost and Armor.

Wolverine with... well, Wolverine and a guest appereance by Cyclops.[/LIST]

Pryde of the X-Men, I almost feel like this should be my favorite, Kitty being my favorite and all... but it still had all the awfulness left from pre-renaissance 80's animation (sorry Gen Xers but, barring a few notable exceptions, your cartoons sucked).

X-Men TAS has that nostalgia goodness, it got me into the X-Men with Gambit being all cool and playing poker (then in this forum it was coldly revealed to me that despite sharing a birthplace with it, being a member of the ethnic group that first created the game, using a deck of cards as a weapon AND being named after a move in a mental game... he doesn't play poker) and this cool storylines and opening. It also used to crossover with Spider-Man which was cool, wish it would happen more often.

BUT... It doesn't hold up as well as it's DC Counterpart (the one with the guy dressed as a Bat that also used to do crossovers from time to time), actually even just on it's own I just don't think it holds up as well without the nostalgia goggles. Some of that stuff was just straight up melodramatic.

X-Men Evolution got really, really good... until halfway through it's second season of it's four season run.... Up until then it was like the worse parts of Smallville. But It had good Kitty Pryde in a more or less central role and was considerably less Wolverine centric than the movies, which was a bold move that was for the better.

Wolverine and the X-Men and X-Men Anime are like strange mirror versions of each other. They still have the backstory of the X-Men being disbanded after Jean Grey becoming the Pheonix and Xavier calling them back and they both have emotional and moody Cyclops who is convinced to comeback by Wolverine and guided by Emma Frost. The divergence (besides a few obvious things like the story, the team and Xavier being a part of the team) is that in one Wolverine is the leader while in the other Cyclops is the unopposed leader.

Of the two, I'm a bit torn. The team and story are better in WaTXM but the animation and character designs (who knew this would lends itself so good to anime) in X-Men are so good. Also, they let every member of the team shine. WaTXM is, quite literally, the Wolverine and his amazing friends show while X-Men is a real team effort, even though it's still Cyclops' story.


I'm not big into anime, but of all of them, probably the anime has been the best, IMO. My only real complain (I have to be honest to myself and admit that no Kitty Pryde isn't a valid complain) is that there isn't more of it and there wont be, sadly (The outro teased a ton of villains and storylines).

And Wolverine... never saw it.

X-Men TAS with Evolution a close 2nd.

We need a new X-Men show.

I concur with the OP in his or her regret that there isn't a season 2 for the X-Men anime. It was pretty good. Then again, there generally needs to be a second Marvel Anime lineup, one slot for an X-Men continuation, one slot for the Avengers, one slot for the Fantastic Four (who need more animated love), and one slot for Spider-Man, if only so Marvel can test the waters for a more adult depiction of Spider-Man as opposed to the teenage iterations that have been popularized by Ultimate Spider-Man's debut in 2000. That'd be my ideal for a second Marvel Anime lineup.

Evolution for me.

I think the anime was the best with tas at second, although evolution was pretty good. Never knew wolverine had his own show and there was an animated X-men movie that came out in the 90s.

I really liked Evolution. I was a bit late for TAS so while I liked it, I don't have as much nostalgia for it like I have for Evolutiion.

[QUOTE=CliffHanger2;139382]I think the anime was the best with tas at second, although evolution was pretty good. Never knew wolverine had his own show and there was an animated X-men movie that came out in the 90s.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, he did...
[video=youtube;zz3XNfGjyqo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz3XNfGjyqo[/video]


[QUOTE=DrewHLMW;136142]X-Men TAS with Evolution a close 2nd.

We need a new X-Men show.[/QUOTE]

I don't know about that... With today's Jeph Loeb's Marvel Animated Universe, I don't have much hope for it being any good.

Apart from the Wolverine anime (which I haven't watched much due to the art style) I have loved all of the other X-Men series. To pick a best was tricky since the X-Men Anime was so incredible but Wolverine and the X-Men gets over the line due to not only the brilliance of the series but the potential we saw that didn't come to fruition. :(

[B]X-Men Evolution[/B]
It's fun, it's happy, it has the best Wolverine (not in love with Jean, not smoking, and not the 200 years old), best Jean Grey (least amount of Phoenix, boy do I hate the Phoenix force), no Shia'ar or any alien connection done in a very bad way, Cyclops is not a whiner, more Kitty and Nightcrawler, and Iceman finally got more in an X-Men animated show than just one episode or a cameo
Rogue is great, and it's my favorite design of her

[B]Wolverine & the X-Men[/B]
It has Emma Frost, and the show is nice

[B]Wolverine[/B]
I don't like Wolverine's design, but the story is fun

[B]The 90s show[/B]
It's mostly ok. Voice acting suck, actors don't talk like voice actors, they sound like they have a level of tardiness in their speech, like they have some degree of a cerebral issues -no disrespect to the people who are really sick- and the characters they voice are not supposed to have cerebral issues
Beast is a notable exception


I saw the first two episodes of X-Men anime, and their only highlight is Beast teaching a class, lost interest

X-Men TAS for me!

I have nostalgic feelings for both [I]TAS[/I] and [I]Evolution[/I], though I'll ultimately go for [I]Evo[/I], as I thought it was the stronger one of the two.

I saw [I]Wolverine and the X-Men,[/I] and it honestly never interested me much.

A great question for sure! I'm doing a video series about each X-Men animated series and here is my first about [B]Pryde of the X-Men[/B]

[video=youtube_share;4B9CuvzaT9w]https://youtu.be/4B9CuvzaT9w[/video]

Let me know your thoughts on it.

X-Men: TAS may not have aged quite as well, but it still hits upon a lot of issues still relevant today (not just the obvious racism, but things like minority adoption and respectability politics). Plus, their sound effects and VAs are still the ones I hear whenever I read X-Men books today. It's iconic and will always have a soft spot in my heart. Future shows have better animation, direction, and acting, but those shows didn't take as many risks or do as much social commentary as TAS.

I couldn't really get into Evolution with its emphasis on high school, especially since the WB network (and thus later on CW) was much more focused on high school dramas than most other shows.

Wolverine and the X-Men started off on a huge disadvantage just on the premise alone, by having Wolverine be the center of the X-universe. The animation was more fluid but the storylines seemed more generic, which was shameful since it was a serialized show, too (which should stop that sort of thing). Sure, Wolverine sells, and he'll do the right thing, but even being a reluctant leader never really rings all that true (which is different than being senior staff).

The X-Men anime was fresh but I feel like it didn't go far enough with the concepts. I would've loved to see the traditionally western X-Men go up against some truly Anime-level threats, and that happened only a couple times at best in the show.

Never saw the Wolverine anime.

The 90s show was great in its time, but it has aged in many respects. It goes from great to cringeworthy now.

Evolution is probably the most consistent show, but it doesn't reach the highs of TAS.

My favorite in TAS it was the best translations of stories to screen. Critiques the Pilot was great but the 1 season was iffy with the highlights being the Genosha episodes, Bishops episodes, and Season finale but once seasons 2 started it was great although it is funny how much they say destroy over dead, kill, murder, or die to appease 90's censors.

Next I would be Evolution weak first season but it's season 1 finale was great, the series got better with season 2 and adding the New Mutants, and hit it's stride with season 3 forward.

After Evolution would be Wolverine and the X-Men arguably the tightest season of any X-Men show and was really good wish we got more.

Then X-Men Anime a nice miniseries with great animation.

Last Wolverine good but story a little weak and young looking was wrong IMO.

OK Pryde of the X-Men seems unfair to judge compared to the rest given it's only a pilot. Great animation and story for it's time also nice to hear Michael Ball as Cyclops as a GI Joe and Transformers fan as a kid Michael Ball was always a welcome addition to anything.

[QUOTE=Jokerz79;4286894]My favorite in TAS it was the best translations of stories to screen. Critiques the Pilot was great but the 1 season was iffy with the highlights being the Genosha episodes, Bishops episodes, and Season finale but once seasons 2 started it was great although it is funny how much they say destroy over dead, kill, murder, or die to appease 90's censors.

Next I would be Evolution weak first season but it's season 1 finale was great, the series got better with season 2 and adding the New Mutants, and hit it's stride with season 3 forward.

After Evolution would be Wolverine and the X-Men arguably the tightest season of any X-Men show and was really good wish we got more.

Then X-Men Anime a nice miniseries with great animation.

Last Wolverine good but story a little weak and young looking was wrong IMO.

OK Pryde of the X-Men seems unfair to judge compared to the rest given it's only a pilot. Great animation and story for it's time also nice to hear Michael Ball as Cyclops as a GI Joe and Transformers fan as a kid Michael Ball was always a welcome addition to anything.[/QUOTE]

Cyclops is basically civilian cartoon-Duke anyway.

Though as a kid I saw Cyclops and Flint as basically interchangeable.

Hell, Duke and Flint were interchangeable.

Interesting that this thread started.

As a DC girl whose now flowing into Marvel, I bought ALL the seasons of the original X-Men: The Animated Series on DVD on eBay.
I'm halfway thru season 1 and I'm really enjoying it!
So glad I bought them. The stories are great.
I haven't seen the other shows mentioned here, but plan on going to them next in order whenever I finish this series.

I'll go with X-MEN Anime... my two favorite things combined

[video=youtube_share;BZ5yPa4ZjdQ]https://youtu.be/BZ5yPa4ZjdQ[/video]

[QUOTE=ChildOfTheAtom;4288567]I'll go with X-MEN Anime... my two favorite things combined

[video=youtube_share;BZ5yPa4ZjdQ]https://youtu.be/BZ5yPa4ZjdQ[/video][/QUOTE]

The TAS voice actors will always be the X-Men voices of my youth. The ones I will imagine in my head as I read along in the comics.

But goddamn, I love Japanese VAs who do American characters.

The 90s Animated Series of X-Men is so iconic and such a treat for fans. While some of it doesn't hold up as well, still a fantastic series. I take a deep look at the show here. Hope you enjoy.

[video=youtube_share;WyWNHzwJPHQ]https://youtu.be/WyWNHzwJPHQ[/video]

Here's my list:

[B]X-Men Evolution[/B]: This is the best X-Men cartoon for me. The art style, premise of X-Men characters in normal high school, the ridiculous made up character Spyke, and slow pacing of the first season threw off a lot of fans, but those that stuck with it got great stories, nice animation, the best voice acting in an X-Men series, and some of the most awesome portrayals of classic X-Men villains ever. Seriously, Juggernaut, Mystique, and the first Sentinel were freaking awesome! Plus, it finally put two of my favorite X-Men, Shadowcat and Nightcrawler, in the cast. Once they dropped Spyke, this series was consistently awesome throughout its entire run. I recommend it to everyone to watch.

[B]X-Men[/B]: The 90's series was pretty good. I actually even kind of liked Jubilee, whom I hated with a freaking passion in the comics. Even then, I didn't mind that she kind of disappeared most of the time. The first two seasons were pretty tight, which helped the series since the animation was subpar by that period's standards. I remembered being really excited for the Dark Pheonix saga, but really hated how badly they butchered it. I knew it couldn't go as dark as the comic, but still, man, that was terrible. The remaining seasons got even worse. Also, the voice acting was also subpar to the period's standards. I can only recommend the first two seasons.

[B]Pryde of the X-Men[/B]: I can't tell you how many times I watched this video tape over and over. Man, it was awesomely terrible. The hammy overacting, the powers that made no sense, making Wolverine an Australian, it was just so cheesy! And that's its charm. Plus, they based the awesome X-Men arcade game on this solo shot. It's terrible, but I love it.

[B]Wolverine and the X-Men[/B]: I couldn't even make it halfway through the first season. Nothing made sense. I couldn't tell if they wanted to do a Wolverine series or an X-Men series. It was pretty clear that they didn't either. It was all just too disjointed.

I never watched the X-Men or Wolverine animes, so I haven't a clue how good or bad they are.

[QUOTE=Hawkgirl_70;4287296]Interesting that this thread started.

As a DC girl whose now flowing into Marvel, I bought ALL the seasons of the original X-Men: The Animated Series on DVD on eBay.
I'm halfway thru season 1 and I'm really enjoying it!
So glad I bought them. The stories are great.
I haven't seen the other shows mentioned here, but plan on going to them next in order whenever I finish this series.[/QUOTE]

TaS is great except for some reason it feels like Wolverine is crying every other episode. But yea it's my favorite Wolverine and the Xmen has amazing potential but got cut short before it get going on AoA.

My current list:

X-Men Anime: Personally, think this is an excellent modern story for the X-Men. The action scenes are intense and I love how the characters are portrayed. It was darker but not completely grim. Overall, I love this one. Only con was Hisako (Armor's) Voice. Really squeeky and irritating.

X-Men Evolution: Really good ideas for telling a story of the X-Men for a younger generation. X-23, characterization, and most of the plots were awesome. Only cons were that some of those ideas I wasn't completely a fan of. Principal Kelly was probably the worst.

X-Men TOS: I used to consider this show one of the best of all time and I'll always respect the impact it had for the X-Men. Getting a lower rank because after watching a few episodes once more, it did not age well.

Wolverine and the X-Men: It had a few good moments and I gave it many chances, but overall, not interested. Tough to describe. Weird and bland

[QUOTE=Godzilla2099;4301068]X-Men Evolution: Really good ideas for telling a story of the X-Men for a younger generation. X-23, characterization, and most of the plots were awesome. Only cons were that some of those ideas I wasn't completely a fan of. Principal Kelly was probably the worst.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, Principal Kelly and Spyke are the two biggest things I would change about X-Men Evolution. Thankfully, neither appeared much in the series.

X-Men Evolution was a slow burn for me. Didn't enjoy the set up or the first season and a bit, but it finally clicked in the third and fourth seasons and then I was so bummed that it was cancelled. I take a good look at the show in this video. Hope you enjoy.

[video=youtube_share;FYEFtzgRu7E]https://youtu.be/FYEFtzgRu7E[/video]

Wolverine and the X-Men was an interesting show with a different conceit. Wolverine was the leader and Cyclops was in the background. I'm not sure how much I liked that aspect of it, but I do think the show was fun and had legs. Too bad it never got that second season.

[video=youtube_share;JyUWC2pf6Vg]https://youtu.be/JyUWC2pf6Vg[/video]