The legacy of 1992sX-Men: The Animated Seriescan be found all over the present-day Marvel Cinematic Universe.
(This interview was conducted weeks beforehis unexpected and abrupt exit from the series.)
Its like John Williams Superman theme.
The X-Men of ‘X-Men: The Animated Series’.Fox
It is just so iconic and in our brains.
It’s never going to go anywhere.
It’s that legacy the team behindX-Men ‘97wanted to embrace to remind everyone why these characters are the GOAT.
Alison Sealy-Smith voices Storm in ‘X-Men: The Animated Series’.Marvel
“As creators, we are not inside a bubble.
We are part of the culture that is also the audience.
For Winderbaum, it was his gateway to comic books.
Morph, Storm, Gambit, Cyclops, Rogue, Wolverine, Bishop, and Beast return in ‘X-Men ‘91’.Marvel Animation
DeMayo describes that tone like a soap opera.
They love this other person.
Now we’re fighting Juggernaut,” the writer/producer recalls of the storylines.
Marvel’s mutants return in ‘X-Men ‘97,’ the sequel to ‘X-Men: The Animated Series’.Marvel Animation
‘Rise, desert sands!'"
Storm voice actress Sealy-Smith says.
“I was in my element.”
“We need those moments,” he says.
“Let’s look at those times.
Fast forward, and obviously they’ve changed their tunes.”
IfSpider-Manhad never happened, we would never be where we are with comic book movies now."
Something that sticks out to her now are those fans who cosplay as her version of Rogue even men.
“Obviously, the X-Men are very important to queer people.
One wayX-Men ‘97attempts to connect with that legacy is with Morph, now voiced by JP Karliak.
“So much of the X-Men is about creating conversation.
Sealy-Smith recalls a now widely recognized scene in which Storm and Wolverine walk into a bar.
They’re not discriminated against for being mutants, but for being a mixed-raced couple.
How quaint,” Storm says in response.
“The truth is, I don’t know if that line would mean anything to my 7-year-old grandson.
He just wants to see Storm fight somebody and win.
That’s how he wanted to approach the sequel series.
That conversation is at the heart of the show.”
You know what else is at the heart of the show?
“As was Cyclops using his optic blast to land [out of the X-Jet].”
X-Men ‘97premieres Wednesday, March 20, on Disney+.
