Del Rey recently announced and showed off some work from the upcoming Manga interpretations of Wolverine and the X-Men. Instead of going off on some huge unnecessary bullshit about how ridiculous this concept is, I'll just comment on the various shots of work.
I've stared at this long and hard. It's not our Wolverine. He's a teenage Wolverine. Hell, I've never ever seen Wolverine as a teenager. He looks appropriately angsty, lanky, and just a little boyish for a Japanese protagonist. As a result, this design isn't bad. It's not as bad as the first design.
Man, this design was just AWFUL. It makes me feel like I could hand Wolverine his ass after making him apologize profusely for accidentally bumping into me.
Stephanie: "HE LOOKS LIKE TOTORO.You know, this is actually a decent design. Alright, he looks like Totoro if he got an Ivy degree, but I sort of got a warm fuzzy feeling when I see this picture. Plus, if you are going to "japanize" something, you might as well go all the way with some of the characters.
Well, I hate her already. Seriously, I like Kitty Pryde. After killing her off in the regular comic books, I was looking forward to this. Okay, I wasn't really, but this design just screams like a rip-off of every other gusty, female character in any show. It doesn't feel like the character. Well, it gets worse.
Iceman turns emo and Nightcrawler is going to unfreeze his cold heart. Well, that's it. I'm going home. Fuck that.
Bart, Nelson, and the Comic Book Guy! What surprises me here is that Comic Book Guy would never be participating in any sports event. He should serve as being the only recurring character that breaks the fourth wall on a weekly basis. Why isn't he criticizing the comic strip itself? I'm also having a hard time getting used to the fact that Bart has hair. After watching the cartoon for so long, I've always assumed that his head was just crown-shaped (like Jughead....though he actually has a hat...)
Wow, Kent Brockman and Krusty look REALISTIC in that first panel. It is also nice to see Kenny and Milhouse here too. Wow, I thought it was impossible for Milhouse to look nerdier. Well, I was wrong.
Wow, Marge and Maggie look great here. Their designs here are unexpected, but really work well here. Homer looks pretty damn good too in Manga form. He looks fatter than his American self and the beard LOOKS like a beard.
I'm not sure what this demon is actually supposed to represent. Wow, Lisa has hair too. Impressed.
