X-Men: Volume One (Marvel DVD Comic Book Collection)

When X-Men '97 came out, it made me curious about this original X-Men series, to which it was a sequel. I didn't expect much from a Saturday-morning kids' cartoon show, and I was blown away by how good this is and how compelling the characters are. I was sorry to see the last episode, and glad that they actually did a sequel. For anyone who likes the X-Men, or Marvel generally, I highly recommend this series.

The artwork, the animation, the voice acting from most of the cast, regular or not -- everything, really -- can be really bad at times. Unfortunately, the designs of these characters just weren't really meant to be easily animated (check out the newest versions of the Marvel television series or movies to see much smoother animation, thanks in part to much more animation-friendly designs), and even as the animation quality improves, the movements of the characters still looks awkward at times. This is especially true of Beast and Wolverine, whose natural gait seems to be at half-crouch. Rogue or Storm flying can get pretty sloppy. It does take a few episodes for the voice actors to get comfortable with their roles as well.With that being said, I'm still enjoying this volume a great deal. Originally I bought it because there hasn't been crap worth watching on television for the last few years (with a couple notable exceptions, such as Dirty Jobs), so I figured I reach back for some nostalgia and hope that meeting my childhood heroes after I've grown wouldn't be too disappointing. It hasn't been, even with the problems of this series.The continuity, the dialogue, the growing and changing relationships of the characters, the fun adventures, the serious (and surprisingly thoughtful at times) issues brought up about equality, the gradual but noticeable improvements in animation and voice work, the epic scope of the interweaving stories in addition to the continuity, it all really works to create something that I've been enjoying as much as I did when I was watching this as a child.With that being said, Wolverine, Rogue, Jubilee, Gambit, Beast, and Professor Xavier all grow into their characters really well. I'd argue that Rogue and Professor X were good from the start, and only goes up from there.Previous to watching this volume, I watched the complete series of Wolverine and the X-Men: The Complete Series, and it's fairly on par as far as the quality of stories and continuity go. I'm getting as much entertainment out of one as I did the other, though Wolverine and the X-men certainly had better production value.It's hard to say if you'll enjoy this or not, though. If you've got the $20-something this costs laying around not doing anything and are looking for good classic animation, maybe something to put alongside your Time's The Real Ghostbuster's collection and Ninja Turtles volumes, give it a shot. If you're too used to newer animation and require smooth, digitally colored, great-looking animation to go along with the great stories, you really may just want to skip this. Check out Wolverine and the X-men instead, as they're just about the same price. However, I felt it was $20 that were very well spent.

I was 10 years old and in 5th grade when X-Men: The Animated Series first appeared on television. I had just started buying and reading X-Men and Spider-Man comics that same year, introducing me to the wonderful world and characters of Marvel Comics. When I watched the first season of this show, I was tickled pink with happiness. This was the coolest, most "grown up" cartoon I had ever seen! Gambit flirted with women! Cyclops and Jean Grey kissed onscreen! Wolverine played pool at a bar! I was amazed at the depth of character each of the X-men displayed. The situations were so real to me, teaching me about bigotry, loyalty, responsibility, and how to handle conflict. I was hooked to the TV every Saturday morning (and a few Friday nights when they aired "specials") for all five seasons, and by the time the show was cancelled, I was in high school. I grew up with this show.Now, as a 32-year old adult who is watching this show on DVD for the first time in almost 20 years, I am reliving all the emotions and excitement that I felt as a child. The animation is a bit choppy here and there, and of course there is some campy dialogue (it was 1990's), but the show is just as enjoyable to watch now as it was back then. I am counting the days until my daughter (she is a toddler) is old enough to watch these with me, and we can have some daddy/daughter bonding time while seeing the world's greatest super hero team in action.*WARNING*Despite the fact that I am giving five stars for this review, I have one complaint, and it has nothing to do with the show itself. Due to the fact that these DVDs are now 5 years old, they must be sitting in a warehouse somewhere, waiting to be purchased. I bought all five volumes of the series, and three of them have the original shrink wrap stuck to the spine of the DVD case. It seems that heat has somehow melded the shrink wrap to the case itself. I don't know if this is from sitting in a hot warehouse all day, or if it is from the shrink wrap process itself, but I was unable to remove the shrink wrap portion that is stuck along the spine of the DVD case. This of course does not affect the viewing of the show.

I grew up watching X-Men. As far as adaptations go, this is how you do it. They stayed true to the spirit of the comic books and changed things to make it work in a way that most like (as far as I've read). This is how you change the story to suite a format but still stick to the original's main characterization and plotline for fans to enjoy it on a screen. Hollywood could use a lesson in adaptation from this series. Especially the movies that came later - oof. Guess we did get Hugh Jackman out of the deal tho so it worked out okay.These cartoons didn't really age well - you can see the animation a bit stilted at times, but my nephews turned 10 recently and I thought I'd get this for us to watch when I visit my parents. One of them was really into it - for 1.5 episodes. Attention spans these days. I ended up watching 3 more - remembered each part. Fun times.

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Vraiment un coup de chance d'avoir trouvé cet intégrale (ici c'est le volume 1 mais je parle en général) tout simplement inédit dans notre pays.Je n'ai pas encore vérifié si c'est bel et bien une zone 1 ou une multi-zone car je l'ai regardé sur mon pc, mais une chose est sûr fan de X-men foncés les yeux fermés.La VF est bien présente et pour les haters de cette dernière, ils pourront se rattraper avec la VOSTFR.Envoie rapide et soigné, petit bémol sur le volume 4, il manquait le carton avec l'image en relief réfléchissante, sinon rien à dire.

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This is the first volume, 2 discs, first 16 episodes of X-men season 1. Pretty much a 1 to 1 transfer from the TV animated series just as I remember it from when I was younger. If you were a fan of the show back in the 90s, it's a highly recommended purchase! I plan on getting the rest of the set.