X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men
| X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men | |
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| Genre |
Superhero Action/Adventure Science fiction Drama |
| Created by |
Stan Lee Dave Cockrum Chris Claremont John Byrne (concepts; unbilled) |
| Written by | Larry Parr |
| Directed by | Ray Lee (as "Direction Supervision") Stu Rosen (voice director) |
| Voices of |
Michael Bell Earl Boen Andi Chapman Pat Fraley Ron Gans Dan Gilvezan Alan Oppenheimer Patrick Pinney Neil Ross Susan Silo Kath Soucie John Stephenson Alexandra Stoddart Frank Welker |
| Narrated by | Stan Lee |
| Composer(s) | Robert J. Walsh |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Lee Gunther Margaret Loesch |
| Producer(s) |
Rick Hoberg Larry Houston Will Meugniot |
| Editor(s) | Al Breitenbach Marc Van Der Nagel (assistant editor) |
| Running time | 30 min (including commercials) |
| Production company(s) |
Marvel Productions New World Television Toei Animation (Uncredited) Baker and Taylor Entertainment Metrolight Studios |
| Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | First-run syndication |
| Original release | September 16, 1989 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | X-Men (TV series) |
| Related shows |
Marvel Action Universe X-Men (arcade game) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
(creators; unbilled)
X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men (commonly known as Pryde of the X-Men) is an animated television pilot originally broadcast in 1989 on the Marvel Action Universe television block, featuring Marvel Comics’ mutant superheroes the X-Men. The pilot aired infrequently in syndication, and was later released on video. It later served as the basis for Konami's X-Men arcade game.
The title is a pun on the name of Kitty Pryde, the youngest of the X-Men. The series that this episode was intended to launch never materialized; Marvel Productions would have to go back to the drawing board for 1992’s X-Men. Funding for this pilot actually came from the budget for RoboCop: The Animated Series. Instead of making a 13th episode of RoboCop, Marvel Productions decided to use their funding to have Toei Animation produce the animation for this pilot. The pilot itself is most specifically influenced by issues #129-139 of Uncanny X-Men.
Shortly after this pilot was delivered, Marvel started having financial issues (New World Pictures, who purchased the Marvel Entertainment Group or MEG from Cadence Industries in 1986, sold MEG in January 1989 to the Andrews Group) and stopped work on just about everything but Muppet Babies. This pilot effectively marked the end of the Marvel animated universe created by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises/Marvel Productions, which began with Fantastic Four (1978) and continued with Spider-Woman (1979), Spider-Man (1981), Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981) and The Incredible Hulk (1982). The X-Men themselves had previously guest starred in several episodes of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, although that particular series isn't necessarily in the same continuity as "Pryde of the X-Men".
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