X-Men (TV series)
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| Genre |
Superhero fiction Action/Adventure |
| Based on | X-Men by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee and Len Wein |
| Developed by | Eric Lewald Sidney Iwanter Mark Edens |
| Voices of |
Cedric Smith Norm Spencer Catherine Disher Iona Morris (1992–93) Alison Sealy-Smith (1993–97) Lenore Zann Chris Potter (1992–96) Tony Daniels (1997) Cathal J. Dodd Alyson Court George Buza |
| Theme music composer | Ron Wasserman |
| Composer(s) | Ron Wasserman (1992-95) Shuki Levy Noam Kaniel Amotz Plessner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 76 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Avi Arad Stan Lee Joseph Callimari Winston Richard Eric S. Rollman |
| Producer(s) | Larry Houston Will Meugniot |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Marvel Entertainment Group Saban Entertainment Marvel Studios (1997) Graz Entertainment |
| Distributor | Disney-ABC Domestic Television (currently) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox Kids |
| Original release | October 31, 1992 – September 20, 1997 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men |
| Followed by | X-Men: Evolution |
| X-Men Adventures | |
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X-Men Adventures vol. 1 #1 (Nov 1992).
Art by Steve Lightle. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing |
| Publication date | November 1992–March 1997 |
| Number of issues | 53 |
| Main character(s) | X-Men |
X-Men, also known as X-Men: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series which debuted on October 31, 1992, in the United States on the Fox Network, as part of its Fox Kids Saturday morning lineup.X-Men was Marvel Comics' second attempt at an animated X-Men TV series after the pilot, X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men, was not picked up.
In 1991, Margaret Loesch became head of Fox Children's Network. Having championed the Pryde of the X-Men pilot in 1989, she was quick to set up an order for 13 episodes of X-Men. Saban Entertainment was contracted to produce the show and hired a small studio Graz Entertainment to produce the episodes as it did not have sufficient staff at the time to handle production in house. Graz employed the creative staff, wrote and designed each episode, and drew the storyboards. The voice work was done using Canadian studios and South Korean studio AKOM was hired to animate the episodes. X-Men was originally to premiere over the Labor Day weekend in September; due to production delays, it was pushed to the end of October. When the animation team AKOM turned in the first episode, it contained hundreds of animation errors, which AKOM refused to fix. Because of time constraints, the episode was aired in an unfinished form. The second episode was turned in just before deadline, with 50 scenes missing and only a single day reserved for editing. The "Night of the Sentinels" two-part episode originally aired as a "sneak preview" on October 31.
Because of the production delays and animation errors in these two episodes, Fox threatened to sever AKOM's contracts. When Fox re-aired the pilot in early 1993, the errors were corrected. The series earned top ratings throughout its first season, and was renewed for a second season of 13 episodes.
After the box office success of the live-action X-Men film in the summer of 2000, Fox began airing reruns of the cartoon on weekday afternoons. At first, only episodes that primarily featured content in the movie were broadcast. Later, the series was aired in proper order, but it was pulled from the air in early 2001. Soon after, ABC Family and Toon Disney began airing reruns, due to Disney's buyout of all Saban Entertainment programs. X-Men was taken off the air again after Toon Disney was discontinued and Disney XD took over its programming.
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