Spider-man Versus Gatchaman…For Reals
Remember when Marvel announced a partnership with excellent anime studio Madhouse and also announced they’d be making some legitimate Marvel superhero anime? No? Well, they did. But apparently that’s not enough for Marvel, who have now also partnered up with old-school anime studio Tatsunoko to make a series starring both Marvel’s superheroes and Tatsunoko’s anime characters, which include Gatchaman (a.k.a. Battle of the Planets), Casshern, the bewilderingly popular Yatterman, and a lot of people you’ve never heard of.
This series sounds incredibly awesome, and not just because I want to see the Hulk smash the Yatterman kids’ faces in. However, I hope it’s all cool with Madhouse, since I’d rather see them do some straight Marvel anime than any of this Tatsunoko nonsense. On the other hand, Japan will totally eat this Tatsunoko series up — it’s a great move for Marvel to increase their brand in Japan. And, although no one’s said anything, I can’t help but wonder, given the current Capcom Vs. Tatsunoko game, and the old Marvel Vs. Capcom games, if this could eventually result in …
MARVEL VS. STREET FIGHTER VS. TATSUNOKO.
I may have to lie down for a while. (Via AnimeVice)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.