X-Men: The Animated Series returns as X-Men '97. What you need to know


By - Che Browndon
Written-on - February 15, 2024

X-Men '97

Source: Marvel Entertainment



X-Men '97 is a brand new animated show by Marvel Entertainment. It was announced on November 2021 after over a year of Marvel planning to revive the X-Men: The Animated series which ran from 1992 to 1997. Aside from the fact it was given a director (Beau DeMayo) who was the writer of Moon Knight, there wasn’t any major updates till recently. This show is a revival/continuation of X-Men: The Animated series which ended long ago.


New Poster


Marvel just released some important details about this upcoming animated show and it looks promising.
X-Men '97
Source: Disney+

One of such details was the release of its first poster. So in this poster we see the X-Men; Jubilee, Gambit, Rogue, Hank, Cyclops, Storm, Jean, Wolverine and Bishop, the title of the upcoming show and its release date. The details were spread out VHS tapes on a book shelve.


New Trailer


The trailer was the best part about this recent update. Growing up, I was a hardcore fan and followed The X-Men Animated series and got Uncanny X-Men disk so I watched almost every single episode.


What happened before?


This trailer began with were the show ended and which was Professor X’s deteriorating health. Charles’ health was so bad he could not be saved on Earth or else he would’ve died. He almost died but Lilandra took him away with hope they (the Shi’ar Empire) had the technology to at least keep him going.

The X-Men had been through a lot before this conclusion with the introduction of some foes such as The Weather Witch, Sentinels, Apocalypse, The Dark Phoenix, and Mr. Sinister. Even though I haven’t watched the show in a long time now, I can still remember the main conflict brewing at the end of the animated series was a conflict between the humans and the mutants.

Charles’ goal was to create peace between both groups but this was different. Humans and mutants always had issues before but this conflict was different. It was so bad the X-Men had little hope left.


Chaos


In this trailer, we see the world is in Chaos. This means Magneto probably found a way to completely turn the mutants against the humans but he has some valid reasons because mutants were persecuted like never before.


Jean and Scott


Another detail gotten from this trailer was Jean's pregnancy. Jean Grey was pregnant and from her bump, I believe she was in her later months during the pregnancy. Another take-away was is that Cyclops is now the official leader of the X-Men which makes sense.


Magneto


Finally, we got introduced to Magneto. In this trailer, he wasn’t wearing his mask. He had the last will and testament of Charles Xavier and he now controls everything Charles built. I find this very interesting because of what it offers to the plot as a whole.


Closure


Nevertheless I’m extremely excited for this show. I hope it doesn’t disappoint. X-Men 97 releases on March 20 on Disney +.


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