X-manga!

Urk. Newsarama's got links up to images of the manga versions of the X-Men.

Actually, I have to admit, I don't think the manga version of Wolverine's that bad. He's much too pretty to be Logan, naturally, but that's kind of expected given that it's manga.

I admit, I'm a traditionalist anyway. I also thought Hugh Jackman much too pretty to play Logan.

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Wait, are those cat ears?!

Seriously, I can't tell given the quality of the picture but...

Okay. I take it back. Cat ears Egads.

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I suppose there's nothing wrong with the shoujo Kitty, though honestly, there isn't much about her that particularly evokes "Kitty" to me. Which is weird since cat ears aside, I do think manga-Wolverine does have some bizarre Wolverine-ish quality. Maybe it's just that he gets a more dynamic pose.

But yegads, poor Beast. You deserve better than the amorphous blob treatment!

And I still say the plot: Kitty as only girl to be accepted to Prof. Xavier's school would be better if it were Jean. I know, there's no reason that these sort of adaptations ought to religiously stick to the source, but it seems silly to me that that exact set-up is used for a different character.

Besides, honestly, the original five line-up's perfect for shoujo. You have the slightly mysterious brooding sunglasses wearing one complete with secret rough-and-angsty past, the shiny rich charming playboy, (complete with love triangle), the cute class-clown and the self-effacing genius. I mean hell, Iceman's even going to be in the story.

Admittedly, there's no Nightcrawler as goth. But honestly, Nightcrawler as a goth is a cringeworthy idea anyway.

Though I admit. Mostly it's Cyclops. I think Cyclops was pretty much made to be a shoujo manga male lead. He's pretty (under the right artists), angsty, secretive, broody, slightly bitchy, and repressed. That's not exactly a rare combination in shoujo manga-land. :-)

Heh, I do think the creative team is decent and probably will do okay things with the premise, but I do like to gripe. But still. Goth!Nightcrawler and Totoro!Beast? Egads.