Guided by New York Times best-selling author Warren Ellis (“Iron Man: Extremis,” “Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis”) and produced by Madhouse for Marvel Television and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (SPEJ), the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases will each include 12 episodes and bonus features.
The X-Men Anime features the voice of actor Scott Porter (“The Good Wife,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Caprica”) as Cyclops . In the series, the X-Men are reunited following the death of a teammate and are summoned by Charles Xavier to Japan following the abduction of Hisako Ichiki. There, they confront the U-Men, a lunatic cult that steals and transplants mutant organs to further strengthen its own army, and the battle for justice is on. Discovering a series of bizarre occurrences in the area they X-Men investigate only to be confronted with a terrible truth that will force them to confront long buried secrets.
