"Marvel Animation on Disney+" News & Discussion (Spoilers)

[RoyalRubble]

The new Marvel-themed Simpsons animated short debuts today on Disney+! This thread can be used to discuss the cartoon, if anyone wishes to comment on it.

In the short, titled “The Good, The Bart, and The Loki”, The God of Mischief is banished from Asgard yet again and must face his toughest opponents yet: the Simpsons and Springfield’s mightiest heroes. In the crossover event—paying tribute to the superheroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as its villains—Loki ultimately ends up joining forces with none other than Bart Simpson (Nancy Cartwright).

Loki star Tom Hiddleston will voice the character of the same name in the animated short, which will also feature a number of fan-favorite characters from The Simpsons.

Click here to discuss the live-action Loki Limited Series, currently debuting new episodes on Disney+.

 

[SweetShop209]

What If comes out August 11.

 

[RoyalRubble]

Here's something kind of interesting - Marvel Studios Job Posting May Hint at More Animated Features.

It's a little vague at the moment and not really news but I thought it would be worth bringing this up here.

 

[Frontier]

Here's something kind of interesting - Marvel Studios Job Posting May Hint at More Animated Features.

It's a little vague at the moment and not really news but I thought it would be worth bringing this up here.

Here's hoping it means more stuff is coming .

 

[Rick Jones]

I wonder if this means more Marvel Studios specific animation like What If...? and I Am Groot, or a wider range of animated projects.

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[Frontier]

I wonder if this means more Marvel Studios specific animation like What If...? and I Am Groot, or a wider range of animated projects.

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I'm down for more animated projects not tethered to the MCU .

 

[RoyalRubble]

Another report there are more Marvel animated series on the way. Though unconfirmed yet if they would be MCU-themed.

 

[Frontier]

Another report there are more Marvel animated series on the way. Though unconfirmed yet if they would be MCU-themed.

I'm hoping they're standalone and not MCU-related .

Feels like Marvel is due to release some "flagship" cartoons again since they ended everything and DC is doing new Batman/Superman cartoons...

 

[bigdaddy313]

Another report there are more Marvel animated series on the way. Though unconfirmed yet if they would be MCU-themed.

So a new executive producer “Vasquez-Eberhardt” joined Marvel Studios in may 2021 and the cool thing is he previously was in charge of “Batman v Teanage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and before then Disney XD producer.

 

[the greenman]

I'm hoping they're standalone and not MCU-related .

Feels like Marvel is due to release some "flagship" cartoons again since they ended everything and DC is doing new Batman/Superman cartoons...

By "Flagship" what exactly are you referring to?

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[Rick Jones]

I'm hoping they're standalone and not MCU-related .

Feels like Marvel is due to release some "flagship" cartoons again since they ended everything and DC is doing new Batman/Superman cartoons...

It feels like I've wanted to see some new X-Men stuff for a decade. Then they went heavy on the retro stuff for the last two years, and even making new designs for the 90s team. When I was Christmas shopping, my sister asks a guy at Target what the hot toys are and he brings up the huge amount of retro X-Men stuff they were stocking. It kind of helped me know that it wasn't just the TAS obsessed 9yo in me seeing than there actually was. I really thought we might have heard something by now. A new series might not be in their plans yet at all though.

What would they consider a flagship property now that The Avengers are probably taking a break? Spider-Man is an evergreen top priority. I have been a bit nostalgic for the days of solo heroing and facing a deep rogues gallery. Are they really looking into an Eternals series?

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[RoyalRubble]

I think currently the Fantastic Four probably have a better chance than the X-Men at getting a new animated series since we know a movie about the Four is in early development. It would be nice if a cartoon comes out in the next couple of years, they already started to pop up in stuff like Super Hero Adventures.

 

[Rick Jones]

It would be nice to see them do something interesting with the FF. Hopefully, they manage to get some appearances in Spidey. The X-Men still at least managed to have the anime series in the last decade but the FF just had a handful of animated appearances. It always surprised me how much people I knew were sold on the Avengers due to EMH and even the animated movies, especially when they were on Netflix. It would be great if the FF had something like that before the MCU movie.

As always, I want to see more of the characters that the MCU hasn't touched and who aren't used all the time get their moments in animation.

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[Frontier]

By "Flagship" what exactly are you referring to?

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The "marquee" main Marvel franchises...Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, etc.

 

[the greenman]

It would be nice to see them do something interesting with the FF. Hopefully, they manage to get some appearances in Spidey. The X-Men still at least managed to have the anime series in the last decade but the FF just had a handful of animated appearances. It always surprised me how much people I knew were sold on the Avengers due to EMH and even the animated movies, especially when they were on Netflix. It would be great if the FF had something like that before the MCU movie.

As always, I want to see more of the characters that the MCU hasn't touched and who aren't used all the time get their moments in animation.

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I completely agree. We can cancel Ronan, but there's Annihilus, Diablo, Red Ghost, and plenty more.

The "marquee" main Marvel franchises...Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, etc.

I feel Spider-man has never been without an animated series. Even when Disney took over they keep him in the public consciousness.


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[Hulkwummy]

If a new X-Men cartoon is to be made, Colossus must be in the main cast as a regular.

 

[Magmaster12]

We got Hans Mole Man to show up dressed as Mole Man which is probably the first the closest thing we've had to FF in animation in over a decade.

 

[RoyalRubble]

That's not exactly true. The closest we had to seeing the FF in animation in the past decade (not counting their roles on Avengers EMH) were their few scenes on Hulk & the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. ("Planet Leader" from 2014) and as mentioned above, they started appearing last year in the Super Hero Adventures shorts (like this one). Granted they're in chibi deformed style or whatever you want to call them, but I'd say they still count as actual appearances for the F4.

 

[bigdaddy313]

So Victoria Alonso spoke at Variety and announced that they created an animation branch and a mini Studio. And I bet the are all on Disney plus.

 

[RoyalRubble]

For reference, here's a link to the Variety article and Alonso's quote.

While Marvel’s next show, “What If…?” will be the studio’s first animated series, it is far from the last. “We’re going to have our animation branch and mini studio, and there will be more to come from that as well,” Alonso said. “We’re super excited about animation, which is my first love.”