It’s been about a month since Disney and Marvel officially reported the House of Mouse purchased the House of Spidey. So how have things fared so far, and what kind of changes can we expect? Well, according to Bob Iger, Disney’s CEO, any immediate impact would be small; “The essence of Marvel, that lives mainly in its comic books, will remain as is” — meaning Marvel’s would basically remain as it currently is. However, it’s important to note that this doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll be this way forever. We could still be witness to a “Dinseyfied” Marvel Universe in the not too distant future. What type of future do you see for the partnership?

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Marvel Entertainment Inc., has partnered with renowned Japanese animation studio Madhouse and multiple-Eagle Award winner Warren Ellis to create four all new anime versions of classic Marvel Super Heroes: one of which is everyone’s favorite clawed mutant, Wolverine! We started talking about this almost a year ago, but now we can finally get a first glimpse of the work in progress, as Marvel releases a teaser trailer. Check it out after the break!

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THQ has finally revealed some details of its upcoming Marvel Universe game, Marvel Super Hero Squad. The video game, based on The Super Hero Squad Show, will be available this fall on Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, PS2 and PSP — around the same time it will appear on Cartoon Network. Check out the trailer after the break!

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The recently announced Marvel cartoon, Marvel Super Hero Squad, will have a whole collection of famous cartoon-voices to power the series.  The toon features the voices of Tom Kenny (from Spongebob), Charlie Adler (from Transformers), Steve Blum (from Wolverine and the X-Men,  and the Hulk Vs. movies) and Grey DeLisle (from Fairly Oddparents and The Replacements).  The series will also feature a number of special guest voices, including comic book creator Stan Lee as the Mayor of Super Hero City.

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Well, we’ve had Wolverine cartoons, Spider-Man cartoons, a whole collection of heroes with their own toon. But now, Marvel is done breaking them up! With the help of Cartoon Network, they’re gonna bring out the whole family! Marvel Super Hero Squad will debut later this year, featuring Captain America, Silver Surfer, Hulk, Wolverine, Iron Man and more! Their job, to protect Super Hero City from VillainVille’s infamous criminals in this new series from Film Roman and Marvel Animation.  Check out the full poster after the break!
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The Marvel Universe is hoping to expand into Japan.  Marvel Entertainment, Inc. is partnering with Madhouse, a famous Japanese animation studio to create new characters for the Japanese market.  The two companies will work closely with one another, trying to produce a few new Japanese anime series that are inspired by Marvel’s immense library of characters.  The art will be adapted using a traditional anime style and creating unique back stories intertwining with local culture and Japanese history.

Could this mean Spider-Man swinging his way through Tokyo?  Or Wolverine with samurai sword claws?  The Hulk doing battle with Iron Man in a sushi eating contest?

The first of four new series will launch in the spring of 2010 on the local anime network.  Iron Man and Wolverine will be amongst the stars, but the plans will soon spread to the entire list of characters, from the Fantastic Four to Daredevil to Thor to Captain … America?  We’ll see!  Stay tuned to ToonBarn for more details!