CHARACTER APPEARANCES – FIRST SEASON
The first season there was great interest from Marvel, among others, about which characters we were going to feature in the 13 episodes. Some appearances of major stars were a …
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WRITING THE FIRST 13 SCRIPTS
We worked fast. On February 17th I was hired and told that we needed to figure out the show and needed scripts right away. We built the show in a …
THE OPENING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
We all love the opening title sequence to our series. Will Meugniot and Larry Houston created it, storyboarded it, and, with Sidney Iwanter, supervised Ron Wasserman’s amazing creation of the …
A NEW LOOK FOR OUR ’92 TEAM
Will Meugniot was a primary creative force on X-MEN: TAS. As series designer and first-season supervising producer, Will was the first person chosen by Margaret Loesch when she secured a …
TODAY WE BEGIN!
Welcome to xmentas.com. Today marks the beginning of what we hope will be a long, shared adventure. On February 17th, 1992, we were assigned the job of creating and managing …
OUR FIRST VILLAINS
The sentinels perfectly embodied the human over-reaction to the discovery of mutants. And we could trash them.
TWO OF OUR X-WOMEN IN ACTION
Our female X-Men were always the equal of their male partners. This storyboard page – one of perhaps 20,000 drawn and re-drawn over 76 episodes – shows the care with …
OUR CREATIVE INTENTIONS
The core team all agreed to a creative vision for X-MEN: TAS, one that would make it different from animated series that had come before. This note to our staff …
OUR UNSURPASSED CAST
Most of our voice-over artists say that they had never done a series quite like X-MEN: TAS. Here is a group of them with the actors’ pictures beside their drawn …
WHAT X-MEN:TAS MEANT TO ME — ONE OF OUR FAVORITE TESTIMONIALS
Our favorite TV series can affect us profoundly. We will be reserving a tag for posting “testimonials” from fans for whom X-MEN: TAS has had an impact on their lives. …
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LET’S END DAY ONE WITH A TUNE
Ron Wasserman’s X-MEN: TAS theme has worked its way into the hearts and minds of millions. Eric Calderone’s recent guitar performance of it (Ron used a synthesizer), though one of …