X-Men: The Animated Series

X-Men is an American animated television series of the superhero fantasy subgenre. It was produced by Marvel Enterprises and Saban Entertainment and aired for five seasons on FOX Kids from 1992-1997, broadcasting 76 episodes in total. The series was based on the popular Marvel Comics superhero comic book The X-Men, created by Stan Lee in 1963. X-Men starred the voice talents of Cedric Smith as Professor Charles Xavier, Cal Dodd as Wolverine, Norm Spencer as Cyclops, Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm, Tony Daniels as Gambit, Lenore Zann as Rogue, George Buza as Beast, Catherine Disher as Jean Grey and Alyson Court as Jubilee.

Notes & Trivia

 * This series has also been referred to as X-Men: The Animated Series.


 * A precursor to the X-Men series was the one-shot pilot episode "Pryde of the X-Men", which aired in 1989 and focused on the character of Kitty Pryde.


 * Other X-Men animated projects include X-Men Evolution and Wolverine and the X-Men.


 * The X-Men also spawned four theatrically released feature films, the fourth of which, X-Men: First Class is a quasi-prequel to the first three films.


 * The X-Men made their first animated appearance in the "A Firestar Is Born" episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.


 * The X-Men animated series existed in the same continuity as the 1994 Spider-Man animated series.


 * X-Men was originally to premiere over the Labor Day weekend in September; however, due to production delays, it was pushed to the end of October. The "Night of the Sentinels" two-part episode originally aired as a "sneak preview" even though it was not ready for broadcast.


 * Tony Daniels replaced Chris Potter as the voice of Gambit for the final three episodes of the series.