Wolverine

I always like the comic books based on Marvel, DC, et al. I always find it encouraging to see people (with special powers) pulls themselves out of tough predicaments. (Hardly unscathed, but a little more realistically than the lot of the "deus ex machina" and "played for laughs" type of "mary sue" storyboard-writing I've been trying to avoid.)

Whatever Marvelhouse creates is no exception. With Ironman, and with Wolverine.

Unlike the plot-twisty and episodic "major issue resolved" endings found in "Mobile Suit Gundam Iron," the male lead of "Certain Mutant Logan" gets it rough. He basically had to fight his way through everybody ... (with a little help from here and there) just to make sure a girl he likes doesn't get married to a piece-of-scum crime warlord...

Atleast Omega Red was featured herein. I WAS hoping for Silver Samurai and Lady Deathstrike though (since Logan IS in Japan). I was also hoping for Deadpool. But hey. Deadpool's the "4chan of Marvel."

All an all, if you can get past the ending, Certain Mutant Logan is a more satisfying ride than that other Certain anime will EVER be. (And, usually with some Marvel-based viewing, that says a lot.)

The wolverine. Chances are this isn't the first time you've heard of this character. In fact, you probably wouldn't be looking to watch this if you don't enjoy marvel products to some capacity. I'm a total marvel geek and I watched this just to say that I've seen wolverine in anime form. After watching it I was a bit disappointed, but I wasn't angry or sad about it, i was kind of content with what I got.

STORY 6/10
If you've seen the wolverine movie from 2013, you know where he goes to Japan, this is an incredibly dumbed down version of that pretty dang good movie ... in my opinion. Wolverine needs to go to Japan to save his girlfriend, Mariko from an arranged marriage. Her dad is evil and so is her fiancé. Wolverine joins with Yukio to stop them, an assassin and an angry Russian. That's it. It's simple, it's easy to follow, which is kind of a good thing. It's based off of comic books. I wasn't expecting Shakespeare and nor should you.

CHARACTERS 3/10
Characters are possibly the most important thing about any story, if their not developed or well-written enough, then I'm detached from the story and I don't care enough. This is the case with the wolverine anime. In terms of characters, it's wasted potential. The wolverine character from the comics and movies is rich with personality, development, conflicts and I was disappointed to see that none of that was used in the anime. The driving force for his entire mission is to save his girlfriend whom he apparently loved so much, even though we had no way of knowing how much she meant to him. The most we get from them being in love is when poorly directed scene at the beginning of the season.

SOUND 5/10
I never linger too much on the sound or anything like that in a show, but I can for this. The soundtrack consists of pretty much 3 or 4 tracks that are used over and over again. Granted they sound awesome, but they're so overused I get tired of them and I really notice the lack of diversity. The voice acting (English) was hit or miss. Vic Mignona is Mariko's evil fiancé, and he does perfectly, as does Steve Blum as Shingen. Speaking of Steve Blum, he usually suitably provides the voice for wolverine in marvel products like the games and cartoons, but not in here. Instead the voice for wolverine in this anime is pretty crappy. He's not shit, but Steve Blum would've been better.

ANIMATION 6/10
From a visual perspective, this show looks great. It looks clean, shiny and fancy. Once you start watching it and realize all the horrible action scenes, cheap animation tricks and corners obviously cutted for the sake of saving money, then you can complain.

OVERALL 6/10
Should you watch it? Again, you probably don't want to unless you're a marvel fan, like me. Yes there is some novelty in seeing wolverine, and a few other characters (no spoilers) appear in an anime, but there isn't much to this anime beyond the novelty of it. I won't stop you from watching it, because i didn't dislike this anime, but I'd suggest watching a better show

The first problem and certainly one that justifies you to stay away from this thing, the "Wolverine" of this series is NOT Wolverine.
His personality have nothing to do with the famous mutant, his past not exist, his amnesia? Neither. Not even what is his greatest mark, his savagery is shown here. Berserker mode? NOOOP.
So we have a tall, skinny guy, without a beard, without body hairs, with an emo hair, without his strong personality, without his animalistic side, without a past. The only things he has in common with Logan are the name, claws, healing factor and a jacket.
Okay, enough about ... "Wolverine". What remains? More trash:
Mariko, Yukio, Yashida, Kurohagi and rest are as generic as possible, as well as this "Logan", in fact generic is a good way to summarize this anime.
Scott is thrown out of nowhere in the middle of the story and does practically nothing, and he's even interesting (probably because he barely shows up), and
I must admit that Kykyo is quite cool. Omega Red is ok too.
The action is also generic, it doesn't have an interesting choreography, tension, twists, good animation, violence and "Logan" just gets beat up and looks more like a punching bag from Yashida.
They made history in Japan because OBVIOUS THEY ARE JAPANESE THEN THE STORY HAS TO BE THERE ALSO. Yes, I know that Wolverine has an arc in Japan but couldn't they have left that arc for later? Who knows in a second season and instead focus on Wolverine? Showing the war, the weapon X project, the mysteries and dramas of his amnesia, his duality between man and a beast.
They preferred trown "Logan" in Japan to rescue his girlfriend.. Yes.. THAT'S THE PLOT. But ok, if they wanted to make the history in Japan that much.. SO WHERE IS SILVER SAMURAI???
At least it's not as episodic as Devil May Cry, but it's just as boring.
The true Logan is such a good character, he allows stories from the most diverse presentations and in this anime they didn't use anything from him. It is just a commercial anime of an attempt to introduce a western character to the land of the rising sun.
It would be better to partner with a renowned seinen mangaka and turned into an anime later..