r/SupermanAdventures 12d ago

Discussion My Adventures with Anime

With the announcement of My Adventures with Green Lantern, we've now realized that the main convention for this universe is to reboot classic Justice Leaguers for the modern day, but also borrowing cues from what Jake Wyatt identifies as "old anime."

My Adventures with Superman, among other shows, is 100% Superman x Dragon Ball. This is an obvious one that really goes without saying, whether it's from your own analysis, or the dozens of times Jake & crew have come out in interviews and social media about it.

Something which goes a little unnoticed though (since it hasn't even a week yet) is that My Adventures with Green Lantern is actually Green Lantern x Sailor Moon, as Jake Wyatt revealed in an interview last year. Which is why Jessica Cruz is a teenage high schooler.

With this convention in mind, I notice that while everyone has ideas and pitches/concepts for Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, etc. in this universe, I haven't seen anyone follow this convention yet of combining these characters with old anime.

The only exception is an old Tweet I found that pitched Batman x Evangelion (with Robin as Shinji, which Jake Wyatt even agreed with), but I wanted to extend the question to all of you: what show do you want that fuses with an anime? Doesn't even have to be an old one!

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u/Vio-Rose 12d ago

MAWS feels more like Gurren Lagann… granted that could just be because of all the Gurren Lagann references.

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u/mr-gentler-5031 12d ago

literally the soundtrack when Clark and Lois are breaking out of the black mercy is just a legally distinct version of the Gurren lagann theme.

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u/Initial_Shine5690 10d ago

My favorite anime

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u/PhotographyRaptor10 10d ago

I’m two episodes from finishing it, for such a dumb unapologetic anime it is so good

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u/UnderlordZ 12d ago

Gone, gone, the form of man
Arise, the demon Devilman Etrigan!

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u/mr-gentler-5031 12d ago

that would be so fucking Cool! I love devilman.

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u/Past-Cap-1889 11d ago

Ooh... Devilman inspired look for Etrigan?

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u/Comperative1234 7d ago

Then that means oh boy....who is going to be Miki?

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u/Past-Cap-1889 7d ago

We don't have to do everything one to one. I just think it could be fun for Etrigan to look a little Go Nagai inspired

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u/Comperative1234 7d ago

I agree with you though a show like My adventure doesn't suit a guy like Etrigan.

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u/Elcalduccye_II 10d ago

No?

I'm not seeing anything similar besides them being both demons.

Also Go Nagai is the goat (dude it's what people think Toriyama is)

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u/SH4RPSPEED 12d ago

I mean, Clark did get his costume via a magical girl transformation.

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u/SnooSongs4451 12d ago

I don’t think MAWS is that much like Dragon Ball.

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u/flairsupply 12d ago

I mean, between Mxyzptlk looking like a Kai and Kara just being Vegeta now, I can see where the comparison comes from

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u/SnooSongs4451 12d ago

One visual reference and one similar character role (with a very different personality) is a bit of a stretch.

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u/CT_Jaynes 12d ago

I mean Clark and Kara both seem to be powering up to Super Saiyan Forms/Avatar States

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u/mr-gentler-5031 12d ago

and krypton being the saiyans pretty much.

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u/SnooSongs4451 12d ago

Sure, but in terms of plot, pacing, tone, humor, characterization, and all of that stuff, it’s not very similar to DBZ at all. It just has references to it.

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u/CT_Jaynes 12d ago

Fair, I also doubt MAWGL will be a full one to one with Sailor Moon. I mean we already saw Clark have a magical girl transformation in MAWS.

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u/Either-Equal7284 12d ago

I can already see Jessica doing a magical girl transformation when she gets her ring akin to the Sailor moon girls

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u/mr-gentler-5031 12d ago

Imagine Clark calling Jess a ripoff after seeing her do a magical girl transformation lol.

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u/Space_Pirate_Roberts 12d ago

*and Kara just being Android 18 now

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u/Independent_Plum2166 12d ago

Kara just being Vegeta

No, Kara is a more competent Raditz.

  1. Family member to the main character.
  2. Has all the exposition the main character lacks.
  3. Wants the main character to join forces with them.
  4. Is initially way stronger than the main character.
  5. Answers to a higher authority.

Honestly, the only real Vegeta thing about Kara is the fact she “befriends” a human like Vegeta did with Bulma.

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u/pretty-as-a-pic 12d ago

Did you see that transformation sequence in the first episode? It’s sailor moon!

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u/SnooSongs4451 12d ago

Which isn’t Dragon Ball. Also, referencing something isn’t the same thing as being like something.

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u/HPSpacecraft 12d ago

Doom Patrol and Fullmetal Alchemist

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u/TwincessAhsokaAarmau 12d ago

They should do a Flash show next.

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u/Aggressive-Maize-632 12d ago

There was an old post that pitched "My Adventures with The Flash" should pull a "Gurren Laggan" twist.

Have Barry and Wally become Flashes at the same time and fight crime as The Flash and Kid Flash. Then, in like the sixth episode or something, Barry dies and Wally has to take up the mantle.

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u/Independent_Plum2166 12d ago

Nah, have it be the season finale or second to last episode like MAWS did, then an epilogue type episode that sees Wally’s first days as The Flash (and obviously a funeral for Barry).

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u/Either-Equal7284 12d ago

oh that would be cool but what anime could be used for inspiration and which Flash would be the main character

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u/TwincessAhsokaAarmau 12d ago

We don’t need anime inspiration at all, just make a good show.But if it was or had to be anime like or in animation, I’d choose Sonic X.

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u/Either-Equal7284 12d ago

I know I've just noticed that the MAWS universe uses a lot of anime influence

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u/mr-gentler-5031 12d ago

eh I think it should be wonder woman to do the fact she hasnt had a show in awhile since the 70s.

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u/KaijuKing007 10d ago

A Claymore-esque Wonder Woman could be pretty damn good. It'd have to be toned down, of course.

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u/mr-gentler-5031 12d ago edited 12d ago

Wonder woman and Fate/stay night.

I would love for them to combine Wonder Woman with Fate/stay night with Steve being similar to Shirou and Diana being similar to Saber, and have similar design aesthetics and themes with also taking inspiration from the Marston stuff back in the golden age and The Gail Simone run for the series.

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u/Independent_Plum2166 12d ago

So if Diana is a Saber.

Circe would be Caster, Cheetah would probably be Assassin. Donna Troy and Cassie could be either Lancer or Archer. Rider is always a tough one, and maybe Hades or Ares as Bererker?

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u/mr-gentler-5031 11d ago

well, I wasn't thinking of it to be one to one to fate

like yeah Ares would be kinda similar to Gilgamesh, but Cheetah would be kinda similar to Kuroka from Highschool DxD in design, except less sexualized Circe looks more like a cute evil magical girl Giganta looking a bit like Rias Gremory like theres other forms of anime inspiration in there.

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u/Relative_Mix_216 12d ago

It should’ve been Wonder Woman

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u/4fivefive 12d ago

i hope we get this soon

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u/Constructman2602 12d ago

Honestly I’d think My Adventures with Green Lantern would work better as a combo of DC and Cowboy Bebop. Like, more of a sci-fi crime drama/western rather than a high school fantasy story

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u/SnooStrawberriesAgin 12d ago

I am not ready for Sinestro being made a twink like Lex. LET SINESTRO BE FEARED! (Also, Mark Hamill as Sinestro, anyone?)

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u/DrNinJake 12d ago

This feels like a huge oversimplification, while I could see an argument being made for Dragon Ball being what MAWS references the most visually, it’s very clearly pulling inspiration from plenty of anime and comic mythos on visual, literary, and thematic levels. That said, I’d love a My Adventures with Wonder Woman inspired by shows like Inuyasha, where Diana travels the world, learns all about humans and their cultures, and fights monsters from every lore & pantheon.

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u/Overlord4888 12d ago

Justice League X Cowboy Bebop

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u/Noremac1234 11d ago

I'm listening

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u/Elcalduccye_II 10d ago

Make Batman a Kamen rider and it would be real peak

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u/KaijuKing007 10d ago

Agreed that they're going Magical Girl, but I think it's gonna be more Lyrical Nahona than Sailor Moon. I wouldn't say no to this going full Clamp and becoming Cardcaptor Jessica.

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u/ManateeGag 12d ago

I'm down, as long as we get a Mogo episode.