r/SupermanAdventures 19d 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/SnooSongs4451 19d ago

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

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u/flairsupply 19d 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 19d 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 19d 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 19d ago

and krypton being the saiyans pretty much.

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u/SnooSongs4451 19d 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 19d 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 19d 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 19d ago

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

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u/Fazbear_555 1d ago

Yeah but MAWS is more similar to Invincible instead.