The images and trailers we have seen from Marvels upcoming foray in anime with
Iron Man have been pretty impressive. Along with
Wolverine,
Iron Man is set to premiere on G4 July 29. Hero Complex recently caught up with
Heroes star Adrian Pasdar who provides the voice of Tony Stark aka
Iron Man in the animated series to see what he had to say about the role.
What follows are just a few excerpts from the interview at Hero Complex...
How were you first introduced to Iron Man and Tony Stark?
I think my knowledge of the Marvel character came through my childhood and the comics, and obviously through the resurgence of the character through the [Jon] Favreau films. I did have an understanding of it through the comics as a kid, so the opportunity to do it was just really exciting.
The format was the most challenging element. It’s Japanese animation, and the pattern of speech the Japanese have is a bit different than standard North American vernacular. It can be a little bit more drawn out and emotional — the structure at least. So making it work in English — as it probably is for them translating from English to Japanese — as we all know, can be a little bit funny and sometimes dicey to watch it dubbed. You’re not really sure if we’re getting the full intent of the artist. That added a whole new layer of bringing a North American understanding of who Tony Stark is to the Japanese re-conception of who Tony Stark is in their eyes. An American character done in Japanese, and then drawn back in English.
How did you come aboard the project, and have you talked to your “little brother” and fellow anime voice-over actor Milo Ventimiglia, who voices Wolverine?
We actually cross paths in the series. Iron Man and Wolverine. It came up because Jeph Loeb is the head of Marvel Television and he was a writer-producer on “Heroes” and we became friends through that experience. When he landed at Marvel and this became a project, he rang me up. I was in Ireland on a film and I couldn’t have been further from being available, but they waited until I got back.
Hawksblueyes: To read this interview in it's entirety at Hero Complex, click on the link at the bottom of the article.
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