Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers

Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers is a Japanese superhero anime television series produced by Toei Animation and The Walt Disney Company Japan, and is based on the Marvel Comics universe. The series began airing in Japan from April 2, 2014, on TX Network stations. The series was aimed at boys 6–12 and tied in with merchandising produced by Bandai.

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Premise

With help from Japan's Dr. Nozomu Akatsuki, Iron Man develops a new device called the Digital Identity Securement Kit, known as DISKs for short, designed to help the cause of stopping and detaining villains. However, whilst presenting the DISK project on the Raft, the villainous Loki appears and uses the very same DISKs to launch a breakout of all the captured villains, trapping Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Wasp inside DISKs as well. Nozomu's sons, Akira and Hikaru, along with three other children, Edward, Chris, and Jessica, come to possess these DISKs and obtain biocodes, allowing them to bring out these superheroes for a short period of time. Teaming up with the Avengers, the group travel across the world to search for DISKs before they fall into the wrong hands.

Characters

The Heroes

These five children have what is known as a Bio-Code graphed into them, due to their proximity to the Bio-Code Installer when it was destroyed by Loki. Because of this and the security programs installed in the DISKs, the kids are the only ones who can release the heroes in question via a process referred to as "D-Smash". However, because the encoding was corrupted, each hero can only be released for five and a half minutes before being forcibly sent back.
The DISKs are divided into five categories based on the imprisoned hero or villain's abilities: Tech, Fight, Energy (purple

Children

; Akira Akatsuki
; Hikaru Akatsuki
; Chris Taylor
; Edward Grant
; Jessica Shannon

S.H.I.E.L.D.

S.H.I.E.L.D. is a government espionage organization.
; Nick Fury
; Maria Hill

X-Men

The X-Men are a team of mutant superheroes.
; Charles Xavier / Professor X
; Hank McCoy / Beast
; Piotr Rasputin / Colossus
; Scott Summers / Cyclops
; Bobby Drake / Iceman
; Ororo Munroe / Storm
; Shiro Yoshida / Sunfire
; James Howlett / Wolverine

Villains

; Loki Laufeyson / Loki

Celebrity Five

The Celebrity Five are a team of five masked human villains working with Loki to retrieve all the missing DISKs and place the world's superheroes and supervillains under their control. The group is led by former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Tim Gilliam and consists of reporter Rosetta Riley, chef Manino Giordani, musician Joel Murphy, and swordsman Okuma Jubei. Following Loki's defeat, the Celebrity Five are arrested, but are freed and forcibly recruited into Hydra by the Red Skull.
; Tim Gilliam
; Rosetta Riley
; Manino Giordani
; Joel Murphy
; Okuma Jubei

Masters of Evil

The Masters of Evil are a team of supervillains.
; Baron Heinrich Zemo
; Emil Blonsky / Abomination
; Franklin Hall / Graviton
; MODOK
; Todd Arliss / Tiger Shark

Hydra

; Johann Schmidt / Red Skull

Serpent Society

The Serpent Society is a team of snake-themed villains.
; Klaus Voorhees / King Cobra
; Burchell Clemens / Cottonmouth
; Death Adder
; Rachel Leighton / Diamondback

Wrecking Crew

A group of four supervillains:
; Dirk Garthwaite / Wrecker
; Henry Camp / Bulldozer
; Brian Calusky / Piledriver
; Thunderball / Eliot Franklin

Other villains

; Carl Creel / Absorbing Man
; Dmitri Bucharin / Crimson Dynamo
; Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
; David Cannon / Whirlwind
; Curt Connors / Lizard
; Esteban Corazón de Ablo / Diablo
; Kenuichio Harada / Silver Samurai
; Cain Marko / Juggernaut
; Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus
; Victor Creed / Sabretooth
; Predator X
; Max Eisenhart / Magneto
; Brock Rumlow / Crossbones
; Raven Darkholme / Mystique
; Ronan the Accuser
; Fin Fang Foom

Production

Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, produced by Toei Animation, began airing on TV Tokyo from April 2, 2014. The series is helmed by series director Toshiaki Komura, a veteran director for Toei Animation's Precure franchise. Series organization is provided by King Ryū, who has no previous credits in the entertainment industry. Veteran Dragon Ball animator and character designer Tadayoshi Yamamuro provides character designs, much in the same style as Dragon Ball. As of Episode #27 the role of character designer is shared with Naoki Tate due to Yamamuro's directing of Dragon Ball Z: Fukkatsu no F. The opening and ending themes are "Tsuki Yabureru - Time to SMASH!" and "Thread of Fate" respectively, both performed by T.M.Revolution. An English dub began airing on July 6, 2015 on Disney XD in Southeast Asia, Disney Channel in the Philippines, and both Disney Channel and its programming block Disney XD in Taiwan. It premiered in India in English, Hindi, Tamil & Telugu audios on Marvel HQ on March 16, 2020.

Reception

Jonathon Greenall of Comic Book Resources referred to Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers as a "fascinating show," writing, "It is a highly unique take on classic Marvel characters that gives them a unique anime twist while retaining the original elements that made them so memorable and loved in the first place. Best of all, it puts them in a story that is totally different from any other Marvel adventure." Rosie Knight of Nerdist called Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers an "awesome anime" with a "wild take on superhero storytelling," saying, "This is a super fun series that would be a great addition to Disney+ and we want to see it now." Scoot Allan of Screen Rant said, "It's definitely a fun concept with stunning animation, but not one that conveyed the narratives comic book fans might be familiar with. It can still be appreciated though as a unique take."

In other media

Video game

A video game based on the series, titled Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers - Ultimate Heroes was developed by Bandai Namco Games and was released in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS on November 13, 2014.

Bachicombat

Bachicombat is Bandai's collectible game tied in with the TV show. The game is similar to the game Pogs. It is meant to simulate the plot of the show which sees young kids who possess a unique "Biocode" summon heroes and villains trapped inside S.H.I.E.L.D. tech that Loki's turned against the Marvel Universe.