Here's How Fans Are Reacting To "X-Men '97," The New Animated Series

    "Is it too early to say that X-Men '97 is one of the best things that Marvel Studios has ever produced?"

    Mychal Thompson
    by Mychal Thompson

    BuzzFeed Staff

    🚨🚨 Spoiler alert! 🚨🚨

    X-Men '97 premiered on Disney+ on March 20, and comic book fans and millennials everywhere are ecstatic.

    Marvel Animation / Courtesy Marvel Animation

    Marvel Animations' all-new series is a revival of X-Men: The Animated Series, which originally aired from 1992 to 1997. Now it's back and better than ever.

    Animated characters from X-Men sitting and standing in a high-tech command center
    Marvel Animation / Courtesy Marvel Animation

    This new series picks up where the '90s show left off — with returning characters, voice actors, and action-packed sequences, and the fans are showing their love for nostalgia.

    Fans are praising everything from the iconic series' opening theme, details of the heroes' epic superpowers, and the stories that bring attention to real-life past and present social justice issues.

    Animated X-Men characters standing heroically, including Cyclops in the center
    Marvel Animation / Courtesy Marvel Animation

    Here are the best reactions to X-Men '97 so far:

    Of course, there are a few minor spoilers. You were warned.

    1.

    They fucking pulled it off.

    THE X-MEN ARE BACK! #XMen97 pic.twitter.com/DV0NYD7cBC

    — Alex Lobo needs ☕️ 🇨🇺 ⚡️ (@GeekLawGrad) March 20, 2024
    Marvel Animation / Via Twitter: @GeekLawGrad

    2.

    Me watching the X-Men ‘97 intro #XMen97 pic.twitter.com/RvSRbbvglT

    — Kevin11 (@TheSpirit84) March 20, 2024
    Sony Pictures Releasing / Via Twitter: @TheSpirit84

    3.

    It’s official: the X-Men 97 theme song HITS HARD. #XMen97 pic.twitter.com/G5bXXUjVXI

    — Jay (@TheJayestEver) March 20, 2024
    Twitter: @TheJayestEver

    4.

    Me looking at the ‘skip intro’ button while watching X-Men ‘97 #XMen97 #XMen pic.twitter.com/gukeIr46ap

    — DVRRICK (@DadeSouf) March 20, 2024
    Warner Bros. / Via Twitter: @DadeSouf

    5.

    Me, when the ‘skip intro’ button pops up while X-Men ‘97 intro is on. #XMen97 pic.twitter.com/ZCz5MSHKFO

    — JJ (@McGannJack) March 20, 2024
    Bravo / Via Twitter: @McGannJack

    6.

    The X-Men really are for the gays #XMen97 pic.twitter.com/6NB3i73eL3

    — kaeden (@wandasitcoms) March 20, 2024
    Marvel Animation / Via Twitter: @wandasitcoms

    7.

    x-men 97 is extremely fun because they kept the original spirit in which rogue is dolly parton, storm is angela bassett, gambit is hot and jean faints

    — alex (@alex_abads) March 20, 2024
    Twitter: @alex_abads

    8.

    The fact that every marginalised person has heard some variation of this….pic.twitter.com/olUNGkEhub

    — Cody 🏳️‍🌈✨ (@CodySDax) March 21, 2024
    Marvel Animation / Via Twitter: @CodySDax

    9.

    The writing on #XMen97 is so on point. The writers understand the characters, the audience & have me more dialed in than most movies have in the past few years.

    Y'all even got me liking Cyclops.

    THIS is how you tell X-Men stories. pic.twitter.com/npdasWNawE

    — BruceWayneBrady (@Brucewaynebrady) March 21, 2024
    Marvel Animation / Via Twitter: @Brucewaynebrady

    10.

    extremely funny to see people characterize the x-men cartoon as “woke now” when one of the worst days of my childhood was when my dad caught me watching it and screamed for hours because he saw it depicted a woman as president

    — Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) March 21, 2024
    Marvel Animation / Via Twitter: @meakoopa

    11.

    THE best Storm scene from any animated X-Men media ever. The power, the drama, the scale, the precision. I have a lot of bad things to say about this show but on this one they shut me tf up. pic.twitter.com/7wX6GxxzEi

    — CURSED TO WIN (@ororoswind) March 20, 2024
    Marvel Animation / Via Twitter: @ororoswind

    12.

    The X-Men in the background while Storm talks shit in the sky about the elements: #XMen97

    pic.twitter.com/O2P4vVXMbX

    — It Was All a Dream, I Used to Read Wizard Magazine (@UpToTASK) March 20, 2024
    Twitter: @UpToTASK

    13.

    Cyclops using his beams to back dash is nasty work. The hand to hand and Blocking that punch with an elbow is nast werk. IT'S X-MEN '97 BUT SCOTT SUMMERS FLEXING HIS MARVEL VS CAPCOM '98 MOVE SET! https://t.co/yXDRMDO5bn

    — Ghost in the HTML (@OmarHolmon) March 21, 2024
    Marvel Animation / Via Twitter: @OmarHolmon

    14.

    I just want to say thank you to whoever saw the massive injustice that’s been to Cyclops over the years and finally let him go Boss Mode. This is THE leader of the X-Men. #Xmen97 pic.twitter.com/IYShkicOyN

    — Nick Zednik (@NickZednik) March 21, 2024
    Marvel Animation / Via Twitter: @NickZednik

    15.

    Twitter: @Loxpie1234

    16.

    X-Men 97 was so much more than I expected. The animation has the nostalgia but is also updated in the best way. The storylines are out of this world. The writing is so smart and kind of feels like Invincible in its own way. I'm going to be obsessed with this show. #XMen97 pic.twitter.com/VpYhzeOqrP

    — We Watched A Movie (Mike) (@WeWatchedAMovie) March 20, 2024
    Marvel Animation / Via Twitter: @WeWatchedAMovie

    17.

    Is it too early to say that #XMen97 is one of the best things that Marvel Studios has ever produced? Episodes 1 and 2 are magical and make me realize that the X-Men have been sorely missing from our world for too many years. pic.twitter.com/IMPDV7dNMk

    — Kyle Arking 🟧(he/him) (@ArkingKyle) March 20, 2024
    Marvel Animation / Via Twitter: @ArkingKyle

    You can stream X-Men '97 on Disney+.

    New episodes drop every Wednesday.