See an Exclusive Excerpt of X-Men '97: The Art and Making of the Animated Series

The hold continues for Season 2 of X-Men '97, arsenic it looks similar fans volition person to hold until 2026 for the bid to marque its instrumentality connected Disney+. But determination is 1 ray of airy connected the contiguous horizon. Abrams Books is acceptable to merchandise X-Men '97: The Art and Making of the Animated Series, a caller java array creation publication that provides an in-depth look astatine the making of the series. And present IGN tin exclusively debut a caller excerpt of the book.

Check retired the slideshow assemblage beneath to spot 2 spreads from X-Men '97: The Art and Making of the Animated Series, including 1 focused connected Gambit and different showcasing storyboards from the melodramatic showdown with the Master Mold Sentinel connected Genosha:

X-Men ’97: The Art and Making of the Animated Series is written by James Fields, with forewords by shaper Brad Winderbaum and X-Men: The Animated Series showrunners Eric and Julia Lewald and an afterword by shaper Jake Castorena.

The publication aims to supply a precise broad look astatine the improvement of Season 1 of the animated series. It features a wealthiness of conception art, sketches, storyboards, animation cels, and different behind-the-scenes material. The publication clocks successful astatine 224 pages successful length.

X-Men ’97: The Art and Making of the Animated Series is priced astatine $50 and volition beryllium released connected July 1, 2025. You tin presently preorder the publication connected Amazon. If its the classical X-Men: The Animated Series you're funny in, you tin besides bid X-Men: The Art and Making of The Animated Series.

In IGN's X-Men '97 Season 1 review, we wrote, "X-Men ’97 faced a gangly bid successful recapturing the entreaty of a beloved animated series, and it succeeds amended than anyone could person expected. The caller bid is lovingly faithful to some the archetypal cartoon and the comics that inspired it, yet besides wholly unafraid to blaze its ain trail. It’s relentlessly fast-paced and action-packed, yet lone seldom does that velocity make immoderate storytelling problems. After 1 season, it’s nary agelong to accidental that X-Men ’97 is 1 of the champion adaptations of the X-Men franchise ever, animated oregon live-action. The barroom is acceptable precise precocious for Season 2."

Excerpt from X-Men ’97: The Art and Making of the Animated Series (Abrams) by James Field

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