Marvel Future Avengers

Marvel Future Avengers (マーベル フューチャー・アベンジャーズ) is a Japanese superhero anime television series produced by Madhouse and Walt Disney Japan, based on the Marvel Comics universe. The first season began airing on the Dlife satellite channel in July 2017 and ran for 26 episodes, followed by a 13 episode second season in 2018. The series was released internationally through Disney+ in February 2020.

Premise
The series follows Makoto, Adi, and Chloe, three teenagers who have been raised by Hydra to believe that they are being trained to become superheroes and that the Avengers are villains. The three have been genetically modified by Hydra, resulting in each gaining the unique superhuman abilities of air manipulation, technology control, and shapeshifting respectively. After being sent on missions for Hydra, Adi and Chloe come to realize the organization's evil intentions and decide to defect. Makoto joins them, becoming the only one to escape, and he goes to Tony Stark for help. Stark brings in the other Avengers, and with Makoto's help, they succeed in defeating Hydra, liberating Adi and Chloe. Realizing the potential they have, the Avengers decide to take the three in and train them to become superheroes, dubbing the team the "Future Avengers". While training the new recruits, the Avengers also seek to learn more about the "Emerald Rain Project," a dangerous scheme being orchestrated by Hydra and the Masters of Evil, and what connection it has to Makoto. The matter becomes further complicated when Bruno, another genetically modified teen and Makoto's best friend, is manipulated into joining the Masters of Evil's ranks.

In the show's second season, exposure to Terrigen Mist leads to several humans developing superpowers. With anti-Inhuman sentiment on the rise and the Inhuman royal family claiming custody of the afflicted, the Avengers and Future Avengers, now including Bruno, must manage the fallout of the outbreak and attempt to broker peace between Earth and Attilan before they are forced to go to war.

Production
Marvel Future Avengers was first announced in February 2017 for broadcast on Disney's Dlife satellite channel the following summer. The series' premiere date, cast and staff were later confirmed the following May. Yūzō Satō, the director of Marvel Anime: Iron Man, was announced as the series director, with Takahiro Umehara providing the character designs. Ryū King, the lead writer on 2014's Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, returned to write Marvel Future Avengers; the Disk Wars voice cast also reprise their respective roles. In January 2018, a second season of the series was announced, which premiered in July of that same year. The anime was later announced for a western release via Disney+, with the first season added on February 28, 2020, and the second season on May 22, 2020.

Reception
Melissa Camacho of Common Sense Media gave Marvel Future Avengers a grade of 3 out of 5 stars, complimented the depiction of positive messages and role models, citing the opposition between good and evil as a major theme, writing, "Fun youthful Avenger anime series has fantasy violence. " Gab Hernandez of Screen Rant included Marvel Future Avengers in their "10 Best Superhero Anime Based On Marvel" list.

Kristy Ambrose of Game Rant ranked Marvel Future Avengers 9th in their "16 Best Superhero Anime" list, asserting, "This is a fun superhero anime to watch just for the visuals no matter what." Sage Ashford of Comic Book Resources ranked Marvel Future Avengers 9th in their "10 Best Anime Based On Properties That Didn't Originate In Japan" list, saying, "Fans of the Marvel Universe will find tons to love here, as each episode has a different set of Marvel characters making an appearance."

In other media
A Marvel Future Avengers manga series by Teruaki Mizuno ran from April 2017 to February 2018 in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic Special magazine. The characters subsequently made their Marvel Comics debut in the Future Fight Firsts miniseries, released in October 2019.