"Reviving the team in animation so close to the end of such a beloved show was a daunting task, but it was one that producers Boyd Kirkland, Steven E. Gordon, and others took in stride. Their efforts culminated with X-Men: Evolution, which premiered just a few months after X-Men hit theaters. Evolution exists in its own universe, separate from X-Men the film and X-Men: The Animated Series."
"While most X-Men stories introduce Xavier's "first class" - some configuration of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Wolverine, Rogue, and Nightcrawler - as adults, Evolution took it back to the beginning. A handful of characters retained their status as teachers at Xavier's school, like Wolverine and Storm. The rest are students, young adults still getting a grasp on their powers. Cyclops, aka Scott Summers, and Jean Grey, are the oldest and most experienced teens, tasked with guiding a new group of mutants that includes Rogue, Kitty Pryde, and Nightcrawler."
X-Men: Evolution premiered a few months after the 2000 X-Men film and exists in its own universe separate from the film and previous animated series. Producers Boyd Kirkland and Steven E. Gordon led the revival after the 1992–1997 animated run. The show reimagined core X-Men as teenagers attending Xavier's school, with Wolverine and Storm serving as teachers. Cyclops and Jean Grey function as the oldest, most experienced students and mentor newer mutants. New roster members included Rogue, Kitty Pryde, and Nightcrawler. The younger focus enabled fresh takes on origin stories within a new timeline and extended the franchise renaissance across comics and animation.
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