Look At All The New Footage In The Japanese Trailer For 'The Avengers'

It makes a certain sort of sense that Japan would get the best trailer yet for The Avengers — I say that because the film feels to me like one of the live-action adaptations of old animated properties that we see come out of Japan on a fairly regular basis. This trailer seems designed to play to the same audience for those movies, as it offers the first great look at the SHIELD mobile base (aka the Helicarrier) and really shows off the film's alien/otherworldly attackers.

Check it out below.

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Joss Whedon directs the film, which stars Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, and many more.The Avengers opens on May 4.

Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures "Marvel's The Avengers"–the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Joss Whedon, "Marvel's The Avengers" is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series "The Avengers," first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. Prepare yourself for an exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, when "Marvel's The Avengers" assemble in summer 2012. In "Marvel's The Avengers," superheroes team up to pull the world back from the brink of disaster when an unexpected enemy threatens global security.

[Yahoo Japan, via JoBlo]