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ORIGINAL STORY: The development of a new Mega Man cartoon came to light last in 2015, but the early promotional image released last year didn't seem to engender a lot of optimism with hardcore fans.
We now have some actual footage to look at, and while there's not much on display (it's part of a larger promotional sizzle reel), it does give a bit more of a flavour of what the eventual show will be like.
We see Mega Man's "schoolboy robot" form, known as Aki Light, transform into the hero made famous by Capcom's super-challenging series, as well as "Robot Masters" Fire Man and Drill Man.
The series will be broadcast on Disney XD in North America this year.
[source rockman-corner.com]
Comments 46
Meh
From the super brief clip that was shown, didn't look too bad. I figured it would look better in motion than in the promo image way back. I'll need to see more.
Ugh, the faux-animé artstyle is hurting my eyes & my heart. I'll give it a go as you never know, it might grow on me... but anyone that gives Ben 10's new look a hard time will have a field day.
Not bad, at least Capcom is doing something with the blue bomber. The first Mega Man cartoon that isn't based on any of the MM videogame series.
@retro_player_22 To be fair, that's probably because Capcom haven't done anything with Megaman for quite a while outside of cameos.
Though it does sound a little like Megaman NT Warriors with the whole digital lifeform aspect dropped.
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Looks decent, but hope that the writing isn't full of cheese...
I hope this series will bring back the Blue Bomber, revitalize it, and bring more games from Capcom.
Ew.
@MrPuzzlez How do you feel about it being full of baloney instead?
That's nicer than expected. Good.
It looks like most american cartoons of that type, which is really bad, the animation looks way too bad, why they don't do something like Sonic X? that is exactly what Videogames cartoons should be like.
@Charinzardon That's because Sonic X was an animé made in Japan (on a small budget) which then came to the US/UK a while later.
Personally I think the reason it looks so bad isn't the animation quality, it's the terrible fake-animé styling. Last Airbender had the budget & talent to pull off an animé style... this show obviously doesn't.
Doesn't look bad.
Huh.
Horrible, like why do they bother at all. I'll never understand how this late 90's pre pubescent flash style is a thing on 2017.
@yannah21 No baloney! I want it to be full of delicious ham.
I'll give it a look-see, but the school boy premise still doesn't sit well with me. If I want that, I'll sit down with Campus Commandos. That episode is highly entertaining. The original Mega Man cartoon is way better looking too.
@MrPuzzlez Its a cartoon, it'll be full of swiss. Whether its good, rotten or stale remains to be seen.
I don't mind cartoons being cheesey as long as its in a good way.
@Charinzardon kinda reminds me of jake long american dragon only worse.
Yikes...
Yeah, um... I'm gonna reserve final judgement until I see the actual show, but these bits shown here... don't exactly fill me with confidence. It... kinda looks like a budget reskinning of Ben 10 or something.
Being a Mega Man fan is suffering, indeed...
Also, dat chibi CGI remake of Heathcliff.
Little tip: never start a title with "Footage of new Mega Man"
Yeah,... the Ruby/Spears Mega Man cartoon looks so much better than this. This is not that bad, as in, makes my eyes proverbially itch. My mind might change, once I've seen more clips of this, preferably actual sequential scenes, but for now, ugh, no thanks.
Also, the school-aged superhero thing is b/c a lot of the audience, are of school-age(elementary, or high-school).
Capcom loves merchandising their Mega Man ip in lots of ways, except the way they should be. Ah well(sighs)...
I figured it would look better in motion.
@Artemis
Right?
@GeminiSaint We agree there, I'm reserving final judgement as well.
.... Looks bad.
Lame. I hate the art style. Is THIS the only way Capcom plan to keep Mega Man relevant to the world? If the next Mega Man game they finally release (if there ever is one) is related to this show, count me out. Ugly deformed art in my opinion. I could do better.
Oh hey! Max Steel's back! I remember that show...it doesn't look that different, but at this point, that's a plus.
Not much to say about Mega Man from less than 5 seconds of footage, except...Mega Man has really odd body proportions. Like, in general. I dunno why I'm only now noticing that...
Ew.
Nintendo please throw your wallet at Capcom and get them to do something more productive with Megaman... you know like a GAME.
I used to LOVE THE 90's Mega Man cartoon. sings super fighting robot...MEGA MAN!!! For the nostalgia, I decided to watch it on YouTube years later.
Hmm. Video is no longer available. I wanted to show my boyfriend the heathcliff reboot.
I'm actually crying blood, this art is so bad
After seeing all the images replaced, all the comments are just a lot funnier.
Thanks for the good laugh, the comments are just priceless, now!
Never change, Nintendo Life, never change.
This is why I love this site.
What's funny is that you can still see the removed images- just click on the replacements.
The first comment is a lot better now with the new images
@DanteSolablood Oh I thougth it was american, but yeah the animation style is really bad, why they just don't regular anime then? as you said Sonic X was on a small budget and it looked quite good.
Ah, I like this new direction for the show.
Bad Box Art Mega Man is where the money's at!
Hey wait a second — now that I take another look, this doesn't look so bad! CG looks so good that it's realistic.
This......this is the future of cartoons.
@TheFancySquid shhhhhhh...
I'm just glad we aren't getting a Mighty No.9 cartoon show.
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