A New Megaman Cartoon?
Another Megaman cartoon? It only took them 20 or so years to realize how many people love Megaman before they actually did something about it and now I fear it's a little too late. I fear for this cartoon more than I fear Trump ever becoming president! Not only is Keiji Inafune not in the mix, but they fail to realize that halting Megaman games means an end to their preferred audience. Sure, people in their mid twenties may watch it for nostalgia's sake, but kids nowadays have barely any knowledge of who or what Megaman is/was. I haven't even gotten to the bad parts yet.
This reads straight from the Capcom website. "The new animated Mega Man series will follow Aki Light – a normal, upbeat, and above all optimistic young school-aged robot living in Silicon City. He soon learns that deep within his programming are secret protocols that allow him to transform – giving him nanocore armor, a Mega Buster, and the iconic helmet to turn him into a superhero – Mega Man!"
Please make it stop!
"Promising exciting new technologies and new robots, the series will follow the adventures and trials of Aki Light – a.k.a. Mega Man – as he faces off against threats to Silicon City, while trying to keep his superhero identity a secret and maintain a normal robot schoolkid life."
This one hurts me the most.
"It’ll be a great way for newcomers and younger fans to meet Mega Man for the first time, and a treat for fans who grew up with the games, featuring the return of beloved characters like everyone’s favorite robot canine, Rush! Be sure to keep an eye out for the Blue Bomber’s animated adventures in 2017 – the same year as Mega Man’s 30th anniversary!"
"It’ll be a great way for newcomers and younger fans to meet Mega Man for the first time, and a treat for fans who grew up with the games"
Maybe, if Megaman's name wasn't Rock. Maybe if Megaman (for lack of a better word) evolved into X. Maybe if Megaman grew special powers like a Pokemon learns new moves or a human grows pubes through puberty instead of absorbing them through defeating enemies, but he doesn't.
The art style is disgraceful, Megaman's background is disgraceful, god only knows what Rush and Roll are going to look like (if they even decide to put her in there). If they do stick her in the show, will they strip her of her name too or will it just be Aki Light and Roll. Will they take away all of the music references that went into the games before?
I will watch the first few episodes, but I'm extremely nervous about them. I'm sure I'll rant about it later when there's more info, but that's all I've got for now.
-Rock and Roll-
