There’s a very good reason why Mega Man has become one of gaming’s most popular and beloved characters since his debut in 1987. The Blue Bomber’s adventures on the NES were a top-notch blend of vibrant graphics, pinpoint action platforming, and console-defining music. With their easy-to-learn, difficult-to-master formula and endless replayability, Mega Man’s early battles against the nefarious Dr. Wily are still as much fun to play today as they were all those years ago. For gamers of a certain age, there was nothing like hearing Mega Man 2’s Wily Stage music for the first time. Of course, this meteoric rise in fame led to Mega Man’s inevitable jump to TV. Mega Man’s first televised appearances were different, to say the least, from what fans were accustomed to on the NES. But for disappointed fans that held out in patience, Mega Man returned to TV in the ’90s with one of the best animated video game adaptions of all time.Mega Man’s very first animated appearance was in the 1989 series Captain N: The Game Master produced by DIC Animation City. Captain N featured the titular hero as he fought to stop the evil Mother Brain and her minions from taking over the digital world of Videoland. Captain N’s adventures took him across the various locales of Videoland, including the world of Megaland. Fittingly, Megaland was Mega Man’s home world, but the Mega Man in Captain N was very different from his NES counterpart. Green instead of his iconic blue, more of a squat man than a young robot boy, Mega Man hardly looked like his original design (though it was still better than the original Mega Man US cover art.) Mega Man spoke in a rough, nasally croak and often inserted the word “mega” into his sentences. He was a robot, he was named Mega Man, and he was from a video game, so Captain N wasn’t entirely off the mark with its portrayal of the Capcom classic. But fans who wanted a faithful adaption of the NES games had to wait just a few more years.What’s incredibly interesting about Mega Man is how radically different it nearly was from the series that fans received. The original pilot for Mega Man was a special stand-alone OVA series entitled Mega Man: Upon a Star or Rockman: Hoshi ni Negai o in Japanese. The OVA series was a reverse isekai in which Mega Man himself is thrust into the real world. When fifth-grader Yuuta Kobayashi falls asleep playing a Mega Man game on his NES, Dr. Wily decides to do the unthinkable and leap out of the game world. Mega Man quickly follows suit and seeks to apprehend the mad scientist. Mega Man and Yuuta become fast friends as they travel across Japan looking for Dr. Wily. Mega Man: Upon a Star was presented by the Japan Center for Intercultural Communications as a means of highlighting various aspects of Japanese culture. Upon a Star was also submitted as the original pilot for the 1994 animated series as it utilized the same animation and voice talents, but its large budget caused it to get cut back with a different animation style. Instead, the new designs for the show were actually based on alternate sketches that Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune had made himself, so even though they look different, they’re still technically official Mega Man art.
There’s a very good reason why Mega Man has become one of gaming’s most popular and beloved characters since his debut in 1987. The Blue Bomber’s adventures on the NES were a top-notch blend of vibrant graphics, pinpoint action platforming, and console-defining music. With their easy-to-learn, difficult-to-master formula and endless replayability, Mega Man’s early battles against the nefarious Dr. Wily are still as much fun to play today as they were all those years ago. For gamers of a certain age, there was nothing like hearing Mega Man 2‘s Wily Stage music for the first time. Of course, this meteoric rise in fame led to Mega Man’s inevitable jump to TV. Mega Man’s first televised appearances were different, to say the least, from what fans were accustomed to on the NES. But for disappointed fans that held out in patience, Mega Man returned to TV in the ’90s with one of the best animated video game adaptions of all time.
Mega Man’s very first animated appearance was in the 1989 series Captain N: The Game Master produced by DIC Animation City. Captain N featured the titular hero as he fought to stop the evil Mother Brain and her minions from taking over the digital world of Videoland. Captain N’s adventures took him across the various locales of Videoland, including the world of Megaland. Fittingly, Megaland was Mega Man’s home world, but the Mega Man in Captain N was very different from his NES counterpart. Green instead of his iconic blue, more of a squat man than a young robot boy, Mega Man hardly looked like his original design (though it was still better than the original Mega Man US cover art.) Mega Man spoke in a rough, nasally croak and often inserted the word “mega” into his sentences. He was a robot, he was named Mega Man, and he was from a video game, so Captain N wasn’t entirely off the mark with its portrayal of the Capcom classic. But fans who wanted a faithful adaption of the NES games had to wait just a few more years.
What’s incredibly interesting about Mega Man is how radically different it nearly was from the series that fans received. The original pilot for Mega Man was a special stand-alone OVA series entitled Mega Man: Upon a Star or Rockman: Hoshi ni Negai o in Japanese. The OVA series was a reverse isekai in which Mega Man himself is thrust into the real world. When fifth-grader Yuuta Kobayashi falls asleep playing a Mega Man game on his NES, Dr. Wily decides to do the unthinkable and leap out of the game world. Mega Man quickly follows suit and seeks to apprehend the mad scientist. Mega Man and Yuuta become fast friends as they travel across Japan looking for Dr. Wily. Mega Man: Upon a Star was presented by the Japan Center for Intercultural Communications as a means of highlighting various aspects of Japanese culture. Upon a Star was also submitted as the original pilot for the 1994 animated series as it utilized the same animation and voice talents, but its large budget caused it to get cut back with a different animation style. Instead, the new designs for the show were actually based on alternate sketches that Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune had made himself, so even though they look different, they’re still technically official Mega Man art.
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