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Mega Man design changed for the Mega Man TV Show (2017)

Rentahamster

Rodent Whores
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Looks like a Mii.
 

Harmen

Member
Oh man, something rubs me the wrong way. like he has the face of a teenager and the body of a little kid. I don't know, his face seems off relative to the body, even in a time where big headed chibi stuff is common ground.
 

Platy

Member
Better design but I have bigger problems like how from the little we have seen it looks to be a boy who turns into megaman when he is not in school or something =P

Yeah. This show turned out sooo good.

Why this sounds like an irony ?

The show has its ups and downs, but overall is the best incarnation of tmnt in my opinion.
It is a pure love letter to the history of the franchise.
 

SkyOdin

Member
Mega Man is a robot. Or at least a computer program. He's not just a kid. How do you fuck that up
He has always had hair under his helmet. Look at Roll: she has always just looked like a human girl. From what I remember of early story summaries of the new cartoon, the premise isn't that he is a kid, its just that he is a robot who wants to go to school with other kids. This isn't even a new concept: it was the premise of the short-lived Dreamwave Mega Man comic.

The idea of Mega Man having a human civilian form and then transforming into his armor to fight was even present in the Mega Man Megamix manga. Mega Man is deeply rooted in Japanese superhero cartoons and TV shows. Both the Star Force and Mega Man ZX series were about ordinary humans transforming into superheroes called "Mega Man", for crying out loud. Mega Man having a transformation sequence to put on his armor is hardly outside the norms of the franchise.
 

Elbereth

Member
I just remembered that there was a Mega Man design made for a cheap smartphone game that I really love (the design, not the game):



If the TV show shows off the same artstyle as the OP it isn't so bad, but the old one has a really nasty combination of an overly simple artstyle with an overly complex character design.

Whoa...AMAZING!
 

mortal

Gold Member
Suprised people loved this.

Its such a dorky design.His dead eyes and weird proportions.lol
I think it's a pretty solid design. It feels very Tezuka-esque. To be honest, Mega Man has always had odd proportions, so the stylization isn't all that extreme.
 
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