Mega Man (2017 TV series)
| Mega Man (2017 TV series) | |
|---|---|
 The official logo for the 2017 cartoon | |
| Created by | Capcom |
| Developed by | |
| Country of origin |
Japan United States |
| Original language(s) | English, Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
(Man of Action) |
| Production company(s) |
Capcom Man of Action Studios Dentsu Entertainment USA TAVAC CO.,LTD. |
| Release | |
| Original release | 2017 |
Mega Man is an upcoming Japanese-American animated television series based on Capcom's video game series of the same name and is developed by Man of Action Studios and produced by Dentsu Entertainment USA. The show will be aired on 2017 as a part of the franchise's 30th anniversary.[1] The show will be based on the Classic series, rather than the other variations of the video game franchise such as Mega Man X or Mega Man Battle Network.
Development
On June 2, 2015, Capcom partners with Dentsu Entertainment USA to create an 26-episode animated television series of the company's flagship Mega Man video game franchise after 20 years since the 1994 animated series of the same name had its final run. Under terms of the deal, Dentsu Entertainment holds worldwide broadcast and licensing rights for all aspects of the new Mega Man TV series and handpicks American writing team Man Of Action (Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau and Steven T. Seagle), the creators of Ben 10 and Generator Rex, to create, write and executive produce the show.
At the Long Beach Comic Con 2015, Duncan Rouleau gave out more details regarding the show's combination of game-based and new material such as the backstories of some characters being different with "a few surprises," creating both new major and minor villains other then Dr. Wily and the Robot Masters and including Easter eggs for fans, while still focusing the show for a new audience. Man of Action also noted they've been working closely with Dentsu Entertainment and Capcom, including working with people in Japan who have been doing the animations and designs of the characters and settings for the show, while trying to write stories that will appeal more to western audiences. They also confirmed that the show's animation style will be a "anime-animation hybrid" and the art-style would be much closer to how the characters appear in the games and Capcom's official art rather than the more superhero-like designs of the 1994 cartoon, as noted by Rouleau regarding the visual appearance of Mega Man himself "The Mega Man that you knew and fell in love with is still going to be the same Mega Man. He's going to be the younger version of him, because there's so many variations of who he could be, but we're going with the total, squat, awesome, big-boot, big-gun Mega Man".[2]
References
- ↑ "Mega Man animated series coming in 2017". Capcom-Unity.
- ↑ "Man of Action Entertainment's Duncan Rouleau Talks Mega Man". The Mega Man Network.
External links
- Mega Man at the Internet Movie Database
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