If you followed the second part of Liveblogging the November 2009 Previews you saw mention of the new Mega Man manga being published by UDON. I should point out that I’m friends with the UDON guys so, grain of salt and all that, but I am pretty excited about the new manga, because I like the games and everything I’d heard pointed to this series being a strong adaptation of the original games. Did I ever tell you I made a Mega Man tabletop RPG when I was in grade 7? No? Well you learn something new every day.
All of that said, my friend Derek Haliday is so much more excited about this manga than I am. His appreciation of the character and the upcoming series mentions the Astro Boy-ish origins of the character, amongst other things. Go read it, it’s enthusiastic. :)
Related: Udon released a preview of the first volume coming this January/February: http://www.udonentertainment.com/blog/?p=1375
- Chris
Yeah, this is pretty cool news. Ariga’s Mega Man manga is some quality stuff — well-liked enough that he was tapped to do the cover art for one of the games.
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Thanks for the nod, Chris! A lot of my blog posts seem to evolve from expanding on comments I post to your blog…
December 3rd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
The real question is… do you still have that RPG anywhere… eh, eh?
Not that I’m one to talk, I made all kinds of terrible tabletop RPGs out of crazy stuff I was obsessed with at that age.
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Please, please post your Megaman rpg.
December 6th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
You’ve probably heard of it already, but have you ever come across the band Protomen before?
They have a surprisngly good Megaman Rock Opera album that is INSANELY AWESOME :D
June 5th, 2011 at 3:03 pm