Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)

Mega Man is a animated television series created by Ruby-Spears that ran from 1994 to 1996, debuting in most markets on Saturday morning, September 11th, 1994.

Season One

 * Episode 1: The Beginning
 * Episode 2: Electric Nightmare
 * Episode 3: The Big Shake
 * Episode 4: Mega-Pinocchio
 * Episode 5: The Incredible Shrinking Mega Man
 * Episode 6: Bot Transfer
 * Episode 7: Ice Age
 * Episode 8: Cold Steel
 * Episode 9: Future Shock
 * Episode 10: Robosaur Park
 * Episode 11: The Strange Island Of Doctor Wily
 * Episode 12: The Mega Man In The Moon
 * Episode 13: 20,000 leaks Under The Sea

Season Two

 * Episode 14: Campus Commandos
 * Episode 15: The Day The Moon Fell
 * Episode 16: Showdown At Red Gulch
 * Episode 17: Terror of The Seven Seas
 * Episode 18: Mega Dreams
 * Episode 19: Robo Spider
 * Episode 20: Master of Disaster
 * Episode 21: Night of The Living Monster Bots
 * Episode 22: Curse of The Lion Men
 * Episode 23: Brain Bots
 * Episode 24: Bro Bots
 * Episode 25: Bad Day At Peril Park
 * Episode 26: Mega X

Season Three

 * Episode 27: Crime of The Century

Cast

 * Mega Man: Ian James Corlett
 * Proto Man: Scott McNeil
 * Dr. Wily: Scott McNeil
 * Roll: *Robyn Ross (Seasons 1 & 2) *Kathleen Barr (Remainder of Series)
 * Dr. Light: Jim Byrnes
 * Rush: Ian James Corlett
 * Cut Man: Terry Klassen
 * GutsMan: Garry Chalk
 * Bright Man: Jay Brazeau
 * Snake Man: Ian James Corlett
 * Eddie (Flip Top): Scott McNeil
 * Various Other Female Voices seasons 1 & 2: Robyn Ross

(*Note: there is some speculation as to which voice actress played Roll and it is not 100% confirmed which episodes -if any - which Robyn Ross voiced Roll. Some fans have noticed a slight change to Roll's voice over the course of the show..

Tony Sampson (of Ed, Edd & Eddy) also supplied voices on this show. Terry Klassen also served as Dialogue director.

Trivia

 * Clips from the cartoon were used by Capcom of Japan in the Mega Man 7 commercial.


 * The Killer Bullets from the first game and Napalm Man can be seen briefly in the intro, but they never appear in an actual episode.
 * No Robot Masters from Mega Man 6 or Mega Man 7 ever appeared in the series, though both games were released while the cartoon was still on the air. It is possible that if the third season was completed, Robot Masters from these two games would have appeared.
 * The Bubble Bats from the Mega Man games appear on a few episodes of this series. But, they are called by their Japanese name from Mega Man 4: Battontons.


 * Voice actor Kirby Morrow is credited as voicing Mega Man on some websites. This is completely false, see above or "Cast" section.


 * The reason for the show's cancellation is that Bandai had cut several toy lines because they were not meeting sales expectations and had supposedly been putting merchandising pressure on Capcom. Capcom give the order to cancel both the toy line and the show, before a third season could be fully planned. The decision was not made due to the show's storyline not matching the storyline in the video game series. There were more toys that were in production and were scrapped as a result. Ironically, Bandai has since merged with another video game publisher, Namco, the home of Pac-Man.


 * Some time after the show no longer aired on television, the reruns were picked up by the Fox Family channel (which has since been taken over by ABC). Some episodes were heavily edited for content. The show's intro, which featured a city under attack, and later in ruins, were edited and scenes where Roll was attacked by a male robot was removed. The unedited episodes are now available on DVD in box sets by ADV video. The first season set is titled A Hero is Born. The second season set (which includes the lone third season episode) is titled Battle for the Future.


 * Reportedly, Marvel Comics had picked up the rights to produce a monthly series based on the Mega Man shows. However, the deal fell through when the show was canceled by Capcom. This was reported on the popular fan site mmhp.net Mega Man Home Page, but the reference to the canceled series has since been removed. The truth is still not known for sure.


 * The composers of the music heard on the Mega Man show and its main theme are from John Mitchell and Tom Keenlyside.


 * Unlike in the games, when Mega Man uses and gains a new weapon, he does not change colors. Instead, it shows him downloading the weapon.


 * In the cartoon Proto Man acts differently from his video game counterpart cause in the cartoon he is a full fledged member of Dr. Wily's robots, and is bitter rivals with Mega Man. And he's also cocky, arrogant, and not so myserious like he was in the games. Common perception is that the creators of the show did not complete MM5; however, it is more likely that they simply needed an appropriate rival for Mega Man, as Bass was not created until after the show went into production.

Videos
Below is a rare television commercial for the show on the website Youtube.com. This ad contains some of the animated sequences from the original promo reel mentioned above in the facts section. Also, here is a video of Scott McNeil doing Proto Man's, Dr. Wily's and Eddie's voices for some fans at a convention.

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(Scott McNeil YouTube video from planet-megaman.com)