Mega Man: Fully Charged is starting sooner than we thought. DHX Media and Cartoon Network have announced an August 5th premiere date for the brand-new series (a time slot has yet to be announced). What's more, clips and previews will be posted a weekly basis on an upcoming Mega Man: Fully Charged-dedicated YouTube channel.
Hit the jump below for more Fully Charged news.
Via a DHX Media press release:
"Just in time for the 30th anniversary of the legendary video game character, Mega Man is returning to TV in an all-new, amped-up animated series," says Josh Scherba, President, DHX Media. "We're confident fans both old and new will love this new series, as they follow Mega Man's fast-paced adventures, beginning this summer."
"Following Capcom's announcement of the new Mega Man 11® video game, we are thrilled to be launching an exciting new animated series, Mega Man: Fully Charged," said Yuichi Kinoshita, President & CEO, Dentsu Entertainment USA. "From TV and YouTube to video games and toy shelves, Mega Man will soon be everywhere kids are watching and playing."
"Mega Man is exactly the kind of hero we need right now," said Joe Kelly, Executive Producer/Story Editor, Man of Action Entertainment. "Optimistic, inquisitive and more focused on helping others and understanding adversaries than just locking them up. We love this character."
Mega Man: Fully Charged soaring into San Diego Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con attendees will be among the first to get a peek at the all-new series during the Mega Man: Fully Charged panel taking place on Friday, July 20, 6 - 7 p.m. PT (San Diego Convention Centre - Room 25ABC). Along with an exclusive episode premiere from the series, the panel features Capcom's Kazuhiro Tsuchiya (video game producer: Mega Man® 11, Asura's Wrath™), Logan McPherson (DHX Studios, VP, creative & animated production: Slugterra, The Deep, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, the series) and Man of Action Entertainment's Joe Casey and Steven T. Seagle (executive producers and story editors: Mega Man: Fully Charged), who will provide a behind-the-scenes look into the creative process of reimagining this classic property for the next generation.
Other Mega Man: Fully Charged Comic-Con highlights include:
- Exclusive Mega Man: Fully Charged artwork signing on Friday, July 20, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. PT, with Man of Action Entertainment's Joe Casey and Steven T. Seagle, Executive Producers/Story Editors of Mega Man: Fully Charged, and Kazuhiro Tsuchiya, producer of Mega Man® 11, Asura's Wrath™, at the Capcom booth (#215), where fans can also play the all-new video game launching October 2, 2018.
- Event exclusive merchandise made available from Toynami (Booth #3229). While visiting Toynami, don't forget to snap a selfie with a life-sized Mega Man statue – and share it on social media with friends and family, with hashtag #MegaManFullyCharged
- Limited-edition Mega Man: Fully Charged artwork by pop artist Jose Emroca Flores (Booth #4722).
WildBrain Mega Man: Fully Charged fan hub launching on YouTube
In addition to the series' launch on Cartoon Network and Family Channel, episode trailers for the new Mega Man: Fully Charged will be available on DHX Media's YouTube-based kids' network WildBrain. Beginning July 21, fans can check out clips and trailer previews on a weekly basis on the Mega Man: Fully Charged-dedicated YouTube channel.
New Mega Man: Fully Charged consumer products coming spring 2019
Fan interaction with Mega Man: Fully Charged will be action-packed off-screen as well, with the launch of the show's consumer products hitting toy shelves in spring 2019. The upcoming line from master toy licensee JAKKS Pacific includes action figures, figurines, playsets and accessories, role-play items, and everyday dress-up and Halloween costumes.
About Mega Man: Fully Charged
Created for kids 6 to 11, and their parents who grew up loving the video games, Mega Man: Fully Charged features exciting new technologies and robots, and the introduction of Mega Man's alter-ego, Aki Light, a normal, upbeat, schoolboy robot with nano-core technology that allows him to transform into the mega-powered hero Mega Man! With his Mega Buster arm cannon and iconic helmet, Mega Man battles the wickedest villains Silicon City has to offer. Beloved characters, such as Mega Man's robotic dog, Rush, will return – while new characters, like Mega Mini™ and Suna Light, will make their debut!
The Mega Man® franchise is grounded in a series of popular video games, first launched in 1987 by Capcom, featuring battles fought by the eponymous blue robot hero and an ongoing cast of allies and enemies. Mega Man® has spawned over 136 video games on multiple gaming systems, selling over 32 million copies worldwide, as well as a plethora of toys, comics and collectibles. Capcom is releasing the highly anticipated sequel, Mega Man 11, coming to home consoles on October 2, 2018. A highly rated Mega Man TV series was popular in the USA in the mid-1990s and aired on ABC Family.
Distribution and licensing rights worldwide, excluding Asia, for the new Mega Man: Fully Charged series are managed by DHX Media. Dentsu Entertainment manages distribution and licensing in Asia.
I have seen a lot of Fully Charged already and let me just say that the show is very much its own thing. You'd be wise to go into it with that mindset. It's not a reboot of the classic series, but it's heavily inspired by it. Go into it like its a new series along the same lines as Battle Network or even Star Force and you'll be gold.
That's pretty much all I can say right now. You'll see it soon enough!
I bet it will be on air at 6:00am. Then again, I find this an afterthought.
ReplyDelete"iconic helmet"
ReplyDeleteUh, where, exactly? 'Cause I'm not seeing it.
Those bosses and MegaMan are weirdos. Japan version rules!
ReplyDeleteI can tell you're the same person with the poor English language skills from before. Do you just troll around this site waiting for an announcement about this show just to announce it sucks and long live the glory of Japan?
DeleteIn all fairness, they are not wrong in this case. Just the premise for the show is dumb. The designs are okay, in a super low effort generic way. But yeah, looks and sounds like hot garbage compared to Mega Man 11.
DeleteSorry turianx9, but that doesn't excuse Anon's cringe-inducing weeb posts. He's probably one of those delusional trolls who thinks if he praises Japan enough, he'll be accepted among them or something stupid like that.
DeleteAugust 5th is on a Sunday. That seems like an odd air date. Usually new shows get aired on a weekday, or on Saturday mornings. Maybe a Sunday afternoon? I don't know. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
ReplyDeleteObviously its for kids 6 to 11, but their parents who grew up loving the video games? Really ? We will be laughed at it. This MegaMan is not Japanese version or America version that we grew up since MegaMan first released in 1987. DHX dont know what they are talking about. LOL LOL LOL AND LOL!
ReplyDeleteAre you just here to be a weeaboo? Just give it a chance.
DeleteI just realized Iceman's head is actually hair and not his hood. Noooo....
ReplyDeleteSeeing how other "questionable" reboots are doing well, We'll just have to see how this goes.
Good. Let's get this over with ASAP.
ReplyDeleteGo in like it's a new universe, got it.
ReplyDelete"Mega Mini™"
ReplyDeleteI chuckled
"I have seen a lot of Fully Charged already and let me just say that the show is very much its own thing. You'd be wise to go into it with that mindset."
ReplyDeleteI mean, I will. But it still doesn't look good to me, unlike Battle Network and Star Force (even though I do not actually care much for the latter as games proper).
In other words you either have to be at the age where you're at your most impressionable or a completely devoted and non-discerning Megaman fan to enjoy it.
ReplyDeletePeople with standards need not apply.
That about sums it up for me. Don't get me wrong, I will still check it out on the off chance that is good. But after reading that synopsis, and with mega mini still being a thing, I'll probably hate it.
DeleteIf the show is targeted at 6 to 11 year olds and their parents, I, as a 19 year old, don't have good feelings about this.
ReplyDeleteThere's no place like home,there's no place like home,there's no place like home... OH! GOD!! IT'S NOT HOME!!
ReplyDeleteThey kept in Mega Mini. Everything is terrible.
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